About

Hello! I’m Antlering or Taynodjmet, a grad school post-grad navigating the modern world with the guidance of ancient gods. This blog is the companion to my tumblr. She/her or they/them pronouns.

N.B. – I post occasionally about potentially-triggering topics like mental illness and animal death/vulture culture. I try to warn for such themes in the beginning of each post.

Religion:

I am an animist, a Mediterranean syncretic polytheist, and Kemetic Orthodox Shemsu. My focuses are Hellenic, Gaulish, Kemetic, and Levantine/Ugaritic polytheism. My religion meanders along trade routes and across civilizations as requested by my gods and spirits.

I am a devotee of Hermes and Dionysos. As a Kemetic Orthodox Shemsu, I am likewise devoted to Taweret, Sobek-Ra, Heqet, and Banebdjedet. My other main gods are the Dioskouroi, Ares, Ra, Heru-wer, Khonsu, and Reshep-Runtiya.

The gods have currently sent me on a mission of exploration throughout the Mediterranean; my research hinges heavily on the transmission of socio-religious traditions from the Proto-Indo-European through the Near East and west to Gaul.

I also practice ancestor veneration and local nature spirit worship. My relationship with blessed dead and the spirits/deities is filtered through a life spent between Appalachia and the Everglades.

If you want to know anything more, feel free to ask! I’m always looking for friends in the community. (: