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pray for me brother

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Based on that one post in the riordan website

Hermes : Man, I'm late for my pilates class. Again.

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Hermes: ???

[Suggestive Apollomes art below]

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Staying alive was never Jason's strong suit

Hello there! I am a person who was raised in a Jewish culture/religion and for quite some time I have been feeling a pull towards Hellenic Polytheism, I have been researching about the religion too, I have started worshipping Apollo, etc.

For a very long time I have wondered, do Hellenic people pray in different times of day? Do you pray before eating? In Judaism, we pray every morning, pray before we eat at Shabbat, etc. Do those customs exist in Hellenic Polythiesm? Are prayers a must?

If so, how are prayers/hymns constructed? Can a simple practitioner like me create my own prayer?

I apologize for so many questions, this religion is so interesting, I have never felt so pulled into something like this in my entire life.

Hi there! No worries! I'm happy to answer your questions. 😊

Just to preface, I will reference more traditional ways of worship and pretty much talk about how the ancients did it, as I personally rely on historical accuracy in my practice to a certain degree. You don't need to strictly do everything the traditional way, though! It might be a little difficult when getting started, so don't be too hard on yourself if you don't get some things or can't do some things!

How to pray

Perhaps you already know it, so I'll keep it short:

Ouranic [Heavelny] Gods - stand with hands outstretched in the air and palms facing upward

Chthonic [Underworld] Gods - hands mustn’t be raised, and the prayer should be murmured

Einalic [Sea] Gods, Nymphs and spirits of the earth - arms must be spread wide towards the sea; the hands are also be facing the cult image

If you happen to be in need of holding something, e.g. a text/prayer written down, keep it in your left hand and (if needed) outstretch your right hand. Kneeling wasn't very common, but clutching the knees of statues or touching its base might've happened at times.

There's also this somewhat mysterious thing called Proskynesis. I'm in the process of doing more research about it and I'll be writing a longer post about it. Essentially, it's like "blowing a kiss" to the god/gods". There were some accounts of people doing it for the Sun [Helios], e.g. in the morning or when approaching a statue in a temple, however, I'm not sure how common it actually was. It might've become more popular in the late classical period or Hellenistic period due to Alexander's The Great desire to popularise ruler worship but that's a talk for another time. I personally sometimes do it, e.g. perform proskynesis towards the sky/clouds for Zeus. It's not a requirement, though.

When to pray

When it comes to prayer, one would pray in the morning or even give an offering to the gods, e.g. pouring libation. One would also pray in the afternoon or any time prior to supper which was the most important and the biggest meal and in the evening at any time following the supper and before sleeping. Evening prayer might've been considered quite important (obviously, not everyone did all of that every single day; it was considered quite pious).

It was also customary to pray before meals and offer the first (and sometimes the last) bite of the food to Hestia, whether by burning it or placing it at the domestic altar. However, nowadays I've seen that some people simply dedicate the first and the last bite to Hestia by stating it's for her if they can't physically offer it.

Although prayer might seem quite important in Hellenic Polytheism, IMO it's not a MUST. No one will force you to pray and if you can't pray for some reason (e.g. a disability) there are other ways you can honour the gods, e.g. devotional acts or offerings.

Construction

You can absolutely create your own prayers and/or hymns and make them personal to you! They can be as simple or as complicated as you want them to be.

I write some of my prayers but I also find this website to be very helpful and I highly recommend checking it out! The author has written various types of prayers for plenty of the Hellenic Gods. It's quite easy to search for them, too.

Shameless self-promo but you can also check out my Hellenic cheat sheets. They include basic prayers and hymns.

Hymns

Hymns are usually used for praise and often accompanied by burning incense and giving offerings to the deity.

You begin by addressing the deity/deities. If you'd like to incorporate some Greek into your practice you could say something like:

(When addressing multiple deities)

Greek: Ἔλθετε, Θεοὶ μάκαρες, ἀθάνατοι! Εἰσακούσατε προσευχήν ἐμοῦ! [Élthete, Theoí mákares, athánatoi! Eisakoúsate prosefchín emoú!]

English: Come, blessed, deathless Gods! Hearken to my prayer!

(When addressing a single deity)

Greek: κλῦτε μευ εὐχομένου λαῶν ὕπερ εὔφρονι θυμῷ! [Klýte mef efchoménou laón ýper éffroni thymó!]

English: Hear me with gracious soul as I pray on behalf of mankind!

The Homeric Hymns and Orphic Hymns are probably the most famous and often are a go-to among Hellenic polytheists but they're by no means the only hymns out there! You can find those hymns and some other less popular ones on websites such as Theoi.com and Hellenicgods.org. I also recommend checking out@hymnstothetheoi on Tumblr for more wonderfully written hymns.

This great post, for example, explains how one could go about writing a hymn based on The Orphic Hymn to Pan, so it might be helpful if you'd like to write hymns yourself!

Prayer

But let's talk about what a potential prayer formula could look like.

Let's try to write a super simple prayer together:

1. Who & why?

First, you need to decide whom you'd like to pray to and why.

Since you mentioned Apollo, let's go with that! We'll pray to him for, let's say some artistic inspiration.

2. Appropriate attitude & posture

It depends on the "type" of the deity you'd like to pray to. I already mentioned it above.

Apollo is an Ouranic deity, so when praying to him, one should stand up with outstretched hands, palms facing up.

3. Identification and addressing the deity

This stage involves naming the god and listing some of his epithets relating to some functions of the deity or even family relations. You can find awesome info about that on Theoi.com.

So let's start!

Hear me, O Phoibos [Bright] Apollo,

Radiant son of Thundering Zeus and Blessed Leto,

Brother to swift-footed Artemis.

4. Mythology

Mythology is often mentioned in prayer. This can be followed by a recounting of some relevant myths, which act as symbola or attributes and the functions of the god.

Let's continue:

Leader of lovely Muses,

Apollo Khrysolýris [Of Golden Lyre] whose lyre plays the sweetest of songs,

He whose gentle voice soothes mortal ears,

Your skill is unequalled.

5. Justification

Here we could mention something to justify our intention of this prayer by establishing what you have already done to honour that god. It might feel weird at first but assure you, it's not guilt-tripping the god to help you and it was commonly included in ancient prayer!

Apollo Kharopiós [Bringer of Joy],

If I've ever sung You praises,

Hear my plea and grace me with your aid!

6. Petition or Praise

Now we ask for what we'd like to receive and state the purpose of the prayer (or just give praise).

In dance and song the artist and the poet pray to You for inspiration and for revelation;

And so now I, too pray You kindly bestow Your divine gift of inspiration on me!

7. Vow/Promise

Usually, prayers (especially those asking for a favour) involve some form of offering for the deity. Outright demanding something from Theoi is not exactly respectful. Reciprocity, or Kharis, is the foundation of our relationship with the gods. You give - they give sort of thing or Do ut des (yes, it's Latin and yes, it's a Roman phrase but it functioned like that in The Ancient Greek Religion, too).

Apollo Mousêgetês [Leader of Muses; as the preceding],

I pray for your favour.

As a token of gratitude, I will present you with an offering of frankincense!

And done! The whole prayer looks like this:

[3] Leader of lovely Muses,

Apollo Khrysolýris whose lyre plays the sweetest of songs,

He whose gentle voice soothes mortal ears,

Your skill is unequalled.

[4] Leader of lovely Muses,

Apollo Khrysolýris whose lyre plays the sweetest of songs,

He whose gentle voice soothes mortal ears,

Your skill is unequalled.

[5] Apollo Kharopiós,

If I've ever sung You praises,

Hear my plea and grace me with your aid!

[6] In dance and song the artist and the poet pray to You for inspiration and for revelation;

And so now I, too pray You kindly bestow Your divine gift of inspiration on me!

[7] Apollo Mousêgetês,

I pray for your favour.

As a token of gratitude, I will present you with an offering of frankincense!

Here's another link to a great explanation on how to pray, although this one is also about asking for something. I know it's a TikTok but Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts is an ancient historian and I think she explained it very well using an example of Chyses praying to Apollo in The Iliad making it a bit easier to understand.

I hope this clears some things up!

I think you might also find this post helpful. I talk there about some basic things, such as "the pillars of Hellenism", literature, clothing etc.

Children of Hermes

Children of Hermes are made of pure wits and humor, they are people's people, always on the go and living their lives to their fullest. They are also friendly people, people’s people, and they have the ability to be able to fit in with anyone, any group of people with ease. Master networkers and fun-loving people by nature. They love to attend a good party and to throw a good party. Their lives are the definition of work hard play hard.

Below are the gifts and challenges of the Children of Hermes.

Gifts:

1. Natural networkers and extremely good talkers, they tend to know exactly what to say and what not to say in any given situation

2. A lot of the Hermes’ sons are lovely short kings (depending on what is considered short for people of their ethnicity)

3. They are gifted with intellect and the strong value for hard work, they tend to get ahead in life with the combination of those two qualities

4. They are usually the top earners in their industry

5. Gifted gamers

6. Extremely good talkers if I haven't emphasized that already

7. Extremely gifted in learning foreign languages (have no problem becoming fluent in 6-7 languages)

8. Learns faster than other people their age

9. Extremely good at conveying their emotions through words

10. Gifted with the ability to adapt into any culture with ease

11. Very, VERY good businessmen

12. They can talk themselves in and out of anything

13. Great teachers that get to the point in a fast and straightforward way

14. Multi-talented and very gifted in multiple fields

15. Blessed with talented and/or very supportive parents

Common Themes Among Children of Hermes

1. They are forced to help out their family with business-related matters starting from a young age

2. Their parents expose them to the risks and gains of running a business starting from a young age

3. Realists

4. Extremely hard workers that will put in any amount of work to harbor the result they want in life

5. Go-getters

6. Very-likeable in a social setting

7. They rarely ever open up to people emotionally

8. Can be clingy to their closest friends

9. They are strict with themselves and others

10. They have high-standards regarding their quality of work

11. Affinity towards opening up their own business

12. They usually get along with their family very well

13. They have a lot of options when it comes to romantic love but they struggle to settle with one person

14. They usually travel a lot for work or wants to work overseas

15. They understand the value of every $$$

16. They are either generous or very obviously stingy to their friends

17. They make friends in a new setting very quickly

18. They don't mind befriending the person no one else wants to talk to

19. They want everyone to get along with each other because they are always trying to get along well with people around them

20. Calculative by nature

21. Usually have prominent sidereal Virgo and/or sidereal Gemini placements in their astrology chart, or they have Mercury Atmakaraka

22. People who have a stronger spirit guide or guardian deity of a non-Greek origin tend to be adopted by Hermes

Challenges Faced by Children of Hermes

1. They are often pushed to work to the point where they don't get enough sleep and suffer badly from health/mental health issues

2. Very picky by nature

3. Sometimes they are not honest enough with people closest to them because they don't want to see the other person unhappy because of what they said

4. Dishonesty stemmed from people-pleasing tendencies

5. Over-calculative to make up for a deep sense of instability if they had financial trauma

6. Overly-talkative

7. Unable to give emotional support because they don't know how to be there emotionally for themselves

8. Over-rationalization of their emotions

9. Avoidance of their own emotions by burying themselves with work

10. Prone to cheating because they don't want to have the difficult conversations with their partner

11. Immaturity that stemmed from the avoidance of their own emotions

12. Not the most gifted people when it comes to height

13. Inability to settle down with one partner even if they do want monogamy deep down

14. Flighty and indecisive

15. Bottling all their struggles inside of them and cope in extremely unhealthy ways

16. Sometimes they want to get along with everyone so badly they end up keeping some really bad friends around them

17. Lying about their situation and it becomes a regular habit of theirs for them to get what they want

18. Gets bored easily

I hope this helped you understand the children of this fun, witty, kind, and loving trickster god a bit better. Feel free to shoot me a question anytime.

Disclaimer: Everything written above stemmed from my own observations, I'm not claiming to be 100% accurate on everything









This is your obligatory Hermes love post

Reblog if you really love Hermes, like if you really love Hermes.

fiddauthor request 🥰😚💕💞 what a buncha nerds ! ! !

i love arting

Hermes playing peakaboo with baby Telemachus

kesha song app requested i do a penelope version who am i to say no to a request (design cred: gigi)

"You missed me"

[STAR FALLS AU ANIMATIC]

A continuation of this comic Voice acted by my friend (Ryuji Moshi)

I took a picture of this hoodie at the mall to show my sister and then I thought damn that's what Mabel would wear

Monster Falls!!

Dipper is a Cervitaur and Mabel is a Centaur

Pacifica is a Unitaur and Wendy's a werewolf

Ford is a Griffon

Stan is a Manticore

REBLOGS > LIKES

33 years in heaven 💕

I'm really sorry for being a day later, but I wanted to finish this tribute properly rather than rushing a bad result, and I genuinely hope you'll like this 🙏🏻💕 I decided to take inspiration from @itsjuyced1 and her DTIYS to remember Freddie in the day of his passing, drawing him underwater surrounded by Japanese goldfishes, as the beautiful young boy her was in the 70s, emerging from nowhere and ready to conquer the world with his voice.

Thank you for everything Freddie, we miss you but in our hearts you'll live forever 💖💖💖

Please do not repost. Reblogs and comments are welcomed 💜

FRANKENSTAN AU but it’s a 1930s film poster

FIGHT THE OPEN MOUTH WITH AN OPEN HEART

Alright, I’m making this an au now

I know it creates so many timeline issues but try not to think about that

Also I thinks Stans are pine twins uncles but they call em cousins because they feel more like older brothers

forgotten confession..

Sometimes something simple could be really special, after all.

told myself i'd make a short sketches during my break time.. i made a whole ass comic

Bi Mabel? Bi Mabel

Multiple screenshots I edited recently to make grunkles look like cousins

I wonder if there’s an au like this, if not Im gonna make one

WEIRD SCIENCE!!! what ford was doing for 6 years before he met bill in gravity falls fascinates me like what was he up to!!!!! alex hirsch make journal 1 and 2 right now!!!!! i want more anomalies!!!!!

per aspera ad astra

Mi pueblo

More Than You; More Than Me - Submitted by SeesawSiya

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