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  2. Psyche (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The name Psyche means "soul" in Greek [5] and was commonly referred to as such in Roman mythology as well, though the direct translation is Anima (Latin word for "soul"). [6] She was born a mortal woman and eventually granted immortality, with beauty that rivaled even Aphrodite, goddess of love. [7] Psyche is known from the novel The Golden Ass ...

  3. Cupid and Psyche - Wikipedia

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    In Apuleius. Psyche Honoured by the People (1692–1702) from a series of 12 scenes from the story by Luca Giordano. The tale of Cupid and Psyche (or "Eros and Psyche") is placed at the midpoint of Apuleius's novel, and occupies about a fifth of its total length. [6] The novel itself is a first-person narrative by the protagonist Lucius.

  4. Thanatos - Wikipedia

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    Thanatos has also been portrayed as a slumbering infant in the arms of his mother Nyx, or as a youth carrying a butterfly (the ancient Greek word "ψυχή" can mean soul or butterfly, or life, amongst other things) or a wreath of poppies (poppies were associated with Hypnos and Thanatos because of their hypnogogic traits and the eventual death ...

  5. Insects in mythology - Wikipedia

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    Insects have appeared in mythology around the world from ancient times. Among the insect groups featuring in myths are the bee, fly, butterfly, cicada, dragonfly, praying mantis and scarab beetle. Insect myths may present the origins of a people, or of their skills such as finding honey. Other myths concern the nature of the gods or their ...

  6. Eros - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Psyche was the deification of the human soul. She was portrayed in ancient mosaics as a goddess with butterfly wings (because psyche was also the Ancient Greek word for "butterfly"). The Greek word psyche literally means "soul, spirit, breath, life, or animating force".

  7. Butterfly - Wikipedia

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    Possibly the original butter-fly. [6] A male brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) in flight.The Oxford English Dictionary derives the word straightforwardly from Old English butorflēoge, butter-fly; similar names in Old Dutch and Old High German show that the name is ancient, but modern Dutch and German use different words (vlinder and Schmetterling) and the common name often varies substantially ...

  8. List of Lepidoptera of Greece - Wikipedia

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    Oegoconia caradjai Popescu-Gorj & Capuse, 1965. Oegoconia deauratella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) Oegoconia novimundi (Busck, 1915) Oegoconia uralskella Popescu-Gorj & Capuse, 1965. Pantacordis pantsa (Gozmány, 1963) Pantacordis scotinella (Rebel, 1916) Symmoca attalica Gozmány, 1957. Symmoca christenseni Gozmány, 1982.

  9. Poiesis - Wikipedia

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    Poiesis. In continental philosophy and semiotics, poiesis (/ pɔɪˈiːsɪs /; from Ancient Greek: ποίησις) is the process of emergence of something that did not previously exist. [1] Forms of poiesis—including autopoiesis, the process of sustenance through the emergence of sustaining parts—are considered in philosophy and semiotics ...