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Daeira
| Daeira | |
|---|---|
| Abode | Eleusis |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Oceanus and Tethys |
| Siblings | Oceanids and Potamoi |
| Consort | (1) Hermes (2) Eumolpus (3) ?Cadmus |
| Offspring | (1) Eleusis (2) Immaradus (3) Semele |
| Greek deities series |
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| Water deities |
| Nymphs |
In Greek mythology, Daeira (Ancient Greek: Δάειρα or Δαείρας) or Daira (Δαῖρα) was a divinity connected with the Eleusinian mysteries. Her name means the "knowing one" from daô knowing which links well to the inside knowledge of the initiate.[1]
- ^ Or people may have heard 'torch', cf. Homeric Hymn to Demeter 48 with Richardson; or 'sister-in-law' (Phot. 5), Pausanias the Atticist and Ailios Dionysios 1 Erbse ap. Eustathius loc. cit. = FGrHist 369 F 1 (cf. Phot. 25) referred to ύγρά ούοία, which they say was called δαίρα in the mysteries.
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