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tsalmu · 8 months
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Phoenician Bowl with encircling Serpent Bernardini Tomb (Palestrina, Italy) c. 700 BCE The National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia Rome, Italy
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larkle00 · 5 months
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my personal interpretation of loki- starting a series of illustrations of queer gods
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actiwitch · 4 months
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i am sooo tired of pagans telling other pagans they can't worship 'dark' or 'evil' deities (such as Lucifer, Loki, Lillith, or demons). like stfu and go work through whatever weird christian shit you internalized
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tears-of-amber · 21 days
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Freyja, I think about you every day.
When I wear rose quartz and amber,
When I read a beautiful and empowering post,
When I see a flower sprouting up between concrete slabs,
I see you in all things beautiful, seductive, and powerful.
I see you, Freyja, in the fight against injustice.
I see you in the light that shines through the glass of my front door causing rainbows.
I hear you in my favorite feminist songs like Delilah Bon’s music.
I love you Freyja. You are truly a blessing in my life.
Yours truly, Velvet Rose 🍓🪴🔮🧡🗡️✨🐈💗
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ravenousnightwind · 7 months
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May Loki break the boundaries of our struggles, shattering the prolonged suffering. May he bring about change. May he bring about our success in overcoming the greed, malice, and funds of our oppressors. May he take the powers of the corporations and shatter it, scatter it to the winds. For us all to have a chance at wealth.
Loki, we call you in our moment of need. In our desperate attempts to live and flourish. Bring about the change, bring to us power we haven't felt or had in an age! Hail O Thee Son of Laufey! Breaker of Locks, Change Bringer!
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paganpillar · 2 years
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Friendly reminder that you are not obligated to worship the Gods as they were traditionally worshipped. Incorporating modern practices of ancient religions is just as valid. Remember that you can create a regime that caters to your schedule, health, and financial situation. They understand and appreciate the acknowledgment you are able to give.
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feldgeistchen · 1 year
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Some thoughts on Odin
Last weekend i attended a presentation by a German/Norwegian professor who studies religions and especially norse paganism and folk tales and he said some interesting stuff about Odin:
He said that Odin is above all a god who's trying to fight against fate. He tries to gain as much knowledge as possible about the future and the fate of the gods. Also, many of his attributes are directly connected to the fate of the gods, a.k.a. Ragnarök:
his spear
his horse Sleipnir (the fastest and strongest horse, perfect for battle)
the ring Draupnir (golden rings were used by kings and lords to pay their mercenary soldiers, i.e. Odin can form the biggest army ever with his neverending supply of rings)
Valhalla with all the soldiers who will fight with him when Ragnarök comes
etc.
So he is not directly a god of war who enjoys battles (as some people think), but rather a god who is trying to prepare himself as best he can for the fight he knows will come. He's wandering the worlds in search of more knowledge, he learns the runes, magic, seiđr, he's putting together an army, and so on.
This description really resonated with me, because I worship Odin and I've never experienced him as someone who would find joy in battle as other gods specifically attributed to war do. He seems to me more like an old commander, someone who has seen and experienced everything there is to see and experience. Someone who is well prepared to fight if necessary, but only if necessary. Someone who would rather use his intellect and wisdom to avoid fighting all together.
Maybe that's also why many people who work with Odin say that he seems like a calm old grandpa who shares random wisdoms with anyone willing to hear them.
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Additional thoughts:
In Norse mythology, fate is the highest power and even the gods can do nothing to change or prevent it. This is also shown by Baldur's story. It's his fate to die and be in Hel, no matter how hard Odin or the other gods try (and this is a good thing, because this way he's one of the only ones who survive Ragnarök (since he doesn't participate in the fights)).
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hecatesdelights · 11 months
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Apollo, the Shining One
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heartnosekid · 3 months
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"the holly king" portrait by natachachohraart on ig
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morselmint · 3 months
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Odin - The All-Father
Not my usual religious content, everyone! Please see more for details.
This blog is mainly dedicated to Hellenic polytheism. I really love to keep all my religious things nicely sorted in different blogs here, but I don't have a norse pagan one (yet...?). I hope to fill this blog up with other art pieces of different Gods one day (or maybe create yet another one HAHAHA), but it's only wishful plans for now.
Please do check out my lovely partner, if you'd like to see more norse paganism content!
About the art itself - long story short one day I got inspired to draw Odin and that's what I'd love to share w y'all today!
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Credits to the wonderful people of NorthMyth on Etsy for their impeccable craftsmanship and speedy delivery. Support them, if you can. Ukrainian artists deserve our aid!
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tsalmu · 8 months
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El, Father of the Gods, and the King of Ugarit
Ugarit, Syria
13th century BCE
Top: Image from cover of "Stories from Ancient Canaan" by Michael David Coogan, 1978
Bottom: Ancient Near Eastern Pictures Relating to the Old Testament
James Pritchard, 1969
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larkle00 · 5 months
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speaking as someone who is of various european descent (though thats not to say that european pagan traditions are only for people of european descent) i feel that especially in online spaces theres an expectation to commit yourself to a single pantheon and cultural tradition- and while i understand the damage that poorly researched eclecticism can have i find it impossible to choose a single practice- i am incredibly fortunate that my family makes an effort to preserve our traditions (irish on my dads side, german and belgian on my moms) and so i feel like eclectic paganism is just inherent within me. that being said i am constantly working to remain as informed as possible and appreciate any corrections of misinformation or misconceptions. i love the gods and practices of my ancestors and i love to see them intermingle, just as i have been raised with a combined immersion in irish, german, and belgian culture and customs.
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actiwitch · 3 months
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pop-culture tags to block as a pagan
(not that anything is inherently wrong with these fandoms!!!! this is just to avoid seeing these fandom's content under searches and tags about your gods if you so choose)
HELLENIC:
#lore olympus / #rachel smyth / #lo / #lo hades / #lo persephone / #lo apollo / #lo artemis / #lo demeter / #hadestown / #hadestown fanart / #hadestown the musical / #the sandman / #the sandman netflix / #dc / #morpheus x reader / #stray gods / #percy jackson / #pjo
NORSE:
#mcu / #marvel / #marvel cinematic universe / #marvel studios / #mcu loki / #loki mcu / #mcu thor / #thor mcu / #loki x reader / #thor x reader / #loki x thor / #thorki / #lokius / #loki series / #tom hiddleston / #god of war / #gow
EGYPTIAN:
#ennead manhwa / #seth ennead / #ennead seth / #ennead fanart / #seven seas entertainment
GENERAL/MISC/OTHER:
#record of ragnarok / #ror / #snv / #shuumatsu no valkyrie / #yaoi / #bl / #boy love
let me know any additions below! this is certainly not comprehensive.
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tears-of-amber · 5 months
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Hail Freyja!
Lady of shining tears,
Goddess of war, love, sex, and magic.
You are appreciated and honored in everything I do.
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mischiefandmisery · 1 month
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Gods Are Real) Loki (Close Up)
Work in progress of the shithead himself.
About to ruin someone's day.
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