Gello
Gello is a spirit or demon that threatens reproduction and child-nurturing, classed together with Alphito, Acco, and Mormo in recent scholarship.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Appears in a fragment from Sappho's poetry.
Relationships
- manifests as
- Abyzou, Gyllou, Amorphous, Karkhous, Brianê, Bardellous, Aigyptianê, Barna, Kharkhanistrea, Adikia, Myia, Petomene, Anabardalea
- co occurs with
- Alphito, Demeter, Persephone, Acco, stryggai, Mormo, Mormolyca, Acheron, Mombro, Strix
- syncretized with
- Lamia
- manifested by
- Gyllou, Amorphous, Karkhous, Brianê, Bardellous, Aigyptianê, Barna, Kharkhanistrea, Adikia, Myia, Petomene, Anabardalea
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In the form of Gello, the demon appears in a fragment from Sappho's poetry.”
#5624 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In recent scholarship, Alphito is classed with spirits or demons that threaten reproduction and child-nurturing such as Acco, Gello, and Mormo.”
#5664 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“including the Gello or Gyllou. The woman was a rare exception who would shun these charms and put her faith entirely in the power of the Cross. Leo Allatios in the 17th century would criticize such remnants of sorcery such as these charms, or the hanging of red coral or a head of garlic, and prescribed”
#6423 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“"Mormo" and "Gello" were also aliases for Lamia according to one scholiast, who also claimed she was queen of the Laestrygonians, the race of man-eating giants.”
#6977 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001