Eileithyia – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · Eileithyia, daughter of Zeus and Hera, was the Greek goddess of childbirth. She was worshiped throughout the Greek world but had especially strong ties to Crete, where her cult most likely originated.
Iris – Mythopedia
2023年3月8日 · She also featured in some of the Homeric Hymns (mostly seventh–fifth century BCE): in the second Hymn (the Hymn to Demeter), Iris is sent by Zeus to bring Demeter back to Olympus (314–24), while in the third Hymn (the Hymn to Apollo), she fetches Eileithyia to help Leto give birth to Apollo and Artemis (102–14).
Leto – Mythopedia
2022年12月7日 · Leto then began her long and painful labor. According to the third Homeric Hymn, the labor lasted nine days and nights because Hera, still not satisfied, had prevented Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, from assisting. Eventually, Leto sent the winged goddess Iris to bribe Eileithyia for her help.
Zeus - Mythopedia
2023年9月20日 · By Hera, his queen, Zeus fathered several important children, including the war god Ares, the childbirth goddess Eileithyia, and (at least in some traditions) the smith god Hephaestus. But Zeus also had children by other marriages, including the Muses by Mnemosyne and Persephone by Demeter.
Moirae (Fates) - Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · But in one tradition, recorded by Antoninus Liberalis, Hera sent the Moirae to help Eileithyia (with whom they were often associated in antiquity). Together, Eileithyia and the Moirae managed to delay the birth of Heracles until they were deceived by one of Alcmene’s handmaids (whom they promptly transformed into a weasel for her troubles).
Artemis – Mythopedia
2023年4月13日 · For mothers, she was a symbol of fecundity and health, as well as a midwife to their babies (just like Eileithyia, with whom she was sometimes conflated). Artemis also presided over initiation rites and the passage of females (but also males) from one life stage to another (childhood to adulthood, virginity to marriage, marriage to parenthood ...
Homeric Hymns: 3. To Apollo (Full Text) - Mythopedia
TO DELIAN APOLLO (1–18) I will remember and not be unmindful of Apollo who shoots afar. As he goes through the house of Zeus, the gods tremble before him and all spring up from their seats when he draws near, as he bends his bright bow.
Alcmene – Mythopedia
2023年9月25日 · Alcmene was the daughter of Electryon, the king of Mycenae (or Tiryns) in the Argolid. She gave birth to two sons: Heracles (by her lover Zeus) and Iphicles (by her husband Amphitryon). Alcmene was venerated as a heroine throughout ancient Greece.
Hecate – Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · Eileithyia and the Moirae, caught off guard, released their hold on Alcmene’s womb, allowing Heracles to be born. As punishment for tricking the gods, Galinthias was turned into a polecat. But Hecate took pity on her and made her into her sacred attendant.
Apollo – Mythopedia
2023年4月11日 · After a long and painful labor (which Hera extended by preventing her daughter Eileithyia, the goddess of childbirth, from attending Leto), Apollo and Artemis were finally born. The young Apollo was then wrapped in resplendent robes and fed nectar and ambrosia by Themis, the goddess of law and order.