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  2. Despoina - Wikipedia

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    Later, Despoina was conflated with Kore (Persephone), the goddess of the Eleusinian mysteries, in a life-death-rebirth cycle. Karl Kerenyi asserted that the cult was a continuation of a Minoan goddess, and that her name recalls the Minoan - Mycenaean goddess ๐€…๐†๐€ช๐€ต๐€๐„€๐€ก๐€ด๐€›๐€Š , da-pu 2 -ri-to-jo,po-ti-ni-ja , i.e. the ...

  3. Eleusinian Mysteries - Wikipedia

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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: แผ˜λευσฮฏνια Μυστฮฎρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystแธ—ria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.

  4. Isis - Wikipedia

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    [239] [240] [Note 9] Although mystery rites are among the best-known elements of Isis's Greco-Roman cult, they are only known to have been performed in Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor. [243] By giving the devotee a dramatic, mystical experience of the goddess, initiations added emotional intensity to the process of joining her following. [237]

  5. Greco-Roman mysteries - Wikipedia

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    Mystery religions, mystery cults, sacred mysteries or simply mysteries (Greek: μυστฮฎρια), were religious schools of the Greco-Roman world for which participation was reserved to initiates (mystai). The main characteristic of these religious schools was the secrecy associated with the particulars of the initiation and the ritual practice ...

  6. Mysteries of Isis - Wikipedia

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    The death of Osiris was a prominent motif in the cult of Isis. The sarcophagus's appearance here may refer to the emphasis on Osiris and the afterlife found in the mysteries dedicated to Isis. [1] The mysteries of Isis were religious initiation rites performed in the cult of the Egyptian goddess Isis in the Greco-Roman world.

  7. Queen of Mystery 2 - Wikipedia

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    Queen of Mystery 2 (Korean: ์ถ”๋ฆฌ์˜ ์—ฌ์™• 2; RR: Churieui Yeowang 2) is a South Korean television series starring Choi Kang-hee and Kwon Sang-woo. It aired on KBS2 from February 28 to April 19, 2018 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:00 ( KST ) for 16 episodes.

  8. Category:Death goddesses - Wikipedia

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  9. Queen of Heaven (antiquity) - Wikipedia

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    Queen of Heaven was a title given to several ancient sky goddesses worshipped throughout the ancient Mediterranean and the ancient Near East.Goddesses known to have been referred to by the title include Inanna, Anat, Isis, Nut, Astarte, and possibly Asherah (by the prophet Jeremiah).