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... dark - haired god , lay with the mortal sister in soft grass , under spring blossom . This tale brings Medousa quite close to Persephone . She , too , the goddess of the Underworld , was ravished by a dark god and went , as if she were ...
... dark - haired god , lay with the mortal sister in soft grass , under spring blossom . This tale brings Medousa quite close to Persephone . She , too , the goddess of the Underworld , was ravished by a dark god and went , as if she were ...
Page 181
... darker father beside his heavenly brother ; he continued , longer and more closely than Zeus , to be associated with animal shapes ; and the sea was indeed his most fitting dominion . Yet he was not as dark as Hades 181 POSEIDON AND HIS ...
... darker father beside his heavenly brother ; he continued , longer and more closely than Zeus , to be associated with animal shapes ; and the sea was indeed his most fitting dominion . Yet he was not as dark as Hades 181 POSEIDON AND HIS ...
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Karl Kerényi. the golden staff , into the darkness of the Underworld , to persuade Hades with soft words and to bring ... dark raiment , go with a gracious heart and be no more so exceedingly sad . I shall be no un worthy husband of thee ...
Karl Kerényi. the golden staff , into the darkness of the Underworld , to persuade Hades with soft words and to bring ... dark raiment , go with a gracious heart and be no more so exceedingly sad . I shall be no un worthy husband of thee ...
Contents
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