Tonight is supposed to be a time that I honor Hera Thelkhinia, but I worked and I was dead tired. So here's some info about her day.
(Metageitnion 20) A minor sacrifice to Hera
Telkhinia in the Attic demos of Erchia. The Greek title as commonly
given, Thelkhinia, is probably a mis-spelling of the epithet, for there
is no such word as “thelkhinia.” Some writers prefer the word
"thelxinoos," which means “charming the heart” and is appealing as an
aspect of the goddess of marriage. However, the epithet is more likely
Telkhinia, which according to LJS, indicates a connection with the
inhabitants of Telkhis, on Crete. These were considered the first
metal-workers and, later, as “sorcerers.” The epithet is also bestowed
upon Apollo and the Nymphs and there was a festival of Telkhinia at
Delphoi, which already has a connection with Crete, through the Cretan
sailors that Apollo selected to become priests of his temple.
Therefore, although the myth of the connection of Apollo, Hera and the
Nymphs with Telkhis is lost to us, it apparently a reflection of bronze
age interactions with Crete and not a reference to Hera as a “charmer.”
Today:
this was a minor observance by a suburb of Athens, but anyone who has a
particular connection may wish to honor Her on this day with a libation
and incense and hymns, for Hera is Queen of Heaven who rules with Zeus
and is honored no less than Zeus.
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