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|Godparent Description = PANDIA (Πανδεια) is the goddess of the Full Moon and the Earth-Nourishing Dew. She was a daughter of Zeus and Selene, the Titaness of the Moon. |
|Godparent Description = PANDIA (Πανδεια) is the goddess of the Full Moon and the Earth-Nourishing Dew. She was a daughter of Zeus and Selene, the Titaness of the Moon. |
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Several other writers mention a daughter of Zeus and Selene but name her Ersa (Dew) or Nemeia. It is not clear if these are three distinct goddesses or just alternate names for the one. She may also be connected with the Menai (Months), the fifty daughters of Endymion and Selene. |
Several other writers mention a daughter of Zeus and Selene but name her Ersa (Dew) or Nemeia. It is not clear if these are three distinct goddesses or just alternate names for the one. She may also be connected with the Menai (Months), the fifty daughters of Endymion and Selene. |
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Πανδεια Goddess of the Full Moon and the Earth-Nourishing Dew
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PANDIA (Πανδεια) is the goddess of the Full Moon and the Earth-Nourishing Dew. She was a daughter of Zeus and Selene, the Titaness of the Moon. | ||||||||||||||
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History and Myths
Several other writers mention a daughter of Zeus and Selene but name her Ersa (Dew) or Nemeia. It is not clear if these are three distinct goddesses or just alternate names for the one. She may also be connected with the Menai (Months), the fifty daughters of Endymion and Selene. Pandia (Πανδία) or Pandeia (Πανδεία), meaning all divine, was another personification of brightness and a daughter of Zeus and Selene. Many have argued that she could be a goddess of either the full moon or the sun. Pandia was often said to be a goddess of beauty and youth, being confused with Hebe as Selene herself was sometimes confused with Hebe's mother Hera. Her beauty was renowned among the gods. According to the Scholiast on Pindar's Nemean Odes the eponymous goddess of the town of Nemea was a daughter of Zeus and Selene. She may be the same as the goddess Pandia described in the Homeric Hymn. Her mother Selene was closely associated with cult of Zeus Nemeios in the town, being described as the mother or nurse of the famous Nemean Lion. The goddess Dia was worshipped in the town of Phlios in Sikyonia near Nemea. She may be the Pandeia mentioned in the Homeric Hymn. Although the locals apparently identified this Dia with the goddess Hebe. This does not preclude her identity, since Hebe's mother Hera was sometimes identified with Pandia's mother Selene.
Vital Statistics
Titles Goddess of the Full Moon
Goddess of the Earth-Nourishing Dew Gender Female
Status Immortal
Species Goddess
Affiliation Olympians
Weapon Unknown
Home Unknown
Roman Form Unknown
Appearance Varies
Family
Father Mother Selene
Spouse(s) Antiochis [ some Athenian traditions ]
Siblings Aglaea, Athena, The Horai, The Morai, The Muses, Persephone, Cybele, Hebe, Enyo, Eileithyia, Artemis, Britomartis, Angelos, Aletheia, Ersa, Agdistis & Herophile [ paternal half-sisters ]
Ares, Hermes, Apollo, Dionysus, Perseus, Minos, Heracles, Tantalus, Aeacus, Megaros, Lacadaemon, Tityus, Rhadamanthys, Sarpedon, Amphion, Zethus, Dardanos, Iason, Eetion, Epaphus, Demetrius, Akheilos & Caerus [ paternal half-brothers ] The Menai [ maternal half-sisters ] Demigod Children Immortal Children N/A
Lover(s) N/A
Other N/A
Scope/Powers
Patron Of The Full Moon / Earth-Nourishing Dew
Symbols The Full Moon
Sacred Animals N/A
Sacred Plants N/A
Assumed Powers
Trivia
Trivia
God/Goddess of the Month Awards
Pandia won the God/Goddess of the Month Poll competition for September 2014. |