#magical gem

[eezdalf]

magical gem of attract stupid amounts of cash money -> 💎

[reno-matagot]

Magical gem, three Graces & Gorgoneion (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien.)

[audaellom]

I made a zine about worldbuilding and concept art! I wanted to make it about the world where the story and ocs I’m developing currently are set. I’m going to post it here on tumblr

Part 1/3

[huldrapress]

19th-century gem from the Maxwell Sommerville Collection, Penn Museum

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Magical gem/Amulet. Date: A.D. 400-499 Place of origin: Egypt Place found: Cyprus Period/culture: Coptic Medium: Limonite

• Inscriptions: Language: Greek Inscription Content: ΕΙC ΘΕΟC ΕΝ ΟΥΡΑΝѠ Inscription Translation: εἷς θεός ἐν οὐρανῷ Inscription translation: God in heavens

[rhythmicreverie]

Once upon a time, in a realm where dragons roamed the skies and fairies danced in the moonlight, there lived a humble giant named Grogar. His heart was as vast as his frame, but he felt confined within his stone body. A mysterious fairy gifted him a magical gem that could grant a single wish. As the sun set and twilight descended, Grogar wished to be free of his stony form and soar among the clouds with the dragons. In an instant, he transformed into a majestic bird, taking flight and joining his newfound friends in the endless skies.

[nehetisingsforhekate]

Epithets, Hekate, and Animals

General:

Hippokyon: Horse-dog, Mare Bitch Taurodrakaina: Bull-Dragon, Bull Snake Theroktonos: Beast-Slayer

Cattle:

Boopi: Cow-Eyed Booporos: Ox-Herder Taurokarenos: Bull-Headed Tauromorphos: Bull-Formed Tauropolos: Bull-Herder Tauropos: Bull-Aspected

Deer:

Agallomenen elaphoisi: Rejoicing in Deer Ellophonos: Fawn-Slayer Elaphebolos: Shooter of Deer

Dogs:

Kynegetis: Leader of Dogs           Kyno: Female Dog            Kynokephalos: Dog-Headed Kynolygmate: Who Howls Dog-like Kyon Melaina: Black Dog Philoskylax: Lover of Dogs Skylakagetis: Leader of Dogs Skylakitin: Lady of the Dogs

Horses:

Eurippa: Horse-Finder Hippoprosopos: Horse-Faced

Lions:

Leaina: The Lioness Leontouchos: Holding a Lion

Snakes (and dragons):

Drakaina: Serpent, Dragon Ophioplokamos: Coiled with Snakes, With Snaky Curls. Oroboros: Tail-Eating   Pyridrakontozonos: Girt with Flaming Serpents Speirodrakontozonos: Girt in Serpent Coils Zonodrakontos: Covered in Snakes

Toads:

               Phroune: Toad

Wolves:

               Lyko: Wolf-formed

 Much has been made of the story of Galinthas and the role Hekate takes in accepting Galinthas as a polecat into her entourage. The civet/mongoose-like polecat is certainly an animal that one can argue as being one of Hekate’s creatures as a result of that story. BUT there are no epithets that connect Hekate with that species in the way that the above are.

These use the same sources as the Epithet Project, meaning some of these epithets are from the Hellenic Age and others are firmly Hellenistic.

Image:

Magical Gem: Harpocrates, Hecate, Chnoubis, Ouroboros, Seven Stars, CBd-129, 3rd c. CE, obsidian. From The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database: http://www2.szepmuveszeti.hu/talismans/cbd/129?multiple_cond=and&description2=Hekate