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[on and off hiatus] devotional blog for the Heart-Delighting, Giver of Joy: Hermes! kind of IA but my askbox is always open for any questions and requests <3 Fuck off TERFs / radfems / queerphobes (Leo, they/them, 19)

[kharmophron]

I don’t know too much about Hermes and would love to hear some things about him (both in a historical sense and your personal experience)

so! ill give a general idea but for more specific stuff / areas you can always send more asks or reply to any posts / dm me 🤠

okay! in a general sense, Hermes is the god of... A Lot Of Stuff.

"standard god", i'd say. [insert here that saying that Hermes is the god you should pray for if you don't know who to pray to, because if it isn't a part of his many, MANY domains, he'll know who actually presides over it]

just to make sure we know some of this "a lot", here's a small list:

- god of shepherds, herds and flocks

- god of travellers, roads and hospitality (as well as god of feasts and banquets)

- god protector of the home and god of guard dogs (as a god of boundaries!)

- god of merchants and trade

- god of thievery / thieves

- god heralds and diplomacy (as he is the Messenger of the Gods) (could be expanded into god of divine messages, and rustic divination)

- god of language (writing, speech and eloquence) (also aligned with the diplomacy thing)

- somewhat god of luck and joy

- psychopomp, guide of the dead

- god of sleep (bringer of sleep and dreams) and of dreams of omen (messages sent by the gods and the ghosts of the dead)

- god of contests and gymnasiums

- god of herds / flocks / animal husbandry ("including cattle-herding, shepherding, goat-herding and even the breeding of horses and mules", according to theoi.com)

im kind of sick so these are all the braincells i have at the moment! again, if you want to ask about anything else or if you want me to elaborate on a specific aspect, im always down! as well as for questions about my personal experiences ✨

i highly recommend that you look into his theoi.com page and his book from the gods and heroes of the ancient world series (i love how basically all the chapter titles have a trans- prefix, i feel very seen). i also have a post with some Hermes-related quotes from jennifer larson's "ancient greek cults: a guide" if you wanna check that out! and as always his tag is always filled with masterposts / various resources (i particularly love this one)

[khaire-traveler]

I'm trying a new thing where I pray to a specific deity of mine every night. This deity is a very comforting presence for me, so I invite them to rest with me in hopes it'll give me better sleep and dreams. So far, it's worked well! I notice that I feel safer at night after praying, and I tend to have nice dreams which may sound strange, but I usually have a lot of nightmares, so this is a nice reprieve. I recommend trying this with a deity who brings you comfort. 🧡

[dionysia-ta-astika]

The City Dionysia begins now!

About the Festival

The City Dionysia is a yearly festival in honour of Dionysos, Lord of Wine and Theatre. In ancient Athens, it was celebrated with a theatrical competition featuring tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays.

This blog serves to bring this competition into a modern scope by allowing Hellenic polytheists to submit their own creative pieces in honour of Dionysos.

Currently there are no prizes for winning, the competition only aims to be a fun way to bring the City Dionysia to life as a communal event for modern worshippers.

Categories

The categories for this edition are the same as last year, that is:

Retelling of Classic myths

Original myths

Poetry

Art (digital or traditional)

2024 Timeline

Submission openings: February 10th

Submission closing: March 10th

Vote opening: March 11th

Vote closing: March 18th

Winner announcement: March 19th

Rules for submissions

Roleplay and fanfic are not allowed in submissions. This is a religious festival, please respect our faith and do not submit an entry if you are roleplaying or writing fanfiction.

Submissions do not need to revolve specifically around Dionysos, but they must be created in honour of the Hellenic pantheon.

All stories, myths, poems, and art pieces must be entered using the submissions button.

All entries must be tagged for the category they are being submitted to.

Entries must also be tagged for potentially triggering content, squicks, and anything NSFW.

An entry may only be submitted to a single category.

Each person may only submit one entry per category each year.

Participants are the owners of their work and have full rights over their submission. Should a third party be interested in publishing/distributing/using a submission for whatever purpose, permission is to be asked to the original creator of the piece. The admins of this blog have no say in this matter.

Winners for each category will be decided by popular vote.

Happy creating and Io Dionysos!

[kharmophron]

seeing him everywhere !

[kharmophron]

hiya, just wanted to give a heads up that a self described queerphobic terf is following you, divining-skeptic. i was blocking other terfs from her follow list when i found ur blog & figured youd like a warning considering ur dni 👍

thank you! that's so weird, it says here i have that account blocked but oh well. here's a general reminder that i dont fuck with queerphobes, TERFs and ableists, y'all can get off this page thank u very much

[anuic-deactivated20220825]

[the-fugitive-kaspy]

OK, fine, the Brits can take this one W for once.

[probablyasocialecologist]

Father Jones explained that his "advice does not contradict the Bible's eighth commandment because God's love for the poor and despised outweighs the property rights of the rich."

[klinger4yossarian-deactivated20]

rare occurence: tfw a christian seems to have read the same book I did

[james-silvercat]

Funniest bit: OP, who is deactivated, made this post expecting people to side with the corporations

[kharmophron]

hmmm wanted to try out a redraw of this (on my actual take

[kharmophron]

pose study turned cute hermes moment

[kharmophron]

may Hermes gently guide you to sleep, and bring you the sweet dreams being sent your way 💫

[rabiesofficial]

[blogging-at-your-funeral]

[kharmophron]

today (wed.) was a very Hermes day and im so glad! i worked out, did some Grown Up Paperwork Shit, and then went out with devotional makeup and jewelry and was all giddy about him. did a prayer while losing my shit getting back home (public transport KING) and now im just soft thinking about how present Hermes is, like, anywhere, everywhere, at all times, in any context. so lovely

[khaire-traveler]

Some days will always be harder than others, but you are strong enough to push through.

You are loved by many people, whether you realize it or not.

Every time you leave, someone is waiting for you to come back.

You are worthy of good things. You deserve happiness, love, and peace. These things will come to you.

Your value is not determined by how "successful" you are or how many friends you have; your value is and always will be priceless.

There comes an end to all storms, no matter how gruelling; the sun will shine down soon.

The light shall pierce through the darkness once more, as it always has done before.

Sometimes you need to rock the boat a bit in order for things to change for the better.

In the end, you will be ok. You have survived, and you will continue to survive. You will prevail.

You are alive, and I am so proud of you for that. 🧡

[larapaulussen]

[kharmophron]

meant to post this on the 10th but forgot so here we are today with the 1/3 post of my 💖Hermes and Aphrodite April devotional challenge💖, which will consist of me mashing up a bunch of challenges i have saved and just talking about them. doing Hermes here and then rbing with my Aphrodite sideblog

for the first part, the prompts are:

🌷Favorite titles and epithets🌷 Kharidôtês (Giver of Joy), Kharmophrôn (Glad-Hearted, Heart-Delighting), messenger, interpreter of everything, luck-bringer, loud-shouting, joyful one, gracious one, bringer of sleep and dreams, friend / lover of mankind. Honey-sweet, laughter-bubbling, of vibrant stims, and of fresh breeze have a special place in my heart. also have seen people use (and i love them) king of memes, Giver of blessings, patron of cheesy jokes, of the roadside rest stop, of shenanigans, lord of crossroads...

🍎Favorite associated symbols (historical or not)🍎 uh. phallic imagery lol also the caduceus, dice, cows/sheep/goats, the number 4, and the winged boots

🍯Preferred offerings/devotional acts🍯 I like giving him dice, strawberries or strawberry-themed stuff, getting bread with honey (either to give, share or just devote the act of making and eating it), doing divination (especially trying out different methods, outside of tarot, and coming up with my own divinatory systems), doing research

<3

[thegentlemanstar]

Why rickrolling is problematic

The post got a bit long so I put it under a readmore. This is important, please read

Keep reading

[thegentlemanstar]

this post is going around again today for some reason i’m glad people are spreading awareness

[kharmophron]

HAPPY HERMES AND APHRODITE APRIL LOVES!!! wishing yall lots of love and rickrolls this april fools!