What is Adephagia?

Adephagia (/ædiˈfeɪdʒiə/, Ancient Greek: Ἀδηφαγία) in Greek mythology was the goddess and personification of gluttony.
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What does the name Adephagia mean?

Adephagia was the Greek personification of gluttony. She had a temple in Sicily, and the presence there of a statue of Demeter Sitos, Goddess of corn, implies that she was regarded as a Goddess of bountiful harvests rather than of excessive eating. Adephagia's name means “gluttony.”
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Who is the Greek goddess Adephagia?

ADEPHAGIA was the goddess of gluttony or eating ones full who possessed a temple in one of the Greek colonies of Sicily. She was probably worshipped as a goddess of agricultural bounty rather than self-indulgence or excess.
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Who is the god of excess?

Unlike the purely carnal Pan or purely intoxicated Dionysos, Comus was a god of excess.
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What is the Greek myth about gluttony?

Tantalus is a figure from Greek mythology who was the rich but wicked king of Sipylus. For attempting to serve his own son at a feast with the gods, he was punished by Zeus to forever go thirsty and hungry in Hades despite being stood in a pool of water and almost within reach of a fruit tree.
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What are the three types of gluttony?

Laute – eating food that is too luxurious, exotic, or costly. Studiose – eating food that is excessive in quality (too daintily or elaborately prepared) Nimis – eating food that is excessive in quantity (too much)
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Is gluttony a unforgivable sin?

The sins for which one may be forgiven -- pride, anger, lust, sloth, avarice, gluttony, envy -- are all firmly attached to the objects of this world, but despair seems to bleed out beyond the confines of the immediate ego-centered self and to relate to no desire, to no thing.
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Who is the most wicked god?

1. Lamashtu: Worst of The Mesopotamian Evil Gods. Coming in at number #1 above all other evil gods is the Mesopotamian goddess-demoness Lamashtu, the most terrible of all the female demons.
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Who was god's girlfriend?

God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshiped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar. God had a wife, Asherah, whom the Book of Kings suggests was worshipped alongside Yahweh in his temple in Israel, according to an Oxford scholar.
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What was Aphrodite's gender?

While that approach has certainly yielded important information on gender dynamics in late-Classical Greece, it tends to overlook the fact that though this Aphrodite is female, she is also divine.
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What was Aphrodite's real name?

ALITTA or ALILAT(Alitta or Alilat), the name by which, according to Herodotus (i. 131, iii. 8), the Arabs called Aphrodite Urania.
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Who was Zeus girlfriend?

Zeus finally became enamored of the goddess who was to become his permanent wife — Hera.
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Can you name a girl Aphrodite?

Aphrodite as a girl's name is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Aphrodite is "foam". Name of the Greek goddess of love.
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How rare is the name Persephone?

Persephone was the 775th most popular girls name. In 2021 there were 364 baby girls named Persephone. 1 out of every 4,889 baby girls born in 2021 are named Persephone.
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Who is the male god of gluttony?

LUMALUMA - the Australian Aboriginal God of Gluttony (Australian Aboriginal mythology)
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Does God have a gender?

Though Church teaching, in line with its Doctors, holds that God has no literal sex because God possesses no body (a prerequisite of sex), classical and scriptural understanding states that God should be referred to (in most contexts) as masculine by analogy.
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Is there a daughter of God?

The Four Daughters of God are a personification of the virtues of Truth, Righteousness/Justice, Mercy, and Peace in medieval Catholic religious writing.
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What religion believes in God's wife?

A programme on BBC2 has made news for presenting scholar Francesca Stavrakopoulou's theory that "God had a wife". The reactions from the religious and academic world were varied, but for Mormons, it can best be summed up as, "Yeah. We know."
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Who is the darkest god?

EREBUS (Erebos) The primeval god of darkness. Like the other protogenoi he was elemental, being the substance of darkness, rather than a man-shaped god. His mists encircled the underworld and filled the hollows of the earth.
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Who is the god of depression?

In Greek mythology, Oizys (/ˈoʊɪzɪs/; Ancient Greek: Ὀϊζύς, romanized: Oïzýs) is the goddess of misery, anxiety, grief, depression, and misfortune. Her Roman name is Miseria, from which the English word misery is derived.
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What is the death god name?

Thanatos, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the personification of death. Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep.
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What are the 2 unforgivable sins in the Bible?

And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age, or in the age to come." The same idea that blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is unforgivable is found in Luke 12:10 and Mark 3:29.
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Why is sloth a sin?

Sloth is a sin against God's love in that it goes so far as to refuse the joy that comes from God and to be repelled by divine goodness. It is a loss of hope in ever achieving what God wants for us: our eternal happiness.
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What are the seven horrible sins?

According to the standard list, they are pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth, which are contrary to the seven capital virtues. These sins are often thought to be abuses or excessive versions of one's natural faculties or passions (for example, gluttony abuses one's desire to eat).
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