Identifier: manualofmythology00murr (find matches)
Title: Manual of mythology : Greek and Roman, Norse, and old German, Hindoo and Egyptian mythology
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Murray, A. S. (Alexander Stuart), 1841-1904
Subjects: Mythology
Publisher: New York : Scribner, Armstrong
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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eus,Dionysos, Poseidon, and Amphitrite. A marble relief, found at Eleusis, rep-resents, it is believed, Demeter, Persephone, and the youthful Jacchos, HECATE, (plate VII.,) Though, properly speaking, not one of the supreme order ofdeities, is entitled to be placed here on account of a resem-blance to Persephone in her mysterious functions both in theupper and lower world. She is a goddess of Titanic origin,daughter of Tartaros and Night, or of Perses and Aste-ria (Starry-Night), the sister of Leto, according to otheraccounts. The stories current among the ancients concern-ing her vary greatly, and often confuse her with other deities,especially those of the night, such as Selene or Luna, thegoddess of the moon, while standing to Persephone in the re-lation of servant or companion. She belongs to the class oftorch-bearing deities, like Artemis, and was conceived ascarrying a burning torch, to suit the belief that she was thenocturnal goddess of the moon, and a huntress who knew her VII
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Kuretes Keeping Guard over liiiaiit Zeus.

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