#eos deity

[ivetteflowerblooom]

Saffron-cloaked Eos, goddess of day’s dawning, in darkness you wake each morn, with rosy fingers you unbar the gates of heaven. Day-breaker, day-bringer, well-crowned goddess of first light, at ocean’s edge you dwell, with gentle hand you drive your chariot of gold, exultant your heart with pride and joy in the shining-maned steeds that draw it. Golden-armed Eos, mother of the four winds, mother of the dawn-star, mother of the even-star, glorious is your spirit, beautiful your form, your arrival inspires awe in all who greet the sun. I praise your beauty and honor your might.

[boymanmaletheshequel]

A god to consider: Eos

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One of the lesser known of the second generation of the titans, eos was born of the river Okeanos, rising from it to become the embodiment of dawn. She is the sibling of Helios and Selene, the daughter of Hyperion and Theia. She had a varacious lust for handsome young Greeks, (relatable) a curse laid upon her by Aphrodite. Of her many lovers, including other gods like Orion, it was a human man she ultimatley settled on, the Trojan prince Tithonus. As she fell in love with him, she soon realized he would die a mortal, and made a plea to Zeus to grant him immortality. Zeus, being the trifling bastard he is, granted him immortality, but tricked her by not granting him eternal youth, which she neglected to specify, causing him to ultimatley age until he turned into a grasshopper! Many of her other lovers suffered deaths of various reasons, some at the hands of Artemis, one by Achilles. Although she had bad luck in love, she still rises every morning to this day, searching for another young man to fawn upon…

If you wish to learn more about this goddess who deserves more praise by modern hellenists, please consider investing in reading the following articles and stories, and if you want to see more Hellenic posts like this, consider giving me a follow! Have a blessed day 🏛️💙

Info sources:

• Eos on Theoi.com

• Eos on Wikipedia.org

Greek stories:

- “Mother of stars and wind” (Hesiod)

- “Aphrodite and the curse of Eos” (the bibliotheca)

- “Eos and Orion” (The odyssey)

- “Eos and Cleitus” (The odyssey)

- “Eos and Cephalus” (Hesiod)

- “Eos and Tithonus” (the odyssey)

- “Eos, her son Memnon, and the Trojan war” (The odyssey)

- “Eos Goddess of the dawn” (the Iliad)

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So, have you considered Lady Eos?

[lunarphoria]

☽☾ The Early Lightbringer ☽☾

FINALLY managed to get this drawing of Lady Eos done , and it sure took a lot out of me but I'm glad I got to finish it in her honor <3

This drawing depicts my take on the goddess , titaness & embodiment of dawn , Lady Eos . I gave her flowers in her hair, mainly roses & crocuses, a pitcher with water alluding to dew , and a star of light over her head , connecting to her two sons Lord Eosphorus ( the morning star ) & Lord Hesperos ( the evening star ). I tried to base her wings on Swallows ( at least in shape ) , and her colors are based on the dawn lighting up the night sky, which you can hopefully recognize in the back . I kinda wish I could've added a bit more in terms of jewelry but I'm content with it now , don't want to mess it up . The earrings are based on the sun & the moon , as a nod to her siblings <3

( divider made by me ! ♡)

[phantomhivestims]

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Eos Stimboard

Digital offering for lady eos | may remake :)

Note : I love these paintings of her

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[irisrainbowplumed]

early-born, rosy eos, heavenly sister of the sun and moon, who heralds her radiant brother's arrival

[medusaspeach]

Eos ✨ Goddess of the Dawn

Eos was the Greek goddess of the dawn, who rose each day from the east to disperse the mists of night with her light rays. She signaled the coming of Helios, her brother, to gods and mortals alike, and accompanied him on his path across the sky.

Mythology frequently represents her as abducting attractive youths - stealing them away to ravish in a distant land. Some say this is because Aphrodite cursed her with an unquenchable desire after learning that the goddess had slept with Ares.

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her facial markings are indeed inspired by miss thing here.

[wayfind-er]

Eos almost never gets mentioned on Tumblr, but I'm thinking of holding a mini event in her honor? It'll be more of a personal thing, but I like the idea so I want to share the bare bones concept lol.

I plan on making a bunch of origami stars, and writing things that've recently made me happy and/or personal wishes of each star, and then I'll offer all those up to Eos. She's the Mother of Stars and the personification/Goddess of Dawn - it seems a bit fitting to come to her with one's hopes and dreams lol

[royal-wren]

Mycenaean & Minoan gods (those in the general area of the Cyclades)

(H?)Akesi Potinija - possibly Hekate the Anemo - the Anemoi Aperjone Apaitijo - Hepaistos? Are - Ares Asiwija Potinija - possibly Aphrodite Atana Potinija - Athene Atemito/Atimite - Artemis Awoijo - Eos or another dawn goddess Damate - Demeter Diktynna/Britomartis Dirimijo/Drimios Diwia/Diuja/Diwija Diwe/Diwo - Zeus Diwonuso/Diwonisojo - Dionysos Doqeja (possibly just a title) Ema/Ema(h?)a - Hermes, epithets Araios and Areias/Areja Enuwarijo - Enyalios, possibly a separate god or just an epithet Era - Hera Ereutija - Eleuthia/Eileithyia Erinu/Erinuwe - either the Erinyes, or an epithet/singular goddess, Erinys Hāwélios - word for sun, possible name for the sun goddess, maybe Helen as well Helen - vegetation/tree, and possibly a sun goddess Hyakinthos Iphimedeia - possibly Iphigeneia, but also a goddess reduced later to a human of the same name in myth Iri - Iris (most likely) the Kharites Komaweteja/Komawenteia Maja - Maia Manasa Marineu/Marinewe/Marinewo - Marineus Matere Teija - most likely Rheia or Gaia as Mother of the Gods, possibly Theia Mena - Mene (Selene? if it is a goddess and not solely referencing months) Mita - Minthe? Pade/Padei Pajawo - Paian, noted as a separate god before Apollon Pere/Pereswa - most likely Persephone Pipituna/Píptynna Posidaeja/Posidaeia Posedao/Posedawone - Poseidon, epithets Enesidaone/Enesidaon Qerasija - goddess of an island, possibly a volcano goddess Ratijo/ Rato - Leto Rheia Uperjone Tetija - Tethys