Gifts for Greek Mythology Lovers

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Vanessa is a author, reader and customarily bookish Latina from San Diego. If loving Agatha Christie is improper, she does not need to be proper. Vanessa’s penchant for books, journey and tea is rivaled solely by her critical addictions to take advantage of, avocado and floral lattes. When not studying books or promoting them, she will be discovered running a blog, engaged on her first novel or cozying up at a library.

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It is well-known amongst Book Riot circles that I’m a mythology fangirl. I like the OG myths themselves, however what actually will get my bells ringing is a juicy, subversive retelling that flips a well-known narrative on its head.

Lucky for me, the wave of latest retellings has given me all of that and extra. Madeline Miller’s as soon as powerless, unvoiced Circe steps into her energy with righteous rage; Vaishnavi Patel presents us with a Kaikeyi who refuses to shrink herself to suit with the position she’s anticipated to play as a lady, a mom, and a queen; in Stone Blind, Natalie Haynes’s Medusa asks us to interrogate the ideas of magnificence and monstrosity, and who will get to determine how every is outlined. This is really simply the tip of the iceberg, too: my TBR doth overflow.

Like any good bookworm, I went in quest of merch aligned with my literary obsession on Etsy and I come bearing each good and dangerous information. The excellent news is there’s loads of superior stuff on the market for followers of Greek and Roman mythology; the dangerous information, a minimum of in my expertise, is that it was close to unattainable to search out merch for something outdoors the Greco-Roman custom, and even for retellings by authors in addition to Madeline Miller.

So if any creators on the market are studying this, please to contemplate whipping up some fairly prints, snarky tees, and extra bookish goodies for different mythology and folklore! See the works of Pat Barker, Natalie Haynes, Vaishnavi Patel, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Sue Lynn Tan, Jennifer Saint, Roseanne A. Brown, Rebecca Roanhorse, Genevieve Gornichec…I may do that all day.

For now, I current you with a few of the greatest presents for followers of Greek mythology I discovered. Go forth and get your delusion on!

white mug covered in images of plants, animals, open books, and greek statue busts

Do I’ve too many mugs? Yes. Am I nonetheless shopping for this Artemis ceramic mug? Also sure. $20

charcoal grey tshirt with line drawings of two men and the words

After I learn and raved about Circe in 2018, all of the Madeline Miller stans had been like, “just wait till you read Song of Achilles. Just. you. wait.” Reader, it destroyed me. Pick up this Song of Achilles tee should you too had been ruined by this stunning guide, or should you simply want one thing to absorb all these tears. $27

cream-colored candle with a label that reads "Medusas's Gaze"

This Medusa’s Gaze candle smells like moist stone, amber, and sea mist, all of which go completely with the windswept cave setting described in Stone Blind. Perfection. ($21)

True story: a really good worker at a Southern California winery as soon as requested me if I’d prefer to revisit any of the wines from a tasting and I, very a lot in my cups, replied “What would Dionysus do? Drink!” Try to not decide me and as an alternative nab this Dionysus wine membership sweatshirt for $34+

black and white sticker of cursive text reading

Picture me sobbing and softly whispering, “Patroclus.” This Song of Achilles sticker is simply $4, tears not included.

heather navy blue tshirt with text that reads "Circe's Island Bar & Restaurant. Ethically Sourced. Fine Wines, Pork Rinds"

Don this Circe’s Island T-shirt as you stroll down the road singing “Cell Block Tango” — if you understand, you understand. $33+

pale pink print in a wooden frame with a solid brown image of a woman seated with her knees drawn to her chest and the words

I like the sweetness of the design paired with the specter of the phrases on this Circe print. Mwahaha. $3

torso of a person wearing a black tshirt with a white line drawing of medusa and text that reads

I maintain saying Natalie Haynes’ Stone Blind acquired me excited about Medusa in an entire completely different manner, but it surely was Jess Zimmerman’s incredible nonfiction work, Women and Other Monsters, that first acquired these wheels turning. That learn pairs completely with this Medusa T-shirt. $18+

black and yellow gold playing cards featuring characters from the Iliad

I grew up with an abuela whose biggest pleasure in life is hustling individuals out of their cash over a card sport. If I’m going to get my pockets emptied, a minimum of I’ll have some fairly Iliad enjoying playing cards to have a look at. ($27)

I’ve completely no room for something on my bookshelves so somebody please, fairly please: let me reside via you and seize these Medusa bookends which are available in each black and white variations. ($90)

I’m sneaking in yet another Song of Achilles good as a result of this tote is simply too fairly. $17

My unbearable ass took one take a look at this shirt and went, “but it was a jaaaaaar!” I nonetheless need this Pandora T-shirt as a result of once more, I like the foolish humor. $25