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... goddess Tethys , the goddess Night , and Mother Earth . They constitute a ... moon had three aspects : as the waxing , the full and the waning sign of a ... goddess , whom we will find spoken of under many names , is nothing else but the ...
... goddess Tethys , the goddess Night , and Mother Earth . They constitute a ... moon had three aspects : as the waxing , the full and the waning sign of a ... goddess , whom we will find spoken of under many names , is nothing else but the ...
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... moon in its darkest phase - gave a more accur ate idea of the occasion on which the moon - goddess became the mother of Helios's children : the occasion of the seeming encounter of Sun and Moon at the time of the new moon . Named as ...
... moon in its darkest phase - gave a more accur ate idea of the occasion on which the moon - goddess became the mother of Helios's children : the occasion of the seeming encounter of Sun and Moon at the time of the new moon . Named as ...
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... moon , with its visible changes and almost visible move ment , its changeable relation to sun and earth and its ... goddess , the greatest of all , a goddess whose many - sidedness makes it a priori impossible for us completely to ...
... moon , with its visible changes and almost visible move ment , its changeable relation to sun and earth and its ... goddess , the greatest of all , a goddess whose many - sidedness makes it a priori impossible for us completely to ...
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