Devotee of Athena and Apollo

she/her | 18 | hellenic and kemetic polytheist

[thesunnyowl]

Happy Wepet Renpet!🎉

Today, in the fourth month of the summer season, the ancient Egyptian New Year festival called Wepet Renpet, meaning “the opening of the year,” is celebrated. The festival is vital to the fertility and prosperity of the land and is considered a time of renewal and rebirth.

The deities in the picture are Nephthys (left), Set (left), Horus the Elder (center), Osiris (right), and Aset/Isis (right). Each of these deities has a day dedicated to them before Wepet Renpet, and these days are their birthdays.

To calculate the date, I used various sources, the main one being the calendar on the website Digital Egypt for Universities. Their calendar is based on the study of festival days by Siegfried Schott. I chose to mark this holiday on July 19th, as some sources say that the festival was celebrated around mid-July.

Here is the link to the calendar on the website Digital Egypt for Universities:

[thesunnyowl]

Happy Soteria! ⚡🏛️⚡

Today, on 5 Anthesterion, is the celebration of the festival in honor of Zeus Soteros (savior), protector of cities. Other protective deities are also celebrated on this festival.

Anthesterion is an ancient greek month. Nowadays, this month falls in February-March.

To calculate the date I used the calender on the website Hellenion. Their calendar is based on the monthly and annual observances and festivals of the ancient Athenians from about 800 BCE to 323 BCE. They have used very reliable resources to create the calendar!

Here are the links to the website:

https://www.hellenion.org/festivals/soteria/

https://www.hellenion.org/calendar/

[thesunnyowl]

Goddess of Writing, Wisdom, Knowledge, Sciences, Accounting, Architecture, Astronomy, Astrology, Building, Mathematics, and Surveying.

Divine measurer, Scribe and Record Keeper of the Pharaoh.

The Inventor of Writing.

Mistress of the House of Books.

Mistress of Builders.

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Goddess of Wisdom, Courage, Warfare, Military Victory, Military Tactics, Strategy, The Defence of Towns, Heroic Endeavour, Weaving, Pottery, Handicraft, Practical Reason and Good Counsel.

Protectress of the City and Patron of Athens.

Member of the Twelve Olympians.

The Wisest, Most Courageous and Most Resourceful of the Olympian Gods.

The Favourite Daughter of Zeus.

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King, Leader, Chief and Father of the Gods and Humans.

God of the Sky, Lightning, Thunder, Rain, Storms, Fate, Law, Order and Moral Conduct.

Protector of People, Cities and Homes.

The All-powerful Overseer of Earthly Events and Human Destiny.