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Kay Alexandria
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Queer artist, writer, and hellenic polytheist with a minor research addiction. I post about random hellenist things, books, and updates on my projects.

Check out my project: www.paian.org
Check out my linktree: https://linktr.ee/KayAlexandria
I made a little reference infographic with canva on the most common historical offerings made to the gods in Ancient Greece to help out beginners. Please feel free to copy and share, just don't claim it as your own.

#hellenicpolytheism #helpolsky #hellenismos
May 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Happy Thargelion!
The Noumenia will be April 28/29 depending on your timezone. I have versions for both West and East coast now! The theme for this month is cleaning and purging to make way for future blessings.

What do you want to release right now?
#hellenicpolytheism #helpolsky #hellenismos
April 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In lieu of an actual Garden for Adonis I'm gearing up for gardening season. He can't have these though, I need them to grow 🤭
#helpolsky
April 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy Noumenia and an Io Mounichion!
Once again there are four main festivals for this month honoring Aphrodite, Artemis, and Zeus. Read below 🧵to learn more or visit my project at www.paian.org

#hellenicpolytheism #hellenismos #helpolsky #helpol #pagansky
March 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Doing some myth writing today so I've got the references out.

##greekmythology
March 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Euoi Dionysia!
(Mar. 9-15 or Mar. 10-16 2025, timezone dependent)

The City Dionysia was a grand city-wide festival for Dionysos Eleutherios with a parade, a procession of comedic and tragic plays, and a choir contest.

How are you celebrating? 🧵

#hellenicpolytheism #helpolsky #helpol #pagansky
March 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🦌 Io Elaphebolia!

On Elaphebolia 6 (today 3/5/25 or tomorrow 3/6/25, depending on your timezone) is the stag festival for Artemis the Deer Shooter. Read below to learn more & discuss -🧵

#hellenicpolytheism #helpolsky #helpol #pagansky #elaphebolia #artemis
March 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Happy Elaphebolion to my Hellenists!
The Noumenia will be Feb 28/ Mar 1, 2025 depending on your timezone. There are four main festivals this month! Visit my calendar project to learn more at www.paian.org.

#hellenicpolytheism #hellenismos #helpolsky #helpol #pagansky
February 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Now is the time to celebrate the Lesser Mysteries for Persephone & Herakles, a purification & education festival for Persephone's myths. The 3-day festival takes place sometime between now & 2/25/25.

Have you read the Homeric Hymn to Demeter? 📚

#hellenicpolytheism #helpol #helpolsky
February 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I was enjoying flipping through Van Gogh's paintings this morning with my coffee when I realized...
February 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Happy Anthesterion!
The Noumenia will be January 30/31 depending on your time zone. Here are the main festivals for this month. You can check out my calendar project at www.paian.org to learn more. Feel free to copy & share.

#hellenicpolytheism #hellenism #hellenismos #helpolsky #helpol #pagansky
January 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Io Gamelia! Today or tomorrow (timezone dependent) is Hera's Athenian festival celebrating her marriage with Zeus. The entire month was the ideal time to get married bc of the symbolism of Spring & new growth, and the day was an excuse for quality time w/ the spouse!

#hellenicpolytheism #hera
January 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
A little obsessed with the new library setup. Should I count how many books I have? 🤭
#booksky
January 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Good Morning Bluesky! Getting settled into the new place. My altar isn't set up yet, but as long as I have my mountains I think I'll be okay.

Hail to The Mountain Mother, Rhea/Kybele!
#hellenicpolytheism
January 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
In the middle of moving and had to pack up my altar. I miss them already 😭
#helpol #helpolsky #pagansky
January 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Loved Miller's short story 'Galatea', a retelling of the myth where Pygmalion falls in love with his sculpture which comes to life & becomes his wife, but in this version plays with Galatea's lack of agency & her controlling incel husband.

Myth is meant to be fluid & evolve. 💙

#booksky #helpolsky
January 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Grabbed some greek myth retellings yesterday. I'm excited for all of them!

#helpolsky #greekmythology #booksky
January 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I re-read the Illiad every year in a new translation. I think I'll give Emily Wilson's a go this year.

#helpolsky #hellenism #pagansky #greekmythology
January 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Io Noumenia Gamelion! Hera's sacred month of weddings! The two major festivals this month are the Lenaia, a 4-day theater festival for #Dionysus, and the Gamelia/Theogamia celebrating the sacred marriage of #Zeus & #Hera and the love in your life.🎥💍

#hellenicpolytheism #helpol #helpolsky #pagansky
January 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Happy Haloa! Today the women of Eleusis performed the Haloa rite where they erected phalloi in the corn field, and tossed grain on them to encourage fertility and growth. They'd then feast, drink, and joke well into the night in honor of #Demeter & #Dionysus.
#helpolsky #pagansky
December 28, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Demeter has mourned in her black cave all winter and we've watched everything die back to nothing. Our stores run low. Now we call to the goddess to rejoice in her daughter's return, mourn no longer,and return her watchful eye to our crops.
#Demeter #helpolsky #pagansky ##hellenicpolytheism
December 27, 2024 at 9:42 PM
New to Hellenic Polytheism and looking for a reading list? Well do I have some suggestions for you!

www.paian.org/resources/re...

#hellenicpolytheism #helpol #helpolsky #pagansky #greekmythology
December 20, 2024 at 7:46 PM
"A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit."
- Ancient Greek Proverb

#hellenicpolytheism #helpol #helpolsky #pagansky
December 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Hi Bluesky, I'm working on a Beginner's Guide to Hellenic Polytheism! Check out my research on the festival year!
www.paian.org

#hellenicpolytheism

#helpolsky
December 18, 2024 at 8:04 AM