See also:

• CORYBANTES (Gr. Kopb(3avrer)

CORYBANTES (Gr. Kopb(3avrer)  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, See also:

• HALF

half divine, half demonic beings, bearing the same relation to the See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• MOTHER

Mother of the Gods that the See also:

• CURETES (Gr. Kobprjres and KovA-res)

Curetes See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear to See also:

• RHEA

Rhea . From their first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in literature, they are already often identified or confused with them, and are distinguished only by their Asiatic origin and by the more pronouncedly orgiastic nature of their See also:

• RITES

rites . Various accounts of their origin are given: they were See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, sons of Cronus, sons of See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus and See also:

• CALLIOPE

Calliope, sons of Rhea, of Ops, of the Great Mother and a mystic See also:

• FATHER

father, of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo and Thalia, of See also:

• ATHENA (the Attic form of the Homeric Athene, also called Athenaia, Pallas Athene, Pallas)

Athena and Helios . Their names and number were as indistinct even to the ancients as those of the Curetes and Idaean Dactyli . Like the Curetes, Dactyli, Telchines and Cabeiri (q.v.), however, they represent See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive gods of procreative significance, who survived in the historic See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period as subordinate deities associated with a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the Great Mother goddess, their relation to the Great Mother of the Gods, See also:

• CYBELE, or CYBEBE (Gr. Ku/3X, Ku,(3i7sn)

Cybele, being comparable with that of See also:

• ATTIS

Attis (q.v.) . They may have been represented or impersonated by priests in her rites as Attis was, but they were also, like him, not actual priests in the first instance, but See also:

• OBJECTS

objects of See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship in which a frenzied See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance, with See also:

• ACCOMPANIMENT (i.e. that which " accompanies ")

accompaniment of See also:

• FLUTE

flute See also:

• MUSIC

music, the beating of tambourines, the clashing of See also:

• CYMBALS (Fr. cymbales; Ger. Becken; Ital. piatti or cinelli)

cymbals and See also:

• CASTANETS (Fr. castagnettes, Ger. Kastagnetten, Span. castanuelas)

castanets, See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild cries and self-infliction of wounds—the whole culminating in a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of See also:

• ECSTASY (Gr. iarra(TLc, from i LarliU, put out of its place, alter)

ecstasy and exhaustion—were the most prominent features . The dance of the Corybantic priests, like that of the priests who represented the!Curetes, may have originated in a primitive faith in the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of See also:

• NOISE (a word of doubtful origin; O. Fr. nogse or nose; Prov. nausa, which points to Lat. nausea, sickness, as the origin; others take Lat. noxia, harm, as the source)

noise to avert evil . Its psychic effect, both upon the dancer and upon the mystic about whom he danced during the See also:

• INITIATION (Lat. inilium, beginning, entrance, from mire, to go in)

initiation of the Cybele-Attis mysteries, made it a widely known and popular feature of the cult . In See also:

• ART

art the See also:

• CORYBANTES (Gr. Kopb(3avrer)

Corybantes appear, usually not more than two or three in number, fully armed and executing their orgiastic dance in the presence of the Great Mother, her lions and Attis . They sometimes appear with the See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child See also:

• DIONYSUS (probably = " son of Zeus," from & Os and vv(7os, a Thracian word for " son ")

Dionysus, between whose cult and that of the Mother there was a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close See also:

• AFFINITY (Lat. affinitas, relationship by marriage, from offinis, bordering on, related to; finis, border, boundary)
• AFFINITY, CHEMICAL

affinity . (G .