Editing Oracle (section)

===Oracle at Dodona===
[[Dodona]] in northwestern Greece was another oracle devoted to the [[Mother Goddess]] identified at other sites with [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]] or [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], but here called [[Dione (Titaness/Oceanid)|Dione]]. The shrine of Dodona, set in a grove of oak trees, was the oldest Hellenic oracle, according to the fifth-century historian Herodotus, and dated from pre-Hellenic times, perhaps as early as the second millennium BC, when the tradition may have spread from Egypt. By the time of Herodotus, [[Zeus]] had displaced the Mother Goddess, who had been assimilated to [[Aphrodite]], and the worship of the deified hero [[Heracles]] had been added. Dodona became the second most important oracle in ancient Greece, after [[Delphi]]. At Dodona, Zeus was worshipped as Zeus Naios or Naos (god of springs [[Naiads]], from a spring under the oaks), or as Zeus Bouleos (chancellor). Priestesses and priests interpreted the rustling of the leaves of the oak tree that stood on this spot as Zeus' sanctuary to determine the correct actions to be taken.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Struck |first=Peter, T. |date=June 23, 2024 |title=Greek and Roman Mythology: Dodona |url=https://www2.classics.upenn.edu/myth/php/tools/dictionary.php?regexp=DODONA&method=standard#:~:text=The%20oldest%20sanctuary%20of%20the,grey%2D%20headed%20priestesses%20called%20Peleiades. |access-date=June 23, 2024 |website=University of Pennsylvania}}</ref>