queenkestrel:

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↳ queen esther of persia

>Esther, also known as Hadassah, was a Jewish orphan living under the care of her uncle Mordecai, a servant to King Xerxes I of Persia.

When King Xerxes became displeased with his wife, Queen Vashti, he sought a new bride and commanded that every young, beautiful virgin be brought to his palace. With her great beauty, intelligence, and wit, Esther captivated the King immediately, and her chose her as his new queen, unaware that she was a Jewish exile.

Shortly after Esther was crowned as queen, her uncle Mordecai made a fatal mistake by refusing to show respect to a high official named Haman. This infuriated the arrogant Haman, who presented an order to the King to have all Jews killed, under the pretense that they were disobeying the King’s laws. The King agreed, much to Esther and Mordecai’s horror.

Determined to save her people, Esther revealed herself to the King as a Jew in an act of great courage, and declared that if he was to kill the Jewish people, he would have to kill her too.

Enraged and shocked by Haman’s wicked plan, the King repealed the decree and had the man hanged. There was great rejoicing throughout the kingdom, all in celebration of Esther’s bravery.

mythology meme | [4] titans : atlas

Atlas the baleful; he knows the depths of all the seas, and he, no other, guards (or holds) the tall pillars that keep the sky and earth apart

darlking-deactivated20150206:

HERA

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//Dark and Magical beings//

Mare -

 A Mare is an evil spirit or goblin in Germanic folklore which rides on people’s chests while they sleep, bringing on bad dreams (nightmares).

Requested | p0is0n-ivy

crown-and-glory:

the orphic hymn to hera

you are ensconced in darksome hollows and airy is your form, o hera, queen of all, the blessed consort of zeus… without you there is neither life nor growth: and, mixed as you are in the air we venerate, you partake of all, and of all you are queen and mistress. you toss and turn with the rushing wind.

olddiarch:

Antinous

phthias-deactivated20160614:

Notable locations in Greek mythology

volchitza:

Tell me you finally tasted freedom.

Letter from Hades to Persephone, Clementine von Radics

bctrogues:

_{mythology meme:  [3/7] heroes}

_{↳ samson}

_{Samson was given inhuman strength by God to do His bidding, mostly because God was angry with the Philistines and so decided to use Samson as a tool of punishment against them, a purpose which Samson excelled at. The best-known story of Samson, however, is to do with a woman named Delilah and how she rendered him completely helpless by cutting off his hair, the source of his godlike powers. After his incredible strength was gone, the Philistines blinded Samson and enslaved him. However, when his hair was longer again, Samson pulled apart (or pulled together, depending on the interpretation) the two central pillars of a Philistine temple that he’d been brought to, thus killing everyone inside, himself included.}