Hero Worship

Mostly making things about Hero worship, etc… to help helpols who are interested in it.

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This is a simple blog to help helpol’s who are interested in hero worship. Call me lotus.

Understanding what hero worship is before getting into it.

Request for a certain guide of a hero are open

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Hero & heroines I’ve done a guide of

—Heroes—

- Heracles

- Achilles

- Odysseus

- Cadmus

- Diomedes

- Orpheus

- Hector

- Icarus

- Theseus

- Telemachus

- Cephalus

- Patroclus

- Aeneas

- Ganymede

- Tiresias

- Alexander the great

- Perseus

- Oedipus

- Jason

- Paris of Troy

- Orestes

- Homer

- Bellerophon

- Pelops

- Daedalus

- Adonis

- Menelaus

- Troilus

- Alectryon

- Midas

- Helenus

- Telegonus

- Palamedes

—Heroines—

- Penelope

- Helen of Sparta

- Atalanta

- Medea

- Iphigenia

- Cassandra of Troy

- Andromache

- Ariadne

- Pandora

- Sappho

- Andromeda

- Hecuba

- Penthesilea

- Europa

- Clytemnestra

- Leda

- Electra

- Eurydice

- Antigone

- Briseis

- Hypatia

- Ismene

- Eurycleia

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Suggestive Gem offerings 

Hero: Penelope

Opal

Angel Aura Quartz

Clear quartz

Blue jade

Blue Scheelite

Lapis Lazuli

Montebraisite

Mother of pearl

Aqua Calcite

Chalcedony

Charoite

Lavender Fluorite

Snowflake Obsidian

Sulphur Quartz

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Blue Sapphire

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Suggestive Gem offerings 

Hero: Diomedes

Black Kyanite

Labradorite

Larvikite

Mookaite

Black moonstone

Mugglestone

Nuummite

Zebra Calcite

Tiger’s eye

Dravite

Angel Eye Fluorite

Garnet

Picture Jasper

Jet

Lodolite

Black Obsidian

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Suggestive Gem offerings

Hero: Helen of Sparta

Rose quartz

Pearl

Blue lace agate

Red amethyst

Apophyllite

Blue Aventurine

Bustamite

Bytownite

Spinel

Honey Calcite

Mangano Calcite

Dravite

Eudialyte

Bumble Bee Jasper

Kunzite

Peach moonstone

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🎲 Palamedes worship guide/suggestion🎲

Domain: intelligence, invention, Strategy, numbers, the alphabet, the falsely accused 

Epithets: Euboean prince, son of Nauplius, skillful adviser, clever, inventor of the alphabet/numbers, fair-eyed, wisest, most ingenious, brother of Oeax/Nausimedon

Imagery/symbolism: Greek letters & numbers, coins, stone, a well, dice, fishing pond

Color: white, black, brown, blue, grey, gold

Animal: fish, hedgehog

Offerings: Flowers, Candles, incense, art, poetry, lamps, letters, fish meats, stones/rocks, water, milk, wine, tea, gin, honey, seeds, vegetables, cakes, writing utensils, coins, board games, well imagery

Devotional acts: studying, writing letters, playing Strategy games, advocating for Peace, supporting the misunderstood, collecting stones/coins, fishing, visiting a well

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giving epic cycle characters different types of divinations (all based on vibes)

putting what they mean in each order btw

Achilles - Hematomancy and Conchomancy

- Divination through blood - Divination through shells

Odysseus - Hydromancy and Logomancy

- Divination through water - Divination through words

Helen of Sparta - Margaritomancy and enoptromancy

- Divination through pearls - Divination through mirrors

Hektor - Hippomancy and Aichmomancy

- Divination through horses - Divination through sharp objects

Paris - Anthroposcopy and Fructomancy

- Divination through physical appearance - Divination through fruit

Patroclus - Ceneromancy and Astragalomancy

- Divination through ashes - Divination through knucklebones

Penelope - Oneiromancy and sphondulomancy

- Divination through dreams - Divination through spindles

Diomedes - Scrying and macharomancy

- Divination through gaze - Divination through swords and daggers

Cassandra - Capnomancy and Chresmomancy

- Divination through smoke - Divination through the ravings of lunatics

Palamedes - Grafology and Numismatomancy

- Divination through studying writing - Divination through coins

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𓇼 Telegonus worship guide/suggestions 𓇼

Domain: accidental death, restlessness, forage, Contrition, aftermath

Epithets: Son of Odysseus/Circe, consort of Penelope, Founder of Tusculum, bitterly lamented, of the long-hilted spear, immortal, discovering, young man, pitiful, father of Italus/Mamilia

Imagery/symbolism: spear, the sea, boat, sea bird bones

Color: gold, blue, grey, brown

Animal: stingray, turtle-dove, cattle

Offerings: Flowers, Candles, incense, art, poetry, lamps, spear heads, stingray imagery, honey, sweets, fruits, tea, gin, water, milk, meats, turtle-dove feathers, herbs, seashells, statues of Circe, coins, jewels, trinkets

Devotional acts: Offering Foreign Produce, studying stingrays, sea gazing, sailing, traveling, learning from your mistakes, collecting herbs/seashells, reading fragments of the telegony

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I totally missed this news about the ‘School of Homer’ or ‘Homer’s Palace’ site on Ithaca last June/July: more inscriptions found that cement the idea of the site as a hero cult sanctuary, worshipping Odysseus - an Odysseion.

In Search of Odysseus - Greece Is

Archaeologists at the site of Aghios Athanasios – the “School of Homer” in northern Ithaki have unearthed new evidence of a hero cult dedica

My favourite things:

Pottery sherds/tiles with (partial) dedications to Odysseus on them: “…14 stamped tiles bear Greek and Latin inscriptions — including, crucially, pieces that mention Odysseus by name. One tile fragment carries the genitive form [ΟΔ]ΥCCEOC – meaning “of Odysseus,” perhaps to denote ownership or dedication. Another bears the partial inscription ΟΔΥC[CEI, likely a votive phrase meaning “to Odysseus.” “

This teensy head of a bronze statuette or bust identified as Odysseus that I hadn’t said before (unclear when this was found) - it has similar features to images on Ithacan bronze coins from the 3rd and 4th centuries BCE. (See the article)

Reminder of hero and other cults in Ancient Greek worship: https://greekmythcomix.com/comic/classicstober-day-21-cult/

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altars for greek heroes

ACHILLES: hero of the Trojan war, son of nereid Thetis

Colors: gold/bronze, red for Trojan War. blue, white for his mother Thetis

Offerings: yarrow, gold/silver, shells, gull feathers, olive, laurel, gemstones

Crystals: aquamarine, sodalite, jaspers (red, yellow, ocean especially)

*to honor Achilles you must also honor Patroclus*

PATROCLUS: hero of the Trojan war, son of Argonaut Menoetius

Colors: gold/bronze, red for war. purple for royal birth

Offerings: incense/fire, oil, olive, laurel, gemstones, gold/silver

Crystals: agates (moss, tree especially), amethyst, lepidolite, rose quartz, citrine

ADONIS: lover of Aphrodite, became god of rebirth and beauty

Colors: pink, purple, red for beauty and association with Aphrodite

Offerings: fast growing plants (lettuce, fennel, barley, wheat), anemone and other flowers, dead plants, cake, honey

Crystals: flower agate, rose quartz, amethyst, rutilated quartz, jaspers (specifically rainforest or other green ones)

ARIADNE: helped Theseus to defeat the Minotaur, later married Dionysus and became goddess of labyrinths

Colors: gold for noble birth. purple for association with Dionysus

Offerings: grapes, puzzle toys, spools of thread or fabric art, wine, herbal tea, saffron

Crystals: grape agate, celestite, star jasper, pyrite, amethyst, scolectite, selenite

ASCLEPIUS: god of healing, son of Apollo

Colors: yellow, white for association with Apollo. red, pink, orange for healing

Offerings: snake skin, clay/bronze humanoid figurines, cypress, pine, olive trees, medicinal herbs

Crystals: quartz, rhodonite, amethyst, fluorite, selenite, citrine

ATALANTA: one of the Argonauts, devotee of Artemis, killed the Calydonian boar

Colors: brown, green for the hunt. white, blue, grey for association with Artemis

Offerings: pork, boar hide, apples, laurel, forgeables, lion/bear imagery

Crystals: jaspers, moss/tree agate, petrified wood, amethyst, rose quartz, selenite

CASTOR AND POLLUX: Pollux was a son of Zeus who shared his immortality Castor, they were turned into the Gemini constellation, saviors of seafarers

Colors: purple for noble birth. white and grey for association with zeus. black for the night sky

Offerings: shells, laurel, olive, meat, wine, two things conjoined (like two cherries or two grapes on a vine)

Crystals: star and ocean jaspers, sodalite, aquamarine, obsidian, hematite

HERAKLES: went mad and killed his wife and kids, did 12 labors as penance, god of strength and heroes

Colors: red, gold for strength and heroes

Offerings: hellebore, olive, laurel, meat, alcohol, yarrow

Crystals: bloodstone, carnelian, garnet, red jasper, smokey quartz, pyrite

HYACINTHUS: Spartan prince and lover of Apollo, became god of vegetation

Colors: pink, yellow, green for vegetation. yellow/gold for association with apollo

Offerings: iris (they were called hyacinths by the Greeks) and other flowers, grain, yarrow, clove

Crystals: tree/moss/flower agate, jaspers (especially bumblebee), citrine, carnelian, pyrite, honey calcite, amber

ODYSSEUS: clever hero of Homer's "The Odyssey," favored by Athena

Colors: gold, purple for royal status. grey, white for wisdom

Offerings: owl feathers, shells, boat imagery, poetry/speeches, laurel, olive, cypress

Crystals: jaspers, obsidian, quartz, aquamarine, turquoise, sodalite, bloodstone

ORION: lover of Artemis, was turned into a constellation after death. Sirius is his dog and Scorpius the scorpion that slayed him

Colors: black, white for night. brown, green for the hunt

Offerings: forageables, apples, hides/leather, mugwort, cypress, moon shaped items

Crystals: star jasper, bloodstone, selenite, celestite, howlite

ORPHEUS: son of Apollo, famed musician and poet of the Argonauts, travelled to Haides to try to save his wife Eurydice

Colors: yellow, gold, white for Apollo. black for the Underworld

Offerings: music (especially lyre), poetry, hymns, honey, laurel, wine, meats

Crystals: aventurine, obsidian, black tourmaline, smokey quartz, selenite, yellow jasper, honey calcite

PERSEUS: son of Zeus, slayer of Medusa, has a constellation

Colors: gold and red for hero status. white, grey, blue for association with Zeus

Offerings: meat, laurel, snake shed, alcohol, fruit, honey, milk (to honor his mother Danae)

Crystals: jaspers (red, star especially), bloodstone, serpentine, quartz, obsidian

THESEUS: slayer of the Minotaur, united Attica, completed six trials for the entrances to the Underworld that he passed on the way to Athens

Colors: blues for ocean, being a son of Poseidon (in some stories)

Offerings: ship imagery, meat, olive, yarrow, gold

Crystals: pyrite, sodalite, lapis lazuli, coral, blue aventurine, aquamarine

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100% would use Sortes Homericae divination for Homeric heroes

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👁️Helenus worship guide/suggestions👁️

Domain: prophecy, seers, survivorship, counsel, outcome, the coerced

Epithets: Son of Priam, Trojan prince, prophet, gentle, the greatest of augurs, twin of Cassandra, warrior, valiant, excellent, husband of Andromache, king of Epirus, priest of Apollo

Imagery/symbolism: laurel wreaths, spear, the sun, tomb

Color: yellow, gold, green, white, black

Animal: snakes, birds.

Offerings: Flowers, Candles, incense, art, poetry, lamps, snake skin, oils, bird feathers, wreaths, water, milk, wine, tea, honey, sweets, fruits, divination tools, jewelry, coins, Apollo statues, laurel leaves

Devotional acts: studying Augury, sun gazing, honoring Apollo, wreath crafting, cultivating calm decision-making, veiling, traveling, supporting survivors, creating sun water

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🌴Nausicaa worship guide/suggestions🌴

Domain: youth, grace, shelter, virtue, kindness, generosity, compassion

Epithets: Princess of Phaeacia, white-armed, fair-ankled, daughter of Alcinous, Maiden, granddaughter of Poseidon, graceful, beautiful, fair-roped, lady, wife of Telemachus.

Imagery/symbolism: Ships, the shoreline, ball, the sea, palm tree, hair wrap, clothes.

Colors: Blue, white, gold.

Animal: mules, sheep

Offerings: Flowers, Candles, incense, art, poetry, lamps, shells, palm branches, sea imagery, salt, jewelry, sweets, tea, milk, trinkets, bread, fruits, honey, hair wrap, water, oils, wool, coins.

Devotional acts: Collecting shells, sea gazing, assisting people in need, helping children, doing laundry, veiling, reading the Odyssey, being kind, attending ball games.

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💛Midas worship guide/suggestions💛

Domain: Gold, riches, Wealth, bountifulness, Repentance

Epithets: King of Phrygia, Son of Cybele, follower of Pan, of the golden touch, wealthy, delighting, donkey-eared, Fond of gold, famous, husband of Hermodice, of the Rose-Garden, Phrygian

Imagery/symbolism: Gold, Crown, roses, ox-cart, the river Pactolus

Color: Gold, yellow, red, brown

Animal: Oxen, Cattle, Donkey

Offerings: Flowers, Candles, incense, art, poetry, lamps, oils, perfume, coins, jewelry, gold, oak, crowns, rose petals, garden imagery, water, milk, tea, wine, fruits, bread, meat, honey, Statues of Cybele/Pan

Devotional acts: Saving up money, honoring Pan/Cybele, taking care of Donkeys, thinking before acting, veiling, wealth rites, offering hospitality, nature walks, planting roses, visiting a garden

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"A temple and image have been erected to Cassandra, the daughter of Priam, called Alexandra by the natives [Messenians]."

— Pausanias, Description of Greece, 3.26.5

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“there is a temple of Cassandra in Italy which was established by the leading men of the Daunians in her honor. It is near the lake of Salpe. Salpe is a lake in Italy, Dardanos is a city of Italy.”

— TZETZES, AD LYCOPHRONEM, 1128

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🐉Cadmus worship guide/suggestions🐉

Domain: Heroes, ingenuity, monster-slaying, struggle, transformation

Epithets: Founder/king of Thebes, husband of Harmonia, dragon-slayer, Phoenician Prince, Sower of the Teeth, high-spirited, son of Agenor, hero, immortal, brother of Europa, noble

Imagery/symbolism: the Phoenician alphabet, dragon scales, spear, the moon, dragon tooth

Color: brown, green, black, white, gold

Animal: serpents, dragon, cow

Offerings: Flowers, Candles, incense, art, poetry, lamps, snake teeth/skin, alphabet imagery, wine, water, gin, milk, honey, sweets, meat, fruits, harmonia statues, moon water, jewelry, coins, gold, divination tools, spear heads

Devotional acts: creating jewelry out of sharp teeth (real or fake), honoring Harmonia along with her parents, studying herpetology and the Phoenician alphabet, traveling, caring for cows, moon gazing, protecting others.

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Check out the Hero Shrine community on Discord - hang out with 1 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

I’ve decided to make a simple group chat about this topic, just if anyone is interested in making friends with others who also do hero worship!

The channels contain Shrine/Altar sharing, research, suggestions, and more.

All I ask is to not be rude or overly weird with people.