I was reading the internet the other day (seems like I’ll never get through that thing!) and came across a post about Zeus. I won’t specify the post, I’ve seen a lot […]
A few thoughts on religious polyvalence
There are a couple of ways I find the word “polyvalence”* useful in talking about polytheistic religions and beliefs. Some folks use the word “ambiguity,” also a good and useful term. The […]
Greek Gods, Roman Gods
There is a long, long history of equating the Greek and Roman deities. And it’s not without reason–the Romans did, in fact, take great parts of Greek myth and deity attribute and […]
Pantheonic Ramblings
When I was growing up, books of mythology were always among my favorites. Often these books would include a list of gods, a “cast of characters” that comprised the pantheon of deities […]
Facets of Deity
I am a polytheist, which means that I feel that each god is a unique entity with their own unique character, but I also consider the gods in their full complexity to […]
Answered Prayers: The Votive Formula
We can thank the Romans for a great deal of what we know about the gods of Britain, continental Gaul and Germania. Partly this has to do with surviving writings such as […]
Thoughts on the worship of little-known gods
![By Tony Grist (Photographer's own files) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://hearthfirehandworks.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/genii_cucullati_and_goddess_relief_corinium_museum.jpg?w=100&h=80&crop=1)
I have a real fondness for little-known gods, gods whose names are known only from a handful of sites, or even those who make a single (known) appearance. There’s no way of […]
Five Reasons to Write Prayers
While I am a writer of prayers and (like most other prayer-writers, I think) I am happy and honored whenever someone uses one of my pieces* in their practice, I am also […]
Why I Do What I Do
Back in another life, I studied technical communication; I’ve never actually worked in the field (due to a combination of factors including settling down so very far away from anywhere it’s a […]
Movable Gods
![Matrae. By Urban (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://hearthfirehandworks.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/matrae-from-bibracte_deesses.jpg?w=100&h=80&crop=1)
Lately I’ve been doing a lot of research into the gods of continental Europe, of the areas once known as Gaul and Germania, as well as those British gods we know from […]
Hearthfire Handworks 