Eileithyia (Greek deity)

LC control no.	no2014139409
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Eileithyia (Greek deity) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Eileithiia (Greek deity) Eileithüia (Greek deity) Eileithyiai (Greek deity) Eĭleĭtii︠a︡ (Greek deity) Eileitija (Greek deity) Eilithia (Greek deity) Eilithyia (Greek deity) Eilythia (Greek deity) Ejlejtyja (Greek deity) Eleuthia (Greek deity) Ilifii︠a︡ (Greek deity) Ilithia (Greek deity) İlithiya (Greek deity) Ilithyia (Greek deity) Ilithyie (Greek deity) Ilitia (Greek deity) Ilitii︠a︡ (Greek deity) Ilitija (Greek deity) Ilitio (Greek deity) Ilizia (Greek deity) Ειλείθυια (Greek deity) Илития (Greek deity) Илитија (Greek deity) Илифия (Greek deity) Ілітія (Greek deity) Іліфія (Greek deity) Ейлейтія (Greek deity)
Other standard no.	Q94066 311471724 904072
Associated country	Greece
Associated place	Crete (Greece) Lakōnia (Greece) Delos Island (Greece)
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Found in	Pingiatoglou, Semeli. Eileithyia, 1981. Baur, Paul V. C. Eileithyia, 1902. Dictionary of classical antiquities, 1956 (Eilīthȳīa (Latin, Ilīthȳīa). The Greek goddess of childbirth, daughter of Zeus and Hēra. In Homer there is more than one goddess of the name. Just as Hera was herself often worshipped as a goddess of childbirth, so Artĕmis, goddess of the moon, was invoked under the title of Eilithyia. The oldest seat of the worship of Eilithyia was the island of Crete, where a grotto at Cnossus, consecrated to her, is mentioned in Homer. Next to this came the island of Dēlŏs, where she was also worshipped as a goddess of Destiny. She had sanctuaries and statues in many places) The Oxford classical dictionary, 1996 (Eileithyia, Minoan goddess of birth. She had numerous cults throughout Greece and the Cycladic islands but mainly in Laconia and in Crete; her name is obscure, probably non-Greek; in Greek myth Eileithyia is the daughter of Hera and often Eileithyiae (in the plural) are associates of Artemis (Artemis Eileithyia) in their function as goddesses of childbirth) Wikipedia, October 21, 2014 (Eileithyia or Ilithyia (Greek: Ειλείθυια = Eileithyia) was the Greek goddess of childbirth; parents: Zeus and Hera; siblings: Ares, Enyo, Eris, Hebe, Hephaestus; Roman equivalent: Lucina) Bulgarian page (Илития = Ilitii︠a︡) Catalan page (Ilitia) Greek page (Ειλείθυια = Eileithyia) Spanish page (Ilitía) Esperanto page (Ilitio) French page (Ilithyie) Croatian page (Ilitija) Indonesian page (Eileithiia) Italian page (Ilizia; Eilithia, Eilythia, Ilithia, Eileithyia, Eileithyiai, or Eleuthia) Latin page (Ilithyia) Lithuanian page (Eileitija) Hungarian page (Eileithüia) Macedonian page (Илитија = Ilitija) Polish page (Ejlejtyja) Portuguese page (Ilitia) Russian page (Илифия = Ilifii︠a︡) Turkish page (İlithiya) Ukrainian page (Ілітія = Ilitii︠a︡; also Ейлейтія = Eĭleĭtii︠a︡, Іліфія = Ilifii︠a︡)
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