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Traditional Easter mona Easter mona. This modern type is more common in Catalonia. Easter mona from Castelló de la Plana Easter mona with chocolate eggs. The Easter mona (Spanish: Mona de Pascua; Catalan: Mona de Pasqua) is a Spanish kind of cake that is especially eaten on Easter Sunday or Easter Monday in the Spanish regions of Catalonia, Valencia and Murcia. [1]
Here the sacrifice is about to take place, with the altar depicted in white. Agamemnon is painted here with a knife in his hand, showing that he about to commit the sacrifice. Artemis and Apollo are also illustrated. Artemis is looking down upon Iphigenia and Apollo is seated on a rock to the left, looking back.
The use of wheat in the modern pastiera cake, typical of Easter, could have had originally a symbolic meaning, related to cults of Artemis, Cybele and Ceres and pagan rituals of fertility, celebrated around the Spring equinox. The name struffoli, a Christmas cake, comes from the Greek word στρόγγυλος (stróngylos, meaning 'round-shaped').
Artemis was a kourotrophic (child-nurturing) deity, that is the patron and protector of young children, especially young girls. Artemis was worshipped as one of the primary goddesses of childbirth and midwifery along with Eileithyia and Hera.
The pastry is typically malsouka (also called "warqa") rather than filo. [4] Like other forms of baklava, the layered pastry is cut into diamond-shaped pieces before being baked. [5] It is then soaked in a syrup of honey, sugar, and sometimes lemon juice. Algerian baklawa is often served on special occasions and celebrations. [6]
“It’s so rich,” Canal says in the video. “Like Tom Cruise.” The pastry is so famous, it was immortalized in HBO comedy series “Hacks.”In the Season 3 premiere, fictional superstar ...
Simon James. The Elaphebolia (/ ˌ ɛ l ə f ɪ ˈ b oʊ l i. ə /; [1] Έλαφηβόλια Elaphēbolia) was an ancient Greek festival held at Athens and Phocis during the month of Elaphebolion (March/April dedicated to Artemis Elaphebolos (deer slayer).
One of the many myths surrounding the Cult of Artemis at Brauron originates with the story of Iphigenia.In the story of the Trojan War, as described by Aeschylus, the Greeks had earned the disfavor of Artemis by shooting one of her sacred stags and thus were unable to put to sea against the Trojans due to disfavorable winds, conjured by the goddess.