Editing Cabeiri (section)

=== Origin ===
The origins of the Cabeiri are unknown. [[Jacob Wackernagel]] posited that they were possibly originally [[Phrygians|Phrygian]] or [[Thracians|Thracian]] deities and protectors of [[sailor]]s, who were imported into Greek ritual.<ref>[[Jacob Wackernagel|Wackernagel, Jacob]]. (1907) ''Zeitschrift fir vergleichende Sprrachforschung'', XLI, 1907, pp. 317f</ref><ref>"The secret of the mysteries is rendered more enigmatic by the addition of a non-Greek, pre-Greek element" (Burkert 1985:281). Burkert does not intend to suggest that the pre-Greek component was ''added''.</ref> According to ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica|Encyclopedia Britannica]]'', the deities may have been [[Pelasgians|Pelasgian]] or [[Phrygian mythology|Phrygian]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cabeiri |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cabeiri |access-date=2024-01-28 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |language=en}}</ref> It is not known who brought these deities to Greece, but it was probably a group of [[Greeks]], perhaps only a family which settled on the countryside of Thebes.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Schachter |first=Albert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=de6CAgAAQBAJ |title=Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology of Ancient Greek Secret Cults |date=2005 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-53616-0 |editor-last=Cosmopoulos |editor-first=Michael B. |editor-link=Michael Cosmopoulos |edition= |pages=112 |language=en |chapter=Evolution of a Mystery Cult: The Theban Kabiroi}}</ref>