Roman Paganism - Tumblr Posts
Just a smãaaaaaalll reminder that Roman deities aren't copy paste Greek deities!!
If you look deeper into Roman history, you can see that most of these "Roman Equivalent of greek gods" are actually from other people of the Italian peninsula! Such as Sabines, Etruscans, Samnites, and more!
Sorry guys but i might have a hyper fixation on roman polytheism and... Lady Minerva's kindness is noooot helping it /pos love her!!!
Devotional moodboard for Ceres
I'm a pagan who worships lesser known deities, of course i am very happy when i see my deity mentioned anywhere (even as a name of a restaurant or something...)
Any other neurodivergent pagans feel like they don't really feel love towards their gods, due to lack of ability to express emotions, and seeming uninterested in prayers?
Cuz i do 😭
The person who re-blogged this wants you to know that they are open to questions regarding their spiritual path, witchcraft and faith, and in fact, would love to talk about their spiritual path with you and have a casual talk!!
(this applies to me pspspsps HMU , don't hesitate, i am always open to respectful discussion of our spiritual paths and just being friends!!)
Practitioner 1: Deity, please help me find love!
Deity1: Here you go my child, I'm giving you opportunities for you to find the love of your life.
Practitioner 2: Deity, i would like to work with you to improve my divination skills and learn new things! I would also like to ask you to help me find a new job, please!
Deity2: I accept your offer. I will gladly help you with that.
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Me: Deity, can you help me with this please?
My deity: nuh uh you must work on this first, then that , then give me some of those ketchup flavored chips you got in your bag. Then we will talk.
‼️‼️‼️this is just a meme, this didn't exactly happen IRL the way i said it. This post is for entertainment purposes, and is in no way here to insult or bash people's experiences!!
Here are some userboxes for my fellow pagans! Free to use <3
Pagans who worship lesser known deities, which deities do you worship?
Tell me in the comments/reblogs
Pls pls pls 🥺
Hot take. But just because something is an open practice or religion, it doesn't mean you shouldn't look into the history and context of worship and respect the culture and rituals. Yes, even if you are an eclectic pagan.
Example, even if you just want to worship/work with Ra or Osiris, you should absolutely respect the 42 Laws of Maat. And if you are a greek polytheist, you should absolutely look into miasma and respect the customs when it comes to it as much as you can in modern day society. If you are a roman polytheist, you should cover your head during rituals (correct me if i am wrong on that one!).
Gods will also appreciate your effort to worship them accordingly in this society that looks down on pagan religions and waters them down to "mythology".
Of course, you don't have to do everything 100% the way it was done in ancient times, but it's the thought and effort that counts.It's NOT a great mindset that you can do whatever you want with open religions!
Me when i see another post mentioning the word "Greco-Roman" , but the only "Roman" thing they include is the Roman name of the god they talked about, saying that the said god is the "Roman equivalent" of the Greek god.
Io Vestalia everyone!🔥🌿🫓 Heres my illustration of the temple to Vesta in the Roman Forum with worshippers 🏛️ i just love how colourful ancient Rome was! During the Vestalia celebrations women could enter the Temple of Vesta (barefoot) to leave her offerings. Donkeys, sacred to the goddess, were also decorated with flowers and mini loaves of bread (so cute!). Overall the goddess was celebrated to ensure Rome's own prosperity. I've chosen to depict the Severan reconstruction of the temple, built under Julia Domna after a devastating fire. This new build was significantly different from it's predecessor, which was supposedly destroyed completely in the fire. While Ovid (100 years before) stated that the temple had /no/ statue inside, I've seen that Domna's coins depicting her new temple show a figure of Vesta inside. While this could be an allegorical image, the figure is seated, which makes me believe it depicts an actual statue.