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The Naiad nymph Minthe, daughter of the infernal river-god Cocytus, became concubine to Hades, the lord of the Underworld and god of the dead. [9] [10] In jealousy, his wife Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe, in the words of Strabo's account, "into the garden mint, which some call hedyosmos (lit. 'sweet-smelling')".
Perseis' name has been linked to Περσίς (Persís), "female Persian", and πέρθω (pérthō), "destroy" or "slay" or "plunder". [citation needed]Kerenyi also noted the connection between her and Hecate due to their names, denoting a chthonic aspect of the nymph, as well as that of Persephone, whose name "can be taken to be a longer, perhaps simply a more ceremonious, form of Perse ...
When Minthe claims Hades will return to her due to her beauty, Persephone's mother Demeter kills Minthe over the insult done to her daughter. [ 81 ] Once, Hermes chased Persephone (or Hecate ) with the aim to rape her; but the goddess snored or roared in anger, frightening him off so that he desisted, hence her earning the name " Brimo ...
Arthur Leigh Allen has been one of the only viable suspects in the Zodiac case for decades
The Zodiac killer is one of the most notorious killers of all time, but has never been caught. Now, a family who knew the prime suspect Arthur Leigh Allen have come forward for the first time in ...
Once the plants had withered, the women would mourn and lament loudly over the death of Adonis, tearing their clothes and beating their breasts in a public display of grief. [20] [13] The women would lay a statuette of Adonis out on a bier and then carry it to the sea along with all the withered plants as a funeral procession.
The Zodiac Killer is a mass murderer who terrorized the city of San Francisco from 1968 to 1970. While many theories have emerged regarding the killer’s identity over the years, only one suspect ...
Persephone (7 C, 21 P) U. Underworld goddesses (6 C, 55 P) Pages in category "Death goddesses" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total.