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A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th century BC). The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.
The location of Persephone's abduction is different in each local cult. The Homeric Hymn to Demeter mentions the "plain of Nysa". [93] The locations of this probably mythical place may simply be conventions to show that a magically distant chthonic land of myth was intended in the remote past.
Our Lady of Endor Coven, also known as Ophite Cultus Sathanas, was an American Satanic cult founded by Herbert Arthur Sloane (born September 3, 1905, died June 16, 1975) in Cleveland, Ohio, with a claimed origin in 1948 [1] though definitive documentation of the group does not appear until the 1960s.
Inscriptions, sculpture, and votive vessels relating to the Eleusinian cult are found throughout the Agora, but they cluster mainly in the area of the Eleusinion. Three inscriptions found in the area specifically state that they were to be set up in the Eleusinion. These factors confirm the identification of the site as the Eleusinion. [6]
The sanctuary first consisted of a sacred area, which in the archaic period included a small temple. The first more elaborate temple was erected in the 4th century BC. In 146 BC, the city of Ancient Corinth was destroyed, and the temple fell into ruins. When Roman Corinth was founded in 44 BC, the sanctuary was reestablished. In the 1st century ...
Emily Deschanel this weekend danced with the Devil in Ohio, in Netflix’s eight-episode drama in which she played a hospital psychiatrist who shelters a cult escapee named Mae (Snowpiercer alum ...
The Ufferman Site (also known as the A. Sawyer Site, [1] and designated 33DL12 [2]) is an archaeological site in the central part of the U.S. state of Ohio. [1] Located north of the city of Delaware, [3] it occupies approximately 2 acres (0.81 ha) of land near Delaware Lake on property near to the boundaries of Delaware State Park.
Restaurant chain with ‘cult-like following’ plans over 10 new locations in Boise area. Michael Deeds. June 10, 2024 at 4:14 PM.