#y'all on this site claiming to be monster fuckers all the time and you love this lady

[theoihalioistuff]

Orphic Persephone

"The daughter of Zeus, born of his mother Rhea who is also named Demeter, has two eyes in their natural place and two others in her forehead. In addition, she has the face of an animal on the back part of her neck, and horns as well. Hence Rhea, terrified at such a monster for a child, fled from her and withheld her breast [θηλη]. For this reason she is mystically called Athela [Ἀθηλᾶ] though more usually Persephone and Kore." ~ Athenagoras, Pro Christ. 20.2 (OF 82 II, 88 B = Orphic Fragment 58 Otto Kern)

~ full view for hd

I literally haven't drawn in over a year, but of course exam season is a good time to pick it up again. It's really inspired by @eleeza artwork, and though the veil makes no fucking sense (I didn't like the shape it made when it draped over the horns) I'm ultimately quite happy with it.

#persephone #greek mythology #greek myths #greek gods #orphism #tagamemnon #digital drawing #digital illustration #drawing #hellenic deities #digital art #art #my art #illustration #y'all on this site claiming to be monster fuckers all the time and you love this lady #still haven't seen any art of monstrous orphic persephone #her breasts are out cuz in my headcannons everybody dresses in bronze age fashion #flower maiden is cool and i but i prefer monstrous ruler of the dead