Here is a deity worship guide for Lord Thanatos as always this isn’t a set guide and you might find other things that work for you and his relationship. ♥️

𝓞𝓿𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓲𝓮𝔀

If you're reading this you probably already know who Lord Thanatos is, but in case you don't here's a brief overview.

He is the God Of Peaceful Death. He is known for collecting souls and bringing them down to the underworld. His godly parents are sometimes listed as just Nyx or Nyx and Erebus, and among many other siblings, he has a twin brother named Hypnos.

𝑶𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔

With Chthonic (Commonly called the Underworld Gods) you pour your drink offerings outside and bury your food offerings (If you can't that's fine). Anything with the symbols on it (cloths, drawing, etc.) can also be offerings.

Food/Drinks

Red Wine

Tea

Pomegranates

Meat

Blood Orange

Poppy Seeds

Rose Water

Chocolate/Dark Chocolate

Mint

Rosemary

Scents

Rosemary

Mint

Dragon's Blood

Cypress

Opium/Poppy

Myrrh

Sandalwood

Frankincense

Gems/Metals

Onyx

Obsidian

Any black stones

Lapis lazuli

Black Opal

Black tourmaline

Garnet

Smoky quartz

Amethyst

Silver

Bronze

Gold

Iron

Marble

Symbols

Swords

Butterflies

Knives

Blood

Graveyard (imagery)

Graveyard Dirt (collected with permission)

Bones

Candles

Feathers

Wings(imagery)

Poppies

Roses

Fur

Horns

Wormwood

Wolfsbane

Wilting Flowers

𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒔

Here's a list of a few devotional acts you could do for him.

First Aid Training/Just Learning About It

Treating Common Ailments

Learn About The Body

Learning things about the body and learning medicine is a great way to honor Lord Thanatos and is very useful. You might ask Jay why would learning medicine be useful for the god of death?? Well, my sweet, sweet friend one of his major epithets, Paean, is translated to Healer and he is the god of peaceful death. So in simple terms learn medicine to prevent people from dying not peacefully.

You don't have to have first aid training as a devotional act, it's just listed (and I've linked the American Red Cross's page at the bottom if you do want to take their classes), you can learn simple ways to care for people in your home. Learn how to take blood pressure and check heart rates, learn the correct doses of common household medicines (Tylenol and Aspirin) for children and adults, learn how to break fevers, and learn why things like chicken noodle soup or other similar classic home care things can help common sickness.

Learning about the body in general is a good way to honor Lord Thanatos (and several other deities). You can learn how to prevent illness. Learn about what happens when we die or research Thanatology (a scientific discipline that examines death from many perspectives, including physical, ethical, spiritual, medical, sociological, and psychological).

Learn About The Grieving Process and How To Help People Process Death

Learn About Death In Different Cultures

Death Doula Training

Learning about death is the most obvious devotional act you can do for him. You can study death in different cultures, ex: Día de Los Muertos. Understanding the Grieving Process and how to help people work through it are great things to learn. You don't have to start by trying to help people mourn the loss of their grandma or dogs, you can start, or even just stay, at helping people grieve aspects of their lives they feel like they are losing. Helping people move on in any capacity, is a great way to honor Lord Thanatos.

Death Doula training is something you can look at. A death doula is someone who helps people prepare for death.

Write Prayers Or Hymns

This one is also kind of obvious but you can write prayers or hymns or literally make any type of art and dedicate it to him. Crochet a butterfly and place it in an area for him. Whatever you can do for him he will be happy with. Once again this isn't a set list and if something doesn't work for you but it gives you some ideas of what you can do then this post still did its job.

Once again this isn't a set list, you can offer other things, and if something doesn't work for you but it at least gives you some ideas of what you can do then this post still did its job.

𝓖𝓸𝓸𝓭𝓷𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 (𝓞𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝔃𝓸𝓷𝓮) 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓚𝓱𝓪𝓲𝓻𝓮 𝓣𝓻𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓻𝓼

https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Thanatos.html

https://vocal.media/futurism/ways-of-worship-thanatos

https://screeching-0wl.tumblr.com/post/671653682327240704/a-guide-to-worship-of-thanatos-cheat-sheets

https://greekpagan.com/?s=Thanatos

https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/first-aid/

Toni Catany (1942–2014), “Vanitas Box”