Cabeiri
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In Greek mythology, the Cabeiri or Cabiri, also transliterated Kabeiri or Kabiri, were a group of enigmatic chthonic deities. They were worshipped in a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hep
Cabirus relief on a capital of a pseudo-pilaster from the Palace of Galerius in Thessalonica, early 4th century.
Agamemnon, Talthybius and Epeius, relief from Samothrace, ca. 560 BC, Louvre
Dwarves are often depicted on Kabeiric pottery from Boeotia
Chthonic deities
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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, chthonic or chthonian deities or spirits were those who inhabited the underworld or existed in or under the earth, and were typically associated with death or
Cabeiri
…Greek mythology, the Cabeiri or Cabiri (Ancient Greek: Κάβειροι, romanized: Kábeiroi), also transliterated Kabeiri or Kabiri, were a group of enigmatic chthonic deities. They were worshipped in a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hephaestus, centered in the north Aegean Islands of Lemnos and possibly…
A relief from grave of Lysimachides, 320 BC. Two men and two women sit together as Charon, the ferryman of the Underworld, approaches to take them to the land of the dead.
Orestes Pursued by the Furies painted by William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1862
The Return of Persephone, 1891, by Frederic Leighton
Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, 1400 BC, Minoan fresco potentially depicting chthonic worship.