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Perseus and the Graeae by Edward Burne-Jones (1892). In Greek mythology, the Graeae (/ ˈ ɡ r iː iː /; Ancient Greek: Γραῖαι Graiai, lit. ' old women ', alternatively spelled Graiai), also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides (' daughters of Phorcys '), [1] were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one tooth among them.
One of the most memorable myths involving the Pleiades is the story of how these sisters literally became stars, their catasterism. According to some versions of the tale, all seven sisters killed themselves because they were so saddened by either the fate of their father, Atlas, or the loss of their siblings, the Hyades.
A Nez Perce myth about this constellation mirrors the ancient Greek myths about the Lost Pleiades. In the Nez Perce version the Pleiades is also a group of sisters, however the story itself is somewhat different. One sister falls in love with a man and, following his death, is so absorbed by her own grief that she tells her sisters about him.
In Greek mythology, Enyo (/ ɪ ˈ n aɪ oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Ἐνυώ, romanized: Enȳṓ) is a war-goddess, frequently associated with the war-god Ares. The Romans identified her with Bellona. [1] Enyo is also the name of one of the Graeae, one of three grey-haired sisters who share an eye and a tooth.
Eos, along with her brother and sister, is an Indo-European deity, side-lined by the non-IE newcomers to the pantheon; [15] [114] James Davidson argues that apparently persisting on the sidelines was a primary function for them, to be the minor gods that the major gods were juxtaposed to, thus helping to keep the Greek religion Greek. [114]
Twins in mythology are in many cultures around the world. [1] In some cultures they are seen as ominous, and in others they are seen as auspicious. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Twins in mythology are often cast as two halves of the same whole, sharing a bond deeper than that of ordinary siblings, or seen as fierce rivals .
Perseus begins a journey to get the Gorgon's head and with the help of many others, such as Pallas Athene, Hermes, Atlas the Giant, the three Gray Sisters, and the Nymphs, manages to kill the Gorgon bravely and fearlessly. [1] On his way back home, Perseus comes across a maiden chained to a rock, destined to be eaten by a dreadful sea monster.
Early accounts gave her a primal origin, said to be the eldest daughter of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). [4] She is thus the sister of the Titans (Oceanus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Coeus, Themis, Rhea, Phoebe, Tethys, Mnemosyne, Cronus, and sometimes of Dione), the Cyclopes, the Hecatoncheires, the Giants, the Meliae, the Erinyes, and is the half-sister of Aphrodite (in some versions ...