Lethe
nature_spirit underworld Greek single tradition · 1
Lethe is a river whose waters cause forgetfulness, invoked during the nocturnal ritual of the Trophonius oracle. Drinking from Lethe was part of the process that caused worshippers to lose memory of the experience upon emerging. The river is traditionally associated with the realm of the dead.
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- 150 – 2020
- Historical notes
- River Lethe appears in Greek mythic tradition long before Pausanias.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Herkryna, Hera the Charioteer, Demeter-Europa, Zeus, Apollo, Cronus, Persephone, Mnemosyne, Trophonius, Agamedes
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“drink from two rivers called Lethe and Mnemosyne”
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