Kotys
Kotys (Ancient Greek: Κότυς Kótys) was a prominent Thracian goddess who was worshipped in a festival known as the Cotyttia. She was particularly worshipped among the Edones.[1] Suda mentioned that is was worshiped among the Corinthians.[2] The Greeks considered Kotys to be an aspect of Persephone.[3]
Etymology
The name Kotys is believed to have meant "war, slaughter", akin to Old Norse Höðr "war, slaughter".[4]
Worship
Kotys's followers were known as baptes, which means "bathers,"[5] because their pre-worship purification ceremony involved an elaborate bathing ritual. Kotys was often worshipped during nocturnal ceremonies, which were associated with rampant insobriety and obscene behavior.[6] Her cult was very similar to the cult of the goddess Bendis.
Kotys was also worshiped at Corinth.[7][8]
References
- ^ Detschew, Dimiter. Die Thrakische Sprachreste. Wien, 1957: p. 258 (in German)
- ^ Suda, ka.2171
- ^ Bell, John (2003). Bell's New Pantheon or Historical Dictionary of the Gods, Demi Gods, Heroes. Kessinger Publishing. p. 156. ISBN 0-7661-7834-X.
- ^ Also cognate: Irish cath "war, battle", early German Hader "quarrel", Greek kótos "hatred", Old Church Slavonic kotora "fight, brawl", Sanskrit śatru "enemy, nemesis", and Hittite kattu "spiteful". See Orel, Vladimir. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill, 2003: 165.
- ^ βάπτω, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, on Perseus
- ^ Cobham Brewer, Ebenezer (1894). Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable - Revised and Updated Edition. New York: Harper & Brothers. pp. 73.
- ^ Suda Encyclopedia,kappa 2171
- ^ Suda Encyclopedia, theta 381
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