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I suggest Hera and Zeus with one of their kids as a baby

Reworking my Zeus design rn but I actually already had this art because someone on tiktok asked for art of Hera with baby Hebe and Eilethyia

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Sorry if this question is too personal, but… as a Hellenistic Pagan who’s currently pregnant, which deities are you seeking the most guidance/comfort from as you prepare for this significant, life-changing milestone in your life?

Hi! This isn’t too personal at all, I love questions :)

I’m currently working with Aphrodite (fertility, and she’s my main deity), Leto (protection of mothers and children, childbirth) and Hestia (I worked with her before, however I’m now working with her for my pregnancy as she is the goddess of the home and I’m connecting that with children - I’m not sure if this is traditional as I’m pretty sure that’s just upg). I’m planning on working with Eilethyia later on as she is the Goddess of childbirth and labour pains!

Also, congratulations!! I hope everything goes smoothly for you and baby 🫶 I’d absolutely love to talk to another Hellenic polytheist who is also pregnant, so if you’re comfortable with it I’d love if you could dm me! No pressure at all though <3

Within the Heraion of Samos 👑 🦚 🪷

One of the oldest temples dedicated to the goddess of marriage and the queen of Mount Olympus, Hera (with the first one built somewhere within 800 BCE upon an early pre-existing late Myceanean altar/ worship site, and the later 2nd bigger one were built somewhere between 700-600 BCE.); since according to the local tradition, the goddess was born under a chaste tree on the island near the river banks of Imbrassos; which the holy sanctuary would later be built upon. Coupled with a few facts that Hera was one of the earliest goddesses being worshipped and has temples dedicated to by the Greeks, even before Zeus; and her equally impressive religious sanctuary site in Argos which was mentioned in Homer’s Illiad. (Where the Greeks viewed her as a multifunctional goddesses-not only the Panhellenic wife of Zeus and 'queen' of the gods, protectress of childbirth, growing up, and marriage; but also a patron of the wellbeing of the family, in relation with the family and the state, too.)

The Ionian architectural style of the second temple reconstruction, designed by Rhoikos and Theodoros of Samos-along with the xoanon icon of veiled Hera that was depicted in the later Roman coins-have been speculated to be the influence of various later Ionic temples within coastal towns of Asia Minor that were built during Hellenistic times. (Such as the temple of Apollo in Didyma and the famed temple of Artemis of Ephesus in Turkey-one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.)

From all of the archeological essays that I read about the architectural traces/remnants, the statues, and the votive offerings that were excavated within the temple area, it seemed that the goddess do enjoy a large influx of pilgrims and visitors, too- as there cultural syncretism between the Greeks and Greek Cypriots, Phoenicians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Urartians, and Egyptians. Despite the Heraion were later destroyed by an earthquake/or toppled by weak foundations in the muddy marshy ground in 550 BCE and the worship activity almost completely ceased within the sanctuary during classical times, as Samos were under the rules of Athens; interest in Hera began again in Hellenistic-Roman times as numerous smaller temples were erected around the area. Unfortunately, the third temple reconstruction by Polykrates was never finished and was later used as a quarry and a Christian church in Byzantine times.

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Is Eileithyia in the universe of your comic? If so what is her relationship with Hebe?

she and Hebe are super close. Eilethyia does her best to be a good role model for Hebe but that girl will have youngest child syndrome and her parents dont set great examples. Hebe's arc is about growing up through listening to the people who have her best interests in mind instead of using her because of her naivety and dependence on adults.

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