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... DAKTYLOI AND KOURETES I have already told how Rhea , when she was in process of bearing Zeus , the future father of gods and men , came to Crete and hid the child in a cave of Mount ... Daktyloi and Kouretes 83 Idaean Daktyloi and Kouretes.
... DAKTYLOI AND KOURETES I have already told how Rhea , when she was in process of bearing Zeus , the future father of gods and men , came to Crete and hid the child in a cave of Mount ... Daktyloi and Kouretes 83 Idaean Daktyloi and Kouretes.
Page 84
... Daktyloi Idaioi , the “ Idaean Fingers " , from Mount Ide and from the fingers of Rhea , but were also called Kouretes or Korybantes . ( I have already mentioned that the companions of the Mother of the Gods in Asia Minor were called ...
... Daktyloi Idaioi , the “ Idaean Fingers " , from Mount Ide and from the fingers of Rhea , but were also called Kouretes or Korybantes . ( I have already mentioned that the companions of the Mother of the Gods in Asia Minor were called ...
Page 85
... Daktyloi , servants of Adrasteia ( for in this story 199 the Phrygian Great Mother is so named ) , were Kelmis , Damnameneus and Akmon . They were the first smiths , savage , earth - born , primitive men , and at the same time tools ...
... Daktyloi , servants of Adrasteia ( for in this story 199 the Phrygian Great Mother is so named ) , were Kelmis , Damnameneus and Akmon . They were the first smiths , savage , earth - born , primitive men , and at the same time tools ...
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THE BEGINNING OF THINGS | 15 |
THE MOIRAI HEKATE AND OTHER PRE OLYMPIAN | 31 |
THE GREAT GODDESS OF LOVE | 66 |
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