Eh fuck it look at my animatic Wip

chant of kirke, from the hekataeon by jack grayle

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I think about the daughters and just female descendants of helios a lot, like a whole lot. I like to draw equivalents between them because they’re all so damn tragic. His daughters becoming trees out of grief, Lampetie and Phaethusa being shoved aside and ignored by Odysseus’ crew, Pasiphaë and the bull she was cursed to fall in love with, Medea and her failed love with Jason and the subsequent murder, Phaedra and what Aphrodite had her do in spite of Hippolytus (not to defend her, but there was divine inspiration there,) and then there’s Circe. She wanted to defend her women and she did, and she feared Odysseus was going to kill her — though afterwards she was safe.

Then we have Ariadne, I think she’s the most tragic. Befriending Icarus , only for Icarus to fall in love with her. But Theseus came and promised her a better life, much better with a god backing him! And then due to the influence of Athene, she was ditched on Naxos. Running away with Theseus also doomed Icarus, having king Minos trap both him and his father in the tower as Icarus helped her escape.

I mean all this only for Theseus to marry her SISTER!! Not to mention within the Odyssey it’s stated that Artemis shot Ariadne dead , going along with what Apollo requested of her. Apollo’s Jealousy? I think so. But at least sometimes she has a happy ending and married Dionysos, that’s always a plus.

Anyhow, this post!!!! This is a drawing of Circe and Ariadne, because in the novel I am working on, Icarus paints a picture of who he thinks Ariadne is in comparison to her auntie Circe. Had a lot of fun with the colours lmao !

I offer honeyed wine of lethe,

I offer magic ✧

"Gdyby Kirke grała na violinie"

W ogrodzie

*voluptas veneria*

żywcem pożera się serca

składa się ich czerwień w ofierze

szeroko otwórz usta lustra

wpuść światło

niech wiatr poniesie

szept

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PH. & ret.: Hubert Daniszewski

Okay so days 13 through 24! I loved working on these ones even more and I feel they turned out better than the first batch! Atalanta and Orpheus are probably my favourites but Psyche is a close follow up. In general I am very happy I got to work on a Midas design he’s my fav mythical idiot. He makes so many bad choices for himself and I love him for it. Also I tend to spell Circe as Kirke just because I prefer that pronunciation.

Anyways here’s the full of Hephaestus because I feel like the bust just didn’t really capture what I intended with his design (nor did the simple figuring stage but it’s to get the gist so yk)

I interact with a surprising amount of blacksmiths (also mechanics and other tradesmen) so I tried to add elements of that into it as well as some of his depictions in archaic pottery. If this wasn’t a quick thing to finish this page I would’ve also worked on his attendants and the aids he has in the myths and hymns. But I didn’t, so I settled on an extremely simple cane or something. This was more about about figuring him out alone. One day though. I’ll be able to get more detail in then!

Finished weaving and sewing my bandana! It’s been washed and is currently being blocked, so it’s not *completely* finished in this photo, but I’m super proud of it. Once it’s done blocking it will be a devotional veil to Kirke and Telegonos, to wear specifically for Them. All of my other veils are all purpose, so it’s nice to have something specific :)

My technique definitely needs a lot of work, but each piece was better than the previous and I learned a lot trial and erroring my way through it, especially with the finishings. I’ve already started weaving my next experiment and I can’t wait to learn more!

#ClassicsTober23 16: 🪄Circe 👄

I’ve combined several pottery images of Circe (Kirke) - ‘the witch-goddess with the human voice’ - to make this one of her with one of Odysseus’ transformed crew:

An Attic red-figure oinochoe, from which I’ve borrowed my main figure with her jar and wand / mortar and pestle for potion-making: https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/T35.8.html

An Etruscan red-figure Stamnos, showing a surprisingly chunky set of figures, from which I’ve borrowed my pig-man: https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/T35.9.html

And this Attic red-figure pelike from which I’ve nicked my pig-man’s boar head: https://www.theoi.com/Gallery/T35.1.html

Borgund stave church

“Lady of the palace, sorry that I ask this…”

Watch Ross do it for the bit and cut his hair to match the rest of the guys in like a week or two… (someone had to say it and if it has to be me so be it.)

kirke i am going to block you and then i am going to delete this blog if he touches even a single hair on his head 🥰

Beautiful vintage Kirke..

HAPPY VALENTINE'S AND CIRCE SAGA DAY! To celebrate, here's my design take on everyone's favorite witch goddess, Circe (or Kirke). Thanks to the votes for her outfit design to still influence Ancient Greece and Rome fashion for this au, Circe, her island, and Asterion the Minotaur (he now lives on Circe's island to help maintain it) in Legendary Fugitives are stuck in time with some changes to improve living conditions like indoor plumbing. I also took influence from Disney's version of Circe, some Megara with the dress to make it look like a Greek column, some famous Circe paintings, and added details from how surviving ancient sources described Circe. Interestingly, one vase showed what might have been one of the earliest depictions of a magic wand (unless it's something else I wasn't aware of). I might change her design later on to make adjustments. Suppose Circe gets to appear in Legendary Fugitives. In that case, most of the myths she appeared in paint her in a negative light, she's not that bad despite her flaws and past mistakes. She's more in the gray area, maybe gone a bit insane in some way, waiting for a perfect opportunity to fight against the corrupt gods. Perhaps two specific goddess and god of war will be the ideal opportunity to make her move. My biggest advice, if you meet Circe in this story, is don't get her started with the rumors that she had an affair and child with Odysseus and later married the guy's son. Let's say Circe and Asterion got caught up in an investigation where she worked with Telemachus to save Ithaca back in the day.

Circē / Κίρκη

Circe

(Fons Imaginis.)

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