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Here is a deity worship guide for Lord Thanatos as always this isnโt a set guide and you might find other things that work for you and his relationship. โฅ๏ธ
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If you're reading this you probably already know who Lord Thanatos is, but in case you don't here's a brief overview.
He is the God Of Peaceful Death. He is known for collecting souls and bringing them down to the underworld. His godly parents are sometimes listed as just Nyx or Nyx and Erebus, and among many other siblings, he has a twin brother named Hypnos.
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With Chthonic (Commonly called the Underworld Gods) you pour your drink offerings outside and bury your food offerings (If you can't that's fine). Anything with the symbols on it (cloths, drawing, etc.) can also be offerings.
Graveyard Dirt (collected with permission)
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Here's a list of a few devotional acts you could do for him.
First Aid Training/Just Learning About It
Learning things about the body and learning medicine is a great way to honor Lord Thanatos and is very useful. You might ask Jay why would learning medicine be useful for the god of death?? Well, my sweet, sweet friend one of his major epithets, Paean, is translated to Healer and he is the god of peaceful death. So in simple terms learn medicine to prevent people from dying not peacefully.
You don't have to have first aid training as a devotional act, it's just listed (and I've linked the American Red Cross's page at the bottom if you do want to take their classes), you can learn simple ways to care for people in your home. Learn how to take blood pressure and check heart rates, learn the correct doses of common household medicines (Tylenol and Aspirin) for children and adults, learn how to break fevers, and learn why things like chicken noodle soup or other similar classic home care things can help common sickness.
Learning about the body in general is a good way to honor Lord Thanatos (and several other deities). You can learn how to prevent illness. Learn about what happens when we die or research Thanatology (a scientific discipline that examines death from many perspectives, including physical, ethical, spiritual, medical, sociological, and psychological).
Learn About The Grieving Process and How To Help People Process Death
Learn About Death In Different Cultures
Learning about death is the most obvious devotional act you can do for him. You can study death in different cultures, ex: Dรญa de Los Muertos. Understanding the Grieving Process and how to help people work through it are great things to learn. You don't have to start by trying to help people mourn the loss of their grandma or dogs, you can start, or even just stay, at helping people grieve aspects of their lives they feel like they are losing. Helping people move on in any capacity, is a great way to honor Lord Thanatos.
Death Doula training is something you can look at. A death doula is someone who helps people prepare for death.
This one is also kind of obvious but you can write prayers or hymns or literally make any type of art and dedicate it to him. Crochet a butterfly and place it in an area for him. Whatever you can do for him he will be happy with. Once again this isn't a set list and if something doesn't work for you but it gives you some ideas of what you can do then this post still did its job.
Once again this isn't a set list, you can offer other things, and if something doesn't work for you but it at least gives you some ideas of what you can do then this post still did its job.
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https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Thanatos.html
https://vocal.media/futurism/ways-of-worship-thanatos
https://screeching-0wl.tumblr.com/post/671653682327240704/a-guide-to-worship-of-thanatos-cheat-sheets
https://greekpagan.com/?s=Thanatos
https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/first-aid/
Here are some links where you can read up a bit more and where I got a lot of the information for the offerings portion, and if you would like to talk feel free to reach out.
