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Topic: Karkinoi


In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
The Idaian Dactyls were a race of divine beings associated with the Mother Goddess and with Mount Ida, a mountain in Phrygia sacred to the goddess.
Hesychius of Alexandria wrote that the Cabeiri were karkinoi ("crabs").
The Cabeiri as Karkinoi were apparently thought of as amphibious beings (again recalling the Telchines).
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Kabeiroi   (1116 words)

  
  Kabeiroi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Idaian Dactyls were a race of divine beings associated with the Mother Goddess and with Mount Ida, a mountain in Phrygia sacred to the goddess.
Hesychius of Alexandria wrote that the Cabiri were karkinoi ("crabs").
The Kabeiroi as Karkinoi were apparently thought of as amphibious beings (again recalling the Telchines).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cabari   (1092 words)

  
 Craftsmen Figures of Greek Mythology
The Cabiri, whose native land was Lemnos and whose principal sanctuary was in Samothrace are said to have had Hephaestus for a father, or at least for a divine ancestor (Strabo, Geo 10.3.21; Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.
Marine powers, they are explicitly identified as crabs by Hesychius: "The Cabiri are crabs (karkinoi), animals particularly honored in Lemnos, where they are held to be gods.
It is also said that they are the sons of Hephaestus" (Hesychius, s.v.
www.granta.demon.co.uk /arsm/jg/crafters.html   (5529 words)

  
 Macedonian Press Agency: News in Greek, 01-01-17
Mexri kai 500% exoyn ayjhqei ta peristatika karkinoy se orismenes apo tis perioxes ths Serbias kai toy Kosoboy poy eplhghsan apo ta blhmata apemploytismenoy oyranioy kata th diarkeia twn bombardismwn toy NATO prin enamisi xrono.
H ayjhsh twn peristatikwn karkinoy se sxesh me prin toys NATOikoys bombardismoys sto synolo ths Serbias ypologizetai sto 30% enw tis synepeies toy apemploytismenoy oyranioy qa ypostoyn oi epomenes trianta genies.
O k Mpampits apantwntas sth erwthsh an qa syllexqoyn ta ypoleimmata twn bombwn employtismenoy oyranioy eipe oti ayta poy yparxoyn sth Notia Serbia arxisan na syllegontai apo ton gioygkoslabiko strato enw den yparxei swsth plhroforhsh gia to ti ginetai sto Kosobo.
www.hri.org /news/greek/mpeb/2001/01-01-17.mpeb.html   (4767 words)

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