Eileithyia or Ilithyia (/ ɪlɪˈθaɪ.ə /; [1] Ancient Greek: Εἰλείθυια; Ἐλεύθυια (Eleuthyia) in Crete, also Ἐλευθία (Eleuthia) or Ἐλυσία (Elysia) in Laconia and Messene, and Ἐλευθώ (Eleuthō) in literature) [2] was the Greek goddess of childbirth and midwifery, [3] and the daughter of …

Eileithyia was the ancient Greek goddess of childbirth. She was sometimes worshipped as twin Eileithyiai. She was an important cult goddess with a number of shrines around Greece. Her cult centre was the town of Amnisus in Crete, the reputed place of her birth.

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Eileithyia was depicted as a woman wielding a torch, representing the burning pains of childbirth, or with her arms raised in the air to bring the child to the light. She was closely identified with the goddesses Hera and Artemis, both of whom bore epithets of her name. EILEITHYIA (Eileithuia), also called Eleithyia, Eilethyia, or Eleutho.

2023年7月4日 · In the Arcadian town of Tegea, there was a temple and statue of Eileithyia in the marketplace. The Tegeans called Eileithyia 'Auge-on-her-knees' after King Aleos of Arcadia handed off his daughter Auge to be drowned after she was found to be pregnant.

Eileithyia’s shrines, particularly in Olympia and Crete, were central to rituals and ceremonies aimed at ensuring safe childbirth. The stalactites and stalagmites in Eileithyia’s birth cave symbolizie her powers of labor induction and delay.

It is a bowl with two horizontal handles, containing an attached group of two simply rendered, seated figurines. One figure probably represents the goddess Eileithyia, who is embracing and assisting a pregnant woman by placing her hands on the woman’s belly as she gives birth.

Statue of Eileithyia at The British Museum. Hera, her mother, had given the command to do this. Hera sent her daughter Eileithyia to stand outside the bedroom where the lovely Greek woman named Alcmene, whom Zeus had made pregnant, was giving birth because she was angry and resentful of her husband Zeus’s behavior.

2024年2月6日 · Eileithyia (from the Greek Εἰλείθυια, meaning “bringer” or “liberator”) was a Cretan goddess adopted within Greek religion and mythology as a deity of childbirth and labor. She was believed to both send and alleviate the pains experienced by women during childbirth.

Small temple; on the north side of the Sanctuary of Zeus (Altis), at the west end of the Treasury Terrace between the Nymphaion and the Treasury of the Sikyonians. Plan: Nearly square cella with small pronaos. History: Square statue base near rear wall. Holes in east and west walls held a wooden barrier rail before the statue base.