Brizo
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Brizo /ˈbraɪzoʊ/ (Greek: Βριζώ) is an ancient Greek goddess who was known as the protector of mariners, sailors, and fishermen.[1][2][3] Brizo was also known as an oracular goddess specializing in oneiromancy.[4][3]
One of the epithets that was used in ancient Greece for the seers who specialized at the interpretation of dreams was brizomantis (βριζόμαντις).[5][6]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]Brizo, in ancient greek Βριζώ / Brizṓ, derives from the verb βρίζω signifiant « to slumber ».[3]
Worship
[edit | edit source]According to the hellenistic author Semus of Delos, Brizo was worshipped by the women of Delos, who set out food offerings in small boats. Brizo would accept anything but fish. Prayers were addressed to her to grant everything that was good, but especially to safeguard ships.[7] Along with the offerings, Lillian Lawler has suggested that a dance done by sailors at Delos was in honour of Brizo.[8] Brizo also granted oracular dreams.[7] The people of Delos maybe slept in the oracular sanctuary (manteion) mentioned in a delian inscription[9] to receive prophetic dreams from the goddess,[3] or perhaps they had those dreams in their own homes.[10][11] Given the maritime nature of Brizo's cult, it is highly likely that the Delians who experienced oracular dreams were people about to set sail and women whose husbands were lost at sea.[11]
References
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- ^ Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, enypniomantis
- ^ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Brizo
- ^ a b Semus of Delos, Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, 396 F 4 = Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae, 8.335 AB.
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