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	TELCHINES : Greek sea gods & magicians ; mythology : TELKHINES
		THE TELKHINES (or Telchines) were four mysterious magician-smiths and sea daimones (Spirits) native to the islands of Keos and Rhodes.
		They invented the art of metal-working and were said to have crafted the sickle Kronos used to castrate his father Ouranos and later a magical trident for Poseidon which the god used to lever mountains into the sea and form the islands.
		One of the Telchines, who is said to have gone to Lycia, and there to have built the temple of the Lycian Apollo on the river Xanthus.
	www.theoi.com /Pontios/Telkhines.html (1849 words)

	Telchines -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		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.
		Alternatively, their were nine Telchines, children of (Click link for more info and facts about Thalassa) Thalassa and (An ancient region of northern Asia Minor on the Black Sea; it reached its height under Mithridates VI but was later incorporated into the Roman Empire) Pontus.
		This race of artificers, artists and magicians, connected with the sea at every stage in their history, were entrusted by Rhea with the upbringing of Poseidon, which they accomplished with the aid of Caphiera, the daughter of ((Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology) Oceanus.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Te/Telchines.htm (420 words)

	Telchines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clearly, the Telchines apparently lost one of the titanomachias.
		This race of artificers, artists and magicians, connected with the sea at every stage in their history, were entrusted by Rhea with the upbringing of Poseidon, which they accomplished with the aid of Caphiera, the daughter of Oceanus.
		Another version says that Rhea accompanied then to Crete from Rhodes, where nine of the Telchines (Nine Muses?), known as the Curetes, were selected to bring up Zeus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Telchines (334 words)

	CORYBANTES, Greek Mythology Link.
		About the TELCHINES it is said that, together with Caphira, nurtured Poseidon, whom Rhea 1 committed as a babe to their care.
		The TELCHINES were the first inhabitants of Rhodes, which was then called Telchinis, and are said to have come to this island from Cyprus, though being originallt from Crete.
		Those TELCHINES who came from the city of Ialysus were flooded by Zeus, but others, foreseeing the catastrophe, left the island and were scattered.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/CORYBANTES.html (822 words)

	Kabeiroi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name of Kadmilus (or Kasmilos), one of the Kabeiroi who was usually depicted as a young boy, was even in antiquity linked to camillus, an old Latin word for a boy-attendant in cult, which is probably a loan from Etruscan.
		The Kabeiroi in myth bear many similarities to other fabulous races: the Telchines of Rhodes, the Cyclopes, Idaian Dactyls, Korybantes, Kuretes.
		The Kabeiroi as Karkinoi were apparently thought of as amphibious beings (again recalling the Telchines).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cabari (858 words)

	Telchines
		In Greek mythology, the Telchines were the original inhabitants of the island of Rhodes, and were known in Crete and Cyprus.
		Alternatively, their were nine Telchines, children of Thalassa and Pontus.
		They had flippers instead of hands and dogs' heads; they were known as fish children.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/te/Telchines.html (77 words)

	Telchines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In Greek mythology the Telchines were the original inhabitants of the of Rhodes and were known in Crete and Cyprus.
		This race of artificers artists magicians connected with the sea at every in their history were entrusted by Rhea the upbringing of Poseidon which they accomplished the aid of Caphiera the daughter of Oceanus.
		Telchin's book is a sad read, as it promotes the standard supercessionist replacement theology that the Gentile church fathers began.
	www.freeglossary.com /Telchines (383 words)

	Telchines
		It is probably owing to this story about their origin, that Eustathius describes them as marine beings without feet, the place of the hands being occupied by fins, though in the same page he also states that originally they were the dogs of Actaeon, who were changed into men.
		The accounts of the Telchines are very few and scanty, and in them they appear in three different relations: 1.
		Rhea, Apollo and Zeus, however, are also described as hostile to the Telchines for Apollo is said to have assumed the shape of a wolf and to have thus destroyed the Telchines and Zeus is said to have caused their destruction by an inundation (
	bulfinch.englishatheist.org /b/pantheon/Telchines.html (415 words)

	Telchines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In Greek mythology, the Telchines were theoriginal inhabitants of the island of Rhodes, and were known in Crete and Cyprus.
		This race of artificers, artists and magicians, connected with the sea at every stage in their history, were entrustedby Rhea with the upbringing of Poseidon, which they accomplished with the aid of Caphiera, the daughter of Oceanus.
		Another version says that Rhea accompanied then to Crete from Rhodes, where nine of the Telchines (Nine Muses?), known as theCuretes, were selected to bring up Zeus.
	www.therfcc.org /telchines-166121.html (433 words)

	GTP
		Apollo is said to have assumed the shape of a wolf, and to have thus destroyed the Telchines, and Zeus to have overwhelmed them by an inundation.
		Its authentic history does not begin until about the year B.C. It was regarded as an art imparted to men by the gods; for such is the thought expressed in the assertion that the earliest statues fell from heaven.
		After the Telchines, the Heliadae, according to the mythical story, took possession of the island; and to one of these, Cercaphus, and to his wife Cydippe, were born children who founded the cities that are named after them,Lindus, Ialysus, and Cameirus white with chalk.
	www.gtp.gr /LocInfo.asp?infoid=43&code=EGRSDO41&PrimeCode=EGRSDO41&Level=6&PrimeLevel=6&IncludeWide=1&LocId=11531 (2046 words)

	Telchines: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary on Telchines
		The telchines have been connected mystically because of similar attributes with the Latin Vulcan and even with the Hebrew Tubal-cain.
		A race of ethereal or semi-ethereal beings or genii, said in one legend to be descended from Poseidon, god of the sea -- supposed to have lived especially in Crete, Cyprus, and Rhodes.
		Telchines is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
	www.experiencefestival.com /a/Telchines/id/195313 (549 words)

	HISTORY AND MYTHS OF RHODES (RODOS) FROM THE PREHISTORIC TIMES TO THE MODERN DAY. TRAVEL, HOLIDAYS, VACATION IN THE ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In those distant, mythological years the island was inhabited by the Telchines, a strange race of men said to have been endowed with magical powers.
		Legend also has it that it was the Telchines who cast the first bronze statues of the gods of Olympus.
		The Telchines were later banished from Rhodes by the Heliads, the children of Helios and the nymph Rhodes.
	www.rodos.com /history-myths-rh.htm (2795 words)

	Rhodes
		The Telchines were very skilled in the crafts of fire and metals and in Magic.
		Poseidon fell in love with the sister of the Telchines, Halia, by whom he had six sons and a daughter, Rhodos, who gave her name to the island.
		The Telchines were of this by Zeus and fled in good time, leaving their sister behind.
	www.rodosnet.gr /AboutRhodes/History.htm (863 words)

	Monstresses and Monstrosities
		They were very magical, the name Telchines means "enchanted", and did weather magic as well as raising magic mists and blighting crops with Stygian water.
		In Teumessus, Zeus did destroy the Telchines that had fled there, and Apollo in wolf-form killed the Lycian ones (despite their efforts to placate him with a new temple).
		The fact that the Telchines used the water of Styx suggests that they were very powerful.
	www.paleothea.com /LadyMonsters.html (2333 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 987 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Poseidon was in; trusted to them by Rhea, and they in conjunction with Capheira, a daughter of Oceanus, brought him up.
		1141), for Apollo is said to have assumed the shape of a wolf and to have thus destroyed the Telchines (Serv.
		Hymn, in Del. 31.) This last feature in the character of the Telchines seems to have been the reason of their being put together with the Idaean Dactyls, and Strabo (x.
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3321.html (847 words)

	Some Notes on Mining Mythology
		The first is the Kabiri of Samothrace, and the second, the Telchines of Rhodes.
		Some say that the Telchines are 'malingers" and " sorcerers", who pour the water of the Styx mixed with sulphur upon animals and plants in order to destroy them.
		The Kabiri of Samothrace, and the Telchines of Rhodes.Dwarfs associated with mountainous landscapes, like the Great Mother Goddess, and to mines, and therefore metals, which are removed from the Body of Mother Earth.
	www.luxlapis.co.za /mines.html (1942 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 986 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		§ 1, andc.) Telchin, in conjunction with Thelsion, slew Apis, and was killed in consequence by Argus Panoptes.
		The accounts of the Telchines are very few and scanty, and in them they appear in three different relations: 1.
		Rhodes, and in it the three towns of Cameirus, lalysos, and Lindos (whence the Telchines are called lalysii^ Ov.
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3320.html (903 words)

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		Se'Bab: An all-female slave race of the Oppressors until the sudden arrival of the Telchines 50 years ago weakened their hold leading to a brutal rebellion and double blow to the Oppressors which destroyed half of their empire.
		Telchines: Appeared 50 years ago and are presumed to originate from a neighboring galaxy.
		Telchines: Obsessed with threes, the Telchines appear to be partially based on the aliens in Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous With Rama".
	www.metalstuff.com /area64/Games/faq/battlesphere.txt (3075 words)

	Rhodes, Greek Mythology Link.
		The first inhabitants of Rhodes were the TELCHINES, wizards who discovered certain arts, and were the first to fashion statues of gods.
		This Halia is said to be the daughter of Thalatta (the Sea) and sister of the TELCHINES.
		Halia was raped by her sons, and cast herself into the sea, being given the name of Leucothea, as it is also told about Ino, the daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia 1.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /cparada/GML/Rhodes.html (1144 words)

	Pontus (mythology) - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		With Gaia, he was the father of the Old Man of the Sea, Nereus and Thaumas (the awe-striking "wonder" of the Sea), of the Sea's dangerous aspects, Phorcys and his sister-consort Ceto, and of the "Strong Goddess" Eurybia.
		With Thalassa— whose own name simply means "sea"— he was the father of the Telchines.
		Compare the sea-Titan Oceanus, who was more vividly realized than Pontus among the Hellenes..
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Pontus_%28mythology%29 (122 words)

	Poseidon, Greek Mythology Link.
		Rhea 1 committed the child Poseidon to Caphira (one of the OCEANIDS) and to the TELCHINES [see CORYBANTES], so that they would nurture him, much in the way as she later committed Zeus to the CURETES for his protection.
		But others say that Poseidon was swallowed by his father, as also were his siblings Hestia, Hera, Hades and Demeter; for they assert that only Zeus escaped that fate.
		The TELCHINES are sometime said to have nursed Poseidon and sometimes they are said ot be his offspring [see text above].
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Poseidon.html (2876 words)

	poseidon2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The reason for this is that Cronos used to swallow his offspring [see Titanomachy], and some say that Poseidon was swallowed by his father as were Hestia, Hera, Hades and Demeter, and that only Zeus escaped that fate.
		The TELCHINES discovered certain arts, and they were the first to fashion statues of gods and were also wizards.
		It is said that of the nine TELCHINES who lived in Rhodes, chose who accompanied Rhea 1 to Crete and reared Zeus in his youth were named CURETES.
	www.boundaryschools.com /perley/classpages/westaway/mythpages/poseidonam/poseidon2.htm (976 words)

	INTERNATIONAL WRITERS' & TRANSLATORS' CENTER OF RHODES. GREECE
		These names were used because of their relationship with the island’s shape, vegetation, climate etc. The first mythological inhabitants of the island, the Telchines, who were more like demons than humans but were great masters, gave the name Telchinis.
		Poseidon fell in love with Alia, the sister of Telchines, and from this union their daughter Rhodes was born.
		Therefore, after the Telchines, the seven Heliades inhabited Rhodes.
	www.literarycentre.gr /english/rhodes/rhodeshistory.html (5634 words)

	Telchines Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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	www.karr.net /search/encyclopedia/Telchines (502 words)

	Frogs From the Dragon's Throat
		The Telchines of Crete (going by other names as well) settled the island of Helios, Rhodes, wherefore I tend to see the Helios-Rhoda Rose line as rooted in Telchines.
		The Telchines were definitely early Trojans, which may provide the license for me to suggest that the "l" was originally an "r" so that "Telchine" was something more like "Trogan" at one point.
		The Telchines originate in Greece with the rulers of Argos, and it was from Argos that the Aryan Egyptians stemmed.
	www.tribwatch.com /frog.htm (6491 words)

	Tribes of Atlantis - Atlantis Rising
		Children of Thalassa and Pontus, the Telchines were sea demons who dwelt first at Crete and then moved to Rhodes, being able to change their shape to facilitate living on both land and water.
		The Telchines were warned of this by Zeus and fled in good time, leaving their sister behind.
		So the Telchines, children of the shallow sea (Pontus = ponds) and the deep blue sea (Thalassa), represent an ancient sailing culture which exploited an early monopoly of obsidian -- by sailing to Melos, which is in the Cyclades, the oldest known source of obsidian.
	forums.atlantisrising.com /ubb/Forum1/HTML/000637-18.html (7336 words)

	Telchines at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		His career has spanned 25 years, and he has won practically every award there is to win in the industry (the Eisner, Harvey, Ignatz, Eagle, etc).
		He used only Chalcon, Argyron, and, Chryson (whose names translate as 'copper,' 'silver,' and 'gold'), The Telchines specifically have a grudge against Aphrodite.
		The Eyeball Kid (son of Argos - the many-eyed) fights the Telchines (gods of Commerce) in:
	wiki.tatet.ru /en/Telchines.html (474 words)

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