Syd

✩₊˚.⋆⁺₊✧Hellenic Polytheist, Witch, and Artist✩₊˚.⋆⁺₊✧ .͙·☽𓃹 they/she 23

[sydlewie]

Intro/ All About Me ⋆˙⟡

❈ Name & Username: Syd

❈ Pronouns: they/she

❈ Age: 24

❈ Personal Background: I was born and raised in Texas, and have been an artist all my life. I am currently a student getting their degree in Studio Arts with a concentration in Drawing and Painting, as well as an Anthropology and Art History minor. In 2023, I was able to travel to Greece for an art residency and was able to learn so much about Ancient Greek history and religion!

My art portfolio currently focuses on creating works based on my religious and spiritual experiences. I typically create art with whichever god or spirit I'm feeling most connected to in the moment. I also find incredible inspiration in my emotions.

❈ Belief: I am a Hellenic Polytheist and witch. I've been practicing for about 6 years. The main deities I work with are Apollo, Nemesis, and Hecate. I also frequently work with Aphrodite, Artemis, Persephone, and Hades. My practice is mainly focused on divination, however I feel that it will be changing soon 👀

❈ Miscellaneous: I’m a TikTok refugee! I became a polytheist through tiktok and am continuing my search for an online community ᕕ( ᐕ )ᕗ This is my first time using tumblr so bear with me!

[ritzeldraws]

Artemis sends the Orion back to Gaia 🌍

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What’s that saying? We are the Universe experiencing itself. Well, these Artemis II astronauts are out there experiencing the universe on an entirely different level.

I’ll admit, I had this idea and I did not eat or sleep or move until it was done. It was just one of those things that you need to get out or it’ll stay a sketch forever. I changed up my style a bit for this one too, utilizing some of the more artsy procreate brushes I have never touched in my entire life as an iPad artist.

You gotta love space, man. 🌖

[whatrealbeautylookslike]

I love the casual substitution of "gods" instead of "god" in colloquial sayings. "oh my gods" "gods, my feet hurt" etc etc. like yeah deconstruct the societal standard of monotheism with me. let's party

[ombrokharis]

On the other hand, the ancient Greeks did use the singular "god" in their colloquialisms without it having any monotheistic associations

[whencyclopedia]

Zeus separates Athena and Ares while Cycnus (far right) runs away from Hercules who approaches in his chariot (only the horses are visible, far left). Attic black-figured volute-krater, ca 540–510 BCE.

[ombrokharis]

[scramratz]

[shamebats]

"divine feminine" "divine masculine"

wrong. Divine.

[oh-good]

Etsy witches apparently:

[oneheadtoanother]

[undeadentropy]

Sorry but I couldn't leave this in the notes because this is gonna be my new reaction image for this kind of insanity

[redstonedust]

the thing that bothers me with 7 deadly sin based characters is when they cant decide if they embody the sin by suffering from it or by drawing it out of others. ie. if your gluttony demon is a guy who loves eating then your lust demon should be a gooner sex pest. and if your lust demon is a seductive girlboss then your gluttony demon should be a 5 star chef. does this make sense.

[wordsofthemuses]

"i asked chatgpt" well i asked father zeus and he told me to have hope for the future

[korrioak]

Apollo, guardian of Troy 🌞

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Statuette of Aphrodite. Culture: Greek Place: Eastern Mediterranean Date: first half of 2nd century B.C. Medium: Bronze

[luizasoluch]

'Artemis'

oil on canvas 70 × 60 cm

This portrait reimagines the ancient goddess of the hunt, Artemis - not as a figure of grandeur, but of restraint, clarity, and deliberate solitude. Artemis chose the bow instead of a crown, the silence of the wild over the noise of courts. She's a goddess bound not by thrones or kingdoms, but by an unbreakable vow of freedom.

[ombrokharis]

Do you belief Afrodita is the daughter of Zeus & Dione or the daughter of Urano?

I personally believe she's the daughter of Uranos, but if I'm writing a paper on her appearances in the Iliad or worshipping her together with Zeus, I'll refer to her as his daughter.

[ombrokharis]

I should've also explained that I don't see a contradiction between Aphrodite's birth stories.

She was born of a union between Sky and Sea, which is true regardless of the parentage ascribed to her.

[puppygirlirl]

you aren't insane you just live with your parents

you aren't insane you just live with your parents

you aren't insane you just live with your parents

you aren't insane you just live with your parents

you aren't insane you just live with your parents

[amorphousbl0b]

The tribes of Tumblr appeared to worship Apollo as their primary patron deity, most often under the epithet Apollo Spairahemon ("Apollo the Ball-Thrower") as a god of prophecy and sport. His name was typically invoked to celebrate a user blessed with uncommon prescience. Moments of prophecy were considered highly sacred and were often recorded, and such texts are sometimes accompanied by an artistic depiction of the god — either his traditional masculine image or, unusually, in the form of a young woman, which appears to have been an earlier style before a conservative shift toward more conventional iconography — preparing to cast a round rubber ball that our scholars believe was used in the sport known as "dodge ball". Much as other cults regarded his arrows as bringers of disease and health, this community believed that being struck by this ball would bestow prophetic visions.

Some icons are reproduced below:

An earlier depiction (c. 2020) of Apollo as a girl clad in a simple tunic and playing with other children. Figures are smiling and the image is brightly colored, indicating a celebratory outlook toward knowledge of the future.

A later piece (c. 2022) that resembles the traditional appearance of Apollo. References to childhood and play are omitted, and the god carries a more frightening aspect; perhaps this icon represented grim omens rather than good tidings.

[nvpengyou]

“are u okay?” no i need more money