OFFERINGS TO THE GODS OF OLYMPUS
What is an Offering? An offering is something that is presented to a deity as an act of religious worship or sacrifice What is the Purpose of Offerings and Why Give Them? An Offering normally relates to those of us Hellenists and Pagans wishing to give our thanks and gratitude to our Gods for assiting us in some sort of way. For example its like giving your neighbour a thank you note for inviting you over for tea/lunch/dinner or even a gift of some sort to say thank you for what that person has done for you,- be it helping out in the garden, cleaning your car, making you a caserole in time of when you are short of food. It could be anything for any number of reasons. When we give offerings up to our Gods its more along the lines of saying thank you or something to give when accompanying a prayer in the hopes of "If i ask this of you I give this as a thank you". It doesn't always have to be as Thank you , it can also be because we do it out of respec...