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Lady Demeter

Goddess of the harvest, grain, agriculture, horticulture, the bountiful bringer of seasons

drawing offering for lady hestia

trying a new hestia design. been drawing a lot of cartoon style, and i missed drawing her. at some point i really want to make a zine with that style

homey-worshiper

for lady artemis

templehyacinthus

"The Greeks had no single word for religion. Theous sebasthai — to be in aw of the gods, to feel and express respect for them — is probablyh the best approximation for what we loosely call religion. The noun sebas implies a combination of awe, respect, and reverance. Eusebia — proper or right observance of sebas — is often translated as piety but more precisely means "doing the right or proper thing." Impiety, asebeia, is lack or denial of respect for the gods"

- Greek Religion: A Sourcebook, by Valerie M. Warrior (pg. ix)

potnia-theron

°˖➶ digital offering to lady artemis <3

mother artemis, she who soothes, driving worries away she who delights in arrows, divine protectress, i praise you thank you for all your comfort, for all youve done and all youll do my gratitude knows no bounds .

laurusamystic

As a devotee of Artemis who deeply loves her and feels my very soul is hers to hold, sometimes I think about how Artemis has watched her worshippers come and go for thousands of years. People have called to her in caves, in forests, in temples long since crumbled, and now in bedrooms lit by phone screens and candlelight. She has witnessed every offering, oath, petition, and silence that followed.

There’s something in that continuity that makes my chest pull tight. To know she’s still here, listening, and beautifully wild. And I get to be part of that… one voice in a long, uneven line of devotion. It humbles me in ways I can’t explain. I have a hard time articulating the feeling.

Like touching a thread that runs all the way back.

flaroh

‘Hymn to Artemis’ by Callimachus mock book cover 🏹💐🦌🏺

Prints [X]

I’m working on beefing up my portfolio with speculative commercial work, especially book covers. For this cover I had the idea of a female archer leaping through a stylised meadow like something from my 1970s children’s books.

Which version is your favourite??💐

Happy Lesser Mysteries!! 🌾❤️

“Deo, divine mother of all,

goddess of many names,

revered Demeter, nurturer of youths,

giver of prosperity and wealth,

you nourish the ears of corn, 3

O giver of all,

you delight in peace

and in toilsome labor.”

- Homeric Hymn to Eleusinian Demeter

#hellenic polytheism #hellenic pagan #hellenic recon #hellenic reconstructionism #hellenistic #demeter #pagan #paganism #demeter goddess

bodhi-devotee

praise to Apollon, the illuminator. praise to Selene who soothes. be with your humble suppliant as i tuck myself to bed, watch my heart and steady my head. guide my dreams and ease my woe, pay heed to one of many prayers from below!

swissshard

Relief of Hades and Persephone with a table of pomegranates from Hierapolis Archaeological Museum.

cubemelon

Birth of Aphrodite 🐚

dionysianfreak

Dike

Goddess and Horae of Justice & upholder of Law, Punisher of wrong-doing. She also represented an aspect of spring growth

"Daughters of Jove and Themis, seasons bright, Justice, and blessed Peace, and lawful Right, Vernal and grassy, vivid, holy pow'rs, whose balmy breath exhales in lovely flow'rs. All-colour'd seasons, rich increase your care, circling, for ever flourishing and fair: Invested with a veil of shining dew, a flow'ry veil delightful to the view: Attending Proserpine, when back from night, the Fates and Graces Lead her up to light; When in a band-harmonious they advance, and joyful round her, form the solemn dance: With Ceres triumphing, and Jove divine; propitious come, and on our incense shine; Give earth a blameless store of fruits to bear, and make a novel mystic's life your care."