Pop quiz!
The Máni cycle is short one hymn; upon completion who should I write a 7-day set for? Thor Sigyn Hermes Leave your answer in the comments below.
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I’m all about that assonance
Image from here. Speaking of Máni, Galina left the following comment on the Day IV Hymn: i love how you bring the Byzantine and Scandinavian sources together here! How that happened is an interesting...
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Interesting article.
Letters to the Underworld: The Religious Context of Classical Greek Katadesmoi.
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Ashy remnants from the trash heap
I transfer … … that headache that won’t go away … … pain in every limb and member … Gnawing hunger … … the taste of cinders, ash and defeat. O Hermes, Messenger of the Gods deliver this … … bind …...
View ArticleDay V. To Máni Glámr
Hail to the beautiful God, Máni, son of Mundilfari, master of glamour, seduction and all the numerous arts of deception whose power causes young love to blossom, and old love to feel new again. With a...
View ArticleWith Máni complete, who will be next?
As the poll currently stands, Hermes has a slim majority: Hermes: 4 Sigyn: 2 Thor: 2 You can change that – but only if you vote! I will let the poll run into Monday.
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And with 50% of the vote Hermes is the clear winner! All hail Hermes! Io io Hermes!
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The results might be different if it was: Hermes vs Ariadne Vote now! The winner will be chosen on Wednesday.
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If it helps you choose I have both Hermes and Ariadne playlists for you to listen to while you weigh your options. Hey, maybe make offerings to each before casting your electrical pebble.
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Day I. To Hermes Polytropos I hail Hermes who has traveled wide and mastered many wiles along the way, he whose form is as changeable as his mind is guileful, lover of puzzles, tricks, games of skill...
View ArticleDay IV. To Hermes Ktêsios
O Hermes who protects the pantry and cupboard, the stove and sink, the parlour and bedroom, the library and womens’ quarters, the porch, the door and all of the windows – hail to you, Guardian God that...
View ArticleDay VI. To Hermes Mêchaniôtês
Hear me, O Hermes the wise contriver, weaver of deceit, inventor of the written word and of commerce and lawsuits, you who design religious rites and were first to map the stars, crafter of the lyre,...
View ArticleDay III. To Hermes Hermêneutês
Hermes the interpreter, intercessor, and inconvenience eliminator I pray, you who bear messages to and from men and Gods and the dead and make signs for us to find in books, on billboards, through...
View ArticleDay II. To Hermes Phersu
I call to our rite the Hermes who is Master of the games of life and war, daring and devastating Lord who wields the net and hunts by moonlight, leading from the mound a phantom host with baying...
View ArticleDay V. To Hermes Charidôtês
O Muses, lift your melodious voices in praise of grace-giving Hermes and his Lady, the loud-crying Brimo who administers justice to the souls in Haides. They met, it is said, in a field of rushes...
View ArticleDay VII. To Hermes Aglaos
Radiant Hermes who shines gloriously from a dark, damp cave like the liquid gold brought in tribute by Nymph-loving bees, the glint of treasure piled up, the sudden flash of insight, glittering sequins...
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