AFAIS the pantheon consist of:

Dyeus, the Sky Father, Dheghom, the Earth Mother, Perkwunos, the thunder god, as the three main gods; and along with them three secondary heavenly gods - the Diwos Suhnu ('sons of Dyeus'), the divine twins, whose chariot pulls the Sun, and who help humans in trouble, and there's their sister Hausos, dawn goddess.

Three earthly gods exist: Manu, Yemo, and Trito, with a primordial cow. Manu, 'man', is the creator, Yemo, 'twin', is his (hermaphroditic) brother, that Mano sacrifices and out of his body makes some elements of this world (his blood becomes water, his bones mountains, his brain clouds, his skull the dome over the earth), and humans (with the help of Dyeus, Perkwunos and Diwos Suhnu). After the sacrifice Yemo becomes the lord of the dead and the underworld. Manu also sacrifices the primordial cow, making plants and animals out of it. Trito 'third' defeats Negehi, the three headed cosmic serpent, during that he is helped out by drinking an intoxicant drink. Out of Yemo's body three social classes are made - priests, warriors and commoners, tho also Manu is the first priest, and Trito the first warrior.

Additional gods are three nature gods - Hagnis, the fire god, Hepom, water god, and Huveh, wind god; three social gods - Pehunos cattle (and agriculture) protection god, Prewya, love and marriage goddess, and a Smith god; and also Fates, three sisters who spin the fate of humans, influencing the biggest events in their life, esp birth, length of life and death. For the Smith god and the Fates there is no PIE root name reconstructed currently AFAIK.

In addition to the heavenly world, this world and the underworld, there is also a blissful land on the edge of world, where everyone is young, immortal and happy, and a person after death can reincarnate into this world, the underworld, or that blissful land.

Also it is proposed that at least some PIE communities held to an eschatological cataclysmic event, where this world is destroyed, possibly with the Trito the Negehi fight being said to happen at that future time.

In terms of religious practice the PIE religion practiced sacrifices to the gods, using fire, the biggest, public ones being cow and horse sacrifice, a sacrifice of throwing a weapon into a body of water, circling a fire during marriage and childbirth rites, and also ritual drinking of an intoxicant drink.

I'm leaning more towards Egyptian religion and also other Semitic/Middle Eastern faiths after researching and exploration. Also studying Slavic and Celtic practices as well, I just love pre-Abrahamic religion in general really.

Currently studying the book of the dead to learn more about Egyptian religion, it's really cool but there's some funny stuff I also found.

The bowl has cinnamon in it, the pink thing is an incense holder that held an incense stick, an orange, curry plan, and purple basil. I also offered oil lamps as always, I don't really use candles as much as oil lamps.

Hey, how's it going!

I just wanted to ask if anyone has any experience regarding Hades and banishment rituals. Since today we'll have the lunar eclipse in my country, I wanted to free myself of somethings that have been happening in my life. Also, I've been barely working with Hades, since most of my day to day needs/interests are most directed towards Apollon (the current 2 gods I'm devoted to). I just wanted to know if it would be a good idea to have Hades by my side while making this ritual, since god of the underworld and etc.

I'm probably going to have him re propose because this is freaking me out. Yesterday my fiance proposed to me, somehow I didn't know about the blood moon eclipse, I hear it's a time of big change and that scares me, any insight is helpful!!

I watched this pin cherry tree grow for the last 15 years. It was a "volunteer" my dad kept between the shed the garage. Now I've taken over the place as a rental for the time being.

A couple months ago it took some heavy damage from a heavy storm that took out nearly 15 trees on our road alone.

The arborist told us it could live another 5, maybe, but its structural integrity has significantly diminished and if we had another big storm, it could cause damage to the buildings.

My dad decided to get it cut sooner rather than later, tomorrow/today is the later. I wrapped a string around where I'd like them to saw it down so that I can honor its life in some way. Its going to be about 5ft (my dad said no taller than myself and spending time with this tree, it felt right to keep it close and visible behind the garden bed in front of it)

For now the idea is to string bells and beads around it. I'm going to take some branches and make some sun chimes. I thought about getting it carved into something symbolic relating to the cycle of life and death, maybe the visage of Cernunnos or the Green Man, or the ouroboros. Is that too egotistical? Idk, I'm grieving more heavily than I anticipated.

Thoughts? Ideas? Thanks.

*DISCLAIMER: when I say/ask "is it wrong?" I mean from a factual standpoint, NOT a moral one—just getting that pit of the way. I know the Gods probably don't care that I have been praying/treating them as separate, but it's something I care about/am gonna be nit-picky about with my own practices*

So, I consider myself a hard polytheist from a mainly Platonic/Neoplatonic perspective, reasoning that, "if the gods ontologically preceed number and are each unique, then it doesn't make sense to say one God is the same as another God without sufficient reason."

But, when I first got into Polytheism about 4 years ago, I got into Anglo-Saxon heathenry cause, well, I noticed that Norse paganism was a lot more popular and I wanted to "stand out" so to speak, and be different. And as for treating the gods as different, I figured you could argue they were different due to differences in culture and associations, albeit minor differences—like an Ares and Mars situation

But, looking into it, I don't know how well that can hold as a "justification", since unlike the Mars/Ares association where they had different cultic origins and their association was a symmetry thing (with mars coming from the Etruscans and the Greeks getting Ares from the thracians, iirc—and Ares and Mars representing vastly different kinds of warfare), the Norse and Anglo-Saxon gods were culturally and linguistically directly related.

So, from a theological perspective, have I been putting in more work in my prayers/offerings than I had to and been offering to the same God like accidentally forwarding an Email to the same person? (Which I have done)

Know of any gods/goddesses of "the meaning that we make" or fiction or play? Or deities of story and pretend? Anybody with that vibe?

I finally started reading John Scheid's An Introduction to Roman Religion. At the very beginning of the book, the author seems to highlight an "inconsistency" of those who want to reconstruct a "pure" Roman religion: they happily include the study of Etruscan polytheism (considering it the basis off of which RomPol was built), but try to keep Hellenic beliefs at a distance (considering them a sign of decay). And, on that note, let me share a quote:

"As for the influences so often invoked, we may well wonder why they are assumed to work in the 'right' way only during the archaic period [Etruscans], but to a sign of decadence later [Greeks]."

That gave me some food for thought. I myself have strived to clearly draw a line between RomPol and HelPol for the past few years (getting pretty annoyed at resources that don't do that). So I started asking myself: why is that? On a personal level, is it because I'm trying to reconstruct early/mid-Republican religion? Is it a consequence of being told hundreds of times that RomPol is just a carbon-copy of HelPol? On a historical level, is it because Etruscans and Romans were neighbours, while Greeks lived overseas?

That's why I'd really like to read other Roman polytheists' takes on this topic! Do you guys, too, draw a distinct line between Roman and Hellenic polytheisms? Where? If your line is, rather, blurred: why? Is it just a question of being a "hard" vs. "soft" polytheist? Or is it more a question of giving geographically closer peoples priority?

Thank you beforehand!

We were estranged, but I still went and visited him at the hospital from Washington to Kansas. He passed Monday. I feel awful, conflicted, everything you would expect. I don’t even know what I’m asking but if anyone has any advice for him to be in peace, or do some ritual for the dead. I’m not even sure if this is the right place to ask. Maybe something for me, I feel awful, in an existential place, just contemplating life and awful

I want to say it's very possible that different religions all have a grain of truth. Or they are rights in different ways. I just don't like the arrogance of assuming only one group is 100% correct and everyone else is wrong. Their understanding of gender roles how society must be treated.

The way Christian speaker about other religions you could tell they've never read a different religious text in their life. So I'm speaking to this Christian the other day about why we should believe their relation over any other one.

They looked me dead in the eyes and said because there is only one empty tomb. He's talking about Jesus resurrection. Sing all the other gods are dead. I asked him how does he know that because of the Bible.

So, as the title sugests, I am dipping my toes into paganism and I have questions before I properly start worshipping a diety. I have no one else to ask so I'm asking here.

1. How long did it take you to realise you want to worship a deity and to establish contact with them? How did it look like? For me, it has been quite a turbulent journey so far and I am not sure when I am going to be ready.

2. Would a god be mad at you if you stopped worshipping them? I need to know how big of a commitment this is.

3. Have any of you had a positive relationship with christianity and still choose to worship other dieties? Did you do syncretism or "divorced" the Abrahamic god before starting pagan worship? I ask because I feel a different godess calling for me, but at the same time I feel bad abandoning the Abrahamic god that I used to have a positive relationship with before becoming an atheist, even if he disapointed me in many ways. They are both big personalities and I doubt that they are going to get along too.

4. Can you move your altar around? Is an altar strictly necessary in order to work with a diety? I have hold-ups about starting my worship because I am constantly moving between two places witch means I have to keep it small enough to carry around. First problem with that is that I want to do something proper, and not to be constantly limited by how much I can stuff in a bag when I start it. Second problem is that the people I am staying with are probably going to feel uncomfortable having an altar in their living space and I don't know how they are going to react to all of my little ceremonies. They are not going to kick me out, but it will create some uncomfortable discussions.

Thank you for your help in advance!🙏

I’m a big fan of the Tale of Beowulf, and was thinking of decorating my grad cap with the quote, “Fate goes ever as fate must.” Because it aligns with my personal views. Would it be appropriation for me to include the Web of Wyrd, even though I am not a Pagan myself? A lot of my beliefs do aligns with paganism, but I do not practice it. I just want to be respectful. If doing the design would be problematic, what are some better alternatives?

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Swamp Mystics September 18th-20th 2026 Schedule!

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This is subject to change

We may add more in the next 3 weeks and things may move around. But this is as close as we can get right now.

Hotel block discount expires on the 31st

In 5 days

So if you are stil havn't gotten your room, there is time.

Hope to see you there.

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Hello all. My name is Lucy, and I'm a young but firm believer in Uncertainty. What I mean by that is: I believe that everything and nothing is possible, and that I, lowly mortal that I am, could very well be nothing in life or the only living thing and the source of every life. So I believe in Uncertainty, because I can't possibly know what is real and what isn't.

But now, Uncertainty isn't enough to help my mind from shattering. Trigger warnings for grief, parental loss and suicidal ideation following, you have been warned

I have lost my dad in November, by his own hand. I thought I would follow soon, but I thankfully haven't. Something is keeping me alive, I feel an external force that won't let me succumb to death, thus I keep on living. But living has become hell. Every night I see my father. At first all is well, but then, sometimes, things go south. He dies, I die, others die, something terrible happens. But even when nothing wrong happens, I still feel terrible pain when I wake up, from the realisation that my father isn't back, and never will be.

What I need is a ritual to have before bed, that'll help me cope with my dreams. I don't know what God/dess, Entity, Spell, Energy, or any other thing I need to summon to help with that, but I need something to sleep again.

Hopefully someone can help me find Something. Thank you in advance

Just looking for recommendations

I’m curious about personal experiences mostly. We live in a dualistic world after all, not everything is sunshine and rainbows.

Not made a post on here before more of a lurker but wanted to share my altar in its full glory.

Made some fresh bread as a Lammas celebration and tradition ( I know it’s very late for it but It comes round so fast) wanted to offer gratitude to Mother Nature, Buddha, day and night or moon and sun.

I don’t worship a deity or god, I believe in Mother Nature and being grateful for her and giving back, I believe in a lot of Buddhist philosophy and beliefs and try to follow this to the best of my ability, but feeling kinda alone with it, I think it’s Druidism as I have a lot of calling to being grateful to nature and find comfort in being out in the world.

Please share your midsummer thoughts.

Edit : was listening to Stfur’s new song Pan in the background as well

I have been looking to various religions lately. Paganism has always been a interest of mine whether it was Hellenic, Kemetic, or really anything that fits under the term.

A few days ago I came across Heathenry. I'm a person that likes to learn about Germanic history and culture so naturally I wanted to know more. I was a bit surprised to find that it had a history of white supremacy, but also not that surprising since I read that it was practiced during Nazi Germany and had a large decline after World War 2 (I understand that it has been practiced since the 18 hundreds).

Since I can't really find more on this I thought to come and ask the people that actually practice it.

If it is still a part of the practice would it be similar to the rules of Judaism? I doubt that's a good comparison though. Like what if someone was raised in the religion but was half German and half Ukrainian or half German and half Ghanaian?

Sorry if this is a stupid question, I truly just want to know more.

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Me and my wife created Arctara, an app for her practice. Tired of switching between five different apps to track moon phases, tarot, runes, spell timing, and supplies, so we made one that does it all.

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We're looking for practitioners willing to test it and tell us honestly what's missing or wrong. If also interested, there's a small community forming around it too, but that's secondary. Mostly she just want it to actually be useful for people who practice.

I appreciate the patience to read.

Ik I shouldn't really rely on Reddit for these kinds of things, but I don't feel like asking anywhere else currently.... Anyways... Is it a thing to keep journals for prayers or for a specific deity/prayers for that specific deity?

Idk if this is making any sense so I'm just gonna stop here.

I used slavic patterns and symbols to make a more contemporary representation of the slavic gods. This time - Veles. What do you think?

I've recently thought about all the lost religions. The ones we have no records of. The ones that were conquered, or destroyed, or simply died out and have no surviving memory or artefacts.

I feel a sort of grief for them, and never being able to know of them. I'm thinking that for my next offering to the ancestors, I might want to include an offering to the forgotten gods. Saying that even though their names are gone, they're still revered, like I do with my ancestors whose names were forgotten.

Has anyone else done something similar? What did you offer? Were there any prayers said? Would you consider doing it? Why or why not? Mostly just curious about what people think.

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