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Lady Hestia

Goddess of the hearth, home, family, and the eternal flame.

Epithets

Aidios ~ The Eternal

Basileia ~ Queen

Polymorphos ~ Of Many Forms

Polyolbus ~ Of Many Blessings

Potheinotati ~ The Beloved

Prutaneia ~ Of the Polis; Of the Communal Hearth

The First and The Last

Associations

Animals

Chickens

Cattle

Pigs

Donkey

Colors

Red

Orange

Brown

Gold

Bronze

Black

White

Offerings and Devotional Acts

Keys and other symbols of the home

Flames and lights (including electric ones)

Bread and other grain-based foods

Home cooked meals

Beer and wine

Kettles, teapots, and teacups

Olive oil

Incense and candles

Fresh or dried flowers

Jewelry from family members

Apples

Anything that reminds you of home

Something that acts as an eternal flame (I and many others use salt lamps and electric candles)

Cooking and cleaning

Veiling

Practicing modesty (can relate to veiling, but doesn't have to!)

Spending time with family (given or chosen)

Caring for plants and pets

Journaling

Decorating your home

(credit to vibeswithrenai for the Hestia themed dividers!)

Hey! Who in BNHA would be certain Greek deities?

Todoroki: Alaster, god of family feuds and avenger of evil deeds.

Bakugo: Ares, god of war. Represents the physical, violent, and untamed aspect of war.

Deku: Atlas, the titan of astronomy. Condemned to carry the world on his back.

Ochako: Elpis, the spirit and personification of hope.

Aizawa: Hypnos, the god of sleep.

Tsuyu: Amphitrite, goddess of the sea, wife of Poseidon.

Momo: Athena, goddess of wisdom, art, and strategy.

Kirishima: Kratos, god of strength and power.

Kaminari: Caerus, the minor god of opportunity, luck, and favorable moments.

All Might: Heracles, the greatest of the Greek heroes. He became the god of heroes, sports, athletes, health, and was the divine protector of mankind. Known as the strongest man on earth.

Mic: Dionysus, the god of wine, ecstasy, and theatre.

Midnight: Peitho, goddess of persuasion and seduction

Iida: Aristaeus, the minor patron god of animal husbandry, bee keeping, and fruit trees.

Tokoyami: Erebus, primordial god of darkness.

Shinso: Chaos, the god who fills the gap between Heaven and Earth.

Neito: Momus, the god of satire, mockery, and unfair criticism.

Ibara: Demeter, goddess of agriculture, fertility, and the harvest.

Endeavor: Zelus, the god of dedication, envy, jealousy, and zeal.

Stain: Charon, the Ferryman of Hades.

Recovery Girl: Achelois, a minor moon goddess whose name means “she who washes away pain”

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An altar for Hermes 🛐

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Hello there! Yes, YOU! the little hellenist reading this post! Have you been wanting to start taking your worship of Hermes a little bit more seriously? Because I have, and I have just the thing for you! Hermes is a trickster, but also a very fun, very intelligent god who loves his followers, and is more than willing to grant his protection and deliverance unto them! Wether you’re a lawless little anarchist like me who seeks his protection from the not always fair side of the law, a traveller or wanderer who is looking for some shielding and luck on the road against the backdrop of a big, scary world, or simply a mail carrier who sees the king of mail himself as an idol to be followed, allow me to offer some ideas on how we can craft a little altar space for the hectic and honorable Hermes!

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• STEP ONE: colors and cloth:

When it comes to the domain of color, there’s actually a lot of mixed opinions when it comes to Hermes, as he’s one of the only Olympians whose sacred colors are not really divulged explicitly. Some say that red and green are the colors traditionally associated with him, but I feel like most devotees I know or follow seem to associate him with blue, yellow, and orange. Therefore, any cloth, a base fabric or cloth, the first thing you’ll add to your altar as the base everything else sits upon, would probably be best suited in this color scheme! You also may want your cloth to have more character, and it never hurts to have some symbolism on your fabric, which I’ll get to shorty! You can usually find cheap fabric at craft and thrift stores such as Johanns, Value village, or other local shops!

• STEP TWO: dishes and vessels:

The next thing you’ll want to add to your altar are some of the larger, more utilitarian pieces you wish to decorate with, these can include things like tarot decks, teacups or plates to hold offerings, offering bowls, candles, or books. It is also a good idea to select bowls, dishes, and teacups that line up with the iconography and sacred symbolism of the god the altar is dedicated to. For example, in my altar to Freyja, I have a small teacup with strawberries on it to honor her favorite fruit in Norse mythology! For Hermes, there are a couple different common icons you can look for, these include ironically, strawberries as well, as well as hawks, feathers, coins, gold trimmed and detailed, or gold painted pottery, String instruments, and the Greek key pattern!

• STEP THREE: Idols and tributes:

Another important way to respect your altar and it’s god is to decorate it with Idols of them, like statues, sketches, or other artworks depicting them! You can also donate tributary items to the altar, such as little figurines or charms of things associated with them, for example, my Artemis altar has a small porcelain cat figurine, and my Freya altar has a guilloche heart trinket. In an altar for Hermes, perhaps a statuette of a cherub with a lyre or harp, or a figurine of a mail carrier, or of one of Hermes sacred animals like a cow or ram, would make an appropriate idol for your altar space?

• STEP FOUR: traditional offerings:

Some traditional offerings like food, drink, crystals, herbs, flowers, etc. are an important, and very easy offer to make to your altars, and can easily be placed in the vessels and dishes you keep on the altar space. These offers vary drastically and personally on the god associated with them, but I’ll list some examples that I think would be good fits for Hermes below!

🌸 Crocus, Hydrangea, baby’s breath

🫚 olive oil, myrtle, sandalwood, Saffron

💎 citrine, blue lace agate, blue topaz, Aquamarine, Pyrite.

🍗 strawberries, olives, honey.

🍷beer, milk.

• STEP FIVE: ICONOGRAPHY:

The final step to creating your altar is the use of divine iconography. These symbols, emblems, and motifs celebrate your gods lore, history, and sacred things. You can honor this by finding things donning the iconography associated with your god! For example, almost all of my altars utilize antique painted porcelain or ceramics in some way, I have a porcelain sugar dish painted with strawberries for Aphrodite, a tea plate with wheat sheathes for Demeter, and an antique English teacup with Lilacs painted on it for Pan! Some of the sacred symbols and depictions of Hermes included, but are not limited to: strawberries, olives, lyres, sandals, mail and postage insignia, crocuses, rams, hawks, and coins! Depictions of all of these things on porcelain, pottery, fabric, or otherwise or on their own, are great ways to make clear your altar is dedicated to Hermes!

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Now that you have your very own space to worship and to commune with the hectic, humorous, and helpful Hermes, use it! Talk to him about your travels, bid on him to protect you from your hijinks, legal or otherwise, pray to him to guide your packages safely to you, and to guide you safely on your journeys! Enjoy your new altar space, and may lord Hermes bless you with riches, protection, and travels!

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E-offering to Lady Aphrodite 💗🦢

have you done the constellation Orion yet?

I have actually, I did a few this morning!😊 It's one of my favorites too!

My favourite gods are Apollo and Hera(I CAN EXPLAIN THIS ONE I SWEAR, DM FOR THIS ONE WHOLE ESSAY ABT IT)

Get well soon <3

Tyyy, and also I completely agree Apollo and Hera are THE BOMB(Zeus pls don't smite me lol) Anyway, pls ignore the mess up on Aquarius, my brother distracted me

I'm super bored rn, and semi-bedridden, so put ur fav constellations in my askbox and I'll doodle them! If u don't have a fav constellation, then uh, who's ur fav Greek/Latin God/Goddess and I'll doodle whatever constellations belong to them in mythology!☺️

Sorry I'm on mobile but do you have anything on Apollo and Artemis?

Hello there friend.This is what I have on Apollo for you, I’ve already written up Artemis here [x]. 

Associated colours (candles, altar decorations are encouraged to be these colours): Gold, white and orange.Symbols: Lyre, silver bow and laurel tree.Sacred animals: Dolphin, crow and fawn.Stones/metals: Azurite, gold, topaz, yellow diamond, yellow jacinth, chrysolite, goldstone, zircon and pyrite. Plants: Laurel, cypress, hyacinthus and frankincense.Food/drinks: Apples and golden cakes.Perfumes/incenses: Apple, chamomile, marigold, frankincense and bay.

With luck, Magpie.