Yesterday was the mark of the one year anniversary since Russia invaded Ukraine. This war created a lot of misery for the Ukrainian people. This conflict started in 2014 after the maidan revolution that ousted the pro-Russian president. The west, especially NATO invested a lot of time, energy and weapons to the country. While some […]
Hera, Goddess of marriage, women, sky and the stars. She is the daugher of Kronos and Rheia, and sister to Zeus, Poseidon, Aidoneos, Demeter & Hestia. She is next to Queen of the Gods, also mother to various Gods like Hephaestos, Ares, Hebe, Eileithyia. The Romans called her Juno. She has various names and epithets […]
In my earlier posts, I wrote a hymn to Nyx & Erebos each respectfully. Now, I want to go into detail in these deities. While Khaos, the progenitor of the Protogenoi was seen as the personification of the gap between Earth and Heaven, and not chaos as it is known today. Basicly Khaos is the […]
Persephone, daughter of Demeter, Goddess of spring, vegetation and the Underworld. Her story of her abduction by Aidoneos, God of the Underworld, is what usually is used to describe the origin of the seasons. In actuality, her story is no different from the abduction of Amphitrite by Poseidon and Hera by Zeus. The difference is […]
Doing a introductory into Greek mythology is even harder than I thought. The second part i will discuss the Gods, while the third part will focus on the heroes. The Gods of Olympus is a name given to a group of Gods that live on top the mountain called Olympos. Their names are well known: […]
Aidoneos, the God of the Underworld is a God with many faces. At one point he became one with Death, so people were afraid to speak his name (Aidoneos) out of fear of calling Him out to drag you to Hades – another name for the Underworld). Aidoneos is an Olympian but also a Khthonic […]
Dionysos is a unique deity in the Hellenic pantheon.He is different from the other Gods and unlike the rest, he has several myths about his birth. The Orphics believed that Zagreos was going to be the next king of the Gods until Hera sent the Titans after the kid to devour him. Zeus killed them […]
The theological worldview of the ancient Greeks and Romans was very, very different than from the theology that dominates the world today. Even the Ancient Greeks and Romans had different views on the divine. Different cults had different views. The Orphics had different views, than the philosophers or the Dionysians or any other cults. I […]
Aphrodite, Goddess of love & sexuality – Aidonian’s blog
Aphroditê, one of the great Olympian divinities, was, according to the popular and poetical notions of the Greeks, the goddess of love and beauty. Some traditions stated that she had sprung from the foam (aphros) of the sea, which had gathered around the mutilated parts of Ouranos, that had been thrown into the sea by […]