Also called The Seasons, The Hours, Eunomia, Dike, Eirene, Thallo, Karpo.
Their story
In Hesiod the Horae are daughters of Zeus and Themis: Eunomia, good order; Dike, justice; and Eirene, peace, who watch over the works of mortals. In Homer they keep the gates of heaven, rolling back the thick cloud. In Athens two Horae, Thallo of spring and Karpo of harvest, were honoured with the Graces.
Best times to give to them
- At the solstices and equinoxes
- At the first flowers of spring and the first fruit of autumn
- When ordering your household
What they like being given
- Seasonal flowers and fruit
- Honey
- Fresh water
How to honour them
- Change your altar with each season.
- Keep a seasonal diary of what flowers, fruits and falls around you.
- Pray for order, justice and peace in your community.
How they can help you
- Living with the seasons
- Order and routine
- Peace
Symbols
- flowers
- fruit
- wreath
- cornucopia
Sources
- Hesiod, Theogony 901-903
- Homer, Iliad 5.749-751
- Pausanias, Description of Greece 9.35.2
More Greek spirits
- The Anemoi The four winds
- The Muses The nine daughters of Memory
- The Moirai Spinners of the thread of life
- The Charites The Graces of joy and charm
- The Erinyes Avengers of blood and broken oaths
- The Harpies The snatchers
- The Gorgons The three sisters of the terrible gaze
- The Centaurs The wild horse-men of the hills