β !! κ° 31 days of helpol κ± ποΈ
(so sorry for missing the other days!! iβve been spending lots of time with my family and weβve finally [after five months of issues] started moving into our house. itβs been such a wave of relief that there isnβt any more issues, so all thatβs left is to get moved in and wait for a few other things to get finished up)
day twenty-five - βwhat was the most surprising thing youβve learnt about hellenic polytheism or your deities?β
how flexible this religion is. like in many religions (like basically every one with some form of holy text that they follow), thereβs rules and strict things that you have to follow. a lot of time, followers of said religion will also bring those words to an extreme. βdo this or this god wonβt love youβ βdonβt do that or youβll suffer eternallyβ things like that. iβve seen none of that with hellenic polytheism. i mean, sure, the occasional bad person pops up every once in a while, but thatβs not what the religion has been. iβve felt more accepted than ever since, which i never expected lol
day twenty-six - βdo you celebrate any festivals? which ones or why not?β
iβm trying to?? but i donβt really know what festivals there are (iβve only just now started learning about them)
day twenty-seven - βshare a fun fact about one or more of your deities which you think is underrated or not well-knownβ
i donβt have any facts that come to mindπ my mindβs just blank right now
day twenty-eight - βwhat is your favorite myth?β
ICARUS. ANYTHING ABOUT ICARUS, ANY RETELLING, ANY FORM OF RETELLING (story, poem, painting, etcβ¦), ANYTHING. i loveee the story of icarus. iβve even wondered before if hero worship is possible for icarus (is it?) so i can show how cool and amazing i think he is
day twenty-nine - βwhat is an aspect of your deities you really appreciate?β
their unconditional love. i am yet to hear about a deity who doesnβt unconditionally love their devotee/the person who worships them (and this goes for every deity)
day thirty - βdo you have a visual interpretation of your deities? is this different from usual depictions you see of them?β
for Lord Apollo, i usually imagine him with tanned skin, blond long hair, the usual sort of depiction of him that youβll see a lot from people. like with how i see all gods, i donβt imagine him as having any irises. i feel like eyes are what truly makes something human, so the lack of that shows that they arenβt human. but thatβs just a personal thought!!
for Lady Aphrodite, i can never keep a steady depiction of her in my mind. seriously. there is one image of her i have in my mind that repeats though. so, if youβve watched arcane, you know how viktor and jayce and sky looked in that cosmic realm sort of thing?? imagine that but itβs not like she has a human face or hair like how they did in the show. everything is like whatever that other stuff is, the weird cosmic bodysuit (please tell me this is making senseπ). i imagine that, her body type and facial features thatβs typically seen in statues of her, and everything is carved out like a statue. her hair is long (like going down to her feet kind of long), itβs wavy, and is constantly moving like a flowing waterfall. the only thing thatβs different about any of her appearance and any of the colors are her eyes which are pure white. and thatβs about all i got for an image of her.
for Lord Hermes, the designs for him from epic the musical. specifically the one by wolfythewitch. where his eyes are covered by his helmet (following the theme of the whole gods and eyes thing), i imagine him with wings both on his feet and his helmet, light brown curly hair, and i also kind of imagine him with slightly pointed ears?? i dunno, i always associate him with puck from a midsummer nights dream, so a mischievous sprite with sort of fairy/elf-like feature but in the most gorgeous way possible.
for Lord Dionysus, much like Lord Apollo, the typical depiction of him. black wavy hair, leopard print and purple everything, hints of wine red in his clothes, sort of maximalist clothes?? but somehow in an ancient greek way?? like combining the fashion of ancient greece and modern times. i do imagine him with darker tanned skin though, which i see sometimes in art. and of course, the whole no irises/eyes thing
day thirty-one - βshare a positive experience youβve had this month/year with one or more of your deities?β
Lord Apollo - when he comforted me while i was crying, then later the sun was shining as it rained (which is my favorite type of weather)
Lady Aphrodite - when after taking a break for months, i prayed to her for the first time, and the next day i looked in the mirror and i felt so pretty. looking back on the selfies i took at the time, i still think i was absolutely drop-dead gorgeous
Lord Hermes - when i wanted to talk to Lady Aphrodite because i was feeling insecure, but he wouldnβt let me use my pendulum to talk to her and kept refusing to let me put the pendulum down until i talked with him. so i talked with him instead and he helped me out <33
Lord Dionysus - when he helped me memorize my whole script a week before my play. a week. mind you, i had maybe three lines memorized overall, and he helped me remember all 42 lines and 3 monologues. i know that doesnβt sound like a lot, but it was shakespeareπ i was struggling a lot. but i got multiple compliments after the play, and a little girl told me i was her favorite character <3 never forgetting that feeling
