Beloved Lady Persephone

22 - she/they - mom of 1 - SAHM - Hellenic polytheist (of 5 1/2 years) - Devotee of Persephone & Haides and aspiring Hiéreia - Keep asks ON TOPIC - a little bit of recon-helpol and revivalist-helpol

[pomegranatehymns]

ABOUT MY BLOG ♡

PLEASE KEEP ASKS ON TOPIC AND BLOG APPROPRIATE

Like pretty please, this is a RELIGIOUS BLOG!

Important information

(This part of my pinned post is forever a wip)

Why i dont like "Magick" and Crowley

Definition of the traditional cult

31 days of helpol prompts

My answers to the 31 day prompt

dec 19 2025 to jan 21-2026 (a wee bit late but 🤷)

day 1-7

Day 8-14

Day 15-21

Day 22-28

Day 29-31

Deity information: (going to slowly work on this part over time and add more deitys and links)

-persephone

-haides

-demeter

-hera

-zeus

-hephaestus

-Apollon

-Hermes

Intro/about me:

I’m a Hellenic polytheist. And this blog is focused on that. So feel free to block this blog if you don’t like religious stuff.

I worship the Greek gods and my primary focus is on Persephone, Haides, Hera, and Zeus.

Im a devotee to Lady Persephone and her husband, I've been working with her and Haides the longest. I veil on occasion as a form of devotion to them. :)

While I stick to Helpol in my practice, my husband has a more open belief system, so I might start sharing some things relating to him and his practice sparingly.(Celtic-Druidry and Nordic paganism) i also have a blog so I can reblog stuff for him so it dosnt mess with this blog too much.

pronouns are she/they, im from the US, im a mom of 1, trying to get out of the military to be a SAHM, and married to my favorite person.

While I primarily worship Lord Haides, Lady Persephone, Lord Zeus, and Lady hera, I also worship the whole theoi (greek gods) to some extent. I lean more towards Hellenic reconstructionism, but not strictly so. Im also trying to put more of an emphasis on Lady Hestia and Lord Hermes.

Book recommendations:

- Underworld gods in ancient greek religion, Death and Reciprocity. by Ellie Mackin Roberts

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All LGBTQ+ people are welcome on my blog!!

My Pinterest blog for the Theoi and my collages I make:

190 The Greek gods (a digital alter) ideas in 2022 | greek gods, greek gods and goddesses, greek mythology gods

Nov 7, 2022 - a board made to worship the gods. See more ideas about greek gods, greek gods and goddesses, greek mythology gods.

DNI:

DNI if you are racist, transphobic, homophobic, queerphobic in any way, are a terf, pedo/MAP, crypto or nft bro, pro shipper, Harry Potter blog, Trump or Elon supporter, maga, or just Republican in general, ect.

If you are a pedophile please kys. Dead pedophiles cant reoffend.

Fandom blogs do not interact! This is a religious blog.

Dni if you are a Percy Jackson blog, a lore olympus blog, or anything similar. I repeat, this is a religious blog, not a fandom.

My Other blogs:

- My side blog for my art shitposts and whatever fandom I’m in :)  @sad-coco-pebbles 

- @pomehymns-grimoire is my resource blog <3 (I dont use it as often but more focused on being purely informational)

@druidry-info a blog I made to save stuff I've learned about druidry and celtic paganism, since it's part of my husbands practice and I want to be more informed on it.

[starweaverblog]

Apollo and his Muses ✨

[homey-worshiper]

vintage hestia for spring

thinking of picnics and tea parties

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[pomegranatehymns]

hello, im just wondering what it's like raising a child as a helpol? (so worry if this is a sensitive question, im not exactly sure what is and what isn't ☺ )

My son is less than a year old so at this point its mostly just recounting myths, giving offerings on his behalf, and holding him as I give offerings and pray. But ive been putting alot of thought behind what im going to do as he gets older while keeping it age appropriate.

It's also going to be fun mixing my practice with my husbands since he leans more towards nordic paganism and druidry. The plan is for him to bring our son out in nature and teach him stuff while hunting and doing stuff like that, while ill focus more on household worship.

Kid friendly stuff like clay, chalk, paint, and making things for the gods with arts and crafts, and not forcing him to do anything he dosnt want to do.

An example i gave my husband is drawing with chalk as offerings for lord zeus and them getting washed away any time it rains. Which can teach our son multiple things. Some stuff not being permanent, connecting certain epithets without a bunch of big words, and letting him take part in something small that let's him feel included.

Also dont worry about it being a sensitive question, I LOVE to yap about this stuff. If you want me to keep yapping which id love to do just leave another ask or just respond to this post lol.

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Collage I made for lord Hermes

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Work doodle vs the reference photos I found on Pinterest

[systlin]

So my sister wants to start sewing more, because

a. She’s 5′ 11″ and can never find pants long enough for her legs or shirts long enough for her arms.

b. She hates synthetic fibers as much as I do and it’s difficult to find natural fiber clothes that aren’t made of cotton

c. She’s a biologist and would physically fistfight microplastics if given half a chance

So her gift from mom and dad for her birthday was a sewing machine. Not a super expensive one but a good solid serviceable one.

And recently she asked “So where do I GET wool or linen and thread that isn’t polyester” and mom was like ‘go ask your sister’

And I, of course, crashed into the group text like “GET A PEN I HAVE WEBSITES FOR U” and honestly I’m thrilled about this

[systlin]

“Where did u get all this”

“Bets, u know I’m a 15th degree blackbelt of buying shit on the internet”

“oh yeah tru”

[hermesmuse]

Op can may we inquire about the website list

[systlin]

Linen; https://www.graylinelinen.com/

cotton and Silk thread; https://redrockthreads.com/

Linen thread and wool fabric; https://burnleyandtrowbridge.com/ (they’ve got wool stuffs and worsted wool fabric for $15 a yard! I just got three yards of navy worsted wool I’m making a constellation winter skirt from)

More linen thread and wool; https://wmboothdraper.com/ (just ordered wool broadcloth to make a coat)

Silk fabric (THE best place to get silk lining fabrics and raw silk fabric):https://www.dharmatrading.com/

A varying assortment of wool and silk and cotton and even some leather, use coupon code  spring2020 for 50% off your full order, worked yesterday when I bought some stuff there; https://metrotextilesnyc.com/

Wool. You want wool coating for under $20 a yard? Sure you do. It’s here. Not a huge variety of colors, most are black or brown, but hey https://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/Catalog?refinementIds=4096748&Keyword=wool&pageSize=16

[wingedtyger]

I don’t know a lot about sewing, but I want to make or have my mom make some linen pants & shirts for when I’m watering, because it gets to 105 here and we have mosquitos so I need to be covered. What type of linen do I buy? Also, linen pajama shorts, yes/no?

(I’ve been wearing my renfaire pants which are a linen mix, I think. But the frikking mosquitos that hide in the tomatoes get my arms)

[systlin]

Medium weight is what I’d go with.

And linen pajama shorts is a HARD yes.

[beggars-opera]

Renaissance Fabrics is good for all sorts of things

Mood doesn’t specialize in natural fabrics but they do have basically every fabric ever made so

[the-merry-otter]

For wools, I cannot recommend Woolsome enough! They’re a bit more expensive then the above links, but they have a spectacular range of colours and weights, as well as diamond pattern and herringbone weaves. They also have a range of linens, though not as extensive.

Woolsome

Historical fabrics for re-enactors

[justgarb]

Tiedtohistory.com has sheer voile linen

The Linen Lab has a variety of weaves, weights, and colors available

Period Fabric has a variety of wools, but switch to the full website if you’re on mobile

[pomegranatehymns]

The final result and some progress images :3

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A wip offering for lady persephone, lord haides, and lady demeter, based off of a vision/image I saw in my mind.

Ill post the finished product later, I had to get the idea down before I forgot to.

[adeltte]

Modern helpols:

"no, you can't call a statue/painting of Aphrodite attractive/hot. They're real gods you have to respect"

Ancient helpols:

"Let's make an epithet of how nice Aphrodite's butt looks to show our devotion"

[jacquelinebartholomew]

The reason why modern hellenic polytheists do this, I believe, is that so many of them find it hard to shake Christianity's influence. The Christian conception of God is distant, un-sexual, divorced from all human characteristics, since with human characteristics comes flaws.

However, the gods of the Greek Pantheon are not like this. They are close-by, they have human characteristics, flaws and all, they are sexual beings.

When people first start off in this religion, they assume that the Christian conception of God is the only "right" way in which one can conceive of a god – sure, they don't believe in the Christian god, but they assume that His characteristics are going to be found in all other gods.

We must bear in mind that part of what sets different religions apart is entirely different ideas of who or what a god can be. And when you change religions, it is going to have to be accompanied with a shifting of your perspective in some way.

[jacquelinebartholomew]

(and for anyone wondering, the epithet that OP is referring to is Aphrodite Kallipygos, and there are multiple statues that depict her)

[mint-in-the-moonlight]

I would like to push back on this a little bit because, yes, there is an issue with latent Christianity and limited research in Helpol (and Rompol) spaces, but also not every difference in opinion is due to a "Christian" mindset or a lack of education.

Obviously, even in ancient times, there were different opinions, so I'm not saying one approach is better than another, but it is a fact that Neoplatonism emerged within the context of Hellenic and later Roman polytheism. Neoplatonism is a philosophy that views the Gods as more distant, un-sexual and the like. And it is Neoplatonism that influenced Christianity, not the other way around.

I'm not saying that everyone has to agree with Neoplatonism, far from it, I have my own issues with it. What I'm trying to demonstrate is that different theologies and philosophies existed even in ancient times. So I think it would be incorrect to say that there is no space for diverging views on the Gods within Hellenic and Roman Polytheism.

I think that's actually the thing that separates us from Christianity the most - we don't have an orthodoxy, we can believe different things and still worship the same Gods together.

[mischievous-heretic]

Interesting conversation! Wanted to add that people's ideas about the correct degree to which we should anthropomorphize deities appears to factor in as well.

As already mentioned, Neoplatonism presents the gods as less human, more nebulous spiritual energies. It de-emphasizes deities' human-like qualities and encourages less anthropomorphism.

Whereas imagining what Aphrodite's butt looks like... requires us to anthropomorphize her a lot more than if we saw her through a Neoplatonic lens.

Obviously both of those views existed in ancient times, which provides historical precedence for both approaches today.

It's reasonable to anthropomorphize the gods very little and see them as mostly energies, possessing very few to no human traits, as Neoplatonists did.

It's also fine to anthropomorphize deities to the degree where we see them as very human-like, as some other ancient people did.

And, I think, it's okay to have a more nuanced view somewhere between those ends of the anthropomorphism spectrum.

[jacquelinebartholomew]

Original poem – "To Hera"

"To Hera with the eyes of gentle brown Besides the throne of Jove in regal grace Who bears upon her head a golden crown A mother’s warmth upon my Lady’s face

I ask that you may bless our women’s lives With dreams to be fulfilled before our queen From youthful maidens to the aging wives Who stand upon the thinning field to glean

I pray the day will come when I shall hold Within my heart, and in my lonesome arms A child I can love before I’m old A child blessed with Hera’s kindly charms."

– Jacqueline Bartholomew

Painting: The Birth of the Milky Way by Peter Paul Rubens, 1636

[pomegranatehymns]

The first two pages so far but without text.

Maybe if im lucky I could actually pursue my dream of art as a job and publish the books I make for my son.

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which text should I use for the childrens book?

plain text

cursive

dont write it by hand

Voting ended onJan 28

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Wip so far.

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I like my design is made for demeter for the children's book but im iffy on Persephone's.

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DAY TWENTY-NINE: What is an aspect of your deities you really appreciate?

Holy crap im almost done with the 31 day prompts.

I appreciate the duality of the gods I worship.

Zeus might be the king of the gods and wielder of lighting, but hes also a god of oaths, hospitality, being a good host, and xenia.

Persephone is the goddess of spring but she is also the queen of Hades realm.

Apollon is a god of light, music, and prophecy, but he is also a god of plagues and disease.

Hermes being a messenger of Zeus and a god of travel and crossroads, but also being a trickster and god of thieves.

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Second to last day!

DAY THIRTY: Do you have a visual interpretation of your deities? Is this different from usual depictions you see of them?

Yes I do, I would say they are somewhat similar to how others view them but I dont think anyone views them the exact same. I also think that the way the gods depict themselves to us is based on the individual. Like how I see lord haides isnt the same way you guys would.

[pomegranatehymns]

(Hehe zelda reference) its the final day of the prompts!

DAY THIRTY-ONE: Share a positive experience you’ve had this month/year with one or more of your deities

Something positive that I experienced in 2025 would be that ive been putting more of a focus on rituals and festivals :D and academic books relating to ancient practices i can integrate into my practice. I also had a baby and trying to find ways to includ him now and in the future have been fun. (He loves playing with my necklace I wear for lady persephone while im wearing it. Alas, I do have to stop him from eating it and yanking it too hard)

[templehyacinthus]

Blessed are the deathless Gods who transcend our knowledge and understanding -

- and blessed are we who can kneel at their feet and pray at their altars.