#hera offerings

[travelingthief]

Lady Hera Offerings and Devotional Acts

Learn about:

Marriage traditions

Pregnancy

Process of childbirth

Lord Zeus

Birth doulas

Parenting styles and techniques

Family dynamics and cultures

Offerings 

Marriage

Wedding rings

Promise rings

Wedding mementos (from yours or others)

Flowers/bouquets 

Love letters

Love/marriage poems

Wedding vows

Veils

Flower girl baskets

Ring-bearer pillows

Mirrors

Pictures of your partner

Mementos of your relationship

Wedding photos/scrapbooks

Flower crowns/wreaths

Perfumes

Family/Childbirth

Family pictures/scrapbooks

Family mementos

Childhood photos

Maternity clothes

Pregnancy pillows

Mother’s Day gifts/cards

Parenting books

Family heirlooms

Items symbolic of your culture

Mementos of deceased loved ones

Date night mementos

Home cooked meals

Handmade crafts, particularly ones you do with your family

Baby shower mementos

Childhood toys

Myth Related 

Peacock feathers

Peacock imagery

Cowhide

Cow imagery

Golden apples

Serprants imagery

Tortoise imagery

Food

Greek yogurt

Honey

Olive oil

White wine

Cheese

Teas

Apples

Chocolates

Champagne

Devotional Acts

Marriage

Attend weddings

Buy gifts off wedding registries 

Plan your wedding

Date night

Brainstorm date ideas

Do something kind for your partner

Address any jealousy issues

Be loyal

Address any commitment issues

Include Her in your wedding

Have open communication with your partner

Learn your love languages/partner’s love languages

Consider how you can grow in your relationship

Family/Childbirth

Support new moms

Call your mom/mother figure

Buy gifts from baby shower registries

Brainstorm future child names

Clean the house

Babysit

Spend time with children in your life

Identify and break generational cycles

Research your family lineage/culture

Save money for the future

Consider what kind of family you’d like to have

Work through and process childhood trauma

Take lots of family photos

Cook a meal

#hera #hera offerings #hera worship #helpol #hellenic polytheism #paganism #hellenism #hellenic deities #hellenic worship #hera devotion

[princesmeadow]

Happy Theogamia Lord Zeus and Lady Hera!

#lyre harp #zeus deity #hera deity #helpol #hellenic pagan #hellenic polytheism #music #theogamia #celebration #festival #offering

[hestiashearthfire]

Current statues. The rose quartz represents Aphrodite, the opalite heart was a gift to Hera.

#hellenic polytheism #hellenic pagan #hellenic devotion #helpol #hellenic reconstructionism #hellenic paganism #hellenic polytheist #hellenic gods #hellenic community #prayer #hera devotion #hera worship #hera devotee #hera offering #dionysusdeity #zeusdeity #aphrodite deity

[cupids-baby]

For Hera 🦚🧿🍯

#hera #hera goddess #hera aesthetic #hera moodboard #greek mythology #hellenic polytheism #e offering

[commsroom]

beating my fists against the wall thinking about how eiffel hallucinating hera in mayday is the only time (that isn’t from her perspective) that her voice doesn’t have the usual filters on it. what that suggests about how eiffel sees her and how it aligns with her own self perception. what it implies, when hera’s glitching is such a literal manifestation of her self doubt and eiffel’s belief in hera and her ability is so unshakable and absolute, while her voice in mayday speaks for the part of him still strong enough to hold onto hope.

#wolf 359 #w359 #doug eiffel #hera wolf 359 #eiffera #they are soo . they're so... #the fact hera's voice in mayday is the last one he hears the one he doesn't want to hear until he's too tired not to #simultaneously making me crazy that he resigned himself to dying alone and only then. couldn't stop himself from thinking of her #that his last thoughts would be of her #but also that her voice is so impractical compared to the others #not offering him plans or solutions but. a comfort and a hope that he's scared to believe #what that says about how he sees her and what he values about her #that hera is the voice in eiffel's head telling him things are going to be alright and not to give up #while eiffel is the voice in hera's head telling her she can do anything #directly speaking in opposition to her trauma before either of them are consciously aware of what it means #they are so .

[starryqueenofgods]

Wide and wise eyed Queen Hera, your name is ever on high!

🦚🌟🍎🪺🦚🌟🍎🪺🦚🌟

All images found on Pinterest

#queen hera #lady hera #Hera #mother hera #hellenic deities #hellenic pagan #hellenic polytheism #hellenic #helpol #e offering #digital offering #pinterest

[unorthodox-soundwave]

No, I am not putting Mesperyian on here.

#i considered giving each one and incentive that they offer but that’s too complicated so just infer #submission #greek mythology #aphrodite #artemis #athena #demeter #eris #hecate #hera #leto #persephone #poll #polls

[thegodwhocums]

it is so so so tempting, even as someone who's not a reconstructionist, to find the TRUE way that polytheists worshiped back in Thee Olden Days - like there's something purer and more efficacious about methods tested and proven over millennia, and like if I just Study Harder I will connect all these fucken dots and do things the RIGHT way like the ANCIENTS did

like there's a way to time-skip over the war and colonization back to the agrarian bonfire dances and the queer mystic mentorship circles

and yet, this yearning, while understandable, is misplaced.

we asked Dionysos about the deities that preceded the expansion of global patriarchy, and got a really compelling response:

Don’t get hung up on the archetypes. You’re not living in the Stone Age. You don’t need to recreate Stone Age rituals. Create rituals for now. What thanks do you need to give? What do you need to ask for? What would it serve you to have represented? I’m thinking of an expression – “form follows function.” [You’re allowed.] Your heart breaks at the beauty of the lilac. To whom do you express that transcendent joy? If there’s no one, then you have a vacuum. Who is best suited? Old gods, new gods? They’re all sort of the same. Don’t try to achieve temporal purity – to try is limiting. [The insight here is that your heart is filled with gratitude that you live in a world that has this particular kind of beauty in it, and that’s something you should be sharing with divinity.]

- Dionysos, channeled 27 May 2023

it's surprising in some ways to hear such a pragmatic approach to the gods FROM a god, but like - what does it serve divinity to have offerings from a disaffected devotee?

I think if you're determined to honor all 12 Olympians or an equivalent box-set sort of pantheon, that is a little different - if you're building your own set (to make this sound more like Lego than a spiritual practice whoops), then the advice as I'm taking it is to see where you're overflowing with the kind of passion that a mortal can offer to divinity, and follow that! be guided by the things that make your heart explode! this, as I interpret it, is the most precious thing that humans can offer to the divine: overflowing appreciation and love and agony and all the things that make us human, directed to gods and spirits who can share in those beautiful and terrible emotions with us.

still hashing all this out so it's not my most polished set of thoughts but: damn.

#personal #rocket tag #Dionysos #divination #channeling #possession #ekstasis #polytheism #offerings #upg #PSVL was onto something is I think what I'm saying here #also I think a lot of us do this instinctively #all the people honoring hermes for example - his relatability in modern contexts means more people are drawn to him and work with him #and starting by honoring hermes doesn't necessarily mean you will follow that up by honoring zeus and hera and ares etc #you might go on to honor... idk hathor or odin #serious polytheists (tm) tend to look on this kind of eclectic polytheism as being kind of cringe #I am guilty of this in some ways #but it does sound like that's what D is suggesting here #I mean I guess he said temporal not regional - BUT - something like that #anyway! fascinating!! #ok that's enough tags

[nobodysdaydreams]

#All things aside a good dental plan would be nice #But it would be nice if there was a way to turn down their job offer without being stalked harassed and having an “accident” #Goddard futuristics #wolf359 #wolf 359 #Bods Polls #Wolf 359 polls #wolf 359 podcast #doug eiffel #w359 #hera w359 #hera wolf 359 #isabel lovelace #alexander hilbert #alana maxwell #daniel jacobi #warren kepler #renee minkowski #Rachel young #marcus cutter #miranda pryce #w359 spoilers #wolf 359 hera #wolf 359 eiffel #wolf 359 spoilers

[oracleofdiscord]

Paris + The Gods

please pretend that it looks like ares is taking the crown from paris instead of giving a crown to paris because having paris actively hand it over didn't work with the rest of the concept for this drawing

also please pretend that it actually looks like aphrodite is leaning over instead of looking like she's the same height as paris - a lot of the shading i used to indicate that she wasn't standing up straight got killed by the glowy hair effects

bonus flats + simpler shading under the cut, bonus ramblings in the tags

#paris of troy #aphrodite #apollo #ares #this drawing was inspired by me talking with a friend about the trojan royal family #and realizing that even for someone from a family with a lot of connection to the gods #paris has a *lot* of connection to the gods #i mean the connection to aphrodite should be. obvious #and there's also the story of ares for some reason deciding to enter a bull contest that paris was holding #(for those who aren't aware of this story: ares wins and paris gives him a crown as a prize) #and then paris was skilled with a bow and a lyre which would have been in apollo's domains #and the variant of achilles death i've seen most has apollo working with paris to kill achilles #(which means it was paris who apollo went to avenge hector and also apollo's son(s) that achilles killed) #and paris's first wife was a nymph and his second wife was a demigod #also this is stretching things but you could argue there's something to be said #for how athena - who (according to one account of tiresias's story) had blinded a mortal man for seeing her naked - #and hera - who had reason to not be very fond of trojan princes - #were both willing to accept a mortal trojan prince as their judge #and were both willing to offer up extremely generous rewards #although i do say that that's stretching since you could also just say they both wanted the apple badly enough #to accept the judge and offer up those prizes no matter who the judge was #also it has occured to me that since paris is also called alexander #everyone in this drawing has a name that starts with 'A' #anyway i think the joke i made to my friend is that paris might be godnip #like catnip. but for gods. godnip. #my art

[travelingthief]

Zeus Devotions and Offerings

Learn About:

Clouds (what’s their part in the water cycle? How do you tell the difference between types of clouds?)

Weather (predominantly rain, wind, & thunder and lightning) (What causes these phenomena scientifically?)

The justice system

Eagles, hawks, and other birds

His myths and genealogy (there’s a lot there!)

His Roman counterpart, Jupiter

Political history in your country (or any country of interest)

Climate change and how you can help reduce it

Storms/Rain

Collect rainwater as an offering or for use in spells

(Safely) Watch a storm (I like to do so in my car)

If you can, safely offer shelter to those during storms (travelers, unhoused folks, or even stray cats/dogs!)

Participate in storm clean-ups

Splash in puddles/Dance in the rain

Thank Him for the rain and acknowledge how helpful it is for providing life to all of us

Take proper storm precautions, like buying enough food, having flashlights/candles on hand, and having non-electric ways to keep warm

Keep a rainy day fund

Spend rainy days with your [chosen] family

Meditate/fall asleep to rain sounds

Learn how to respond in the event someone is struck by lightning

Sky

Go cloud-gazing (try making up stories for the shapes you find!)

Go parasailing

Travel on planes

Hot air balloon rides

Ask Him to bless your flights and travels

Go birdwatching

Ride a zipline

Fly kites

Learn cloud divination

Order and Justice

Keep up-to-date with local political happenings

Participate in your city/school council

Attend protests and advocate for equality  

Vote in local, state, and nationwide elections

Take breaks for yourself when learning about politics! That shit can be overwhelming!

Learn de-escalation methods

Join a debate team

Keep your schedule in order

Maintain a clean and orderly environment

Advocate for a greener future

Visit your state house

Leadership and Protection

Trust yourself to take on leadership roles

Build your self-confidence 

Be assertive in your boundaries 

(If you're able to) Work out and build muscle

Take proper measures to protect your home (locking the door and windows or a protection spell/jar!)

Take self-defense classes/martial arts/wrestling etc.

Make your own self-love affirmations 

Do things that make you feel powerful!

Understand your power. So many people are afraid of power because of negative connotations, but power can be used for good as well

Carry yourself with pride

Speak with conviction

Misc.

Support small businesses

Check the weather and dress appropriately (or pack emergency backup clothes if the fit is too good)

Carry an umbrella on you! And a spare if you can, to pass out to someone in need!

Wear grays and sky blues

Travel and see the world!

(Safely and sanitarily) collect bird feathers. Make sure you’re aware of which bird feathers are restricted from being collected

Show Him things you’re proud of!

Set attainable goals and make a plan to achieve them

Offer hospitality to every guest, even if you’re not thrilled to see them

Be a pleasant guest, even if you’re not thrilled to be there

Offerings

Feathers

Bull/swan/eagle imagery

Rainwater/snow water

Representation of lightning/storms (Paintings, trinkets, drawings, etc.)

Imagery of Scales of Justice

Voting stickers/Absentee ballot envelopes

Political mail for causes you support

Homework you put a good effort into and are proud of

Pictures of the sky/clouds

Bird figurines

Crown imagery/figurines

Lastly, it’s undeniable that Zeus has a long history of assaulting and mistreating women. Everyone has their beliefs on the matter and I think it is entirely possible to worship/work with a god while fully acknowledging the messy past. Furthermore, as I dive deeper into the history surrounding the myths I gain a better understanding of the factors surrounding Zeus’s philandering, like the synchronization of Gods and Goddesses across religions and how Zeus likely assimilated past male deities and the people of the time created the stories of his many affairs to explain this merging.

There’s no way to justify the raping by our human standards. That being said, I don’t think it’s cause to completely shut Him out. He is the King of the Gods, the Bringer of Life! Surely that is something to celebrate. 

With all that, some final acts that support women:

Believing victims

Donating/volunteering at women's shelters

Learning the signs of domestic abuse

Learning and acknowledging red flags in a partner

Talking to friends about any major red flags you’re concerned about with their partner

Advocating for women’s rights 

Learning about domestic abuse/rape/abortion services in your area

Hoping this is helpful to someone! I see very few posts for Zeus on here.

#zeus #zeus offerings #zeus worship #hellenic polytheism #offerings #greek gods #witchblr #witchcraft #jupiter #hera #paganism #hellenic pagan

[seafoamsister]

"hera" by eduard niczky

#devotional polytheism #hellenic community #hellenism #hellenistic #hellenistic pagan #devotee #pagan witch #hera goddess #hera offering #hera greek mythology #goddess hera #goddess #hera #hellenic polytheism #hellenic pagan #hellenic deities #witchblr #witchcraft #sea witch #moon witch #paganism #pagan #e offering #offering

[hestiashearthfire]

Praise to Hestia, Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Artemis, Asclepius, and Hygeia for family, health, and all of life’s continued gifts. Praise to you, Immortal Ones!

#hellenic devotion #hellenic reconstructionism #hellenic pagan #hellenic polytheism #pagan #prayer #greek pantheon #helpol #greek polytheism #hellenic worship #apollo #hera #asclepius #hygeia #hestia #altar #offerings

[cupids-baby]

For Hera 🍯🐄🧿

Thankful for everything she bestows on me 🦚💖

#hera #hera aesthetic #hera moodboard #greek mythology #hellenic polytheism #e offering #divine feminine

[commsroom]

i think to really understand hera (and, by extension, her relationship with eiffel) you have to recognize that she values the same things he does. hera works harder than eiffel does because she has to, because more is riding on her doing her job, because the bare minimum she's allowed to get away with and not have everyone die horribly is... still kind of a lot of work, all of the time. and even then, she does the bare minimum when she can. she cuts corners she probably shouldn't. she hates drudge work. and she really hates being told what to do.

eiffel and hera are both prisoners on the hephaestus - and that they're the only two who really know they weren't given a choice is central to their bond as well - but, at the same time. eiffel both embodies and extends to hera a kind of freedom she wants very much. no one else has ever made room for her to goof off or wanted to talk to her about nothing, just wanted to hear her voice, just wanted to make her laugh. wanted to hang out with her and talk, just for a little while, even as he's falling asleep after days without rest.

that's what draws her to eiffel. "you hate rules as much as i do, don't you, doug?" because the first time she ever speaks to him, it's while he's clamoring around in the dark, clearly no idea what he's doing, not having paid attention to anything about the station or the mission or, of course, the rules. because she tells him about the contraband cigarettes floating out of his pocket and makes a point of keeping it a shared secret. she likes those things about him.

#wolf 359 #w359 #doug eiffel #hera wolf 359 #eiffera #i don't know. sometimes people want to girlbossify hera so bad #and she is very smart. and capable of so much. #but it's like. what cutter mistakes for ambition in hera is mostly just a desire to survive and be treated with basic respect #and she has to work a lot harder for that than other people do. and she shouldn't have to #and eiffel really does. create that space. in small ways but also #because he values her as a person and wants to be around her and her productivity could not be less important to him #this is why they need minkowski btw #in spirit eiffel and hera are minkowski's slacker roommates and she is begging both of them to get real jobs #also: #i still think a lot about hera only ever calling eiffel 'doug' when he can't hear her. and how #unlike with a lot of other characters. there's never a later moment where she calls him by his first name in a Meaningful Way #i have. some thoughts about that maybe. #i just. think about this a lot. how much eiffel and hera are a refuge for each other and how lucky that is #because i'm really not sure either of them would've made it without the comfort they offer each other and the faith they have in each other #nothing new but. they love each other very much and i love them

[messywitch]

moodboard made for Queen Hera.

ok to rb!

#helpol #hellenic polytheism #hera deity #hera worship #hera offering