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Chariteae, Graceful-Ones.
X*RYTAI
[to Whom the seventeenth day of January, day 16, is dedicated]
Geography/Culture: Greece: Hellenic. Laconian.
Linguistic Note: from Greek kharis, 1. outward grace, favor, loveliness. 2. Graciousness, kindness, goodwill. 3. Thankfulness, thanks, gratitude. 4. Gratification or delight in a thing. Latin gratia.
Description: Triple Goddess of the sun {and, or, the moon}; Instigators of the budding of plants and ripening of fruits; Inspirers of gratitude, dance, music, art and love; Those Who preside over that charm and beauty which is the cause of joy.
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Laconian, earliest form: Dual Goddess composed of
Cleta, KLAT1, Invoked (below), and Phaenna
, FIN1, Brilliant.
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Athenian, early form, Dual Goddess of a two season year, composed of:
Auxo, 4KSO, Waxing-One, (Who is linked with Roman Fauna, She-Who-is-Propitious),
and Hegemone, One-Going-Ahead, below.
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Athenian, final form, Composed of:
Aglaia, Redlands, below,
Euphrosyne
, YWFROSÜNA, Joyousness
and
Thaleia, 3*LA1, She-Who-Brings-the-Flowers,
(Who is linked with the Mousae, Inspirers).
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Titles/Variants, etc:
- Anglecized variant,
Charities
, C@RYTYZ.
- Daughters of Charis, Graceful-One, below.
- Also said to be Daughters of Eurynome, wide-Wandering.
- Equivalent to the Roman
Graciae
, Gr*SEI, The-Graces.
- Some believe the Leucippedes, White-Fillies, (Who are linked with Leucippe, White-Mare) may be a form of the Chariteae, Graceful-Ones.
- They are associated with the Mousae, Inspirers.
Aglaia, Redlands.
*GLIY1
Alternate meanings: Radiance, Brilliant-Shining-One, Splendor, Beauty.
Geography/Culture: Greek.
Titles/Variants, etc:
- Youngest person of the Athenian Triple Chariteae, Graceful-Ones, above.
Charis, Graceful-One.
X*RYS
Geography/Culture: Greek.
Linguistic Note: karis, outward grace, favor, loveliness. 2. Graciousness, kindness, goodwill. 3. Thankfulness, thanks, gratitude. 4. Gratification or delight in a thing. Latin gratia.
Description: Goddess of grace and beauty.
To Whom Sacred: rose.
Male Associate: Hephaestus.
Titles/Variants, etc:
- Title of Aphrodite, Froth-of-Replication, Who may have supplanted Charis, Graceful-One.
- Perhaps the origin of, or the basis for the concept of, Roman
Caritas
, K*RET*S, Charity, Who is said to be the personification of an imperial virtue. Source: Vermeule GRARE 8, 11.
- Mother of the Chariteae, Graceful-Ones.
- Perhaps to be identified with Eurynome, Wide-Wandering, Who is also called the Mother of the Chariteae, Graceful-Ones.
- Some say that the earliest form of Roman Venus, Epitome-of-Grace-and-Charm, is most recognizable in Greek Charis, Graceful-One.
Source: GSM.KK.
Cleta, Invoked.
KLAT1
Geography/Culture: Laconia.
Linguistic Note: from kappa-lambda-eta-tau-omikron, (kleto), called, invited, welcome.
Titles/Variants, etc:
- One person of the Laconian Dual Chariteae, Graceful-Ones, above.
Hegemone, One-Going-Ahead.
HAG]M0NA
Alternate meaning: Mastery.
Geography/Culture: Greek: Sparta and Arcadia.
Description: Goddess of the waning moon which gets up before the sun and goes down ahead of it; (perhaps) Goddess of women and marriage; She Who leads home the bride.
Titles/Variants, etc:
- Title of Artemis, High-Source-of-Water.
- Aspect of Athenian Dual Goddess Chariteae, Graceful-One, above.
Source: EBv2/664d; GSM.KK.
worked on: December 1995; July 1990.
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