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Outros Deuses e Seus Epítetos - Agathos Daimon, o Nobre Espírito.
Continuando nossa série de postagens sobre os Deuses, hoje focaremos em uma deidade peculiar e, principalmente para aqueles fora da religião, pouco conhecida integralmente. Falaremos hoje de um daimon muito importante -- Agathos Daimon, o Bom (Ou Nobre) Espírito!
Representado como um jovem com uma cornucópia ou como uma serpente, o Daimon é um espírito dito responsável pela prosperidade do lar, sua proteção e, no caso de locais com plantação, um guardião da boa colheita.
Em outra visão da mesma deidade, o Agathos Daimon também é descrito como um espírito atribuído a cada pessoa. Um daimon pessoal de cada um, capaz de guiar, ensinar e proteger, similar ao eudaimon descrito nos escritos de Platão. Era por vezes dito que o Agathos Daimon era o consorte de Tique, a Sorte, e por isso tinha domínio sobre nossa própria prosperidade.
Em termos de culto, o Agathos Daimon não era uma deidade com templos cívicos na maior parte da Hélade. Seu culto era de natureza doméstica quando acontecia, com libações simples dedicadas a ele.
Por vezes, o Daimon era sincretizada com diversos aspectos de Zeus, como o Zeus Meilichios (Zeus, o Afável) que era representado como uma serpente (uma representação ctônica) e Zeus Ktésios (Zeus dos Bens), onde era honrado com a feitura de um kathiskos -- um pequeno recipiente selado com azeite, comida, grãos e mel, dedicado mensalmente ao Deus do céu neste aspecto doméstico, invocando sua prosperidade.
Além de Zeus, os Deuses Baco e Hermes são alguns dos que levam a associação direta ao daimon, tendo-o como epítetos endereçados a si próprios. A forma de honrá-lo seria com uma libação no segundo dia do mês helênico, onde costumeiramente se derrama uma libação de vinho na terra para este espírito auxiliador.
Na região de Kemet (o Egito), o Agathos Daimon fora sincretizado com o Deus Sérapis e era cultuado em templos na era helenística principalmente. Sua origem é debatida mesmo nos tempos antigos, com Hesíodo afirmando em seu Os Trabalhos e os Dias, que os bons espíritos da "Era de Ouro" eram estes daimones que guiam os mortais.
Independendo da forma e origem, todos se complementam no aspecto benévolo do Agathos Daimon, tal é a nobreza de seu nome aqui. Estabelecer um vínculo com este espírito, faz parte de uma comum prática entre os politeístas helênicos modernos.
Por fim, encerramos o post com o Hino Órfico 73, que sincretiza o Agathos Daimon com o próprio Zeus:
"Ao Daimon [Zeus]. A ti, poderoso governante Daimon temeroso, eu chamo, Zeus brando, doador de vida, e a fonte de tudo: grande Zeus, muito errante, terrível e forte, a quem vingança e torturas terríveis pertencem. A humanidade de ti em riqueza abundante abunda, quando em suas habitações alegres tu és encontrado; ou passa pela vida aflito e angustiado, os meios necessários de bem-aventurança por ti suprimidos. É só teu, dotado de poder ilimitado, para manter as chaves da tristeza e do deleite. Ó santo e abençoado pai, ouça minha oração, disperse as sementes do cuidado que consome a vida, com mente favorável aos ritos sagrados, e conceda à vida um final glorioso e abençoado.
#agathos daimon#agathos daimon deity#politeísmo helênico#hellenic polytheism#helpol#epítetos#outros deuses#epithets
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Noumenia
Welcoming the new month, Noumenia is the first day of the new calendar month in the Attic (Athenian) calendar. It is the second day of the three-day festival of Hekate's Deipnon, Noumenia and Agathos Daimon. It's held to honor household Gods, cleanse and clean as well as honor ancestors.
Noumenia is the holiest day of the month. Traditionally, it was held as a day of rest and feasting for ancient Athenians. Men were also said to hold wrestling matches. It is said in Sparta that Kings held out meats and barley for citizens.
Gods worshipped during this day include household gods Hestia, Zeus Ktesios, and Zeus Erkeios. External Gods to aid in calamities were Hermes, Hekate, Apollon Agyieus, Apollon Noumenios and Selene.
Traditionally, a hymn was sung to honor Selene as she began to wax. The hymn can be found here.
Traditional Offerings:
Honey Cakes
New Moon Water
Incense
Flowers / Seasonal Decor
Fresh Meals
Refreshing the Kadiskos and Khernips
Wine
Traditional Acts:
Baking
Cooking a family meal
Wrestling
Cleansing and cleaning
Making Monthly Khernips
Many modern Magissas (Witches) and Hellenic Polytheist revive their homes with a cleansing this day, invoking Hestia and any other Patron Gods/Goddesses.
Links:
https://www.theoi.com/text/homericahymns3.html#32
#hellenic polytheism#hellenic holidays#hellenic polytheistic#hellenic deities#hellenism#hellenic reconstructionism#hellenic witch#hellenic worship#hellenistic#hestia deity#hestia worship#Noumenia#hekates deipnon#agathos daimon#Hellenic Months#witchcraft
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Inasmuch as drakontes were ideal guardians of wealth, so they were ideal disbursers of it. The late fifth century saw the rise of a group of wealth- and plenty-bestowing anguiform deities, such as Zeus Meilichios, Zeus Ktesios, and Agathos Daimon [...]. Even Asclepius, an anguiform god concerned with healing rather than the bestowal of wealth, was credited with a special ability to locate treasure. One of the (4th cent. bc) Epidaurian miracle inscriptions reworks a well-worn ancient folk-tale: a man buries a treasure only to die before he can reveal its location to his wife. She incubates with Asclepius, and the god tells her how to find it: she must watch for the noon shadow cast by the head of a stone lion near their home in the month of Thargelion, and dig beneath.
Daniel Ogden, Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds
#daniel ogden#drakon#asklepios#serpents#dream incubation#dreaming#ancient greece#hellenic deities#treasure#zeus#zeus meilikhios#agathos daimon#quotes#dragons#it makes a kind of sense for the god of dream healing to also be a god of bringing treasures to light#it makes sense to me anyway
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oh it's fall. it's hearth season.
only this year instead of getting uncontrollable bread urges, i get snakes.
#i was thinking for a minute about zeus and hearth worship#which led to agathos daimon. which was not just a deity. but also a title of zeus. and of serapis.#spritext
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Medovík for the theoi
[ID: A photograph of a Medovík, a honey cake originating in Russia. The cake is layered, with white filling separating the layers of the cake. The layers are a orange honey colour. On top, crumbles were from the original cake and placed on top of the cake, further covered by honey and white powdered sugar. The cake is placed on top of a laced, thick paper napkin. /ID]
TERMS:
*anguiform: having the form of a snake.
* vignette: a brief evocative description, account, or episode.
Across ancient Greek texts, honey cakes feature as a common delicacy for the theoi—with honey itself being a rich, lovely offering. I was recently combing through a book about drākons in ancient Greece and read this section:
TRANSCRIPT:
The notion that the Hesperides should have drugged Ladon to sleep in the fashion of the witch Medea and the Colchis drākon eventually finds expression in a famous speech of Dido in the Aeneid. The vignette she constructs of a Masslyian witch, supposedly her acquaintance, incorporates puzzling details: ‘Near the boundary of Ocean and the setting sun is the most remote island of the Ethiopians, where greatest Atlas twists his on shoulder the sphere that is set with blazing stars. From this region a priestess of Masslyian race has been pointed out to me, the guardian of the temple of the Hesperides. She used to give its meals to the draco, and she looked after the sacred boughs on the tree, sprinkling moist honey and sleepy poppy. So the portrait initially to be of a woman who, like the Hesperides, feeds and tends the serpent. The honey may or may not be appropriate: it is the traditional sweetening or sweetness-saluting food given, in cakes, to the kindly anguiform gods. But the sleepy poppy seems out of place, an inappropriate gift for an ideally fierce guardian. Why would one be giving this to a guardian one who wished to remain alert, and a guardian who in any case was unsleeping?
Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds, Pgs. 39-40. [1]
The information of feeding honey cakes to serpentine deities is not uncommon, even more so for someone like myself who adores Asklepios. Yet, this passage made me realise—in part—that my idea of a honey cake was unlike what the ancient Greeks would have envisioned. In due to being Slavic, I always pictured my family’s rich Medovíks; multi-layered honey cakes that became popular during the Soviet Union. At its core, it is a honey cake—while it may not be what was actually prepared, a cake is a cake. A medovík especially is a multi-day process, therefore allowing for the rigor of its preparation to be apart of the offering.
While I would share my personal recipe and preparation, it is entirely based upon cooking sense—essentially, my own nonsense about how the “dish” feels and therefore no clear, measurable recipe. However, for a clear recipe on how to make an authentic medovík, here is one I have discovered in Baking at the 20th Century Cafe: Iconic European Desserts from Linzer Torte to Honey Cake by Michelle Polzine:
For the Burnt Honey:
¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons (200 milliliters) wildflower (or other mild) honey
2 tablespoons (30 milliliters) water, plus more as needed
For the cake:
⅔ cup (150 milliliters) wildflower (or other mild) honey
¼ cup (50 milliliters) Burnt Honey (from above)
¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon (165 grams) sugar
11½ tablespoons (168 grams) cold unsalted butter, cubed
5 large eggs
1¾ teaspoons baking soda
1¼ teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) cold water
3 cups (360 grams) all-purpose flour
For the Honey Magic Frosting:
1 recipe Dulce de Leche (recipe follows) or one 14-ounce (396-gram) can store-bought dulce de leche
½ cup (118 milliliters) Burnt Honey (from above)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
6 cups (1.42 liters) heavy cream
Instructions:
1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). With a dark marker, trace ten 9-inch (23-centimeter) circles onto ten 11-by-17-inch (28-by-44-centimeter) sheets of parchment; flip the sheets over.
2. MAKE THE BURNT HONEY: Put the honey in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer. It will foam up like crazy; continue cooking, stirring, until it starts to color. Now pay close attention: Keep simmering, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon or heatproof spatula. Once the honey starts to smoke, reduce the heat to low and let it cook for 30 seconds longer. Remove from the heat and carefully swirl the honey in the pan for about a minute, to release some of the heat, then set the pan down and pour in the water, staying way the hell out of the way; it will steam and sizzle! Once the honey stops bubbling like it’s going to kill you, give it a stir and pour it into a heatproof measuring cup. Stir in enough hot water to make ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons (200 milliliters) burnt honey. (The burnt honey can be made ahead; stored at room temperature, it will keep indefinitely.)
3. MAKE THE CAKE: In a medium heatproof bowl, combine the honey, burnt honey, sugar, and butter and set the bowl over a pot of simmering water. Crack the eggs into a separate bowl and set aside. In a small bowl, combine the baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
4. Whisk the honey and butter mixture. When the butter has melted and the mixture is hot to the touch (but not so hot it will burn you), add the eggs all at once while whisking. Continue whisking until the mixture is once again hot to the touch, then whisk in the baking soda mixture: The mixture will look a little foamy and smell kind of weird. Remove from the heat, whisk in the cold water, and let cool until warm but not hot.
5. With a fine-mesh sieve or sifter, sift the flour over the batter and whisk it in until it is perfectly smooth. Do not worry about overmixing.
6. Using an ice cream scoop or a measuring cup, scoop about ⅓ cup (90 grams) of the batter into the center of each of the traced circles on the pieces of parchment. With a small offset spatula, spread the batter into thin even circles. Transfer two of the pieces of parchment to sheet pans and bake, rotating the pans at the halfway point, until the cake layers spring back when lightly pressed, 6½ to 7 minutes (it may take up to 1 minute longer, but remember: You can bake it more but not bake it less, and subsequent layers, baked on warm sheet pans, may take less time). Remove the baked layers from the sheet pans (still on their parchment) and let cool. Repeat the baking process with the remaining layers. I find it easier to peel the layers off the parchment when they are warm, but do not stack the layers until they are completely cool (yes, you will have layers on every surface—clear space!).
7. Turn off your oven and let it cool for 10 minutes. Take your least favorite layer, slide it onto a parchment-lined sheet pan, return it to the oven, and toast it (in the turned-off oven) until it’s a nice reddish brown and very dry. Remove from the oven and let cool, then grind the layer into crumbs in a food processor, or just crush between sheets of parchment with a rolling pin. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl, using a handheld mixer), combine the dulce de leche, burnt honey, and salt and beat on medium speed until smooth. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add ¾ cup (178 milliliters) of the cream and mix until homogeneous. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate, along with the mixing bowl, until chilled; keep the mixer bowl or the large bowl cold in the fridge. (The magic can be made ahead to this point and stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks, or in the freezer for up to 2 months.)
8. MAKE THE FROSTING: In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large bowl, using a handheld mixer), combine the dulce de leche, burnt honey, and salt and beat on medium speed until smooth. With the mixer on low speed, slowly add ¾ cup (178 milliliters) of the cream and mix until homogeneous. Transfer to a bowl and refrigerate, along with the mixing bowl, until chilled; keep the mixer bowl or the large bowl cold in the fridge. (The magic can be made ahead to this point and stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks, or in the freezer for up to 2 months.)
9. Switch to the whisk attachment if using the stand mixer and, in the chilled mixer bowl (or the large bowl, using the handheld mixer), whip the remaining 5¼ cups (1.18 liters) cream to soft peaks. Gradually pour in the chilled honey mixture and whip until the cream again holds soft peaks. It should be very glossy but hold a nice mound. Refrigerate the frosting while you prepare to assemble the cake.
10. You can assemble the cake on a 9-inch (23-centimeter) cardboard round or directly on a cake plate, but beware that this is a very tall cake and your cake dome might not cover it; at the cafe, I build the cakes on cardboard rounds and store them in Tupperware cake holders.
11. Place your first cake layer on your building surface of choice and place about 1 heaping cup (150 to 160 grams) of frosting on top. Spread the frosting evenly across the cake layer, all the way to the edges. It’s okay, and even helpful, if you go over the edges a little, which will help you finish the outside of the cake easily. The idea is to have equal parts cake and frosting. Top with a second cake layer, and repeat the spreading and stacking process until you’ve stacked and frosted all 10 layers.
12. Using a bench scraper (and a cake turntable if you have one), hold the bench scraper at a right angle to the cake plate and go around the cake, pushing those extra bits of frosting into any cracks as you go, smoothing the cake and straightening the layers by pushing them this way and that, until your frosting is perfectly smooth and your layers are all aligned. Don’t worry, though, if the edges of a few of the cake layers are peeking out from beneath the frosting; the final coating of crumbs will hide it all. I do a luscious grandmotherly type frosting flourish on the top, like in the picture on the cake mix boxes from my childhood.
13. Pick up a handful of the cake crumbs and gently press onto the sides of the cake, re-scooping the ones that fall, going all the way around the cake, and using the remaining crumbs, until the sides are completely coated. I do a final little sprinkle on top, as if it fell from the sky onto my cake
12. Okay, this is the worst part: Put it in the fridge until tomorrow. You cannot eat this cake the day you make it. You must satisfy yourself with fallen crumbs and blobs of frosting. (The cake can be refrigerated for up to 2 days.)
14. When you’re ready to serve it, remove the cake from the fridge, admire your brilliance, and slice into wedges.”[2]
The following Duche le Leche recipe:
“To make dulce de leche, place an unopened 14-ounce (396 gram) can of sweetened condensed milk in a large saucepan and add water to cover by several inches (about 8 centimeters). Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat so the water is barely simmering and simmer for 7 to 9 hours. This is important: You must make sure the can is always covered with water by a few inches (about 8 centimeters), so check it every half hour or so and replenish with boiling water as needed. Remove the can from the water and let cool before opening. A cautionary tale: Once when I was making this at the cafe, our gross negligence resulted in the water level dipping too low, exposing the pressurized can of milk. It exploded, the sound like a shotgun blast, sending a mighty spray of sweetened condensed milk everywhere. Don’t do this.”[2]
If this does not suit you, a quick search would easily bring forth plenty of recipes, no matter if you search up medovik/medovík, Medovník, or Медови́к. Another I have found, similar to the one I inherited from my Slovak family, is from Czechia, as shown in this video found here.[3] I could imagine a honey cake such as this would be appropriate for the Deipnon or Noumeneia, which is what sparked this post. Kindly serpentine gods such as the Agathos Daimon or Asklepios would be particularly suited to receive this.
Medovíks are a sweet memory from my own life—the intoxicating honey and the anticipation waiting for them to finally be done all being familiar to myself. I doubt that most hellenic pagans would undergo the journey of making these, but I hope it helps somehow—I love sharing the delightful parts of my white family’s culture, especially for my gods and fellow pagans.
References
[1] Ogden, D. (2013). Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds (Illustrated ed.). Oxford University Press.
[2] Polzine, M. (2020). Baking at the 20th Century Cafe: Iconic European Desserts from Linzer Torte to Honey Cake. Artisan.
[3] C. (2014, March 14). Honey Cake Recipe - Medovník - Czech Cookbook [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watchv=
Xuoqj3AoNJ0&feature=youtu.be
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2024 Attic Calendar - January
Currently working on my own version of the adapted Attic calendar! So far I only have January, but February is almost done as well. Fair warning, this goes in depth about what the festivals/celebrations are and how to commemorate, so this post is gigantic.
Attention: This is for the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE!
⛧ [10/01/24] [Hekatombion 40th] - Hekate Deipnon
WHAT IS IT & WAYS TO CELEBRATE: It takes place at the end of the Lunar month. Hekate means "bringer of light", so at the darkest part of the month, we prepare our homes for the transition to a new month and offer her a meal. Think of it as a mini new year; clean/cleanse your house (especially altars), get rid of things you don't want to bring into next month (physical, spiritual, etc), and leave Hekate an offering at sundown (preferably a meal, but if you can't afford to waste food, just give her something else. Maybe bury or burn it if you can). Here's a list of good offerings (best left outside or at her altar, if you have one for her):
Bread
Cake (especially lit with candles)
Pomegranate
Wine
Honey
Cinnamon
Milk
Chocolate
Roses
Lavender
Poppy seeds
Dandelions
Incense (Frankincense, Lavender, Jasmine, Citrus, Dragons blood, Rosemary, or anything you have at hand)
Keys
Candles
Tea lights
Bones
Fire/Bonfire
Oil lamps
Crow/Raven/Own feathers
Poetry, Literature, Music, Hymns, etc
⛧ [11/01/24] [Metageitnion 1st] - Noumenia
WHAT IS IT & HOW TO CELEBRATE: The Noumenia is the first day of the visible New Moon and is held in honor of the household Gods. The Noumenia is a celebration of the start of a new Hellenic month and seeks blessings for the household. Honestly? You can just kick back and relax if you want or can, to invite calm energies into the upcoming month. But, if you (like me) want to be a little extra, here's some ways to celebrate:
Start a new personal project or hobby, or just pick back on things you've been putting off.
Set intentions for the coming month, and make plans for any of the month’s upcoming festivals, or for any of your personal upcoming plans.
Leave offerings for your deities.
Moon/stargaze, maybe meditate under the Moon.
Do a reading with your preferred divination method with the Theoi, asking what you should focus on in the coming month.
⛧ [12/01/24] [Metageitnion 2nd] - Agathos Daimon
WHAT IS IT & HOW TO CELEBRATE: One of my favorites! Daimons are household spirits that look after you and your family, so this is a day to honor Him! Pour a libation (especially wine, but mine likes milk better to be honest), make an offering, light a candle, maybe even make Him a lil altar! He's heavily associated with snakes, but aside from that you can offer (or put in His altar) anything you correlate with abundance, good luck, protection, etc. These guys are so overlooked and I love them. Here's a more in-depth post about Him and the holiday.
⛧ [13, 14, 16, 17, 18/01/24] [Metageitnion 3th, 4th, 6th, 7th & 8th] - Athena, Aphrodite/Hermes/Eros, Artemis, Apollo, Poseidon
WHAT IS IT & HOW TO CELEBRATE: Not exactly festivals, that's why I compiled them into one section, but these Lunar days are sacred to these deities in that order. Maybe leave them an offering or light them a candle, maybe even just devotional acts! Here's a good list of offerings for each:
ATHENA
Owl feathers/imagery
Pottery
Books
Toy weapons, athames, etc
Roses
Bread
Olive
Honey
Milk
Olive oil
Olive tree branches/leaves (real or not)
Clear crystals
Silver jewelry
Incense (Frankincense, Dragon's Blood, Cedarwood)
APHRODITE
Apples
Chocolate
Honey
Milk
Olive oil
Baked goods
Anything vanilla scented/flavored
Golden jewelry
Flowers (especially roses and anemones)
Sea stuff (sand, seashells, water, etc)
Perfume
Self care products
Rose quartz
Incense (Frankincense, Rose, Myrrh, Jasmine, Cinnamon, Vanilla, Cypress)
HERMES
Currency (real or not) (especially foreign)
Strawberries
Lemons
Dice
Playing cards
Travel tickets
Honey
Milk
Olive oil
Clovers
Cool rocks
Hematite
Incense (Frankincense, Myrrh, Safron, Dragon's Blood)
EROS
Honey cake
Chocolate
Fruit
Sweets (he likes candy a lot)
Milk
Honey
Olive oil
Rose quartz
Feathers
Flowers (real or not)
Heart-shaped objects
Arrows
Jewelry
Incense (Frankincense, Myrrh, Rose)
ARTEMIS
Animal related stuff (Imagery, bones, teeth, etc)
Moon related stuff
Moonstone
Clear quartz
Amethyst
Bows & Arrows
Leaves
Wild flowers
Acorns
Pine cones
Milk
Honey
Olive oil
Water
Silver jewelry
Incense (Frankincense, Cypress, anything woodsy)
APOLLO
Sun related stuff
Arts and crafts
Clear quartz
Citrine
Sunstone
Bows & arrows
Dandelions
Sunflowers
Poetry
Music
Honey
Milk
Olive oil
Water
Honeyed chamomile tea (he loves it)
Golden objects/jewelry
Divination items
Incense (Frankincense, Myrrh, Cypress, Clove, Cinnamon, Bay)
POSEIDON
Saltwater/Seawater
Seashells
Fish
Sand
Toy horses/horse imagery
Photos of the sea
Olive oil
Milk
Honey
Salt
Aquamarine
Sapphire
Incense (Frankincence, Myrrh, Pine)
⛧ [25-27/01/24] [Metageitnion 15-17th] - Eleusinia
WHAT IS IT & HOW TO CELEBRATE: The Eleusinia was a thanksgiving festival held to honor Demeter for the gift of grain. A modern way to celebrate is to have a big dinner (maybe include some breads and baking) and give thanks to Lady Demeter through it! Thank her for grain and the agricultural processes that we benefit from!
⛧ [28/01/24 ?] [Metageitnion 18th ?] - Adonia
WHAT IS IT & HOW TO CELEBRATE: A festival mourning the death of Adonis, one of Aphrodite's human lovers. Traditionally, it was celebrated only by women (as a trans guy, I personally don't give a fuck and celebrate it anyway). Also, there's no source for an exact date, so this is an educated guess at best (most sources just refers to it as taking place "midsummer"). For a way to celebrate, I found this amazing hymn/poem. Remember to honor Aphrodite on this day as well.
⛧ [30/01/24] [Metageitnion 20th] - Hera Telkhinia
WHAT IS IT & HOW TO CELEBRATE: A minor sacrifice for Hera, taking place in the suburbs of Athens. Again, not a lot of info, but if you worship or have a connection to her, maybe read her a hymn, pour a libation honor her on this day! Here's a Orphic hymn to her:
Hera, incense aromatic herbs and spices.
You are seated in a cerulean cavern, having the form of air,
Íra queen of all, happy one who shares the bed of Zefs,
You provide gentle breezes which sustain the soul.
Mother indeed of storms, attendant of the winds, all-begetting.
Apart from you life and generation cannot be found;
Mingled with the majestic air you partake of everything.
You alone hold sovereignty, ruling over all.
You are the stream which flutters down through the rushing winds.
And now you, happy Goddess, many named, queen of all,
Come with a countenance of kindness and joy.
#attic calendar#hellenic polytheism#my post#hekate deipnon#noumenia#agathos daimon#eleusinia#adonia#hera telkhinia#hecate devotee#hekate devotee#aphrodite devotee#apollo devotee#artemis devotee#athena devotee#poseidon devotee#eros devotee#hermes devotee#hera devotee#demeter devotee
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I'm not in circles with "neopagans" and was wondering if you could elaborate on your post? This seems rather interesting.
(this ask is about my post i made a while back saying too many neopagans just reskin protestantism)
i don't hang out with neopagans either but i have an amateur interest in the occult and in premodern history and my phone has recently decided to recommend me posts from the r/hellenism subreddit
so the main points, within the context of classical greek-inspired neopaganism which is the most common in the "stuff pre-christian europeans actually practiced" side of things (unlike, say, wicca):
devotion to one or a small number of specific gods (D&D Cleric Syndrome)
associating deity worship with faith, love, and morality (also a form of D&D Cleric Syndrome - think of how a cleric's alignment is supposed to match their deity)
focus on the big gods that received state worship to the exclusion of minor tutelary deities, suh as the household spirit agathos daimon or the Roman lares and genii. even catholicism has saints for the little everyday things (see D&D Cleric Syndrome)
no animal sacrifices smh
their worship is usually very individualized rather than communal but to be fair I understand most neopagans are kinda isolated from each other
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Know any good sources on Celtic (specifically Gaulish practices)? I know it’s not your area, but you seem like someone who might know some people who dabble in that sort of stuff. The area I live in has some celtic archeological sites, but sadly not much is known about the local religion or culture. I am trying to put together a Romano-Celtic hearth cult, but it’s difficult finding practices and deities that feel right.
Gaul is a larger Celtic area of Western Europe (modern-day France and parts of modern-day Belgium, Germany, and Northern Italy). I say this because the Celts, when invaded by Rome, took in a lot of Roman religion including Hellenic and (rarely) Kemetic beliefs as well. When the Celts did this, so did the Gauls.
If it helps at all, the specifics you're looking into is called Gallo-Roman, which is part of the larger Romano-Celtic area.
This selective acculturation manifested in several ways. One of the main ways we see this is with the melding of Greco-Roman deities with Gaulish (Celtic) deities. Gaulish epithets for Roman gods (Jupiter Poeninus) and Roman epithets for Gaulish gods (Lenus Mars). Roman gods were given Gaulish god partners (Mercury and Rosmerta & Apollo and Sirona). Towards the east of the Gauls, many mysteries were formed, including one for the Greek hero Orpheus, the Iranian (or Persian) god Mithras, and the Egyptian goddess Isis. In other words, a whole lot of syncretism.
When it came to the Gauls (and the Celts overall) a main part of their belief system was the heavy use of animal imagery. More specifically, zoomorphic deities. However, we see a lot more human-looking representations of the gods because the Romans (and Greeks) weren't too keen on the idea (see Greco-Egyptian).
As for specifically Gallo-Roman hearth religious beliefs, the Lares (Lar singular) is a good place to start. They're the equivalent of Agathos Daimon in Greek religion (Hellenism). Essentially, they're personal household deities that are connected to the hearth.
A majority of the information we have about the Gaelic culture and the eventual melding of the Gallo-Roman culture stems from two sources: artifacts and Julius Ceasar, who wrote all about in what we now call the "Commentarii de Bello Gallico". The gods that he mentions the Gauls worship (like Jupiter, Mercury, Mars, and Minerva) aren't really the Roman gods that the Gauls are worshipping at that time but rather the closest thing Ceasar can connect. For example, Caesar may say that the Gauls worshipped Mars, when in reality they were worshipping Lenus, a healing god that quickly became associated with Mars because of Caesar and the Roman Empire. However, not all of them were caught. Gobannus is the most well-known example we have, with him being the equivalent to the Roman god Vulcan or the Greek god Hephaestus and yet Caesar makes no comment on the Gaulish god.
One other thing, the specific time we are taking a look at was prior to the overtaking by the Anglos, Saxons, and Jutes (aka pre-Anglo-Saxon times). Because of this, Germanic (Norse) gods weren't known to these people yet. Odin, Thor, and Freyja were unknown to them at this point in time.
Other than that, the last thing I can give to you are articles and books that I stumbled upon that may pique your interest. I do recommend a couple of Wikipedia links, but just know that I recommend using Wikipedia as a jumping-off point. Hope this helps! :^)
Becoming Roman: the origins of provincial civilization in Gaul -- Greg Woolf
https://archive.org/details/becomingromanori0000wool
The gods of the Celts -- Miranda Green
https://archive.org/details/godsofceltsar00mira
Gallo-Roman Religious Sculptures -- A.N. Newell
https://www.jstor.org/stable/640758
Fifth-Century Gaul: A Crisis of Identity? -- John Drinkwater & Elton Hugh
https://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam031/91018375.pdf
Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War: literally translated -- Frederick Holland Dewey, A.B.
https://archive.org/details/caesarscommentar07caes
Category:Gaulish gods -- Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gaulish_gods
Category:Gaulish goddesses -- Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gaulish_goddesses
sources:
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/1999/1999.10.34/
http://www.deomercurio.be/en/dii.html
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Celtic-religion/The-Celtic-gods
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lares
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lar-Roman-deities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallo-Roman_culture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallo-Roman_religion
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The next day the abode of the pagan statues was completely razed down to its foundations, as was usual for the lairs of "false gods," and a vast rampage was unleashed. Monks and zealous laymen ( philoponoi) returned to Alexandria with the pagan priest from Menouthis, whom they had arrested, along with twenty camels laden with idols. In the capital the mob brought together quantities of statues found in the baths and in private homes-not all of them cult idols, to be sure. They broke the legs and arms of the idols, shouting, "their gods do not have surgeons!" Everything was piled on a pyre in a public square. Descriptions of this scene speak of Egyptian gods with animal bodies: dogs (Anubis), monkeys (Thoth), cats (Bastet), all except for a "Kronos" (Sobek the crocodile) whose statue was "filled with blood." Thanks to this so-called Kronos (the same as Saturn, the god who devoured his own children), the hiding place revealed the true nature of pagan gods: impotent ogres.
Among their insults, the mob called them by Greek names-Kronos, Zeus, Dionysus, Athena, Artemis, Ares, Apollo-which are not the usual Greek equivalents of the indigenous deities. The people, or the author who speaks for them, merely repeated the invectives of the Church Fathers against the immorality of paganism, those gods who drank, copulated promiscuously, and delighted in killing mortals. The pagan priest was forced to tell the name and explain the attributes and appearance of each of the divinities before they were destroyed. Zacharias does not seem to have been particularly interested in this detail, intended to demean the prohibited cults. First came the snake, "the one that fooled Eve." Which god was that? Among the many snakes that appear in the divine world of ancient Egypt, we might rather think of the Agathos Daimon, the Noble Spirit so popular in late Alexandria.
Chuvin, A Chronicle of the Last Pagans
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Hekates Deipnon
Hekates Deipnon is the last day of the month in the Attic (Athenian) Calendar. At the darkest time of the month, when the moon is absent in glow, we invite 'Ekate phosphoros (Hekate bringer of light) into our homes. We prepare for the new month by cleansing and cleaning our homes, body and mind.
In ancient times the day was held to honor Hekate and placate vengeful spirits. She was said to lead up unavenged and wrongfully killed spirits from the underworld, accompanied by hounds. The household was purified and members who might have disrespected Hekate atoned, so that she might not withhold her favor from them.
Historically the day was celebrated with three rituals.
1. a meal set at a crossroads
2. expiation
3. purification
While we might not celebrate exactly as the Ancient Greeks, there are other ways modern practioners and devotees can include Hekate's Deipnon in their monthly calenders.
Traditional Offerings:
Leeks
Eggs
Garlic
Sweeping the home
Things you don't want to bring into next month
Traditional Acts:
Cooking a meal for the gods
Cleaning and Cleansing
Donate a meal/food
Tending the home
Purifying Altars
Paying debt
Set offerings at a crossroads, whether it be on your altar, at a intersection, or where roads meet.
Fulfill your to-do lists and plan for the month ahead. You might wish to dispose of your months Kathiskos. A hymn to Hekate can be found here.
CITATIONS
"Hekate Goddess Of." HECATE GODDESS OF - Greek
Mythology,
www.theoi.com/Khthonios/HekateGoddess.html#Hymn
s. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
"Hekate's Deipnon." Hellenion,
www.hellenion.org/festivals/hekates-deipnon/.
Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
"Deipnon." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 20 Sept.
2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deipnon.
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🌞⭐️📖 for the ask game :)
hello! thank you for sending the ask x 😊
🌞 - Which deity(ies) are you closest to/do you worship the most often?
as a homebody, i feel so close to vesta and hestia, my heartflames 🔥💞. these two, as well as the agathos daimon and ianuspater, have small shrines in my room that i put small offerings on the most often!
aphroditos and venus have been guiding lights to me, though. especially in my gender journey, but just generally as well! the only deity statue i have is a small venus de milo i was lucky enough to have found at a thrift store, who is draped in all my jewelry and surrounded by pretty stones and candles 💕
⭐ - What is something you wish people outside your practice knew more about?
i don't know lol. i guess right now i wish some folks knew how to mind their own dasjhdajs
📖 - Do you like the way your pantheon is most often portrayed in media? Why or why not?
i've actually not engaged with most media portrayals of greek or roman deities. my sister is into percy jackson, but i never even watched the movies let alone read the books lol. i think the only piece of media i can think of involving either pantheon that i remember engaging with is disney's hercules, and honestly it's a comfort movie of mine lol.
but more generally, i don't like the pop culture 'feminist' retellings/girlbossification of so many myths and deities. i feel like it takes away a lot of the historical and cultural context and ignores real women of the time (like the grieving mother aspect of the homeric hymn to demeter, instead villianizing her and centering persephone). i think the gods are often portrayed as very one-dimensional and often like villains, (zeus is a rapist, demeter is a horrible mother, etc) and even people within our religious spaces seem to internalize these ideas which is sad.
but i don't think that's a very unpopular opinion lol, lots of people probably agree.
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🧚🏻♀️ and 📿 ?
Hello there!
Witch Asks:
🧚🏻♀️ have you had any paranormal experiences?
Oh yes! Quite a few, in fact. Many as a child and a few as an adult. Nothing malevolent though. Mostly gentle spirits that like to make their presence known in quirky ways.
📿 describe your altar
Two shelves full of deity statues, big and small, with lots of little trinkets, treasures, crystals, and candles. The top shelf includes Hermes, Hekate, Hades, Persephone, Aphrodite, and Ares. The lower shelf includes many small altars to the theoi: Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Athena, Hephaestus, Hestia, Agathos Daimon, Gaia, and a few more deities. Each deity has some crystals, trinkets, and little treasures that I associate with them.
Thanks for the ask!
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Hi! So I've been having a strong pull to evoke Apollo/summon him. But idk if I have a good reason. A part of me wants to just spend some time with him. Maybe like a relationship building thing but idk if that's an appropriate reason for summoning. What do you think?
Also I have a question about evoking in general. How would I go about that? Would I bring something represented by them to make it easier? Do I have to say a specific thing? Do I need protection beforehand? I was just wondering about how to go about evoking.
It's totally OK to ask a deity to come forward just to talk to them and get to know them. In fact, I encourage people to just casually talk with their deities! It's good manners to have Just Bonding Time with deities, not just evoking them whenever you have a request.
A physical depiction of whichever deity you want to summon definitely helps, alongside their sacred plants and animals and incense and/or candles. (Such as a small amount of bay/laurel leaves, frankincense, sunflowers, and an image of swans or dolphins for Apollo specifically). However they are ultimately unnecessary if you're capable of getting into a ritual mindset without them.
As for non physical items, I usually read the Orphic Hymn to Apollo, you can also use the Homeric Hymns to Apollo alongside that. Note that one of the Homeric Hymns to Apollo is LONG AF, so if you choose to read that, you want to make sure you're somewhere you won't be disrupted.
You can also just say "Hey Lord Apollo, please come here because I wanna talk". The main thing you want to keep in mind is manners. You don't have to be super formal (fun fact, the first time I gave an offering to him, I finger-gunned the statue and said "this is for you", and he liked that), just respectful. I've spoken to lots of people who agree, Apollo is very chill and relaxed and actually prefers when his followers aren't super formal around him.
I personally don't feel I need to summon extra protection because Apollo, or any deity, wouldn't allow anything that could harm me to enter my space unless I personally invited it. However if you're still worried, you can ask Apollo, Agathos Daimon, and/or Hestia for protection or do a cleansing ritual for your space. You could also start the ritual by saying "Only Apollo is allowed in my space" and that should be sufficient.
I hope this helped!
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Hi, I’m new to the Tumblr pagan/polytheist-sphere, and I was inspired by my research on Sappho and Aphrodite (I'm slowly working on defining modern Sapphic rhetoric and modern Sapphic online and offline spaces) for my MA thesis to look into polytheism. I' also identify as a sapphic woman so this topic is in general very fun for me to learn about. I really like your blog, and I'm curious if you just worship deities, or do you worship heroes, spirits, etc. as well? Would you be interested in worshiping Sappho, for example? Also, would it be okay if I included your answer in my project? If not, totally cool! ☺️ and if so, thats great too. (I can def give you more info about what I'm doing if you'd like as well.)
Hello, and first of all, thank you, I'm so happy you enjoy my blog! :)
Now into your question: Personally, I wouldn't worship Sappho.
I'm a Hellenic Reconstructionist, so I try my best (though I have my mistakes) to worship as the Greeks did traditionally, while also realizing that times have changed and you 100% cannot do everything the Greeks did.
From that context, I say that in Hellenism, you can indeed honor ancestors, but rarely have I seen them worshipped. So no, I wouldn't worship Sappho. (Though her poetry is great!)
I would say if one wanted to honor the dead, the day it would be on would be the 29th or 30th of the Hellenic lunar calendar. There, perhaps, you could pay special attention to Sappho,her poems, and her impact on you, but give your offerings to Hecate, Hades, and/or Persephone to ask that Sappho is well.
Yes, I do honor the spirits, muses, and titans, but worship the gods. The difference I would say is that I acknowledge and recite hymns to spirits, muses, and titans, but I give my offerings, thoughts, and prayers to the Gods.
For example, today as I'm writing this, is the day for Agathos Daimon, where there would be a ritual and libations for him throughout the day. Agathos Daimon generally means "Good Spirit" because he's a household spirit that brings protection and good luck.
Finally, of course you may use my answer in your project, I would be honored and I'm sure you'll do amazing! I'll pray for your success if you're okay with it. if you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask <3
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