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Each tile has a symbol for some of the many gods and goddesses who I feel closest to, most are Greek, but there are a few others in there as well.
‘Io’ is an ancient Greek exclamation used in invocations and as a ritual cry, it can be loosely translated to “I call”
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My latest alphabet; characters from folklore, legend, fairy tales and modern mythology.
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Some of the deity masks that I’ll have for sale at Pagan Pride Day Hamilton later this year. Made from Crayola Model Magic
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Alpha is for Ariadne, Queen of the Mysteries and wife of Dionusos
Beta is for Bythos, an Ikhthyokentaur
Gamma is for Gaia, the Earth
Delta is for Dionusos, lord of wine and ecstasy
Epsilon is for Enyo, goddess of war
Zeta is for Zeus, Stormlord and King of the Gods
Eta is for Hera, Queen of Heaven
Theta is for Thysa, goddess of the Bakkhic frenzy
Iota is for Iris, messenger goddess of the rainbow
Kappa is for Kalliope, eldest of the Mousai
Lambda is for Lakhesis, the Apportioner, one of the Moraie
Mu is for Morpheus, god of dreams
Nu is for Nereus, the Old Man of the Sea
Xi is for Xanthe, Okeanid of the yellowed clouds of dawn and dusk
Omicron is for Oenos, the daemon of wine
Pi is for Priapus, the endowed fertility god
Rho is for Rhea, Earth Mother and Mother of the Olympians
Sigma is for Styx, one of the rivers of the underworld
Tau is for Typhoeus, Monstrous deamon of the cyclone
Upsilon is for Hyperion, titan of the sun
Phi is for Pherespondos, satyr messenger of Dionusos
Chi is for Kharon, Ferryman of the underworld
Psi is for Psykhe, goddess of the soul
Omega is for Okeanos, titan of the world-ocean
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These are my masks of the Olympic Pantheon. They are all fully wearable and made from Crayola Model Magic.
From the top:
Zeus, Poseidon, Haides, Hestia, Demeter, Hera
Athene, Ares, Dionusos, Persephone, Hephaistos
Aphrodite, Artemis, Pan, Hermes, Apollon
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My altar to Ares.
The labrys, helm and shield were all made of crayola model magic; one of the spears is paper mache, the other wood. Swords are real, though only the center one is live. The poppies are from Remembrance Days through the years and one from my Grandfather’s casket.
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The replica of the Athena Parthenos statue at the ROM. I love this statue so much, i would stare at it for ages as a child.
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Medusa, My Love
My Lady of the oceans’ steep
High cliffs;
Those built up with
The bones of all who’ve
Looked upon and seen
Thy face alight and shining bright
With terror,
Beautiful and fair;
And whose eyes that hold
Reflections now of me.
I stare as though, I’ve turned to stone
Enthralled;
In thrall to thee
I give myself, breath and soul
To thee in offering.
And offer forth my life, my flesh
My joy and suffering,
To gaze from now
To the end of time
Upon thy mystery.
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Dionusos
Though known primarily as the god of grapes and wine, Dionusos is a god of many functions and forms. He is the (semi-) respectable patron of the theatre and actors, as Greek drama developed out of the masked rituals and celebrations in which his life was acted out by and for his followers. (In fact a mask was often used as an idol for this god, carved out of vine or fig wood). In this guise Dionusos is a god of civilization and peace and community.
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Hermes
One of the youngest of the Olympian gods, Hermes is the son of Zeus and the Pleiade Maia (who herself was a daughter of the Titan Atlas). Hermes is a playful, free spirited god and very much a trickster; he represents the ability to put aside instant gratification for long-term gain. Hermes was born within a cave in a mountain near Kyllene and as his mother slept after labour, before he was even a day old Hermes snuck from his crib and performed his first theft. He came across the cattle of Apollon and took a number of the herd and putting boards on their hooves, drove them backwards to his home so that none would be able to follow their tracks. Helios spied the infant god and reported to Apollon who tracked down the child pretending to sleep and mimicking innocence in his cradle. Apollon demanded the cattle back but twelve were missing, Hermes had sacrificed one for each of the Olympians (at this time there were only eleven Olympians, Hermes was counting himself as the twelfth). He had also created the lyre from the shell of a turtle and gut from one of the slaughtered cattle and the music it produced soothed Apollon into forgiveness.
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