Brimo
deity underworld Greek single tradition · 1
Brimo is an epithet applied to several goddesses with a dreaded and vengeful aspect linked to the land of the Dead. She is the "furious" aspect of the Furies. In the solemn moment when Medea picks the dire underworld root for Jason, she calls seven times upon Brimo, "she who haunts the night, the Nursing Mother [Kourotrophos].
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 200
- Historical notes
- Attested from the Archaic period through Late Antiquity.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Brimo-Hecate
- syncretized with
- Hecate, Persephone, Demeter Erinyes, Cybele
- child of
- Persephone
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In ancient Greek religion and myth, the epithet Brimo (Ancient Greek: Βριμώ Brimṓ; "angry" or "terrifying") may be applied to any of several goddesses with an inexorable, dreaded and vengeful aspect that is linked to the land of the Dead: Hecate, Persephone, Demeter Erinyes”
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