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... primordial beings . Of other such beings , the first men and primordial kings of various countries , it was said that when Athene was born they took charge of her education . One of them , Itonos , was still another character believed ...
... primordial beings . Of other such beings , the first men and primordial kings of various countries , it was said that when Athene was born they took charge of her education . One of them , Itonos , was still another character believed ...
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... primordial gods of this kind were at the same time primordial men . The difference between their two qualities doubtless lay in the fact that as primordial men they ceased to be husbands of the Great Mother , and received other wives ...
... primordial gods of this kind were at the same time primordial men . The difference between their two qualities doubtless lay in the fact that as primordial men they ceased to be husbands of the Great Mother , and received other wives ...
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... primordial man . In the story of Pelasgos , the primordial man of Arcadia , it will be remembered that not even the Moon - who in our mythology is female - had yet come into being . I shall shortly tell in greater detail of how the ...
... primordial man . In the story of Pelasgos , the primordial man of Arcadia , it will be remembered that not even the Moon - who in our mythology is female - had yet come into being . I shall shortly tell in greater detail of how the ...
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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