Brauronia
deity single tradition · 1
Brauronia is worshipped at Brauron in Attica. Her cult is remarkable for the "arkteia", young girls who dressed with short saffron-yellow chitons and imitated bears. In the Acropolis of Athens, the Athenian girls before puberty should serve the goddess as "arktoi".
Relationships
- aspect of
- Artemis (Diana)
- co occurs with
- Boulaia, Boulephoros, Bendis, Genetyllis, Ariste, Kalliste, Artemis Aristobule, Astrateia, Apollo Amazonios, Basileie
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wikipedia (1)
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“Brauronia, worshipped at Brauron in Attica. Her cult is remarkable for the "arkteia", young girls who dressed with short saffron-yellow chitons and imitated bears (she-bears: arktoi).”
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