My Big Fat Greek Mythology Thread!

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I’m researching a figure I saw in a dream. I think the figure resembles this purported Greek Goddess: “Achelois”

But I have never heard of this goddess before, and when I try to find information on her all I find is circular websites linking to each other. There is no original source referenced on any of them. The closest things to official sources I’ve found only reference this name in very different contexts. One of the sites I found referenced the book “Mythology” but when I found an e-book version of it the name “Achelois” wasn’t mentioned even once.

When was this Goddess discovered? What are the sources for the information? Did someone just make up a big list of Gods and Goddesses one day and write blurbs about them, and it just took on a life of its own?

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I LOVE THIS SONG! What language is that?

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Ancient Greek :slightly_smiling_face: It’s the Orphic hymn for the Daemon

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Ooh, gotcha! Thanks=)

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Oh, I haven’t noticed your post, please feel free in the future to @ me if you have a question about anything Greek.

You’re right, that is because she was a very minor local deity and as far as I can see in the link, they have mixed the informations and have added some others.

Achelois is a minor deity in the area where the oracle of Dodona is located. But the first part is real, she is a moon deity and they offered her sacrifices when they visited the oracle of Dodona to cure themselves. Her name doesn’t mean “She who drives away pain” though as it comes from the same root as the name Achelous (a river God and also the river around Dodona) which means “best of waters”. There is no known source that she’s a primordial or one of Asclepius children.

She shares the same name with a (also minor and local) river nymph from the area of Pieria. Thus, one of the daughters of Pierus. The confusion comes out of the fact that in Roman mythology, by the name of Pierides (daughters of Pierus) are considered in a more general meaning the nine Muses. In Greek mythology though, the 9 daughters of Pierus (which btw each source gives different names for Pierides and some don’t give any name) where signing beautifully and decided to compete the Muses. They lost and Muses turned them to birds.

I find it very interesting though that your dream led you to find a name of a deity in Dodona. Does the figure you saw was…bright? Wearing silver? Maybe blond hair? Had any relation with waters? Maybe it has something to do with a research I’m doing for an ancient diety that Ares pushed me into. Which…is also related with Dodona.

Edit: Apologies, I confused the figures (rofl). The one I’m talking about is a female figure of Goddess with a huge silver crown and white clothes. (thank Gods, I keep notes…)

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That was very informative, thank you for all the details!

No, I’m afraid not. In fact, the important aspects were related more to the night time and to the relief of pain, which is how I stumbled onto that nest of incomplete cross references. The vividness of the dream and the intensity of the feeling was what caused me to take notice, and I was curious if there were more to it than simply a dream figure.

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OH! I almost forgot to ask, The person who uploaded the video on YouTube did he sing this? Or is it some other musical group? I want to see if I can find this on Spotify

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@Excalibur Yes you can

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And since we’re at it, some of their songs that I find interesting:

If you like the ancient Greek language you can also check this song

And this one is also in ancient Greek but very different…music style

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Oh wow! I definitely like the last two! Thank you for posting those! =)

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That was really amazing!

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The prophesy for tells that there will be another! May this thread grow so large that we may have a big fat greek mythology thread 2!

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To be honest I don’t write here anymore, I use my own journal in the lounge for these kind of things. This was an exception.

P.S. I hate those movies. They create wrong stereotypes and the title is quite offensive. Yes, I know, this thread’s title too.

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I know literally nothing about these movies. I am sorry if I upsetted you. I will see my way out.

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I named it the big fat Greek mythology thread as a spoof on the movie. Silent has made the most amazing contributions to this threat over the years though you really wont find a better collection of knowledge on the subject anywhere else online.

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I know you meant nothing negative @AdamThoth and that’s why I haven’t mention it before. Everyone who hears about Greeks, this movie is what they mention first. Which was funny at the beginning (several years ago) but after some point it gets annoying. Just that.

Thank you for your good words, always appreciated and you know it. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Τhis thread with all of your research, and the tones of historical information about the Greek mythology is amazing. Couldn’t resist leaving a comment here…!!
I’m So proud of our tradition amd history :slightly_smiling_face:

Great work, this was a masterpiece :ok_hand::+1::raised_hands::raised_hands:

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Haha you found it, huh? Aah a dark period of my life, where I was typing for hours but no one was reading a word. :joy:

Have you noticed the post about Pythagoras cup? Hahaha honouring our island :joy:

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Yeaa saw it :smile:
Ιts the basis if someone decides to work with the Greek Pantheon. Great input dear!!
Hope this thread even tho nor recent, will be accessible and easy to find, for those who want to learn and build the right basis around this tradition :ok_hand:

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How have I never seen this before. Greek Mythology is a passion of mine.

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