Selene
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Selene ( Luna), those Goddess the moon, after daughter of the Hyperion and that Theia, sister of the Helios and that Eos, also Phoebe called, later with the old Moon goddess Artemis (Diana) or also also Persephone identified.
As their parents become also Helios or Passas and those Euryphaessa, "far away the shining", another name for Theia, mentioned.
Selene bore those Pandia and Herse ("rope"); of Endymion, which it gave eternal sleep, 50 daughters: A narration reports that this sleeps still, because Selene is to have tender kisses more estimated than a fruitful passion... another that the general dear-mad Pan it, into a beautiful white fleece wrapped, in the forest enticed.
When desired that is it that nemeischen lions created, that Herakles in its first work the skin to take off should.
Selene with masked hinterhaupt, the halbmond over the forehead and a torch/flare in the hand, is represented on Rossen or cows riding, also of branch-stretches driven, in Endymionreliefs to its favourite down-floating, so also in statutory individual works (Vatikan). Surrounded by other divinities, one sees it on a beautiful altar of the Luna had old Heiligtuemer on that Palatin and Aventin and was, how Sol, also protection divinity of the Circus.
Literature
- Meyers encyclopedia, 4. Aufl. 1888/89
- Karl Kerényi: The mythology of the Greeks - the God and mankind stories. dtv, ISBN 3-423-30030-2
- Michael grant and John Hazel: Encyclopedia that antique myths and shapes. dtv, ISBN 3-423-32508-9
- Robert von climb Ranke-Graves: Greek mythology - sources and interpretation. rororo, ISBN 3-499-55404-6
- Karl Otfried Mueller: Manual of the archaeology (3. Aufl., S. 647 FF.).
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