Hi! I am sorry this is a lengthy question or if this may have been addressed in some way already, but I was wondering if you have any advice or resources on figuring out how to worship hellenic deities that weren't widely worshipped in the past AND present (deities who seem to have very few posts online about them). I have been searching all over the internet for information on Pheme and information on how to worship her and I quickly reached a dead end which is upsetting because I feel a really deep connection to her but I'm kinda lost and don't know what to do and I am afraid of messing up without realizing it.
I am not sure how to go about giving offerings in situations like this and/or setting up an altar. I want to be cautious and try to offer what is almost universally acceptable to give as an offering but at the same time I don't want to be limited to just that (but I also don't know what wouldn't be a good offering and what could be). I also don't know whether I should try to keep in touch when I can or try to give deities space, or both.
There are so many minor goddesses that I feel a connection to as well but have no idea how to try to worship at all. I am the type of person who really needs to have directions on how to do anything and panics when I don't have any and never know what to do if that makes sense ((;^v^;)
Thank you!
I’m always drawn to lesser-known deities (literally the first deity i ever worshipper was Nemesis, and then Philotes) so I understand the struggle.
In this post I talk a bit about this — the main tips I give just being to look into her relatives to find overlap, or look into better-known deities with overlapping domains to see if anyone fits. I also say to trust UPG!
Here is Pheme’s theoi.com page if you haven’t already looked at it. There isn’t a ton on there but there are a lot of quotes from literature. I hate using Roman sources for anything but Virgil’s Aeneid does feature Rumour quite heavily and that might be a little useful?
I wish I could help more, it’s difficult to help with lesser known deities when they’re not ones I’ve really looked into. If anyone else worships Pheme/Ossa/Rumour (it’s so annoying when they have so many different names!) please add on!