Κάβειροι
deity Greek single tradition · 1
The Cabeiri are described as demons of volcanic fire. Strabo wrote that the Cabeiri were named "after the mountain Kabeiros in Berekynthia". R. S. P. Beekes believes that their name is of non-Indo-European, pre-Greek origin.
When
- First attested
- 1200 BCE
- Attested period
- -1200 – 0
- Historical notes
- Attested in North Syria in the thirteenth century BCE.
Relationships
- has aspect
- Kadmilus
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Semitic root kbr was definitively attested for North Syria in the thirteenth century BCE, in texts from Emar published by D. Arnaud in 1985–87. Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling connected the Greek word to the Hebrew חבר (khaver "friend, associate") and via this to several priest names as one attached to the Persians ("Chaverim"), linking them to the Dioskouri or priestly blacksmiths alternatively. In 1925 A. H. Sayce had suggested a connection to Hittite habiri ("looters", "outlaws"), but subsequent”
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