desolate and divine;

[mndlpz]

A modern interpretation of the Greek god, H A D E S.

[mndlpz]

“Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.” (x)

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asterion // ariadne

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myth fashion

ariadne + the minotaur ;

[picnichat]

MYTHOLOGY MEME: GREEK GODS AND GODDESSES- ARTEMIS

Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, twin sister of Apollo. She was born on the island of Ortygia, where Leto had found shelter after being hunted by the lawful wife of Zeus, Hera. As soon as Artemis was born, she helped her mother give birth to her twin brother, thereby becoming the protector of childbirth and labour. She asked her father to grant her eternal chastity and virginity, and never gave in to any potential lovers; devoted to hunting and nature, she rejected marriage and love.

She was the protector of nature and the hunt; both wild and tame animals were under her protection. She also protected the agriculture and animal herding.

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MYTHOLOGY MEMES - [Greek] Nyx

Nyx. /nɪks/ (also known as Νύξ or her Roman equivalent Nox) is the Greek Goddess or personification of the night. The mother of other deities such as Hypnos (sleep) and Thanatos (death) stood at or near the beginning of creation and is described as a figure of such exceptional power and beauty, that she is even feared by Zeus himself. She is found in the shadows of the world and only ever seen in glimpses. 

alpha // beta 

[vaesna]

Greek mythological figures [2/?]  ↳ Perseus

[vaesna]

 PERSEUS was one of the most celebrated of the Greek heroes. His story was as follows:–Perseus’ mother Danae was locked in a bronze chamber by her father Akrisios, where she was impregnated by Zeus in the form of a golden shower. Akrisios put both mother and child in a chest and set them adrift in the sea, but they washed safely ashore on the island of Seriphos. Later when Perseus was grown, King Polydektes, command he bring back the head of Medousa. With the help of the gods, Perseus first obtained an invisible helm, magical sword, and winged sandals. He then stole the single eye of the Graiai, three ancient hags, who told him where to find the Gorgones. 

The hero approached the sleeping Medousa, and beheaded her with eyes turned away, to avoid her petrifying visage. On his way back to Greece, he spied the princess Andromeda chained to the rocks as a sacrifice to a sea-monster. Perseus slew the monster, and rescued the girl, bringing her back to Greece as his bride. On Seriphos, he turned King Polydektes to stone, then travelled to his grandfather’s kingdom to claim the throne. The old man fled, and was later accidentally killed by Perseus at some Games with an awry discus throw.Perseus was the ancestor through his sons and daughter of the royal houses of Mykenai, Elis, Sparta, Messenia, and distant Persia. His most famous descendant of all was Herakles.

[joypendants]

heart-eater, they called her: mother of sleep and death; she who exhaled the stars, carved of obsidian and onyx, a lion in her chest and fire on her tongue. god trembles before her: (she is man-eater, woman and beast) she is god-killer, rusted blood, and she cannot be tamed.

and in the shadows she lurks, but all tremble at the sound of her name: nyx. (c.n.s; 11/23/14)

[foggydevils]

WOMEN OF MYTHOLOGY  |  Amphitrite, The Queen of the Sea

Amphitrite was the goddess and queen of the sea in Greek mythology. She was said to be one of the fifty Nereids, sea nymphs who were the daughter of Nereus and Doris. She was also the wife of the god of the sea, Poseidon, and mother to his son, Triton and daughters Rhodes and Benthesicyme. Amphitrite was essentially the personification of the sea, as well as the mother of the many beasts that roamed its expanse.

She is most famously acknowledged in the adventures of Theseus. When King Minos demanded that Theseus prove that he was in fact a son of Poseidon, he threw a golden ring into the ocean to test the hero. With the aid of Amphitrite and her sea creatures, Theseus was able to recover the ring. She also welcomed the hero into her own palace and presented him with a golden crown to give to Ariadne as a wedding gift. 

[oydsseus]

poseidon || greek god of the sea

"For his sake Poseidon, shaker of the earth, although he does not kill Odysseus, yet drives him back from the land of his fathers. But come, let all of us who are here work out his homecoming and see to it that he returns. Poseidon shall put away his anger; for all alone and against the will of the other immortal gods united he can accomplish nothing.”

[biceptisaurus]

Mythology Meme - Greek Gods/Goddesses: Hemera

In Greek Mythology Hemera was the personification of day and one of the primordial deities. She is the goddess of daytime and the daughter of Erebus and Nyx.

[spyderverse]

↳ mythology meme | [1/9] greek gods/goddess →  Hemera

In Greek mythology Hemera was the personification of day and one of the Greek primordial deities. She is the goddess of the daytime and, according to Hesiod, the daughter of Erebus and Nyx. Hemera is remarked upon in Cicero’s De Natura Deorum, where it is logically determined that Hemera must be a god, if Uranus is a god. 

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MYTHOLOGY MEME - [16/?] GREEK GODS/GODDESSES: NYX

"Nyx with her gentle ban on man’s activities

descended on the company.

She put the world to sleep.”

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they said love was beautiful, but they forgot to say that it was broken too.

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mythology meme: gods and goddesses - olympian (2/5) - demetr D E M E T R was the great Olympian goddess of agriculture, grain, and bread, the prime sustenance of mankind. She also presided over the foremost of the Mystery Cults which promised its intiates the path to a blessed afterlife. Demeter was depicted as a mature woman, often crowned and holding sheafs of wheat and and a torch. some of the famous myths: The abduction of her daughter Persephone by Hades, and the great dearth she brought down upon the earth; The nursing of Demophoon, the young son of King Keleus of Eleusis; The journeys of Triptolemos, a hero sent by the goddess to instruct mankind in agriculture; Her assault by Poseidon who forcefully coupled with her in the form of a horse; The punishment of Erysikhthon who was cursed with an unquenchable hunger by the goddess for cutting down her holy grove.

[facinaoris]

A new flower you shall arise, with markings on your petals, close imitation of my constant moans: and there shall come another to be linked with this new flower, a valiant hero shall be known by the same marks upon its petals.’

[okayodysseus]

T O G E T H E R;  a mix for hera and zeus, for the two who cut each other open as the other kisses away the pain, for those that intertwine as they tear away at their bones. the world will fall at their knees for their rabid love.  [listen]