Ἑλένα Δενδρῖτις
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Ἑλένα Δενδρῖτις, or "Helena of the Trees", is a vegetation goddess worshiped in Therapne. Otto Skutsch advanced the theory that the name Helen might have two separate etymologies, which belong to different mythological figures respectively.
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Archaic Greece.
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“the theory that the name Helen might have two separate etymologies, which belong to different mythological figures respectively, namely *Sṷelenā (related to Sanskrit svaraṇā "the shining one") and *Selenā, the first a Spartan goddess, connected to one or the other natural light phenomenon (especially St. Elmo's fire) and sister of the Dioscuri, the other a vegetation goddess worshiped in Therapne as Ἑλένα Δενδρῖτις”
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