#opalia

[snailspotter]

Today's snail: Opalia funiculata | Scalloped Wentletrap

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[carneirodemercurio]

On the third day of Saturnalia we worship Saturn's wife Ops, giving her thanks for the abundance in our lives and hopes that she will bless us with plenty in the coming year. Ops, cuius ope hūmānae vītae alimenta quaeruntur, vel ab opere, per quod frūctus frūgēsque nāscuntur. Huic deae sedentēs vōta concipiunt terramque de industria tangunt, dēmōnstrantēs ipsam mātrem terram esse mortālibus adpetendam'

'Ops, from whose bounty the sustenance of human life is sought. Or else her name means toil (opus) which makes grain & fruit grow. People make vows to her while seated & deliberately touch the earth signifying that mortals cannot help but seek their very mother, the earth' Macrobius, Saturnalia book 1.

No terceiro día de Saturnalia adoramos á Ops, muller de Saturno. Agradecémoslle a abundancia que dá ás nosas vidas e agardamos que nos bendiga con abundancia o ano que vén tamen.

'Ops, de cuxa bondade se busca o alimento da vida humana. Ou o seu nome significa traballo (opus) que fai medrar froitas e cultivos. A xente faille votos mentres está sentada e toca deliberadamente a terra, o que significa que os mortais non poden deixar de buscar á súa propia nai, a terra. Macrobio', Saturnalia 1.

[saryoak]

Opiconsivia - Aug 25

Opiconsivia is a festival held in the honour of the goddess Ops - she is the goddess of opulence, plenty, success, and fertility. This is a time of abundnace and plenty and sharing with others. Celebrate in modern times with a meal shared with others, a donation of food, money or time and use this time to think of things you have plenty of, and what you have that you could share.  Sometimes these things aren’t material - maybe you’re an excellent artist and you could share a tip with beginners, or you have a few hours spare you could help someone out or voulenteer.  For an altar, ideally you want to be wearing white, and place offerings in a bronze bowl, but you can still make offerings of late summer foods, breads, wines, wheat and corn sheaths, summer flowers, coins, earth/soil.  

[splitz-draws-stuff]

Decided to draw my splatoon Idols. the second one is them wearing Opalia’s products

[ladypurplejanewrynn]

A small gift for the amazing @shalima-kaeaskavi of his WoW OC Opalia. I hope you like it. ^^

[jimin-day]

oh my that stare,, hes so pretty. i could look at his pretty face all day.

Credit: OPALIA

[carneirodemercurio]

'Opalia, día da festa Saturnalia, cando se suplica Ops'. "Ops inclina a miña oración… a bendita raíña de Saturno… concede abundancia e elimina as penas e as ruínas ata os confíns da terra". Opalia, day of the Saturnalia festival when Ops is supplicated. 'Ops to my prayer incline..Saturn's blessed queen..bring rich abundance & wherever found drive dire disease to earth’s remotest bound.'

'Opalia dies festi, quibus supplicatur Opi, appellantur.'

Κρόνου σύλλεκτρε μάκαιρα... ἐλθέ, μάκαιρα θεά, σωτήριος εὔφρονι βουλῇ εἰρήνην κατάγουσα σὺν εὐόλβοις κτεάτεσσι, λύματα καὶ κῆρας πέμπουσ’ ἐπὶ τέρματα γαίης'.