Great #Christmas dinner with friends. Hope you had an amazing day and night, whatever you celebrate. For myself, I wish a gloriously debauched #Saturnalia to all my peeps!
Great #Christmas dinner with friends. Hope you had an amazing day and night, whatever you celebrate. For myself, I wish a gloriously debauched #Saturnalia to all my peeps!
#Saturnalia ... Every year during the Saturnalia festival, our friend #FcoLeo in Lima Peru shares a photo of his #Antinous bust decorated for the festive season.
Sometimes around here people go crazy at #christmas.
Happy #Saturnalia folks!
#Solstice #Brumalia #Saturnalia: December 24th is the end of the four-week Ancient Roman #Brumalia winter solstice festival honouring #Saturn/#Cronus and #Ceres/#Demeter. The Brumalia festival included night-time feasting and merriment. During this time, oracles were taken. Brumalia festivities ended on 24 Dec, ushering in the Saturnalia and the "Waxing of the Light". (Our photo shows a festively decorated Antinous bust by #SandraGore which she calls the "Ghost of Christmas Present.")
I’m a little late to the party—so to speak—but I’d like to extend goodwill to you all for the holiday season. #Saturnalia #Goya #Saturn
It’s time for our annual #Saturnalia outing where we appear in video form! Wishing you and yours peace, prosperity, and good fortune for the festive season and beyond.
Hey, hey.... It's the last day of #saturnalia tomorrow. Better get all your partying finished....
It's the #DayOfHelios / Sol's Day / #Sunday!
Last night was the longest night of the year in Greece, so #Helios had his shortest work day.
"At the winter solstice, the sun would seem to be a little child like that which the Egyptians bring forth from a shrine on the appointed day, since the day is then at its shortest and the god is accordingly shown as a tiny infant."
Macrobius, #Saturnalia
Helios, Antalya Museum
@antiquidons
#DayOfHelios #GreekRomanArt #mythology #solstice
Christmas with a toddler:
All rules are off
Days blend together
Hierarchies are reversed
We eat whatever we want whenever we want
We descend into hedonism
No sleep, just party
There are gifts
... wait. Saturnalia. Christmas with a toddler is just Saturnalia.
Edit: also, random nudity.
Solstice came early ~ Happy reason for the season - welcome, Winter! We respect you & have prepared for you with appropriate celebration & feasts (Saturnalia). Let us survive these shortest days of the year, and count the weeks 'til Spring.
#Solstice #reason #season #winter #today #shortest #day #longest #night #Yule #log #burning #time #new #Earth #year #begins #tomorrow #goddess #bless #warm #food #feast #celebration #Saturnalia #NYC #fire #escape #snowy #trees #NewYorkCity #midtown #Manhattan
Looking for great ancient Roman Christmas gifts? We’ve got you covered with our delightful debut ‘Rex: The Seven Kings of Rome’ and our latest tome ‘Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire’. Both are perfect for tucking in your bag for a quick read on the go
Happy solstice, the traditional time for the festival of Yule. In 2022, I made this mixed-media artwork inspired by Pagan tradition.
Another new blog post for you: "Celebrating the Holidays!"
https://www.wolfnowl.com/2024/12/celebrating-the-holidays-4/
Another new blog post for you: "Celebrating the Holidays!"
https://www.wolfnowl.com/2024/12/celebrating-the-holidays-4/
#BodhiDay #Christmas #Diwali #EidAl-Fitr #Festivus #GrandfatherFrost #Hanukkah #HappyHolidays #Hogmany #Kwanzaa #LasPosadas #Ōmisoka #PanchaGanapati #Saturnalia #Sinterklaas #Solstice #Soyal #StLuciasDay #ThreeKingsDay #Yalda #Yule
Are you looking for a #Saturnalia present?
The @phistorians have the right idea! Good fortune is the best gift one can receive, right?
Here you get four lucky phalloi in one single figurine! (Bells not included)
#Solstice #Saturnalia #Brumalia: Honey spiced wine (mulsum) and mead made life a little sweeter for Roman soldiers at #Hadrian’s Wall. Pots found at #Housesteads Roman Fort and Corbridge Roman town showed traces of mulled wine. Rrad full report here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/12/mulled-spiced-wine-made-life-sweeter.html
The first #Saturnalia festival was celebrated OTD in 497 BC in ancient #Rome https://toilet-guru.com/cloacina.html?s=mb #history
What holiday happening in December involves exchanging gifts, feasting, playing games, and casual gambling?
Saturnalia, of course. Learn how to celebrate: https://gty.art/30HDV2M
@GettyMuseum #Saturnalia #celbrations #museums