Hearthfire Handworks

My Eiresione

by Hearthfire Handworks
Here is my wildly inexpertly-crafted eiresione, made from a fallen apple branch, wound with wool I spun (also inexpertly :)) last year, with small vials of wine, olive oil and honey tied [… ]
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Festivals: Pyanepsia

by Hearthfire Handworks
On 7 Pyanepsion in Attica, Apollo was honored at the Pyanepsia (Pyanopsia, Puanepsia), a festival that takes its name from a dish of beans and grains traditionally offered and eaten on this […]
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Eiresione checklist

by Hearthfire Handworks
Pyanepsia is on its way and I’m getting ready to make the eiresione. Apple branch, check. (Olives are so far from native to my region that it isn’t even funny. Apples we […]
Posted in eiresione, Festivals and Devotions, hellenic paganism, Pyanepsia