The Orphic Hymns
Translated and interpreted by Virginia Stewart-Avalon,
M.Ed.
First translated by Thomas Taylor in 1792, the Hymns of Orpheus here have been retranslated in a style unrestrained by the eighteenth century's insistence on rhyme. Hesiod and Homer, and a myriad of anonymous sacred poets of antiquity are echoed in these Hymns, and so it seems only fitting that today, modern Pagans rediscover these songs of their ancestors.
Some of the deities named in this work came from Africa, Gaul, Libya, Anatolia Turkey, Phrygia, Greece, Eutruscia, Britain, Crete, Cythia, the ancient Hesperides, and the Canary Islands. Both the Greeks and the Romans borrowed extensively from other cultures; frequently subordinating foreign gods and making them subject their own pantheon or forcing the ultimate supremacy of Zeus above all others*. Still, the roots of these hymns are easy find and restore.~ by Virginia Stewart-Avalon Sibylline Priestess and Elder
| HYMNS | |
| Adonis
Amphietus Dionysus
Aphrodite Apollo Ares Aridia Artemis Athena The Ceralian Mother
The Clouds Corybas Cronus Cupid Son of Aphrodite The Curetes pre-Hellenic, the Guards of Persephone The Curetes Guards of Persephone Demeter Dionysus Dionysus Bassareus Triennalis
Dionysus Pericionius
Equity Escapius The Furies The Furies (2) Gaia Hades Health equated with Nature/Rhea Hephestus Hera Hermes Justice/Themis
Law Leto Liknitus Dionysus
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Mises Mnemosyne The Moon
Morpheus Mother of the Gods
Nature Nemesis Nereids Nereus The Night Primal Fire (Fumigation from Saffron) Prothyraea Protogunus The Stars The Sun Pan Persephone
Proteus Rhea Semele Soilenus, Satyrus, & the Priestesses of Dionysus the Divine Goat who nursed the God, His Teacher, and the Maenads The Source of Genius
Tethys The Titans Triton Victory |
*The hymns to Hercules, Jupiter, Thundering Zeus, Zeus Sabasius, and Zeus have been omitted as is the translator's prerogative.
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