Gifts for God and Goddess

[Klia]

I just wanted to know what you guys give as thanks for our Lord and Lady/other deities. I've heard of people giving left overs to them after dinner, juice they would have thrown out, or cakes and ale (crickets... Bueller?)

I'd like some ideas, also. Is anything commonsense acceptable? (food, bird seed, flowers, etc.)

Blessed be!!!!

[Heartsong]

I usually leave wine in spring and summer, apple cider in the fall and winter. I also leave flowers, nuts, cakes, cookies, fruits, etc. all depending on the season. I do that for the fey folk in the woods around my house too.

[Klia]

That's a good idea to do your offerings according to season. Might be hard for me to give up my wine tho... just kidding!!!!

How often do you do it and do you use a special plate or cup?

[Heartsong]

I use a wooden bowl for both the god and goddess, leaving offerings as often as I do rituals. The faeries I leave once a week.

[Klia]

Thanks heartsong!

[Echo_of_shadows]

I've left apple offerings the most. For Samhain this year, the Lord and the Lady got part of my dinner, part of a caramel apple and candy. I used to have a pretty candy bowl that was to be my offering bowl, but it disappeared during one of the times that I moved. I think that I wasn't meant to have that one. If I'm meant to have one, I'd like to think that it will find me.

[Klia]

Wow you really spoil them

I've heard Apple's are good for the God ans goddess. They are fruitful, represent youth and are sweet to eat! Around samhain it's a common spell to carve what you want to leave in the past, like a characteristic you may not like about yourself, and bury it. This way, it degrades into the earth along with your wish, and it allows for the earth to be nourished.