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  Telchines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, the Telchines were the original inhabitants of the island of Rhodes, and were known in Crete and Cyprus.
By some accounts, their children were the goddesses Ialysa, Kamira and Linda.
They were associated with the Cyclopes, Dactyls and Curetes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Telchines   (334 words)

  
 Telchines -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
By some accounts, their children were the goddesses (Click link for more info and facts about Ialysa) Ialysa, (Click link for more info and facts about Kamira) Kamira and (Click link for more info and facts about Linda) Linda.
The Telchines raised ((Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune) Poseidon.
Their habits has been variously given on most of the islands of the Eastern Mediterranean, but this may perhaps be due to the desire of the Greeks to fit them into their own mythology.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Te/Telchines.htm   (420 words)

  
 Rhode
But the goddess' name was not always the same, because besides Rhode she was also called Halia or Leukothea - by the name of Rhode's mother, who threw herself in the sea - or by the name of Rhode's daughter - Elektryo.
Finally, inhabitants of the ancient towns of Rhodes - Ialysos, Kamiros and Lindos - were worshipping Ialysa, Kamira and Linda - the daughters of Danaos, who gave their names to those cities.
These girls (named sometimes also the Telchines' daughters) according to a myth died in Rhodes, when Danaos was sailing with his daughters from Lybia to Greece and when he stopped in Rhodes he founded there a sanctuary to the goddess Athena.
www.pantheon.org /articles/r/rhode.html   (668 words)

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