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Kabiri (other)
Kabiri may refer to: *Kabiri, Cabeiri, enigmatic chthonic deities of Greek mythology People *Amir Gross Kabiri, Israeli businessman, art collector, owner of Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C *Muhiddin Kabiri (born 1965), also known as Kabirov, Tajik politician, former member of the parliament of Tajikistan *Rabi-ollah Kabiri (1889-1947), Iranian Azerbaijani general and politician and minister in Ja'far Pishevari's Cabinet in northern Iran *Uri Kabiri (born 1970), Israeli songwriter, actor and musical producer Places *Kabiri, Angola, a town and commune in the municipality of Ícolo e Bengo, Luanda Province, Angola *Kabiri, Iran (other) ** See also *Kabir (other) {{dab, geo, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabeiri
In Greek mythology, the Cabeiri or Cabiri ( grc, Κάβειροι, ''Kábeiroi''), also transliterated Kabeiri or Kabiri, were a group of enigmatic chthonic deities. They were worshiped in a mystery cult closely associated with that of Hephaestus, centered in the north Aegean islands of Lemnos and possibly Samothrace—at the Samothrace temple complex—and at Thebes. In their distant origins the Cabeiri and the Samothracian gods may include pre-Greek elements, or other non-Greek elements, such as Thracian, Tyrrhenian, Pelasgian, Phrygian or Hittite. The Lemnian cult was always local to Lemnos, but the Samothracian mystery cult spread rapidly throughout the Greek world during the Hellenistic period, eventually initiating Romans. The ancient sources disagree about whether the deities of Samothrace were Cabeiri or not; and the accounts of the two cults differ in detail. But the two islands are close to each other, at the northern end of the Aegean, and the cults are at least ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
