#maimakterion

[reno-matagot]

2022. Hellenistic devotion to Athena.

[deethewitch]

𝑀𝒶𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓀𝓉𝑒𝓇𝒾𝑜𝓃

Maimakterion is the 5th month of the Attic Calendar(A ritual calendar used by many HelPols), in 2025, Maimakterion begins sundown on November 21st in the Northern Hemisphere, it is named for Zeus Maimaktes, aka Zeus as the God of Storms, which feels pretty fitting to this Canadian! Here is a list of sacred days and festivals in Maimakterion: ♡Noumenia(Maimakterion 1) - Held at the beginning of every month with the New Moon. Selene, Zeus, Apollon, Hekate, Hestia and Hermes are honoured at this festival. ♡ Agathos Daimon(Maimakterion 2) - A festival held on the second of every month to honour Zeus, Hestia and the Agathos Daimon. ♡ Maimakteria(Maimakterion 16?) - Maimakteria was a festival held in honour of Zeus Maimaktes, as a way of praying for the God to be gentle come winter. ♡Pompaia(Maimakterion 10) - A festival held in honour of Zeus Meilikhios and Hermes, we don't know much about the Pompaia, except that it was likely a purification festival, it is very old, as even by the Classical period it's theorized to have lost much of it's original meaning. ♡Dikhomenia(Maimakterion 14) - A festival celebrated every month during the Full Moon, during which time we give honour to Selene as she reaches her peak. ♡Hekate's Deipnon(Maimakterion 30) - The last of the month festival, celebrated in honour of Hekate and her role as Guardian of the Restless Dead, is celebrated during the Dark Moon(The night of the month where the moon is completely invisible to our eyes) Blessed Noumenia ♡

[reno-matagot]

Hermes being the god of merry, of gifts and riches, I think he's the perfect guide to join us in the period of Christmas, and so november - december is a good moment to remember the link Hermes shares with Hecate.

These modern associations are essentiel to me, because they come naturally in mind. Hermes cannot possibly, in regards to his associations, separated from a period of time honoring the dead, the fire (he's , according to some, connected to sparkling) and gifts of course !

Above all, he's - with Hestia, the Immortal most close to us...but a moving god.

Think about his joy discovering the turtle, he's the god of Wonder, the artist imbuing soul in the creation of wishes cards, a fly with winter birds. He's a perpetual Father Christmas, always moving, during the sacred Nights of winter, or everyday, above Space and Time. 🦜

(sorry for my english)

Source: wikpedia

Homeric Hymn To Hermes

[wksfs]

the yardsale

[reno-matagot]

Enthousiasmes

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Continue to honor the more theoi possible ✔️

The worship of Hermes, Hecate & Antinous

Use of stones and gems in witchcraft

More witchcraft practices and study

Temporary Oceanic altar

Elemental call, Ancestral veneration.

A living 'Book of Shadows' (different from the Black Book)

Discover folklore & the Land, again.

Ornithomancy, cartomancy

Warhammer: first game?

A walk ♐

[partycannoninc]

This time, shapeshifter Nietzcworu

[hellenismo]

Νουμηνία, I day. From today's sunset: beginning of the new month of Maimakterion, sacred to Zeus - "This is the fifth month in Athens. It is named after Zeus Maimaktes. This adjective means impetuous and agitated. With the Winter Season starting in this month, the air is agitated and changeable." (Suda and Harp. s.v. maimakterion; Anecd. Bekker 280, 27). Happy Noumenia to you all, best wishes!!! Noumenia is a day sacred to all the Gods- in particular to Apollo Noumenios, Zeus, Helios, Hecate, Artemis Noumenia, Hera, Hermes, and to all the Household Gods. Sacrifices, purifications, libations, banquets and singing of hymns are some among the distinctive features of the first day of the lunar month. Banquet of Noumeniastai; Epimenia. Principal Celebrations of the Month: - - From the sunset of November 18, VII day - Ἑβδόμη Ἱσταμένου Most probable day for the celebration of the Maimakteria in honor of Zeus. - From the sunset of December I, XX day - Εἰκὰς / Εἰκοσάδες Sacrifice to Zeus Georgos - From the sunset of December 2, XXI day - Δεκάτη Ὑστέρα / Δεκάτη Φθίνοντος / Μετεικὰς / Ἀμφιδεκάτη Most probable day for the celebration of the Pompaia. - From the sunset of December 6, XXV day - Ἕκτη Φθίνοντος / Ἕκτη μετ'εἰκάδας Funeral banquet for the glorious departed ones of Plataea - From the sunset of December 11, XXX Ἔνε καὶ νέα / Τριακάς Ἑκάτης δεῖπνον (Zeus enthroned, Roman copy after a Greek original. Now in the Vatican museums, Roma)

[hellenismo]

Νουμηνία, I day. From today's sunset: beginning of the new month of Maimakterion, sacred to Zeus. Happy Noumenia to you all, best wishes!!! "Maimakterion: The fifth month at Athens. It took its name from Zeus Maimaktes. [sc. The adjective] maimaktes means boisterous and agitated. With winter beginning in this month, the air is agitated and changeable." Noumenia is a day sacred to all the Gods- in particular to Apollo Noumenios, Zeus, Helios, Hecate, Artemis Noumenia, Hera, Hermes, and to all the Household Gods. Sacrifices, purifications, libations, banquets and singing of hymns are some among the distinctive features of the first day of the lunar month. Banquet of Noumeniastai; Epimenia. - Principal Celebrations of the Month: Ἑβδόμη Ἱσταμένου Maimakteria (?); Εἰκοστή/ Εἰκὰς Sacrifice to Zeus Georgos; Δεκάτη Ὑστέρα/ Δεκάτη Φθίνοντος Pompaia, in honor of Zeus ktesios, Meilichios and Alexikakos, and to Hermes- Procession and Purification. (Detail of Selene and one of the Erotes; Early 3rd cent. CE. now in the Metropolitan Museum...)