Artume

With the full moon tonight I wanted to write about Artume, an Etruscan goddess of the moon, animals, and the wild. Artume was heavily synchronized with Artemis/Diana. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artume?wprov=sfla1

Turms

Today I wanted to write about Turms, an Etruscan god of communication, trade, and a guide of dead souls. He is a son of Tinia. He was heavily synchronized with Hermes/Mercury. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turms?wprov=sfla1

Potnia

Today I wanted to write about Potnia, a Mycenaean goddess of birth nature and death. Potnia is the counterpart of Wanax, likely a spouse or daughter. Potnia was later used as an epithet for Demeter, Persephone, Athena, Artemis, and Gaia. Her largest cult was in Amnisos. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potnia?wprov=sfla1

Zagreus

Today I wanted to write about the Hellenic god Zagreus, a god of the underworld. In hus first mentions he’s a son of Zeus and Persephone but later writers listed his father as Hades. Zagreus is closely associated with Orphism and the god Dionysus, at time Zagreus is seen as an epithet or aspect of

Hades

As spooky season finishes this week I wanted to write about the Hellenic god Hades; Lord of the underworld, and a god of wealth, and agriculture. He is the eldest son of Kronos and Rhea. He is married to Persephone and their most well known child is Zagreus. Hades had very few lovers compared to

Wanax

I haven’t written about any Mycenaean deities before and wanted to write about Wanax; the head god of the Mycenaean pantheon and a god of earthquakes, horses, and the underworld. Wanax (also called Mycenaean Poseidon or chthonic Poseidon) is a pre Hellenic deity, many known myths have been lost with time but he was likely

Hephaestus

Today I wanted to finish writing about the Olympians by making a post on Hephaestus, a Hellenic god of blacksmithing, crafts, woodworking, carpentry, fire, metalworking, sculpting, and other things. He is a son of Hera and sometimes Zeus, other times he is fatherless. He is said to be the only ugly god because Hera threw

Artemis

With the full moon coming up and it being pride month I wanted to write about Artemis an asexual Hellenic goddess of the moon, wilderness, animals, hunting, chastity, child birth, midwifery, archery, sickness, and other things. She’s the daughter of Zeus and Leto. She’s an asexual goddess who never married and kept a vow of

Zeus

For fathers day & pride month I wanted to write about Zeus, the father to most of the Hellenic Heroes. Zeus is a god of lightning, the sky, storms, hospitality, kings, law, justice, and other things. He’s the youngest child of Kronos and Rhea. He was first married to Metis, who he absorbed into himself

Poseidon

Today is Poseidon’s birthday and pride month. Poseidon is a Hellenic god of the sea, horses, and earthquakes among some other things. He is a child of Kronos and Rhea. He’s married to Amphitrite (or sometimes Demeter) he is a male lover of the god Nerites, in some myths he was also a lover of

Apollo

With today being pride month and Apollo’s birthday I wanted to write about him. He’s a Hellenic god of music, poetry, healing, plagues, archery, prophecy, dance, the sun, shepherds, romantic relationships between men, sailors, and other things. He’s the son of Leto and Zeus, the younger twin of Artemis. He does not have a spouse

Hestia

With it still being Vestalia and it’s pride month I wanted to write about the asexual Hellenic goddess Hestia/Vesta. She’s a goddess of the hearth, family, home, state, fire, and cooking. She’s the first child of Kronos and Rhea. Both Poseidon and Apollo attempted courting her but were rejected. She is absent in many myths

Athena

Getting back to my pride month theme and it being Athena’s birthday I want to write about her. She is a Hellenic goddess of Wisdom, crafts, weaving, strategy, war, and other things. She is the daughter of Zeus and Metis; After the Moirai told Zeus his son with Metis would one day overthrow him, he

Hera

With it being June I wanted to talk about the goddess Hera/Juno who the month is named after (I know I said I was going to focus on LGBTQIA+ deities however there will be a few exceptions such as days I write about festivals or a deity connected to an astrological event Hera however is

Demeter

Happy Cerealia day 2. For Cerealia I wanted to write about Demeter/Ceres a Hellenic goddess of grain, fertility, the harvest, law, wheat, poppies, vegetation, decay, and others. Demeter is a daughter of Kronos and Rhea. In many myths she is unmarried while others say she married Wanax, Zeus, or Poseidon. She also had a relationship

Ares

It’s March (and Tuesday) a perfect time to talk about Mars, also know as Ares by the Greeks. Ares is a Hellenic god of war, brutality, bloodshed, and battles as well as male fertility. As Mars he is also an agricultural deity. Ares is a son Zeus and Hera, and the twin brother and husband

Aphrodite

It’s the first Friday of Pisces season which is like Aphrodite^2, the constellation Pisces shows Aphrodite and Eros in the form of fish hiding from Typhon, and within romance languages, like French, Venus is the deity that they get their word for Friday from. Aphrodite is a Greek goddess of love, beauty, passion, sex, and

Hermes

During Mercury’s retrograde I thought it was a good time to talk about Mercury or Hermes as he is known in Hellenic paganism. Hermes is a god of travelers, merchants, sports, messages, wealth, luck, shepherds, thieves, fertility, boundaries, messagers, dreams, and guiding people to the afterlife, he is also part of a trinity of patron

Dionysus

One of my favorite queer gods is Dionysus. Dionysus is bigender and bisexual. They are the Hellenic deity of grapes, wine, intoxication, theater, and genderqueer people, amongst other things. He was born three times once to Zeus and Persephone. Zeus had an affair with the mortal woman Semele, who became pregnant with Dionysus. Hera became