hunter's moon is shining

alex/28/he or it (nonbinary butch), spiritual sideblog for lovecorebutch. i post about hellenic polytheism and other spiritual stuff in general here, and post photos/etc that are meaningful to me.

don’t interact/i’ll block if if:

transmed, terf, anti unconventional pronouns, support cultural appropriation, tradfem, eating disorder blog, anti kin, irl gore blog (occasional morbid nature or medical content should be fine, but no injured people without their consent), think lesbians can be into men in a healthy and genuine way, post incest or adult/minor ships

minors please blacklist “m1nors dn1” (replace 1 with i)- at times i may post artistic nudity, heavier venting that i don’t want to bother minors with, etc. i want to set healthy boundaries for everyone’s comfort, including my own.

about:

i’m alex (among other names), a 28 year old nonbinary (genderfluid/genderfaer) butch lesbian. i am neurodivergent and have chronic pain. i am a hellenic polytheist. i most often post about Artemis, Apollo, Leto, Demeter, Dionysus, and Aphrodite, though not limited to them. i’m still somewhat new to this and happy to learn more. i am (primarily spiritual) otherkin/fictionkin/therian, and do not consider my soul/mind/heart to be human despite my physical form. i am white and tme.

i don’t mind people following me just for aesthetic posts/etc.

please let me know if you need anything tagged. i try to warn for common triggers. i describe original uploads/visual content and try to describe others when i can, but i have carpal tunnel syndrome and may need to rest my wrists. if i reblog from a bad source/otherwise harmful in some way please feel free to let me know- i’m still not very familiar with polytheism communities and discussions around them, so i may well just not know.

“There are wolves Cracking dry bones On ledges Among sweet gale bushes. And at night I climb to meet them Over the light Still flakes of rock.”

— Janet Loxley Lewis, “The Rocky Islands”

you are still pure.

strawberries-and-peaches

[id: art of a deer that is mostly brown but has a black neck, face, and hooves. their eyes glow white. they have a plant tied around one of their back hooves, and a plant around their neck. they are carrying a plant in their mouth. /end id]

a 1974 North Korean stamp depicting an Ussuri brown bear

[id: a postage stamp with a soft, stylized illustrated portrait of an Ussuri brown bear. the bear is brown with white markings visible on its chest. end id]

pretty-dead-dog

pretty-dead-dog

Animals that do not chew loose their teeth

Οὐδὲν ἄρα οὕτως βεβαίως δεδήσεται, οὐ νόσῳ, οὐκ ὀργῇ, οὐ τύχῃ οὐδεμιᾷ, ὃ μὴ οἷόν τ᾽ ἔσται λῦσαι τῷ Διονύσῳ.

Nothing can be so firmly bound, by illness, wrath or fortune, that cannot be released by Dionysos.

“On the ragged edge of the world I’ll roam, and the home of the wolf shall be my home.”

— Robert Service, from The Nostomaniac

[Image description: A digital illustration of a giant sleeping wolf, with a landscape growing on and around them. Mountains rise from their back, forests and hillside fields rise up around them. A river runs down their back and tail and ends with a waterfall in a serene lake. Comparatively tiny bears, bison, and elk populate the landscape. End ID]

wings of the valley

[ID: A digital illustration of a large white, humanoid angel flying through a green valley. The angel appears as featureless a human with massive white feathered wings. Deer graze along the valley below, and soft sunlight bathes the scene from behind one of the mountain sides. End ID.]

[ID: A drawing of an elk-like animal in an "S" pose. Besid it is text reading "What animal am I! A deer! Or an elk! Who knows! Who knows! I am am animal named love!" /End ID]

wildflowerbutch

Something in the wind has changed–it calls you by a different name.

infernallegaycy

[id: an illustration of a solid black borzoi with glowing white eyes. it is standing in the snow with trees & small plants around it, a telephone pole & the moon visible in the distance. /end id.]

riverwindphotography

riverwindphotography

A Mule Deer buck in velvet enjoying an afternoon meal, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.

© gifs by riverwindphotography

[image description: two gifs of a stag with velvet-covered antlers grazing, surrounded by grass and flowers. there are fallen branches in the background. end description.]

Source: riverwindphotography

Our lord of grapes and cats and tearing things apart in fits of madness

strawberries-and-peaches

strawberries-and-peaches

[id: art of an outlined, golden deer that is standing over an outlined, golden fox on a black background that is full of stars. /end id]

#ty for id #deer #canines

Artemis, created for the 1001 Knights books. She is the ancient Greek deity of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, and virginity; some of her symbols include the bow and arrows, stags and cypress.

1001 Knights is a people positive anthology curated by Kevin Jay Stanton and Annie Stoll. If you want to get your hands on the books, you can find the Kickstarter here!

Source: jessica-roux.com

On the Homeric Hymns to Demeter (i) // Introduction, Charles Boer's translations of the Homeric Hymns, 1987

Everyone is hurting now that Demeter is mad, and that seems to be Her purpose — there is no food to be had from Her earth. A deal is made and She gets Her way, She gets Her daughter back, but not before Persephone is given a pomegranate seed to eat by Her new husband, requiring Her to return to Hades for one winter season each year, when Demeter will again withhold Her crops. Some might say Hades is too generous; most husbands would not go so far to comfort the pathology of their mothers-in-law. But it is Demeter's point of view that we must take through this Hymn, Her feelings, Her attitudes, Her sufferings that we share.

To the extent that we share them, we are Her followers. She gives our suffering meaning. She shows us the way

#Demeter #Persephone

No offense / None taken

#canines #animal harm

wolfskulljack-art

wolfskulljack-art

Orion

Happy Werewolf Wednesday

literalliterature

take to the woods

literalliterature

[ID: A drawing of a gray wolf shown from the side. One of its paws is raised as it takes a step. Text above it reads in all caps, "Take to the woods," and the background is off-white. There is also a thin border around the image that resembles worn paper. End ID.]

#canines #ty for id

star wolf

#canines #stars