#hellenistic deities

[reno-matagot]

Todd Yeager • Sandpiper Pan

[dian-and-the-gods]

Shout out to the lesser known syncretic deities of the hellenistic period, I love y'all:

Serapis (who seems to have been syncretized with Hades/Pluto), lord of the Underworld who arose from Osiris-Apis

Harpocrates, child god of silence, son of Isis and Serapis who arose from the child Horus

Hermanubis, who arose out of the syncretism of Hermes and Anubis

Zeus/Jupiter Ammon, from the syncretism of Zeus and Ammon

Isis in her greco-roman interpretation, wife of Serapis and mother of Harpocrates, commonly shown breastfeeding him. She was syncretized with Aphrodite, Demeter and Persephone

I may make another post like this later

[sleepyoasis]

So, I was listening to a bop the other day while worshiping, and this came into my mind and I literally could not function until I posted it.

[sleepyoasis]

Apollo Aesthetic Tributes! I don’t think any Apollo statue will ever beat the good ole selfies statue, ngl.

[sleepyoasis]

Tributes to the Hellenistic Gods: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades (1/?)

[sleepyoasis]

I did not see your bright light this morning, my lord Apollo, as the clouds were too thick to let it through.

I will admit some sadness in my heart because of that, but fear not, that sadness cannot overtake me.

I feel your presence in the tone stuck in my head, in the warmth of my blankets, and in the healing in my heart.

And that shines just as bright as any sunrise.

[sleepyoasis]

Apollo; god is music, the sun, healing, etc

[bestiarum-genetrix-blog]

Sorry for posting this publicly and stuff but I don’t have the option to add the “keep reading” thing on the mobile app.

Ok I could use some help on this bc I really suck with symbolism. A few days ago I was just day dreaming and I remember seeing some shit. Not sure how it came about but it did. I remember seeing this old wooden door the had this dull but dark blue paint on it but it was chipping away and the door handle was metal and almost black. Nothing really significant about it and there were no walls surrounding it just this soft white nothingness all around me. I remember I opened the door and I saw myself screaming and tugging on my hair while curled up on the floor. I knew why my other self was screaming but it was about remembering something really bad that happened to me that I’d rather not post publicly. But between me and my other self was a woman standing with her back to the door watching my other self. She was wearing a cloak that was the same color or lighter than the door or black or some color in between (the color is different every time I remember it as strange as that sounds). But as I tried to walk into the room she spun around and this is what confused me. When she turned around in the hood of the cloak where her head should have been was like the night sky. It was black and I saw stars and it looked like it went on forever. But as she was turning around she flung her hand toward me and the door slammed shut in my face. Now there was nothing else strange about her. The rest of her body was very thin and she had long elegant fingers with long ack fingernails. The only two deities I can think of for this are Hecate and Nyx. What does any of this mean? Is it like some symbol of me suffering from this traumatic event I experienced? I have no fuckin clue. Any help is appreciated. Especially if you love these puzzles as much as I do.