the fruit of the dead

“𝕻𝖑𝖔𝖚𝖙𝖔𝖓 , 𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖓𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖒𝖔𝖚𝖘” Dedicated to the god of the underworld, king of the dead and his wife, queen, goddess. 🏺🏛🏺 witchcraft blog: hadeswitch following from: bone-witch

[river-in-the-woods]

His colour is obsidian––a pure, clean black. He can be heard best in silence. A kind of silence and stillness that seems to exist independently of sound and movement around it. He is known as the Unseen One for good reason. His presence is subtle. He speaks to you through lurking fears and old wounds. He is there when all hope and light seems lost. When you cry for days, cradling an unbearable pain you don’t understand. He is there when you brush with death, when life fades, for He is the Receiver of all that we lose and give away, willingly or not, and His touch is like a breath of wind, or the way cool water slides off your skin––a touch that cleanses, that pulls you into visions and dreams, so that you may awaken with understanding. He is the darkness that illuminates––light cannot exist without Him. He is the silent fight, the struggle, the crawling through misery, to rebirth and healing––death and death again, for everything that isn’t you. He is the Lord Beneath, for the truest path to Him, is deeper.

[moon-sappho]

Hades

[greekromangods]

Mural Painting: Hades and Persephone

1827

Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781–1841)

Berlin

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[aurora-strix]

dread persephone aesthetic 

[hadesdevotee]

Hades Epithet Poetry

Adamastos - inflexable, unsubdued

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Wrath of Hades Adamastos upon the unjust

Be unwavering, unsubdued, and unrequenting.

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Wrath of Hades Adamastos burn cold with a

Steel-willed logic, tempered in the flaming river Phlegethon.

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Wrath of Hades Adamastos, formidable in battle,

Indestructible Life, None shall cheat death.

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[scary-crow]

Hades, drawing lots with his eyes closed, drunk on nectar and ambrosia, laughing out may we live forever’s in the shallow yellow dawn. Hades, with the short straw. with the hollow ground. with the quiet. with the stone-cold throne and endless echoes. the lopsided crown, the dusty aching dark. Hades, giving in to half-lies. to sunken rumors, red-ripe tales. Hades, Hades, she casts your crown aside. curls herself like morning mist upon your throne. you sit on the floor between her legs and she braids your hair. twists and smiles and yes, maybe, yes, the darkness, too, can be soft. if you let it. Hades, Hades, you are terrible and unknown. you cannot wear those flowers in your hair. you cannot laugh like you have seen the sun. Hades, Hades, Hades, you are a god. you last. outlast. you cannot care for spring. you cannot care for spring. you cannot love a softer thing. you cannot be a softer thing.

LET’S PRETEND THE GODS WERE LONELY TOO (via wordsbyjm)

[thoodleoo]

Hades is relentless and untamed- So mortals hate him most of all the gods.

Homer, Iliad IX.158-159 (via thoodleoo)

[teawiththegods]

Hades is the god presiding over our descents, investing the darkness in our lives, our depressions, our anxieties, our emotional upheavals and our grief with the power to bring illumination and renewal.

The Gods of Greece by Arianna Stassinopoulos and Roloff Beny (via seafoambeauty)

[septemberequinox]

The 72 Adorations to Persephone -

I adore you, she of both realms,

I adore you, whose feet dance among fertile soil and brambles,

I adore you, daughter of Demeter,

I adore you, strength-finder,

I adore you, Maiden,

I adore you, with a knowing smile and raised brow,

I adore you, curses in thy name,

I adore you, bringer of fruit,

I adore you, vengeful and just,

I adore you, lips stained with pomegranate nectar

I adore you, who protects girls who never had your choice,

I adore you, of iron and florals,

I adore you, whom we burn meat and pour honey and straight wine for,

I adore you, Queen of the Underworld,

I adore you, whose name is reeled off in curses by those who seek justice,

I adore you, who brings warmth and seedlings to the Earth,

I adore you, who chose her own path,

I adore you, freckle-faced and lion-willed,

I adore you, the one who descends on her own accord,

I adore you, the Terrifying,

I adore you, saviour of the downtrodden and lost,

I adore you, of blood and honey,

I adore you, first born,

I adore you, betrothed to Haides

I adore you, bringer of seasons,

I adore you, from young girl above to the bride and ruler of the throne below,

I adore you, in the stone enclosure,

I adore you, who yearns for both mother and husband,

I adore you, the name of curses and revenge,

I adore you, milled grain and ashes,

I adore you, she who chose to eat the seeds,

I adore you, of the dried fruit,

I adore you, surrounded by wealth of mines and the love of Haides,

I adore you, brought below by horseback,

I adore you, brought back by torchlight,

I adore you, she of both names,

I adore you, coronated by the bloody garnet fruit in your palm,

I adore you, of free spirit and fearsome wrath,

I adore you, offspring of Zeus,

I adore you, of the coins,

I adore you, pure goddess,

I adore you, who seeks,

I adore you, explorer of lush fields and dark crevices,

I adore you, wearing a crown of florals and gemstone shards,

I adore you, trim-ankled,

I adore you, writer of the chapter of her own fate,

I adore you, mistress of Haides,

I adore you, destroyer,

I adore you, the one who is sought,

I adore you, whose name strikes both fear and awe into our hearts

I adore you, both princess and queen,

I adore you, sweet as honey,

I adore you, who chose to be far more than a nuptial agreement,

I adore you, she who reigns for half a year,

I adore you, exactor of Justice,

I adore you, of bouquets of asphodels and sheafs of wheat,

I adore you, risen from sinkholes,

I adore you, she who takes the sunlight with her,

I adore you, the one who picks flowers and reigns with true power,

I adore you, whom we quiver in fear of,

I adore you, friend of nymphs, Artemis, and Athena,

I adore you, who brings death,

I adore you, your refusal to be negotiation nor pawn,

I adore you, noble goddess,

I adore you, of the laws,

I adore you, great goddess,

I adore you, along the River Styx,

I adore you, who we kneel before,

I adore you, Infernal Queen,

I adore you, sunlight and darkness,

I adore you, of vegetation of decay,

I adore you, Persephone, of graceful protection and most fearsome vexation!

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Hades

Like a shadow stretching across my skin, I feel his warmth soak through me. A vigor grow in me, I feel his strength pick me up out of my darkest moment. I’m not huddled in his chest, I am standing strong, standing tall, Arms covered in dragon scales. My trembling is replaced by a steel grip, He’s raised me out of a pit of despair, When my mind betrayed me and my illness reached an unfathomable low, He was there for me. Why did he rescue me? I’ll never know, But I’ll never forget, And I’ll never let go

[oikawas]

myth moodboards → hades

the god of death was kind in his punishment, but positively feral in his kindness

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[firstburrn]

Current mood: Eating a pomegranate and living in the Greek underworld

[tarrasheree]

Mother, I know you wanted more for me, Gilded crowns and marble halls, But mama, I wanted more too, I found it in the arms of a King and the bite of a pomegranate, You painted my lips rose red and set me on a hilltop of daisies, He gave me a throne of skull and bones, and now I paint my own lips red with the blood of those who came before, Oh mother, I know you wanted me to marry a good man who could give me his all, This man not only tore open the world for me, he gave me a world - the whole Underworld, He didn’t just give me his soul, mother, but every soul, My King never dragged me to hell, He was the first man to get on his knee for me, and he offered me a crown, a kingdom, and a heart, You think he’s not worthy of me, mama? He loved me enough to make me his queen, The God of the Undead, the mighty King of the Underworld, whom mortals fear - cowers beneath my touch, gives me the power to destroy him, Mother, how could I want anything more? The God who takes and controls souls, has given me his.

Love, Persephone. (via tarrasheree)

[teawiththegods]

Hades is the god presiding over our descents, investing the darkness in our lives, our depressions, our anxieties, our emotional upheavals and our grief with the power to bring illumination and renewal.

The Gods of Greece by Arianna Stassinopoulos and Roloff Beny (via seafoambeauty)

[itsaseamonster]

In Ancient Greek we don’t say “I love you” we say “εἰ δὲ θανόντων περ καταλήθοντ’ εἰν Ἀΐδαο αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ καὶ κεῖθι φίλου μεμνήσομ' ἑταίρου.” which translates into “And though the dead forget the dead in the house of Hades, even there I shall still remember my beloved companion.” and I think that is beautiful.

[hellenic-reconstructionism]

Hellenismos Suggestion #13

Hades is sure to carry out justice upon transphobes, upon racists, upon homophobes, upon the exploitative bourgeoisie. He ensures that the evil dead are punished forevermore, and that the Heroes of modern day are in bliss.