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
Korybantes
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According to Greek mythology, the Korybantes, also spelled Corybantes or Corybants, were the armed and crested dancers who worshipped the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing. They are al
Cabeiri
…took place there. In myth, the Cabeiri bear many similarities to other fabulous races, such as the Telchines of Rhodes, the Cyclopes, the Dactyls, the Korybantes, and the Kuretes. These different groups were often confused or identified with one another since many of them, like the Cyclopes and Telchines, were…
Two Kouretes dance raucously, behind whom the goat Amalthea suckles the infant Zeus. Marble relief from the 2nd century AD, Capitoline Museum.
Roman relief of a pyrrhiche or Corybantian dance (Vatican Museums 321)
The Kouretes dancing around the infant Zeus, as pictured in Themis by Jane Ellen Harrison (1912, p. 23; see References section below).