โ !! ๊ฐ 31 days of helpol ๊ฑ ๐๏ธ
(so sorry for missing the other days!! iโve been spending lots of time with my family and weโve finally [after five months of issues] started moving into our house. itโs been such a wave of relief that there isnโt any more issues, so all thatโs left is to get moved in and wait for a few other things to get finished up)
day twenty-five - โwhat was the most surprising thing youโve learnt about hellenic polytheism or your deities?โ
how flexible this religion is. like in many religions (like basically every one with some form of holy text that they follow), thereโs rules and strict things that you have to follow. a lot of time, followers of said religion will also bring those words to an extreme. โdo this or this god wonโt love youโ โdonโt do that or youโll suffer eternallyโ things like that. iโve seen none of that with hellenic polytheism. i mean, sure, the occasional bad person pops up every once in a while, but thatโs not what the religion has been. iโve felt more accepted than ever since, which i never expected lol
day twenty-six - โdo you celebrate any festivals? which ones or why not?โ
iโm trying to?? but i donโt really know what festivals there are (iโve only just now started learning about them)
day twenty-seven - โshare a fun fact about one or more of your deities which you think is underrated or not well-knownโ
i donโt have any facts that come to mind๐ญ my mindโs just blank right now
day twenty-eight - โwhat is your favorite myth?โ
ICARUS. ANYTHING ABOUT ICARUS, ANY RETELLING, ANY FORM OF RETELLING (story, poem, painting, etcโฆ), ANYTHING. i loveee the story of icarus. iโve even wondered before if hero worship is possible for icarus (is it?) so i can show how cool and amazing i think he is
day twenty-nine - โwhat is an aspect of your deities you really appreciate?โ
their unconditional love. i am yet to hear about a deity who doesnโt unconditionally love their devotee/the person who worships them (and this goes for every deity)
day thirty - โdo you have a visual interpretation of your deities? is this different from usual depictions you see of them?โ
for Lord Apollo, i usually imagine him with tanned skin, blond long hair, the usual sort of depiction of him that youโll see a lot from people. like with how i see all gods, i donโt imagine him as having any irises. i feel like eyes are what truly makes something human, so the lack of that shows that they arenโt human. but thatโs just a personal thought!!
for Lady Aphrodite, i can never keep a steady depiction of her in my mind. seriously. there is one image of her i have in my mind that repeats though. so, if youโve watched arcane, you know how viktor and jayce and sky looked in that cosmic realm sort of thing?? imagine that but itโs not like she has a human face or hair like how they did in the show. everything is like whatever that other stuff is, the weird cosmic bodysuit (please tell me this is making sense๐). i imagine that, her body type and facial features thatโs typically seen in statues of her, and everything is carved out like a statue. her hair is long (like going down to her feet kind of long), itโs wavy, and is constantly moving like a flowing waterfall. the only thing thatโs different about any of her appearance and any of the colors are her eyes which are pure white. and thatโs about all i got for an image of her.
for Lord Hermes, the designs for him from epic the musical. specifically the one by wolfythewitch. where his eyes are covered by his helmet (following the theme of the whole gods and eyes thing), i imagine him with wings both on his feet and his helmet, light brown curly hair, and i also kind of imagine him with slightly pointed ears?? i dunno, i always associate him with puck from a midsummer nights dream, so a mischievous sprite with sort of fairy/elf-like feature but in the most gorgeous way possible.
for Lord Dionysus, much like Lord Apollo, the typical depiction of him. black wavy hair, leopard print and purple everything, hints of wine red in his clothes, sort of maximalist clothes?? but somehow in an ancient greek way?? like combining the fashion of ancient greece and modern times. i do imagine him with darker tanned skin though, which i see sometimes in art. and of course, the whole no irises/eyes thing
day thirty-one - โshare a positive experience youโve had this month/year with one or more of your deities?โ
Lord Apollo - when he comforted me while i was crying, then later the sun was shining as it rained (which is my favorite type of weather)
Lady Aphrodite - when after taking a break for months, i prayed to her for the first time, and the next day i looked in the mirror and i felt so pretty. looking back on the selfies i took at the time, i still think i was absolutely drop-dead gorgeous
Lord Hermes - when i wanted to talk to Lady Aphrodite because i was feeling insecure, but he wouldnโt let me use my pendulum to talk to her and kept refusing to let me put the pendulum down until i talked with him. so i talked with him instead and he helped me out <33
Lord Dionysus - when he helped me memorize my whole script a week before my play. a week. mind you, i had maybe three lines memorized overall, and he helped me remember all 42 lines and 3 monologues. i know that doesnโt sound like a lot, but it was shakespeare๐ญ i was struggling a lot. but i got multiple compliments after the play, and a little girl told me i was her favorite character <3 never forgetting that feeling
