We are Earth and Starry Heaven

Zenia. Worshipper of the Gods. Diary of thoughts on Greek and Roman Polytheism and other stuff.

[thoodleoo]

*puts a gorgoneion on your blog as an apotropaic symbol to ward off evil*

[sapocipo]

The two mortals Aphrodite marries in some versions. These are my old designs but I am pretty sure I never posted them here

[kyleesarthell]

Tried Aphrodite in this style I've been working with

[elixir]

Ancient Roman gold ring with an amethyst intaglio of Pan playing the pipes.

[thiasos-enchiridion]

While doing research for a post about Zeus and Athena and Dionysus, and then that turned into me making one for Kybele, and now I’ve been struck to make one about….Freyja?

[thiasos-enchiridion]

The conclusions that I’ve come to when making these is that heathens should desperately read Ancient Greek literature, especially the philosophy, theology, and grammar.

[thiasos-enchiridion]

While doing research for a post about Zeus and Athena and Dionysus, and then that turned into me making one for Kybele, and now I’ve been struck to make one about….Freyja?

[desology]

Temple of Asclepius, Villa Borghese Gardens, Rome.

[cupofmeat]

Detail of early medieval Coptic textile.

[evilios]

Coptic Textile Fragment with Image of a Goddess — late 3rd–4th century

[salomi]

Detail of Athena Farnese

A close-up of the apotropaic symbol,The Gorgon which appears upon the Roman marble statue of Athena, ca. 430 BCE.

- Naples National Archaeological Museum.

[buriedpentacles]

Reminder that even if a religion is open, it can still be appropriated and bastardised.

You can't just cherry pick and choose titles, practices, deities from different practices/religions you think sound cool to use however you like without any understanding or respect towards the cultural/historical/religious context.

[thiasos-enchiridion]

In my desire to make a post about Zeus, I have ran into the solid iron wall of Homeric Greek

[greek-myth-hellenism]

“In Greek literature and popular belief, Zeus is a righteous god who punishes the arrogant and the wicked. His companion or daughter is Dike (Justice), and he is closely associated with the Moirai (Fates) in myth and cult. Many cults of Zeus had a moral dimension, and focused on enforcing behavior that was expected by society. Among the most revered of traditional beliefs was the idea that one was prohibited from harming strangers, guests, beggars, and suppliants, all of whom fell under the protection of Zeus. Instead, one ought to respect guests and strangers, and give aid to beggars and suppliants. According to Plato, ‘being without friends or relatives, the stranger has more claim on the pity of gods and men.’ Anyone who refused these obligations could expect punishment from Zeus.”

— Ancient Greek Cults, Jennifer Larson (via bloodsaltandivy)

[thecollectibles]

Greek Gods series by RuiRiel

[thiasos-enchiridion]

“I’m glad to be a Christian and not believe in Greco-Roman mythology, where the gods often did cruel and arbitrary things, which has never happened in my own”

Be so for real

[ancientart]

Ancient Egyptian Chest with Writing, ca. 1st century BC, made of wood, currently located at the Walters Art Museum, USA.

The front of this box shows a king making an offering to the crocodile-god Sobek. Above the scene is an inscription in demotic. The box may have been used in temple rituals.

[yamayuandadu]

A theological text meant to elevate Gilgamesh to the rank of a great god contains the usual suspects among the established “great gods,” but also Ninshubur! From A. R. George’s The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts (2003), p. 121-122.

[thegetty]

I (masculine) am parched with thirst and am dying; but grant me to drink from the ever-flowing spring. On the right is a white cypress. ‘Who are you? Where are you from?’ I am a son of Earth and starry sky. But my race is heavenly.

Translation of a Greek inscription from the second half of the 4th century B.C.