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Eileithyia — Wikipedia (en)

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Eileithyia or Ilithyia (; Ancient Greek: Εἰλείθυια, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [eːˈleː.thyː.a]; Ἐλεύθυια (Eleuthyia, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [eˈleu̯.thyː.a]) in Crete, also Ἐλευθία (Eleuthia, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [e.leu̯'thi.a]) or Ἐλυσία (Elysia, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [e.ly'si.a]) in Laconia and Messene, and Ἐλευθώ (Eleuthō) in literature) was the Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery, and the daughter of Zeus and Hera. In the cave of Amnisos (Crete) she was related with the annual birth of the divine child, and her cult is connected with Enesidaon (the earth shaker), who was the chthonic aspect of the god Poseidon. It is possible that her cult is related with the cult of Eleusis. In his Seventh Nemean Ode, Pindar refers to her as the maid to or seated beside the Moirai (Fates) and responsible for the creation of offspring. Her son was Sosipolis, who was worshiped at Elis.

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Eileithyia» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileithyia
Wikidata Q94066 (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94066
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileithyia?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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