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=== Local cults === {{div col begin}} * Αἰγοφάγος ('''Aigophágos''') 'Goat-Eater' among the [[Lacedaemon]]ians<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D9%3Achapter%3D2%3Asection%3D7 Pausanias 3.15.7]</ref><ref name=Farnell241/> * Εἰλείθυια ('''[[Eileithyia]]''') at [[Argos, Peloponnese|Argos]] and [[Athens]] as goddess of childbirth.<ref name=Farnell247>Farnell Cults I, p.247</ref> In Theogony Εileithyia is the daughter of Hera. * Ἐλεία ('''Eleía''') 'of the marsh' at [[Cyprus]].<ref name=Farnell249/> * Θελξινία ('''Thelxinìa''') at [[Athens]].<ref>Hesch. "Thelxinia Hera is honoured by the Athenians"</ref><ref name=Farnell247/> * Θεομήτωρ ('''[[Theometor|Theomētōr]]''') 'mother of a god' at [[Samos]].<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=qeomhtwr&l8a=greek#lexicon Θεομήτωρ]</ref> * Ἱππία ('''Hippia'''), 'of the horse' at Olympia.<ref name=Farnell246/><ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+5.15.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 Pausanias 5.15.5]</ref> * Λακίνια ('''Lacinia''') at Croton.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+6.13.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 Pausanias 6.13.1]</ref><ref name=Farnell249/> * Λευκώλενος ('''Leukōlenos''') 'White-Armed'<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=leukwlenos&la=greek#lexicon λευκωλενος]</ref> * Μειλίχιος ('''Meilichios'''), 'gentle', like "Zeus-Meilichios" at [[Selinunte|Selinus]].<ref name=Nilsson412>Nilsson, Vol I, p.412</ref><ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=meili%2Fxios&la=greek#lexicon μειλίχιος]</ref> * Μηλιχία ('''Μēlichia''') 'gentle, with gentle words' at Hierapetna.<ref name=Nilsson412/> * Τελχινία ('''Telchinia'''): [[Diodorus Siculus]] write that she was worshipped by the [[Ialysos|Ialysians]] and the Cameirans (both were on the island of [[Rhodes]]). She was named thus because according to a legend, [[Telchines]] (Τελχῖνες) were the first inhabitants of the island and also the first who created statues of gods.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.55 Diodorus Siculus, Library, 5.55.1]</ref> * Ὑπερχειρία ('''Ηypercheiria'''), 'with the hand above' at [[Sparta]].<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+3.13.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 Pausanias 3.13.8]</ref><ref name=Farnell249/> {{div col end}}
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