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A few remnants of their cult remain on Samothrace: the Anaktoron, the center of the cult; the Sacristy, where the records of the adepts were kept; the Tenemos, the plaza where the ancient feasts and festival were held.
Later, there were two male (Axiocersus and Cadmilus, his son) and two female (Axierus and Axiocersa).
The Cabari are identified with the Dioscuri, the Curetes, Corybantes, and with the Roman Penates.
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Some sources mention that originally there were only two of them, but that the number varied over the sebsequent centuries.
The male deities were Axiocersus, Cadmilus (his son), and the female deities Axierus and Axiocersa.
Two gods included were Axiocersus and his son Cadmilus.
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A few remnants of their cult remain on Samothrace: the Anaktoron, the center of the cult; the Sacristy, where the records of the adepts were kept; the Tenemos, the plaza where the ancient feasts and festival were held.
Later, there were two male (Axiocersus and Cadmilus, his son) and two female (Axierus and Axiocersa).
The Cabari are identified with the Dioscuri, the Curetes, Corybantes, and with the Roman Penates.
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Axiocersus   (114 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Cabeiri
These came to be portrayed in art as a pair of gods: one old, reclining, bearded one and a younger, standing one.
Later, there were four: two male (Axiocersus and Cadmilus) and two female (Axiocersa and Axierus).
In other accounts, one may infer that there was a multitude of them, such as in Pausanias, where they are described as a race or tribe, not merely four beings.
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 Cabiri
Certain deities, probably of Phrygian origin, worshipped in Asia Minor, Greece and the islands.
The traditional four deities are Axierus, Axiocersa, Axiocersus and Cadmilus, who promoted fertility and safe-guarded mariners.
Samothrace island (northeastern Greece, in the Aegean Sea, northeast of the island of Limnos) was the center of the Cabiri worship, which involved scandalous obscenities.
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In classical times they numbered two, though their numbers seem to have varied over time.
They included the gods Axiocersus and his son Cadmilus.
A female pair were also mentioned, Axierus and Axiocersa, although their role was of secondary importance.
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On an off topic side note, the origin of the word axamenta has been much disputed...
However, I personally find it's etymology (because of the Ax prefix) strikingly reminicent of the alledged names of 3 Samothracian Cabeiri: Axieros, Axiocersa, and Axiocersus.
Dionysius has interesting things to say about the 'Tyrrhennian Pelasgians' who in other historical treatments seem to pop up quite a bit in and around Samothrace and Lemnos...
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The Cabiri were minor fertility gods worshipped in the eastern Mediterranean.
Their individual names are sometimes given as Axierus, Axiocersa, Axiocersus and Cadmilus; the last two, father and son, figure most prominently.
Cabirii worship, especially on the island of Samothrace, was rumoured to be scandalous.
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