#sirona

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hearthglow:

A question to fellow Roman polytheists, not at all influenced by currently being quite happily snowed-in.

Which deity do you associate with snow?

Looking primarily for UPG reflections, I guess. There’s Jupiter for all manner of storms, of course, but I tend to associate him only with the proper thunder and lightning sort. The rest I put to the Tempestates, whom I consider something like storm nymphs, and the clear-skied winds to the Aurae. But snow is……different.

My first thought was Ceres, but I think that’s just bc I’ve seen some pictures recently of snowy farmland that made me think of her ? But it’s more of a seasonal thing instead of a specifically snow thing ?

Also not strictly Roman but sirona ? The silence after heavy snowfall, especially at night ?? Makes me think of her for some reason.

And in a more aesthetic sense, vesta, bc winter is Hearth Season™️ and there isn’t a more perfect winter picture than when there’s fresh snow on the ground (esp when that view is through a kitchen window)

Vesta was possibly the month god for December, so #SameFeel there. But like you said, she’s more the view from inside the kitchen window, rather than the world outside.

I REALLY like Sirona for it, especially as an incidental foil to Apollo-who-won’t-stop-blinding-me-on-my-morning-commute. And of course, the sun shining offthe snow is even worse….Something in the lethargy but endurance of her cold-blooded snakes, as well. This is excellent to ponder and work with, thank you!