Welcome! My name's Dorian, and my blog is 18+ only. I'm primarily a pre-Hellenic to Mycenaean/Minoan polytheist, but loosely include the Archaic era in my worship, and I'm a Sumerian and Irish polytheist. I am a devotee of Hermes, Peitho, and the Kharites. I worship Athene, Rheia (Mater Theia), Hera, Leto, Maia, the Pleiades & Hyades, Okeanos, Tethys, the Okeanids, the Nereids, the Nymphai as a whole, Hemera, Aphrodite, Artemis, Hekate, Hestia, Demeter, Diwia, Dionysos, Persephone, Poseidon, the Horai, Selene, Hāwélios (sun goddess, possibly Helen), Eos, the Erinyes, Mnemosyne, Themis, Gaia, An Callieach, Grian, Mebd Lethderg, Ereshkigal, and Inanna. I honor Zeus, Apollon, Hephaistos, Ares, the Mousai, and many more gods across the pantheons I worship. Penthesileia, the Dioskouroi, the Amazons (as a whole), and Perseus are a part of the heroes I honor.
My worship is complicated, as I rely on archaeology, and as close to a yes as I can get from scholars studying the eras the gods in my life exist in, with sources backing it. Separating (Minoan/Mycenaean/pre-Hellenic) gods into realms and limits of what they do or rule over isn't a part of my praxis, even more so than what is found in Hellenic polytheism. My worship mainly revolves around nature, writing, space/stars, and knowledge as the most important fixtures. Hermes is the Lord of the Dead and Death, Demeter & Persephone are also Rulers of the Underworld, as well as Poseidon, Hekate, Maia, and Dionysos are heavily involved in the underworld, where the answer is yes to who's what. Hera, Poseidon, and Rheia are leaders in their (original) pantheons. Athene, Hermes, and Hestia are all primary home gods, while Athene leans more heavily into defending/protection than being war-centric. Aphrodite is Cyprus' mother goddess (for me), and Artemis is not a maiden goddess in my worship. Finally, caves and trees are very important in my practice.
All my writing related to worship can be found here: devotional masterpost.
Finally, I am a godspouse to Hermes and godpartner to Artemis and Aphrodite, as well as potentially a fourth that’ll never be mentioned here due to both of our wishes. All I ask is that this last part is respected as I’m an adult and it’s not hurting anyone, if I wanted your criticism and distaste for it, I will ask at a later date for just that.
Links:
Old tag / New tag for my other religious posts Worshipping Maia Introduction to Worshipping Hemera My experience with the Kharites (and resources on them) Worshipping the Mousai (resources) Worshipping the Nereids (resources) Want to worship Peitho? Here you go: one, two, three Lists: Knowledge, Winds/Storms, Flower, Curses/Magic, Day & Night, Pride Celebration Gods Epithets of Leto Epithets of Hermes, Hermes Epithets Continuation Epithets of Athene Epithets of the Pleiades (and by extension, the Hyades) Epithets of Rheia Epithets of Hestia I find Hermes ___ I find Artemis ___ My Hermes playlist My Peitho playlist My Aphrodite playlist
