For the Love of Gods

your practice is your own.

your gods appreciate you for all you’ve done, offered, and attempted.

Simple things to know about the Goddess Artemis

Artemis is the goddess of hunting, the wilderness, and wild animals. She is also the goddess of childbirth, and protectress of girls up to the age of marriage, as Apollo is the protector of boys. With Apollo, they were bringers of sudden death and disease, Artemis targeted women and girls, while Apollo men and boys. To add- she is also a virgin goddess, like her half- sister Athene.

She is a daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister to Apollo, and half sister of many of the other Olympian Gods. While pregnant, Leto was hounded by Zeus’ wife, Hera and forced Leto to wander the world in search of safe refuge. She was the first born of the twins, and being a divine precocious child, helped Leto with the delivery of Apollo.

Some of her symbols and attributes include her bow and arrow, but she was also sometimes carrying a quiver, a pair of hunting spears, a torch, a lyre, and/or a waterjug. She was clothed in a knee-length girl’s dress or a full-length woman’s robe(chiton), with a clock, headgear(usually a crown, tiara, headband, bonnet or animal-pelt cap), and occasionally the pelt of a deer draped across her shoulders.

Artemis’ sacred animal is the deer, and she also drove a chariot drawn by a pair, and was often depicted holding or hunting a deer or with a deer-skin cape draped over her shoulders. In myth, the most celebrated of her animals was the golden-horned Cerynitian Hind which Herakles was sent to fetch as one of his Twelve Labours. (possibly a post on that in the future) The bear was also sacred., as well as a variety of water and ground birds, such as partridges, quails and guinea-fowl. Her sacred plants are the cypress tree, and the palm tree.

Sources: theoi.com/olympios/Artemis.html

⋆˚࿔ Dionysus is with those struggling to find their place

⋆˚࿔ Dionysus is with those who have poor coping mechanisms

⋆˚࿔ Dionysus is with those who experience gender dysphoria

⋆˚࿔ Dionysus is with those who are mentally ill

⋆˚࿔ Dionysus is with those who struggle with change

⋆˚࿔ Dionysus is with those under societal pressure

⋆˚࿔ Dionysus is with those who are marginalised everyday

⋆˚࿔ Dionysus is with those constantly frustrated with the world

Finally settled on a Dionysus and Ariadne design!!

I struggled a bit with Ari ngl, but I’m satisfied with how she looks now!

Edit: +extra of them. yeah.

okay theres this dude. Please block him

@/cryp7ik

Who's claiming to be all the male gods from all the pantheons and all the myths. He's been interacting with a whole lotta people, including my one post on how my deities talk to me through music where he claimed to have sent me a message via music (I got nothing so like. No- also. Deities can't use social media last time I checked) and me and my bestie decided to talk to him. So my friend gets a lot of messages from/is a prophet of Apollon and Artemis. They both have confirmed this dude isn't Apollon at all (not that we really needed it tbh-) and this guy decided that my friend was getting messages via Reddit??? My friend is infact not- he's also called people dumb for not believing that he is the male gods from every pantheon ever. Don't let him bully you into anything. This is stupid. Just block him

At this point it's become quite clear that @/cryp7ik genuinely believes he is Apollo (and other deities) and that he is not messing around. He is showing signs of potential mental health issues and it is best if we block him, delete any interactions with him if possible, and don't fight him on this further

O Dionysos, youngest of the immortals upon great Olympus,

no one can replace you in the fiery revelries

and in the misty, drunken nights

when the world fades away, and one lives only for oneself.

You, great reborn Dio, are always with us.

Upon your dark hair, bitter as chocolate, rests a wreath,

and in your hand — a horn brimming with sweet, freshly-born wine

and ripe clusters of grapes, whose taste is endless.

Leopards and panthers lie lazily at your feet,

while nymphs caress their soft, striped pelts

and sip wine from golden goblets,

feeling safe within your divine presence.

Bacchus, youthful Dionysos, I thank you

for the gifted actors of the gleaming theatres

and for your protection within the throng.

I honor you with all my small soul,

and I learn from your tranquil wisdom

the art of enjoying this one and only life.

hiii!

Epic the musical is great and all, so no hate to the fandom, but it's not the deities. It will never be the gods. Epic the Musical was a story. And it was a nice one to enjoy, but just like Percy Jackson, it cannot be the basis of worship. I mean lets take Zeus's depictions alone in Epic the Musical because he is the one I worship

He is shown as a major cheater and a very vengeful god. But when he is with me, he is the electric joy that consumes me during a hyper fixation. He is kind and patient. He is there when I need justice. He was there even when I was little and accidentally doing storm magic (and majorly messing shit up). He was the sense of justice that led me to protest Trump when I was a very young child and he is there when I contact my politicians to get them to fix the shit that is broken. He's never been harsh towards me, never vengeful, never awful like the way he was depicted in Epic the Musical.

Artemis

I sing of Artemis, whose shafts are of gold, who cheers on the hounds, the pure maiden, shooter of stags, who delights in archery, own sister to Apollo with the golden sword. Over the shadowy hills and windy peaks she draws her golden bow, rejoicing in the chase, and sends out grievous shafts. The tops of the high mountains tremble and the tangled wood echoes awesomely with the outcry of beasts: earth quakes and the sea also where fishes shoal. But the goddess with a bold heart turns every way destroying the race of wild beasts: and when she is satisfied and has cheered her heart, this huntress who delights in arrows slackens her supple bow and goes to the great house of her dear brother Phoebus Apollo, to the rich land of Delphi, there to order the lovely dance of the Muses and Graces. There she hangs up her curved bow and her arrows, and heads and leads the dances, gracefully arrayed, while all they utter their heavenly voice, singing how neat-ankled Leto bare children supreme among the immortals both in thought and in deed.

Hail to you, children of Zeus and rich-haired Leto! And now I will remember you and another song also.

Prayer for Aphrodite

Hail Aphrodite,

The pearl of Cyprus,

She who was born from the seafoam,

She who has given everyone,

mortal or inmortal,

love,

She who grants upon us

Confidence and beauty,

Fury and passion,

Need and desire,

Laughter and love,

And for that, we thank you, Lady Aphrodite,

For gifting us with all these things, we praise, worship, and honor you.

Hail Aphrodite.

I see, pretty often, people thinking they're not allowed to worship or pray when they're on their period, and since I'm currently on mine, I figured I'd clear this up a little, especially for new worshippers who may not know yet.

It's a common misconception that being on your period makes you dirty, unclean, and that you shouldn't pray during this time. I've even seen people claim that it's miasma.

These ideas are ancient and from a very misogynistic society. Not only that, but they didn't have the same hygiene practices and products we do today. So back then, women, more commonly poorer women, would likely just free bleed at home, which, as you can imagine, was messy.

Today, we have better hygiene practices, products, and we know how things like diseases transmit.

As long as you are clean and hygienic, it's fine. It's why we wash our hands and faces before we touch the altar or pray, we just have to be clean and presentable.

As long as you're not somehow getting blood on the altar, it's okay.

To add to this, I've even seen some sources that say that our periods are sacred, powerful, and connect us to Lady Artemis, as it is feminine (if you are transmasc, this part doesn't have to apply to you 🫶), and like the phases of the moon, it is a monthly cycle.

I've seen that this time of the month is a time for us to rest, and that bleeding is sometimes seen as the body's way of naturally cleansing itself.

I do not believe that you're "not allowed" to pray if you are menstruating. I believe that this is a time where you are encouraged to rest and take care of yourself, especially if your periods are particularly painful.

I always take this time to rest and take a break from my practice, not because I think I'm not allowed, or like it's misasmic, but because I always feel gross on my periods.

I'm hot, I sweat much more than the average person, I'm lethargic, I sometimes don't have the energy to change my clothes, I get nauseous, I get easily irritated which to me, isn't the right headspace for deity worship. But this is personal, so if you were blessed with non-painful periods and you can function on them, you do what feels best for you.

The closest I got to worship today was thinking of Asclepius as I took pain meds, and that's okay.

And if you're new and coming from a Christian background, no, the gods will not be mad at you if you take a break. They've been around for forever, they've seen humanity grow and evolve. They've seen us at our lowest moments, and for some people that includes being hunched over in pain or laying in bed all day because you're on your period.

They will understand, no one will get mad at you for a bodily function that's out of your control. It is pretty hard to anger a god unless you're actively defying or disrespecting them, or unless you've murdered someone in cold blood.

This is a devotional piece I drew for my beloved goddess Lady Artemis ! I'm really happy with the outcome even though I wish I could've done more with the background :/ but also this is the first fully colored piece I've done in a while and I'm glad I could do a more complicated one for my lady ! I hope she likes it , and you do too I hope <3

ALSO please cut me some slack on the rendering of the dog , I never draw animals and fully color them even less so , but I tried my best .

The little "print" on her clothing is supposed to be cypress branches & the white spots on her shoulders & cheeks are referencing the white spots of fawns ! The fur around her shoulders is from a bear and the bandages are stained with Ichor , the golden blood of the gods ( hunting isn't an easy job after all )

This piece was heavily inspired by one of my favorite paintings called " Diana the Huntress " by Gaston Casimir Saint-Pierre which I used as a reference :3

you don’t need money to worship

you don’t always need to be perfect

you can talk to the gods whenever you want

you can believe what you want to believe

you can worship however you want to worship