So I'm looking into pop culture paganism and I'm especially curious about Mara, Dibella, Sanguine, Boethia, and Sheogorath, how would you suggest going about it in terms of what their spheres are and what offerings would match them?
*claps hands* Oh anon, do I have the resource for you! I've been working for a while on @the-college-of-whispers, a TES magic/paganism blog!
So, have some specific entity links!
Boethiah
Dibella
Mara
Sanguine
Sheogorath
Boethiah is the deity of deceit, conspiracy, secret plots of murder, assassination, treason, and unlawful overthrowing of authority. He is not barred by gender, as she appears however they please. Secret acts of baneful magic, getting revenge and justice and retribution, war - these are the things that Boethiah oversees. Stones and plants used for baneful magic, such as obsidian and needles, are nice offerings. Weapons and weapon imagery also work!
Dibella is a goddess of passion, love, beauty, dance, art, and music. She is a goddess who would enjoy a devotional playlist, a frenzied dance that doesn't follow any rhyme or reason, doing what you love and are passionate about even if it doesn't follow her sphere. She canonically has personal relationships with her followers, so she wants people to reach out to her. Cinnamon is a good powdered offering, just be careful if your lungs are easily irritated. Roses and other flowers are go-to symbols for love.
Mara is a goddess of love, fertility, agriculture, and compassion - the things that stabilize civilization. She is a mother and a keeper. Her oldest form is one of fertility (of the land, not procreation) and she's in nearly every TES pantheon. She is unconditional love, protecting the innocent, and caring for others. Four of her holy relics are a chalice, a phylactery, a dagger, and a circlet, so items along these lines make good offerings. Quartz is a good crystal offering too - not just rose, but also clear and snow.
And then we get to my man Sanguine, who's all about that party life! As god and patron of vices, drunkenness, revelry, and debauchery, "Sam Guevenne" knows how to let loose. Winding down after a long day, popping open a boy with the Cold Ones a cold one with the boys, and treating yourself every once in a while - these are things that Sanguine rules. Alcohol is a predictable and in-character offering, but so are cigarettes or anything else that constitutes a vice, even things otherwise harmless. His primary artifact as of the Skyrim game is literally called Sanguine's Rose, so roses are good flower offerings, I would think.
And finally, Sheogorath. The Mad God, the Fourth Corner of the House of Troubles, the god whose DLC comforted me when I was younger and didn't know the words to describe what was wrong with my brain. Basically, I love this man, even though I don't worship him today. His affinity for cheese is legendary. Other than that, random impulsive things you decide to do for or give to him are all fair game.
I hope that this helps you, anon!
~Jasper