Britomartis
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Britomartis was a Greek goddess of mountains, nets, and hunting who was primarily worshipped on the island of Crete. She was sometimes described as a nymph, but she was more commonly conflated or sync
The Drowning of Britomartis tapestry, probably designed by Jean Cousin the Elder
Walter Crane - Britomart (1900)
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Noa-name
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A noa-name is a word that replaces a taboo word, generally out of fear that the true name would anger or summon the force or being in question. The term derives from the Polynesian concept of Noa, whi
Britomartis
…sweet'. Other scholars have argued that Britomartis is an epithet that does not reveal the goddess's name or character, instead arguing that it may be a noa-name. The goddess was frequently portrayed on Cretan coinage, either as herself or as Diktynna, the goddess of Mount Dikte, Zeus' birthplace. As Diktynna…
Portuguese mariner Bartolomeu Dias named the Cabo das Tormentas ("cape of the storms") in southern Africa but the king John II of Portugal renamed it Cabo de Boa Esperança ("cape of good hope").