Caryatids of Eleusis
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In antiquity, two large Caryatids from the Lesser Propylaea adorned the sanctuary of the Greek goddess of agriculture Demeter at her cult-center of Eleusis in southern Greece as architectural support
Saint Demetra in the Fitzwilliam Museum and Caryatid B in the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
Face of Caryatid B
Posterior view.
Torlonia Caryatid of the Eleusis type
Folk saint
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Folk saints are dead people or other spiritually powerful entities venerated as saints, but not officially canonized. Since they are saints of the "folk", or the populus, they are also called popular
Caryatids of Eleusis
…I issued the Edict of Thessalonica, banning paganism throughout the Roman Empire, people in Greece continued to worship Demeter, through a new Cult to "Saint Demetra", as patron saint of agriculture. The people of Eleusis venerated the caryatid as an icon of Saint Demetra, and would cover it with flowers and garlands…
Gauchito Gil (left) and San La Muerte (right), two examples of Argentine folk saints
Excideuil église vitrail choeur
Saint mabena
St Michael, Stanton Harcourt, Oxon Shrine to St Edburg geograph.org.uk 1610457