Eleithuia
deity figure · 4 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Eileithyia · gentle-minded Eleithuia
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Theogony
Goddess of childbirth, daughter of Zeus and Hera.
and she was joined in love with the king of gods and men, and brought forth Hebe and Ares and Eileithyia.
Nemean
Goddess of childbirth, directly invoked in prayer as 'creator of offspring' and sister of Hebe.
Eleithuia, seated beside the deep-thinking Fates, hear me, creator of offspring, child of Hera great in strength.
Olympian
Goddess of childbirth, sent by Apollo along with the Fates to aid Evadne's labor.
The golden-haired god sent gentle-minded Eleithuia and the Fates to help her.
Pythian
Goddess who presides over childbirth.
His mother, the daughter of Phlegyas with his fine horses, before she could bring him to term with the help of Eleithuia who attends on childbirth, was stricken by the golden arrows of Artemis in her bedroom and descended to the house of Hades, by the skills of Apollo.