In addition to the Adoration for Dionysos there are now ones for:
* Amun
* Antinous
* Anubis
* Ares
* Athene
* Bast
* Bes
* Bragi
* Brigid
* Charon
* Diana
* Elada
* Eros
* Forseti
* Frey
* Frey again
* Freya
* Hades
* Hadrian
* Hathor
* Hekate
* Hera
* Herakles
* Hermes
* Khnum
* Khonsu
* Loki
* Loki again
* Mani
* Mut
* Odin
* Sekhmet
* Sigyn
* Zeus
I’ve heard of several others but haven’t found a link to them yet. It’s fascinating how these things develop a life of their own and it especially pleases me to see this outpouring of devotion for the gods.
Like this:
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I did one for Hermes (of course), but it’s not posted on my blog. I C&P it here for you now:
64 Adorations for Hermes
I adore you, friend of man,
I adore you, traveler and guardian of travelers,
I adore you, silver-tongued speaker,
I adore you, guide to the final destination,
I adore you, swift-footed,
I adore you, who carries the kerykeion,
I adore you, mountain-born,
I adore you, Maia’s son,
I adore you, who restored Persephone to her mother’s side,
I adore you, light-fingered,
I adore you, who lent pédila to Perseus,
I adore you, father of Pan,
I adore you, whom no lock may resist,
I adore you, master of ravens,
I adore you, given to playing tricks,
I adore you, who led away Apollo’s cattle,
I adore you, who waits at the crossroads,
I adore you, who stands outside every door,
I adore you, whose scepter brings sleep,
I adore you, thief at the gates,
I adore you, patron of wrestlers,
I adore you, escort for the dead,
I adore you, creator of the lyre,
I adore you, who gave moly to Odysseus,
I adore you, represented by piles of stones,
I adore you, Apollo’s brother,
I adore you, lucky one,
I adore you, who brings the word of Zeus to man,
I adore you, doom of Argus,
I adore you, foe of watchdogs,
I adore you, who proclaimed his own innocence,
I adore you, thoughtful one,
I adore you, who wins every race,
I adore you, most cunning,
I adore you, who knows every language,
I adore you, speaker with bees,
I adore you, deathless one,
I adore you, who receives the sacrifices of travelers,
I adore you, son of Zeus,
I adore you, who marks every boundary,
I adore you, who guided Priam to safety,
I adore you, who sang of his own cleverness,
I adore you, who watches over the markets,
I adore you, protector of shepherds,
I adore you, who bestows charm,
I adore you, arbiter and interpreter,
I adore you, great-grandfather to Odysseus,
I adore you, creator of fire,
I adore you, who enters and leaves Hades’ realm at will,
I adore you, lord of Arcadia,
I adore you, who gives luck to the luckless,
I adore you, patron of public speakers,
I adore you, who excels at every contest,
I adore you, who sends prophecy in dreams,
I adore you, who turned Battos to stone,
I adore you, whose voice is echoed in the rooster’s crow,
I adore you, who transformed the tortoise,
I adore you, who gifted Pandora with lies,
I adore you, who speaks in dreams,
I adore you, crafty one,
I adore you, who maps out the stars,
I adore you, wanderer along every road,
I adore you, who spoke before his first day ended,
I adore you, my lord and friend.
Woa, I really, really like this one. Captures so much of what’s truly important to me about Hermes.
Thank you!
I admit, I saw those on tumblr posting about them and did one for Hekate that I put into a book I’m making of devotionals for her, along with the hymn I wrote.
I’m considering doing it a bit more poetically than I already have though. I think it is a brilliant idea, an idea I admit I shamelessly stole from those around. Thanks to all that share these to encourage others.
When you feel it’s ready, I’d love to read your Adoration for Hekate.
Way to be a trend-setter Sannion. I have to echo your sentiments, it’s pretty cool. When BA has more devotionals, they’ll have some good material waiting now.
W00t! Do I get some kind of nifty medal for that? :)
I’m going to work on a set for Hathor and try to have it done by Valentine’s Day (even though I loathe the holiday).
Oh yes, you really should! The Egyptians had very rich epithets for their gods and none were more diverse and poetic than Hathor’s so you’ll have lots of material to work with. I very much look forward to that!
I’ve been working on one of my own, but I’ve also been fighting a cold and major allergies. :-(
Oh man, I think that’s a great idea – could really show how much more there is to Eros than just stereotype.
That was a fast edit. :-)
I am loving all of these adorations too. Jennifer, I adore the one above for Hermes, and I only just read the one to Eros…truly lovely. I hope folks do more of these.
Thanks. :-) Glad you like it. Hell, I’m glad when anybody likes what I write.
LOL Ruadhan, i know the feeling, believe me! I really did like it. I don’t have any particular devotion to Eros, but one of the things that I find so inspiring about the Adorations is that through reading them…not even praying them, but just reading through, i was able to sense something of Him. I really appreciate that.
I adore you, The Beautiful One in All Her Names,
I adore you, Beautiful of Face,
I adore you, Beloved of the Gods and the Goddesses,
I adore you, The Brilliant One in the Sky,
I adore you, Distant Goddess (who is also near*)
I adore you, Divine Cow,
I adore you Divine Mother,
I adore you, Eye of Ra,
I adore you, The Female Solar Disk in the Eastern Horizon
I adore you, The Female Sun in Dendera
I adore you, The Glorious One,
I adore you, Goddess of Foreign Countries
I adore you, Goddess of Love
I adore you, Golden One
I adore you, Great Cow Who Protects Her Child,
I adore you, Great in Divinity,
I adore you, Great Female Falcon,
I adore you, Great One,
I adore you, Great One in Dendera,
I adore you, The Great One in Heaven,
I adore you, The Great Flame,
I adore you, The Great Sovereign in the Land of the Living,
I adore you, Her Majesty,
I adore you, Het-Hert the Great, The Honored One,
I adore you, Lady of Amethyst,
I adore you, Lady of Cheerfulness,
I adore you, Lady of Dendera,
I adore you, Lady of Drunkenness,
I adore you, Lady of Heaven,
I adore you, Lady of Lapis-Lazuli,
I adore you, Lady to the Limit (of the Universe),
I adore you, Lady of Mefkat (Turquoise),
I adore you, Lady of the Northern Wind,
I adore you, Lady of the Sky,
I adore you, Lady of the Southern Sycamore,
I adore you, Lady of the Uterus,
I adore you, Lady of the Vulva,
I adore you, Lady of the West,
I adore you, Ma’at in Dendera,
I adore you, Mistress of All,
I adore you, Mistress of All the Blessed Places,
I adore you, Mistress of All the Gods,
I adore you, Mistress of Ancient Times
I adore you, Mistress of the Beautiful Mound,
I adore you, Mistress of the Birth House,
I adore you, Mistress of the Cities,
I adore you, Mistress of the Country,
I adore you, Mistress of Dance,
I adore you, Mistress of Dendera,
I adore you, Mistress of the Desert,
I adore you, Mistress of the Divine Pavilion,
I adore you, Mistress of the East,
I adore you, Mistress of the Ennead,
I adore you, Mistress of the Evening Barque,
I adore you, Mistress of Exultation,
I adore you, Mistress of Fertility,
I adore you, Mistress of the Four Quarters of Heaven,
I adore you, Mistress of the Flood
I adore you, Mistress of Heaven,
I adore you, Mistress of the Horizon,
I adore you, Mistress of Impetuosity in Iatdi,
I adore you, Mistress of Intoxication,
I adore you, Mistress of Joy,
I adore you, Mistress of Judgments,
I adore you, Mistress of Life,
I adore you, Mistress of Love,
I adore you, Mistress of Ma’at,
I adore you, Mistress of Malachite,
I adore you, Mistress of the Menit Necklace,
I adore you, Mistress of Music,
I adore you, Mistress of the Names,
I adore you, Mistress of the Necropolis of the West,
I adore you, Mistress of Nourishment,
I adore you, Mistress of Records,
I adore you, Mistress of the Red Headband,
I adore you, Mistress of the Two Lands,
I adore you, Mistress of the Sanctuary-of-the-Flame,
I adore you, Mistress of the Sanctuary of Women,
I adore you, Mistress of Silence,
I adore you, Mistress of the Sistrum,
I adore you, Mistress of Splendor,
I adore you, Mistress of Strength,
I aodre you, Mistress of Temples,
I adore you, Mistress of Trees,
I adore you, Mistress of the Uraeus,
I adore you, Mistress of Wealth,
I adore you, Mistress of Women,
I adore you, The Most Glorious of the Glorious Ones,
I adore you, The Most Glorious of the Great Ones,
I adore you, Mother of Mothers,
I adore you, The One Who Spreads Love Throughout the Entire Land
I adore you, The One Whose Love is Great
I adore you, The One of Numerous Aspects,
I adore you, The One of the Beautiful Face Amidst the Goddesses,
I adore you, The One of the Beautiful Face Whose Love is Sweet,
I adore you, The One Whose Bosom is Glistening,
I adore you, The One Whose Face Shines without Anger
I adore you, Sovereign of Goddesses and Women
I adore you, The One Whom Women Rejoice to See
*my own addition
This is wonderful–thank you for doing it!
Wow, I get kudos from P. Sufenas Virius Lupus! Thank you, sir.
I must give credit to http://www.hethert.org/ The Domain of Het-Hert which lists over a hundred titles and epithets of Hathor. The challenge was to chose those that seemed to “speak to me”.
I’m glad I did do it. I need to print this out and use it in my ritual to Her on Valentine’s Day.
Yeah, I really, really liked that one too.
Thank you, Sannion. I’m glad you enjoyed my devotional and hope She does too. :-)
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I especially love the adorations to Dionysos and Hermes. I couldn’t resist adding my adorations to Hera:
http://aldrin-ft.blogspot.com/2012/01/adorations-to-hera.html
Nice. Hera needs more love, and I’m sure I’m not alone in saying that.
Loved it! Just added it to the list!
Hera totally needs more love. Your adorations are great.
i love love love the new additions. I’m so very glad to see one to Hera and P. Sufenus, i was hoping you’d do one to Antinous. :)
I suspected at some point I’d have to, whether I wanted to or not; but, since several extant texts that I’ve already written have had a long litany of this type in them, it felt a bit repetitive to do another one…But, I’m glad I’ve at least taken a stab with it. Like I said, a work in progress…
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These are pure poetry. I have no words. I was ridiculously excited to see Sarenth Odinsson’s offering for Anubis. I don’t often see things like this written for him and was going to do one of my own, (still will, but have no blog to post it on) and his words were just perfect. These are all amazing. Hail to the Gods!
Thank you very much Angela. I am looking forward to seeing yours as well!
Thank you Sannion for setting this trend and giving me fuel for the fire. Gods bless!
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I did two, one for Anubis and one for Anupet. Since I don’t have a blog, I’d like to share them here.
I adore you, Lord of the Mummy-Wrappings.
I adore you, Jackal God.
I adore you, Black and Gold.
I adore you, Walker in Between.
I adore you, Who walks the Western paths.
I adore you, Guide to the Souls.
I adore you, Compassion.
I adore you, Who sacrificed so much for us.
I adore you, Ancient Lord of Death.
I adore you, Who brought death to kings.
I adore you, Lord of the Sacred Land.
I adore you, Who is in the Divine Booth.
I adore you, most gentle Lord.
I adore you, Enforcer of Curses.
I adore you, Demon Jackal.
I adore you, Fair and Impartial Judge.
I adore you, Who Weighs the Hearts.
I adore you, Husband of Anupet.
I adore you, Father of Kebechet.
I adore you, Who hears our final words.
I adore you, Who guides us.
I adore you, Who adores us.
I adore you, Anubis.
I adore you, Bitch Goddess of the Underworld.
I adore you, Den Mother.
I adore you, Mistress of the 17th nome.
I adore you, Lady of Light and Darkness.
I adore you, Guardian of the Dead.
I adore you, Craftswoman.
I adore you, Whose hands adorn the Mummies.
I adore you, Whose care brings safe return.
I adore you, Wife of Anubis.
I adore you, Mother of Kebechet.
I adore you, Mistress of the Sharp Knives.
I adore you, Jackal Goddess.
I adore you, Lady of Canids.
I adore you, Queen of the Land Between.
I adore you, Who walks the shadowed halls of Duat.
I adore you, Mother of the Lost and Orphaned.
I adore you, Beautiful Lady of the Divine Booth.
I adore you, Who protects us.
I adore you, Who adores us.
I adore you, Anupet.
Angela, would you be willing to contribute these to the cynocephalic deities devotional volume that Bibliotheca Alexandrina is producing? I’m one of the editors, and we could still use some more pieces for it…These would be lovely to have, and anything further for some of the not-as-often-heard-from/of deities (like Anupet) would be even better.
If so, please just send them to cynocephalidevotional@gmail.com with your contributor info, and all shall be well! :)
I’m sorry, but these cannot be contributed.
Those are amazing!
Thank you!
Oh, Sannion. I have a story that is just for you, my friend. A friend of mine and I were having a girls’ day out. It was evening and we were sitting in our local Starbucks, sitting at the bar and looking out the window, talking about assorted miscellaneous subjects. Out of nowhere, a group of young men come up from outside, making their way through the city. One of them jumped up onto the ledge just outside the window and waved to us. We waved back. Then he turned. He had, hanging out of the zipper of his pants, an exaggerated, long phallus in black silicone. He waved it to us, even beat it against the window briefly while his friends took pictures of him doing this. I blinked at him, staring at it, while my friend gave him a thumbs up. Then they saluted us and continued on their way. The moment they wandered off, my friend and I both looked at each other and both of us immediately associated it with Dionysos.
Great story! Io Dionysos Orthos!
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What ? No one did the Aphrodite bit ? Shame…
I thought that was odd, myself.
Right ?
I’m exhausted lately, but if no one does in the months to come I may try. If the Great Aphrodite doesn’t have her hymn, the world will stop moving ^^
Here’s one of Khonsu I did. :-)
http://dua-khonsu.blogspot.com/2012/02/adorations-khonsu.html
I also made one for Mut:
http://dua-khonsu.blogspot.com/2012/02/adorations-mut.html
:)
And one for Herakles:
http://dua-khonsu.blogspot.com/2012/02/adorations-herakles.html
These are really great! And I’m loving both your Herakles and Theban Triad blogs! Good job!
Thanks! :) I’m glad you liked them! And thanks for linking them up top.
It was only after I made the Herakles blog that I realized both of mine had associations with Thebes, though different ones (Hellenic and Kemetic). LOL
Hey, I came across a set for Freyr & Freya by chance!
I thought you might want to see them:
Freyr: http://marispai.huginnpress.com/2012/01/29/adorations-of-frey
Freya: http://marispai.huginnpress.com/2012/01/28/adorations-of-freya
Those are astounding! And for very awesome deities. (Back when I flirted with Heathenry, before realizing that Dionysos was my god, I was drawn to Odin and Frey.)
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Here’s my addition, the 81 Adorations to Diana
http://satiahgrimoire.blogspot.com/2012/02/adorations-of-diana.html
I left a comment on your blog, but it seemed like there was a glitch. Not sure if it went though. In case, I just wanted to say that I loved these! :-)
I love these!
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This was such a beautiful idea, Sannion. Thank you for getting it started and for sharing the links in one place.
Here are seventy-two Adorations to Forseti: http://lagutyr.blogspot.com/2012/02/adorations-to-forseti.html.