rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Potnia is an Ancient Greek word for "Mistress, Lady" and a title of a goddess....
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The Potnia Theron (Ancient Greek: Ἡ Πότνια Θηρῶν, romanized: Hē Pótnia Therón, lit. 'The Lady of Animals', [hɛː pót.ni.a tʰɛː.rɔ̂ːn]) or Mistress of Animals...
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etymological sense, it literally means "master of the house" and is related to potnia. The word Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν; variant forms include Ποσειδάων, the former's...
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the Linear B syllabary, are the Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀴𐀛𐀊, po-ti-ni-ja, (potnia) and perhaps 𐀡𐀮𐀆𐀃, po-se-da-o, and 𐀡𐀮𐀆𐀺𐀚, po-se-da-wo-ne (Poseidon)...
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goddess who was subordinate to Ge. Dieterich believed that Kourotrophos and Potnia theron construct precisely the mother goddess. Ge is also personified in...
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god). Potnia Theron, mistress of the animals. The origin of her cult is Pre-Greek and the term is used by Homer for the goddess of hunting. Potnia was the...
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of schoolmaster Despoina, a Greek goddess referred to as "the mistress" Potnia ("mistress lady"), a title for a Greek goddess Mistress (band), a band from...
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steppe and daughter of the Storm-god Teshub/Tarhunt. She corresponds to the "potnia theron" of Greek mythology, better known as Artemis. After the dragon Illuyanka...
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refers to "households". On the other hand, 𐀯𐀵𐀡𐀴𐀛𐀊, si-to-po-ti-ni-ja, "Potnia of the Grain", is regarded as referring to her Bronze Age predecessor or...
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God / Goddess Horned deity Imperial Cult Incarnation Master of Animals / Potnia Theron Mother Nature Reincarnation / Rebirth Sacred king Theophany Tutelary...
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she was venerated as Genetyllis "Mother". The Spartans worshipped her as Potnia "Mistress", Enoplios "Armed", Morpho "Shapely", Ambologera "She who Postpones...
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Potinija Asiwija Potnia Hippeia (Potinija Iqeja) Potnia of the Labyrinth (Dapuritojo Potinija) Potnia of Sitos (Sito Potinija) Potnia of Thebes (Potinija...
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archive anywhere. Although Athana potnia is often translated as "Mistress Athena", it could also mean "the Potnia of Athana", or the Lady of Athens....
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supreme deity, the lord of all souls, and the cause of all existence". Potnia Theron Religion of the Indus Valley Civilization Kramrisch 1981, p. 479...
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Bibliotheca (3.10.1) and a companion of Artemis, in her archaic role as potnia theron, "Mistress of the animals", with its likely roots in prehistory....
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Mistress of animals (Potnia Theron) Pithos with relief, 625-600 BC, National Archaeological Museum of Athens...
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was also used in classical Greece. (ennosigaios, ennosidas). Po-tini-ja (potnia: lady or mistress) was the chief goddess at Pylos and she was closely associated...
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Epona', Atanta 'horse-goddess', Potia 'powerful Mistress' (compare Greek Potnia), Dibonia (Latin, the 'good goddess')", Catona 'of battle', noble and good...
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Pithos decorated with goddess identified with Potnia Theron by Greek authors...
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dove goddess, a snake goddess perhaps protectress of the household, the Potnia Theron goddess of animals, and a goddess of childbirth. Late Minoan terracotta...
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that some of them were the names of original goddesses: Despoina (dems-potnia) "the mistress" (literally "the mistress of the house") in Arcadia. Hagne...
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are called her people by Pindar. Homer in Iliad uses the formula "boōpis potnia Hērē)" (cow-eyed, mistress Hera), which probably relates her to a form of...
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the chief deity. A collection of "ladies" or "mistresses", Po-ti-ni-ja (Potnia) are named in the Mycenaean scripts. As such, Athena (A-ta-na) appears in...
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mysteries where the following words were uttered: "Mighty Potnia bore a great son". Potnia (Linear B po-ti-ni-ja : lady or mistress), is a Mycenaean title...
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classification List of tree deities Ekendriya Master of Animals Plant soul Potnia Theron MILLER, JR., PATRICK D. (1985). "Eridu, Dunnu, and Babel: A Study...
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Matriarchal religion Matriarchal Studies Minoan civilization Mother Goddess Potnia Theron Second-wave feminism The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory Venus figurines...
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The conventional reading is λαβυρίνθοιο πότνια (labyrinthoio potnia; 'mistress of the labyrinth'). According to some modern scholars it could...
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Perceptions of the Sun in Minoan Ritual”. In: R. LAFFINEUR and R. HÄGG (eds.). Potnia: Deities and Religion in the Aegean Bronze Age. 2001. pp. 77-88. "Bull (Mythology)"...
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identity and gender of the Phrygian deity Bas are still unclear. Artimis was a Potnia Theron-type Phrygian goddess who was the reflex of an older Aegean-Balkan...
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These representations also characterise Artimpasa as a potnia hippōn alongside her status as a potnia thērōn. Another winged depiction of Artimpasa shows...
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