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Ways of Worship: Hecate
Hecate, also known as “The Distant One,” is the Greek Goddess of the crossroads and witchcraft. She is also Queen of the Night, and is highly connected to All Hallow's Eve. She is commonly depicted as a three-headed Goddess, or the Greek version of The Triple Goddess, being the Maiden, Mother, and Crone depending on the season. Hecate is also seen to rule/have power over magic, the night, ghosts, necromancy, pathways, heaven, Earth, and the sea. She is one of the Gods who lives in the Underworld. Her Roman form is Hekate, although she is often confused for the Roman Goddess Trivia who is the Goddess of the crossroads and guardian of roads.
By Lilli Behom7 years ago in Futurism
Disheartened About SyFy Cancelling 'The Expanse?' Don't Be!
The hardest thing about being a science-fiction junky? Good books, games, films, and TV shows are few and far in between. This makes it all that much more exciting when a long-anticipated release is about to happen! After three gripping seasons of The Expanse it was a hard blow for fans to hear that SyFy was cancelling the show.
By Amanda Rose7 years ago in Futurism
Ways of Worship: Aphrodite
Aphrodite is the Goddess of beauty, love, desire, procreation, pleasure, and sexuality. Her Roman form is Venus. She was created from the Titian Uranus' severed genitals when they were thrown in the sea and mixed with sea foam. The image above depicts Aphrodite rising from the sea on a giant clam as her birth. Despite being married to Hephestus she was continuously unfaithful and her most well-known consort was Ares. However, she also slept with Poseidon, Hermes, Dionysus, Adonis, and Anchises. Gotta give the girl credit she didn't discriminate between immortal or mortal men.
By Lilli Behom7 years ago in Futurism
Home? (Chapter 12)
His saliva continues to impregnate my face and his arms have grasped my wrists tightly, while his knees are on my feet. I am immobile. Trapped under a man who I can't consider to be my father, but rather a lunatic, a creation of this villainous government in order to kill me or render me even crazier than I already am.
By Eugenia Moreno7 years ago in Futurism
ReLOVution: January 2019's Solar Eclipse in Capricorn
This New Year' starts out with a bang! Our first week of 2019, and we already have a Solar Eclipse. This partial New Moon Solar Eclipse will take place on Saturday, January 5th at 15'25 degrees Capricorn. Here's what you can expect.
By Kaitlyn Maura7 years ago in Futurism
Ways of Worship: Artemis
Artemis is an amazing female icon and a very strong Goddess, as one of the 12 Olympians. She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and twin to Apollo. In the lore of their birth, Leto was on the island of Delos alone when she gave birth to the twins, and Artemis, being the firstborn, helped Leto to deliver Apollo seconds after she was born. Artemis and her brother are otherwise known as the Twin Archers, as they are both depicted as wielding a bow and arrow.
By Lilli Behom7 years ago in Futurism
Father of the Gods: Zeus
Even before the defeat of the Titans, Zeus was busy creating his own army of children. His first wife was always known to be Metis, the daughter of Titans Oceanus and Tethys. It was Metis that gave Zeus the idea of giving Kronos a drink that would cause him to puke up his other children Hades, Poseidon, Hestia, Demeter, and Hera, so they could help him defeat their father. Metis, the Titan of wisdom, was important to Zeus. Some would say she was the brains behind his whole operation, but Zeus's grandmother, Gaia, always the troublemaker, warned that her children would be smarter than their own father and overthrow him one day. Zeus could not allow this to happen and borrowed a play from his father's playbook. He swallowed Metis to keep her safely in his own belly where she could never have any children, including the daughter she was already carrying.
By Daisy Rowley7 years ago in Futurism
Ways of Worship: Hermes
Hermes is the messenger to the Gods and very widely seen as the trickster God. But he also rules over animal husbandry, roads/travel, hospitality, diplomacy, trade, coins, thievery, language, writing, luck, athletic contests, astronomy/astrology, boundaries, trade, heraldry, merchants, commerce, gambling, magic, and a guide to the dead. His Roman form is Mercury. He is the son of Zeus and Maia. Maia was one of the Pleiads, daughters of the titan Atlas who traveled with Artemis. Hermes was one of 12 Olympians and the second youngest of the group. Though he has no wife, he has many possible consorts Merope, Aphrodite, Dryope, Peitho, and even Hecate. With this, it is said he has had many children, though their actual lineage is disputed in the lore. These children are Pan, Hermaphroditus, Tyche, Abderus, Autolycus, Eudorus, Angelia, and Myrtilus.
By Lilli Behom7 years ago in Futurism
The Two Eyed Girl
She stood amongst her friends, just chatting away. I heard something about how she swallowed her own eyes to clean them when they got dirty. She had to be talking about a story. Maybe. I shifted in my seat and focused on her eyes. They were two different colors. One a vibrant blue and the other a rather dull shade of red. They looked weird but at the same time a little mesmerizing. Her skin was a creamy kind of tan color and every time she moved, the sunlight from the window seemed to change the color of her skin. First, it was caramel then it looked like whipped cream. In one instance, it looked red. Her hair sprouted from her head a variety of colored strands. All the colors were dullish but stood out amongst their counterparts. Yellows, reds, blacks, and a few silver hairs ran from the top of her head, around her face and down to her shoulders. It looked like a rainbow slowly losing its color but it didn’t look bad. It gave her a mature sort of look. Her outfit consisted of a plain white T-shirt and flower print pants.
By Bruce Arnold7 years ago in Futurism
Ways of Worship: Hades
Hades is the God and king of the Underworld, the dead, and riches. Despite being the God of the dead, he is not the God of death, nor the personification of it. That title belonged to Thanatos. He’s the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, and brother of Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Zeus, and Poseidon. His wife is Persephone, and his children are Macaria, Melinoe, Mesperyian, and Zagreus. It's said that Mesperyian is the favorite child and any who scorn her shall feel Hade's wrath. This theory came about when Aphrodite burnt half Mesperyian's face off and cursed her for her superior beauty. Hade’s Roman form is Pluto.
By Lilli Behom7 years ago in Futurism
It Was the Fans That Let 'Doctor Who' Series 11 Down, Not Jodie Whittaker or Chris Chibnall
Peter Capaldi's swansong series Doctor Who (Series 10) went down a storm with fans. Not only were we treated to a new TARDIS Team, as Bill (Pearl Mackie) and Nardole (Matt Lucas) joined the Twelfth Doctor, but we were treated to favourite villains for Capaldi's final series. Not only did the Ice Warriors return, but so did Missy (Michelle Gomez) and John Simm's Master for the finale. However, as always, the Doctor regenerates and passes the TARDIS key to their next face, which is now Jodie Whittaker.
By Lewis Jefferies7 years ago in Futurism
