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Habis Gelap Terbitlah Terang
Habis (from the Cynete language meaning fawn Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer ...) is a legendary king of the Spanish region of Tartessos. The only source of the legend of Habis and his father Gargoris is the work ''Epitome'' by Justin (historian), Justin, who copied it from the now lost work ''Philippic Histories'' by Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus. History According to legend, Habis's story began when his mother was stung by a bee. Her father, Gargoris, the king of Tartessos, hurried to heal her. As he knelt to soften her wound with his mouth, a passion came over both, thus procreating the baby. Due to the shame of having committed incest, the king ordered the child to be abandoned on the prairies outside the kingdom. Eventually the boy was raised by the deer in there, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gargoris
Gargoris was a mythical king of the Cynetes, considered part of the people of Tartessos, and, according to legend, the inventor of beekeeping. He exiled his own son, Habis, who was adopted by a female deer and saved from the sea, and who later inherited the kingdom. References {{reflist Further reading * Carolina López-Ruiz Carolina López-Ruiz is a Spanish classicist specializing in comparative mythology, Ancient Mediterranean religions, Greek language and literature, North-West Semitic languages and literatures, and cultural exchange. She has authored several works .... "Gargoris and Habis: A Tartessic Myth of Ancient Iberia and the Traces of Phoenician Euhemerism." Phoenix 71, no. 3/4 (2017): 265-87. Accessed June 29, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/10.7834/phoenix.71.3-4.0265. Tartessos Beekeeping pioneers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |