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cruel and unusual that in order to do something you have to begin
was anyone going to tell me that after beginning you then have to continue as well
Artemis Brauronia and the Sanctuary at Brauron
Hi! I’ve been collecting a bunch of mini essays researching different epithets of Artemis to create an archive for myself, and thought I might as well start putting them up here too. These are very simple, entry-level dives into some of the different names Artemis was worshipped under across the ancient world and the rituals linked to them, and I hope people might find them interesting. So, today we’re kicking off my Artemis epithet archive with one of my favourites: Artemis Brauronia!
As the most common myths tell it, one day two men of Attica were out hunting when they killed a bear that was sacred to Artemis. Angered, she threatened Attica with plague until the people would devote themselves to repaying her. As such, the people of Attica agreed that once every four years they would consecrate their young daughters into service of Artemis at the Sanctuary at Brauron. This Sanctuary is said to be the one set up by Iphigenia and Orestes upon their return to Attica from Tauris. The Artemis that was worshipped here and served by these young girl priestesses was known as Artemis Brauronia, and the rites performed here in her honour were, in my opinion, some of the most interesting ancient Artemis worship rituals.
Young girls that participated in the rituals at Brauron were often around ten years old, sometimes much younger, and were referred to as Arktoi (little bears). At the Arkteia festival, held every four years, these arktoi took part in rituals to please Artemis, including races and dancing. These dances were slow and stilted, meant to mimic the movements of bears, and performed to music played on the diaulos. At the end of dances the arktoi would ritually shed their robes, believed to represent Iphigenia in her final moments before being sacrificed. Here, we see the way hero worship and worship of the Goddess blurred together at Brauron. The robes these girls wore are often described as saffron-coloured and may have been accompanied by bear masks, though earlier in Brauron’s history girls were described as wearing real bear skins instead. As arktoi, the girls worshipped Artemis as a Great She-bear Goddess, and she was an important Goddess especially to women in the area.
Artemis Brauronia was largely a Goddess of women’s transitions through life. The Arkteia was focused around these young girls, all of them pre-pubescent and still considered to be in the wildness of their youth. The festival may have marked a ritual representation of their transition into puberty and into the womanhood that lay beyond. Brauronian Artemis also presided over pregnant and birthing women; the clothes of women who had died in childbirth were often dedicated to her here. Other women who survived childhbirth might dedicate their baby to her in thanks. Brauronian Artemis is not the only epithet of this Goddess where we see her as a protector of young or vulnerable women and a steward through the transitions of female life, but it is a particularly interesting epithet of its kind. The strong bear imagery, and occasional presentation of Artemis as she-bear or motherly bear herself, are interesting images that are quite different to some of her usual presentations. The significant links to Iphegenia, and the roles Artemis plays as steward and puppeteer of Ipihgenia’s fate, also have interesting implications around the idea of Her as a Goddess who watches over girls’ changing paths in life. There are more details on both the festivals held at Brauron and Brauronian Artemis herself that I highly recommend looking into as they’re very interesting.
In modern-day worship, we can still honour Artemis Brauronia in our practice. Here are some simple ways you could do so:
Play music, collect devotional playlists, or dance as a devotional activity to mimic the Arkteia
Offer images of bears to her, for example small bear sculptures or drawings.
Call upon her to watch over and guide you through transitional periods of your life, including physical health changes.
Use this epithet in prayers when it feels appropriate to you. I typically call out to Artemis by three or more different epithets when invoking her at the start of a prayer, and Brauronia can be used as one of these for any prayer but especially prayers where you feel Brauronian Artemis may have some guidance to offer you.
Epithets of Artemis can all be called upon whenever it feels appropriate to you, and how you feel about epithets and use them in your worship is up to you. But you might particularly like to call upon Artemis Brauronia for prayers surrounding:
Transitions - these might be changes in your life or circumstances, changes to your health, even gender transitions or changes to how you socially present yourself
Pregnancy, birth, menstruation, or anything surrounding assigned-female-at-birth peoples’ health
Protection and guidance, for yourself or for the young and vulnerable people in your life
I hope this has been interesting! Artemis Brauronia is one of my favourite epithets of Artemis’, and I’m excited to kick off this series of posts with something about Her. It’s worth mentioning: ancient ideas around Artemis Brauronia often mention women or girls and when I use the word women from ancient sources here I mostly mean AFAB people, but in a modern society with different ideas about gender this epithet of hers is of course open to all people no matter how you identify. Terfs aren’t welcome here. Thanks for reading!
And thanks be to Artemis Brauronia, she-bear Goddess, leader of the arktoi in dance and wild rites. May you watch over us all as we go through change in our lives, and guide us where our souls are meant to go.
Artemis urges you to choose the bear ladies
Man, the state of American truck breeding has gotten so unethical. They’re so far removed from their working breed roots on top of that most truck owners do not need a working breed. Trucks used to be powerful but sleek. Now they’re just heft to no purpose.
The older lines were able to lift huge loads without superfluous bulk. They were also easier to load and unload with low beds. The new lines are so tall that getting them loaded is actually harder.
Not to mention temperament has gotten way out of hand. Trucks used to be incredibly docile- for such a large automotive a good disposition was paramount to the breed. But the current lines are unacceptably territorial, making them a danger to other cars around them.
The very tall hoods also pose a real risk to their handlers and pedestrians, I think the trucks get skittish about how little visibility they have and act out which is unfair to them and those they threaten out of fear.
I just wish people would think before pushing for unreasonable breed standards. They’re definitely falling into form over function and it’s such a shame.
Never forget the one time a huge F 150 was in the oncoming, and it was absolutely blinding me. I flashed my brights at them. They flashed back. How and why in the world are their low beams that powerful? It doesn't even *need* brights at this point. The low beams on a fucking *semi* are less bright. The urge i have to to keep my brights on every time I pass one of these monstrously bloated monuments to fragile masculinity and conspicuous consumerism is powerful. The only reason I don't is it would be a dick move to other drivers, and it probably wouldn't even have any effect on them anyway, since I drive a small sedan with the headlights pointing at the road, *as they should be*.
Fun fact, American car headlights are the brightest in the world. Some other countries actually have laws about the lumens headlights can be but the US doesn’t. It’s part of why our light pollution is so bad. And it’s not just bad for the environment, it’s actually bad for other drivers (see above) and bad for humans in general. It produces more cortisol and screws up other people’s circadian rhythms.
I will continue being mean to thin people because the entire world is made for you but people like me can't get a diagnosis without threatening to sue the doctor <3
Is this needlessly antagonistic? Kinda, do I care? No. Thin people have made themselves my enemy my entire life. The biggest backlash I got to coming out as a woman was people telling me I was to big to ever look like one. That my fatness made me too ugly. And now as a woman I get to experience things like: trying very hard to little avail to find clothes that fit well including the "trans girl staples" like thigh highs and skirts, things like my body hair being even further scrutinized and judged because fat people have to try harder in everything and that includes femininity, the fact that I may very well may NEVER be able to have bottom surgery because a vast majority of doctors refuse to do surgery on fat patients.
So yeah, the whole world is made for thin people, and people like me have to claw our way into happiness out of the pit they'd rather see us in.
all the thin people liking this should reblog it instead.
Food for thought
usamericans, do you remember in the incredibles when syndrome made the robot go haywire just so he could swoop in and 'save the day'
i think that kiss should've been longer tbh
I think there shoulda been tongue 🤷♀️
“i can't imagine a tolkien fan being okay with that kiss” wrong, i am. i thought it was funny. they should do it again.
Reblog the writers’ fortune cookie for luck!
Guys I reblogged this and then wrote an 8000 word story I didn’t even have a solid plan for. Reblog this shit.
Morfydd Clark: Yeah, I think [Galadriel] feels so guilty because she clearly messed up kind of monumentally. It's very kind of sobering for her to be around Elrond because he knows her so well and knows all her secrets and kind of knows the depths of her mistake and betrayal really.
Robert Aramayo: I think with the two of them it runs it's like it runs so deep, the connection between them that it sort of feels undeniable. It's a love, really. The bond is really strong.
— via Inside The Rings of Power S2E7 by Prime Video
LISTEN. I am aware this kinda came outta nowhere. I am aware that canonically, it makes absolutely no goddamn sense. I still. Kinda ship it. What can I say, sometimes you gotta feed the trash panda in your soul and mine apparently wants this bizarre ass crack ship.
I want more people to know that while the Palestine Olympic team consists of only 8 athletes, at least 69 Palestinian Olympic athletes have been killed since October 2023. This includes athletes who were going to compete in these games and retired athletes such as Majed Abu Maraheel, the first Palestinian Olympian, who died of kidney failure in a refugee camp product of lack of medical treatment.
Remember them during these games.
I know the usual recommended watch order is Clone Wars, then Rebels, but my vote is always for the reverse.
Because here’s the thing: Ezra has not seen Clone Wars. Ezra was born after the Clone Wars ended, Ezra was functionally orphaned at age seven, Ezra knows goddamn shit all about history.
Mandalorian politics? Incomprehensible. Maul? A nice guy who just wants to help. Adults still caught up in the trauma of having fought the last war? Should get over themselves and realize they’re fighting a different war now.
Watching Rebels without having seen Clone Wars gives you the Authentic Ezra Bridger Experience of also not knowing who the fuck Roger is. And who doesn’t want immersion like that?
Yes, but be prepared to not want to watch Clone Wars after Rebels.
Ao3 hate bot is going around leaving nasty messages. If you get a comment like this mark it as spam. According to comments it seems to be going to most recent not fandom specific.
AI actively trying to squash creativity I see.
which is definitely not an omen
This is where Brexit Britain has gotten us. Can't even have a proper apocalypse now.