Lethe (daimon)
Lethe ( Greek. Λήθη, personification to λήθη 'forgetting') is in Greek mythology the Daimona oblivion and after Hesiod's Theogony a daughter of Eris . Her opponent is Mnemosyne , the personification of memory.
In art, Lethe is sometimes depicted as a woman who gives the deceased the potion of oblivion when they enter Hades . The Lethe river , which is named after her, has a similar function . She was often equated with the river deity of the same name.
Little is known of her, except that she is supposed to guard the realm of Hypnos together with Hesychia (Quies) and Aergia . Therefore, it is also described that in front of the grotto a sleepy and sluggish effect is transferred to one.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wilhelm Vollmer: Complete dictionary of the mythology of all peoples: A compact compilation of the most knowledgeable from the myths and gods of the peoples of the old and new world; Sn, 1859, p. 355
- ↑ Statius , Thebais 10.90ff.
literature
- Harald Weinrich : Lethe: Art and Critique of Forgetting . Munich: CH Beck, 2005. ISBN 3-406-44818-6 .
