[baringtheaegis]

Hi, how might I worship Khronos, the god of time?

Contrary to the Olympians, the pre-Olympians are actually of the world; They, together, form the tapestry of earth and life. They literally make up our universe. The Protogenoi (Πρωτογενοι) are the First Born Deities of the Hellenic Kosmos. They are the building blocks of the universe, primordial Deities. Khronos—in some genealogies—is one of them.

Khronos is often confused with Kronos; father of Zeus and considered a harvest God for his link to the Golden Age. Khronos, however, is the creator of the Gods and Lord of Time. Kronos is outdated by Khronos by a few generations. In the Orphic cosmogony, Khronos was alone in the void. He created both Aether and Chaos who produced the Primordial Egg from with the hermaphroditic Theos Protogonos emerged. From Him, Ouranos was born, making Khronos, Kronos’ great-grandfather. They are neither the same God, nor do they rule over the same domains. Most of the confusion comes from the Roman deity of Saturn, who is a harvest God, Father Time and the father of Jupiter—Zeus’ equivalent—combined.

Not many Hellenes regularly worship the older Gods these days. They didn’t in ancient times either. Yet, the Olympians did not come to power in a vacuum, and I think to banish all who came before from your worldview and religious life is a disservice not to just the Protogenoi and Titanes, but the Olympians as well. The Old Gods are just as Deathless, just as present, as the Olympians. They are more passive, surely, than the Olympians, but no less worthy of honour for making this world such a beautiful place to live in. They (generally) don’t have festivals, and They receive less honour than the Olympians, but they are worth honouring none the less.

There is no fixed ritual format for the worship of Protogenoi and other deities older than the Olympians. Mostly, when they did receive worship, they would have received it in the regular way: procession, purification, prayers and hymns, sacrifice/offerings, prayers of supplication and thanks, usually followed by a feast and/or theatre and sporting events. The same would go for Khronos. and today? Well, how do you give modern sacrifice to the Theoi in your own home practice? Apply that to Him as well. As I have said before, Hellenismos is wonderfully boring when it comes to worship: repetition, repetition, repetition. Beautiful devotion in its purest form.

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[iliacl]

okay and so I shall ask you about your love for Aphrodite? bc in many Greek myths she's seen as quite cruel

I love Aphrodite because she encompasses the Greek relationship with women. She’s often a scourged goddess, seen as too beautiful and meddlesome and promiscuous, but at the same time, when she calls they come. 

She’s nothing like Athena and Artemis, who have given up their womanhood to be like men (not men, no, no… more like not-women. Artemis insists on staying chaste, refuting the only thing that women are ‘useful’ for in Ancient Greece, and Athena is the goddess of strategy, of knowledge, of thought, areas, at the time, dominated by men.) 

Aphrodite takes her femininity, and weaponises it. She makes shields split and spears shatter with her raw emotion. The Iliad isn’t a battle, it’s a love story. She is the root of all mythology. She is Medea scorned, she is Antigone mourning, she is Apollo holding Phaethon’s body because love doesn’t have to be marriage. She is love between brother and sister, between friends, those secret smiles that only long-married couples can share. 

She is vengeful love, she is hateful sex, she is the madness of grieving. She is sleepy kisses, she is a newlywed couple, she is the hands clasped under a table in secret. Aphrodite is forbidden and beautiful. 

What is more terrifying than love? 

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1/? Greek Mythology Playlists:

Set a Fire in my Head, Tonight. ➝ a mix for the queen of the underworld.

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NO BUT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND

HOZIER AND LANA DEL REY OR THE CIVIL WARS CAN NEVER MEET

BECAUSE IF THEY DO

I WILL DIE

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[ d a r k n e s s  i  b e c a m e ] 8tracks. a mix for hades and persephone.

i. the dead waltz - radical face | ii. landfill - daughter | iii. my boy builds coffins - florence + the machine | iv. vesuvius - sufjan stevens | v. cold - aqualung ft.  lucy schwartz | vi. fire in the water - feist | vii. bittersweet - ellie goulding | viii. cosmic love - florence + the machine | ix. mockingbird - anais mitchell | x. my skin - natalie merchant | xi. islands - young the giant | xii. dance me to the end of love - the civil wars

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greek mythology/myth picspam series » persephone

"Disconnected from life and the real world, disconnected from all that is pain. The place that I call my kingdom has driven many mortals insane. To this place I mean to take you, I have so much to show, lay down your flowers my love to this place we must go. Seasons change when I go to Hades. / Why do you kick, why do you scream? Do you not know what lies ahead? You will sit beside me as my queen, here in the realm of the dead. You were promised to me by my brother, this may give you much grief. You can cry all you want for your mother once you feast from oblivion, you will never leave.”

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Turkish Glass Pomegranates from DenizasDecor

[dark-vowelled]

Hail Athena who bears the aegis, born sole and shining from mighty Zeus’ head, spear-shaker, owl-eyed and graceful maiden, you who conquer, who stand firm, who counsel wisdom. We praise you, goddess of wisdom and prudence, teacher of all crafts to mortals; we beseech you, hear our prayers.

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(by anja louise verdugo)

[candlelightandworship]

Any advice for a newbie to Hellenic Polytheism?

[bayoread-deactivated20200607]

I would start by reading up on Household Worship, that will probably give you an idea about how to start with things in your own home.

Then there’s the basics of offering rituals, here and here.

Read as much on the gods as you can, I recommend Theoi.com for all your godly info needs.

If you’re interested in reading up on the ancient calendar of festivals, there’s a nice simple one here.

For more links;

Solo’s Resources

My Resources

Elaphos’ Resources

There’s also a tonne of excellent Reconstructionist information over at Elani’s blog.

If you have questions, feel free to send anyone a message. We’re all eager to help.

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Landing by Hakan Dincer

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Eye of the Lion - by: Holindu Abhayagunawardena

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(by Bezel Wang)

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Greek mythology meme: [4/4] pairings

↳ Hades and Persephone

Persephone was gathering flowers in a field when she was kidnapped by Hades, who was in love with her and who’d been permitted to Persephone’s hand by Zeus. Demeter, however, was so distraught by the abduction of her daughter that she refused to let anything grow until Persephone was safely returned aboveground. Eventually, Zeus told Hades to release the goddess from the underworld and Hades complied. However, since Persephone had eaten pomegranate seeds in the underworld, she was forever bound to it and so had to spend half of each year with Hades.