I am drowning in research and deities

Gaia and Ouranos sketch :D

‘Thoth and the Chief Magician’, 1925. Evelyn Pau

Heart in the storms.

i sing to thee, poseidon — o lord of the everdark waters — to him who moves the earth, who feeds from the fruitless sea,  o savior, helper, destroyer, & god — i sing  to thee. give me the heart to look upon  the storm ; give grace to my feet, let me  step through upon unbroken water & let the earth tremble with your strength. lord  of the sea — vast and endless is your glory as radiant as sunlight through gentle tides ;  bless me to be as foam upon the waters —  spray upon the wind — my boat unshattered and constantly sailing towards your sharp horizons —

For the same reason, it's a good idea to be somewhat literate in pop culture media. Because being able to look at something a person is trying to pass off as Genuine Ancient Tradition or something and recognize that it's nothing like anything people actually believed or did back in Ye Olden Times but it sure as heck resembles something from a popular TV show or TTRPG is a valuable discernment skill.

Also, "witchcraft" and "pagan" aren't synonymous, either. Christians may have accused pagan religions of being witchcraft, but that's because they were just trying to demonize these traditions, not because these were "witch religions" or something.

When this comes up in a reading, it's time to either reconsider your camping trip or your friends.

zeus is the king of the gods and the god of the sky, weather, law and order, destiny and fate, and kingship.

Janus, terracota 

Ancient Greek terracotta statuette of a dancer. In her left hand she holds what appears to be krotala (the ancient counterpart to castanets), used to keep the beat while dancing. Artist unknown; 4th-2nd cent. BCE (Hellenistic). From Athens or Myrina; now in the Antikensammlung Berlin. Photo credit: Sailko/Wikimedia Commons.

Hera by Juan Carlos Bellón (@bellon_illustration)

Sacred Fire by Devinez