The Goddess Mnemosyne

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Mnemosyne, Memory.
N]MOSÜNA
[to Whom the eleventh day of March, day 070, is dedicated]

Geography/Culture: Greek.
Description: Muse Goddess of inspiration; Matroness of poets; She Who aids in the accurate reciting of sagas when invoked to do so.
To Whom Sacred: the number 3; the number 9.
Male Associates: lover, Zeus, with whom She lay for nine nights.

Titles/Variants, etc:

Daughter of Gaia, `Earth', is also said to be the Mother of the Triple Mousae. {Would this suggest Mnemosyne is an aspect of Gaia, or that Mnemosyne is a triple Goddess, that in Mothering Her Gaia mothered the triple Mousae since Mnemosyne is the Triple Mousae?}
Perhaps late form of Mneme, below.
Transcrip. variant: Mnemesyne.
Mother of the Triple Mousae, or perhaps Herself in three-fold form, below.
Mother of the ninefold Mousae.
A Titaness, ie, Daughter of Gaia.

Source: GMv1/53; WG.RG/210; WWGRM/157; WEMS/665.

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The Triple Mousae
Composed of:
first person: Mneme `Memory', second person: Melete `meditation', third person: Aoide, `Song'.
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Geography/Culture: Greek: Boeotia, Mount Helicon.
Description: Triple Goddess of mountains, springs, song, dance, prophesy, and poetic inspiration; Those Who heal or curse by incantation; Rulers of instinct in animals and intuition in humanity.

Titles/Variants, etc:

Perhaps the original form of the ninefold Mousae.

Source:

Aoide, `Song'.
*OYDA
Alternate meanings: `Singing'.
Geography/Culture: Boeotia, Helicon.
Linguistic Note: probably from b(epsilon)id(omega), to sing, then, praise. Perhaps related to b-(epsilong)id(eta)s, without form, incorporeal. {Reresearch - info not in hard copy}.
Description: Third person of the Triple Boetian Mousae.

Titles/Variants, etc:

Variant: Aeode.
Variant: Aoede.
Daughter, or aspect of Mnesmosyne.

Source: WWGRM/26.

Melete, `Meditation'.
M]LATA
Alternate meaning: `Practice'. Geography/Culture: Greek.
Description: Second person of the Triple Boetian Mousae.

Titles/Variants, etc:

Daughter, or aspect of Mnesmosyne.

Source:

Mneme, `Memory'.
NAMA
Alternate meaning: `Remembering'.
Geography/Culture:Greek.
Description: First person of the Triple Boetian Mousae.

Titles/Variants, etc:

Daughter, or aspect of Mnesmosyne.
Probably originally Mycenian Mnasa.

Source:

{I lost some stuff here, July 4th, '86. Pick it up from hard-copy.}
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The Mycenian triple Muse Goddess:
Mnasa Posidaeia Potnia
Source:

Mnasa, `Memory'.
N*S*
Alternate meanings: `Remembering'.
Geography/Culture: Greece?
Description: Old wise woman.

Titles/Variants, etc:

Probable origin of Mneme.
Later variant Mnemosyne.

Source: WWGRM/157,

Posidaeia, `Wife-of-the-husband'.
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Linguistic Note: {the found meaning seems to me unlikely, but I have been unable to refind the reference - sounds like Graves}.
Source:

Potnia, `Lady'.
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Alternate meaning:'Powerful One'.
Linguistic Note: see linguisitic notes on Potnia-Theron, under Orthia.
Source: {check sources:} Graves GMv1 53; Graves WG 210, 343; Kravitz WWGRM 157; Walker WEMS 665.}

worked on: August 9, 1991; May 1995.
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