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⋆* –♕; greek myth / modern aphrodite ▸ imagined in summer pastels ❜

sometimes she returns to the sea, even now. in the passenger side of lovers’ cars or gazing from the balconies of bright motels, she watches the beach grass sway and the waves roll to the shoreline in cycle. you’ll find her at the boardwalk waiting to be kissed at the the peak of the ferris wheel, or beneath canted umbrellas, tilting her shades down the bridge of her nose as someone just as lovely passes by. the world may change -- but she does not.

diioonysus

greek mythology → icarus

Attempting to escape from Crete by means of wings; his father warned him to not fly too high or fly too low. When he ignored his father’s warning, he flew too close to the sun, where his wings melted, and he fell into the ocean and drowned

#icarus tag.#greek myth.#light tones.

greenbriarcardan

@camphalfbloodnetwork’s quest 8: gods and goddesses → h e r m e s

Hermes gazed up at the stars. “My dear young cousin, if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the eons, it’s that you can’t give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it. It doesn’t matter if they hate you, or embarrass you, or simply don’t appreciate your genius for inventing the Internet-” “You invented the Internet?” It was my idea, Martha said. Rats are delicious, George said. “It was my idea!” Hermes said. “I mean the Internet, not the rats.”

#hermes tag.#greek myth.#light tones.

⋆* –♕; greek mythology / modern persephone ▸ imagined in summer yellow ❜

bright enough to rival the S U N !

diioonysus

greek mythology → apate

greek goddess of deceit, guile, fraud & deception

#apate tag.#greek myth.#dark tones.

⋆* –♕; greek mythology / a casual aphrodite ▸ imagined in pink ❜

soft petals. love letters received. silk beneath her. diamonds above her.

⋆* –♕; MERMAIDS ▸ maidens of the sea ❜

❝ . . .a strange marvel. It is woman for half its length; but the other half, from thighs to feet, stretched out in a fish's tail. ❞

tomhiddletson

Greek Myth: Selene

Selene was a Titan goddess in Greek mythology, daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. She had two siblings, Helios and Eos. She was the goddess of the moon, which she drove every night across the skies. Selene was linked to Artemis as well as Hecate; all three were considered lunar goddesses.

#selene tag.#greek myth.#dark tones.#gif warning//