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Help[Facts] Re: Perse[phone]...?
in reply to a message by Hecate
So, boiled down, her name means "mass murderer...!?"
"Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth." Ps. 127:4
JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph
JoHannah Jubilee, BenJudah Gabriel, Aaron Josiah, Jordan Uriah,
Maranatha Nissiah, (Anastasia Nike, 1992-1992), Jeshua David,
Shiloh Joshana, Elijah Daniel, Hezekiah Nathaniel, Zephaniah Joseph
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Because she is the personification of Death, as her husband is the grave. It's possible, given the wide variation in the Homeric hymns and ancient poems, that the later Persephone is another example of Greek folk etymology, i.e. respelling the name to use more familiar elements..
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