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... Gorgons needed the help of their sisters , the Graiai . For the Gorgons lived - so Hesiod 卍卍 GOUD 卍卍 b tells - even farther 48 The Moirai , Hekate and Other Pre - Olympian Deities The Gorgons Sthenno, Euryale and Medousa.
... Gorgons needed the help of their sisters , the Graiai . For the Gorgons lived - so Hesiod 卍卍 GOUD 卍卍 b tells - even farther 48 The Moirai , Hekate and Other Pre - Olympian Deities The Gorgons Sthenno, Euryale and Medousa.
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... Gorgons had golden wings , but their hands were of brass.104 They had mighty tusks like a boar's , and their heads and bodies were girdled with serpents . 105 If anyone looked at the terrible face of the Gorgon , his breath left him ...
... Gorgons had golden wings , but their hands were of brass.104 They had mighty tusks like a boar's , and their heads and bodies were girdled with serpents . 105 If anyone looked at the terrible face of the Gorgon , his breath left him ...
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... Gorgon's head . She had instructed him 108 not to look at the Gorgon when he advanced upon her , but to see only her reflection in his bright shield . ( The same procedure was followed by our youths in certain initiation rites , in ...
... Gorgon's head . She had instructed him 108 not to look at the Gorgon when he advanced upon her , but to see only her reflection in his bright shield . ( The same procedure was followed by our youths in certain initiation rites , in ...
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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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According Adonis already amongst ancient Aphrodite Apollon appeared Ariadne Artemis Asia Minor beautiful begat birth Boeotia bore born brother called cave chariot child cows Cretan Crete Daktyloi dark daughter deities Delos Delphi Demeter Dionysos divine earth Erinyes Eros father female Gaia gave giant goddess gods golden Gorgons Greek Hades hand Harpies Heaven Hekate Helios Hephaistos Hera Herakles Hermes hero heroic saga Hesiod Hesperides Homer husband immortal island Kabeiroi King Korybantes Kouretes Kronos later Leto Maia maiden male mankind marriage means mentioned Moirai moon mortal mother Mount Muses mythology Nereids Nereus Night nymphs Okeanos Olympian Olympus original Orion Orpheus Ouranos Pallas Athene Persephone Phaethon phallic Phorkys Poseidon primordial Prometheus Rhea sacred Selene Semele serpent shape Sirens sister Skylla sons spring stories concerning surname tale Telchines tell Tethys Themis thou Titans told took Underworld vase vase-painting wife winged women word worshipped Zeus Zeus's