In
Greek mythology, the Cabeiri, (Cabiri, Kabeiroi,
Greek: Κάβειροι) were a group of enigmatic
chthonic deities. They were worshiped in a
mystery cult closely associated with that of
Hephaestus, centered in the north Aegean islands of
Lemnos and possibly
Samothrace —at the
Samothrace temple complex— and at
Thebes. The Cabeiri, and the Samothracian gods, may include Hittite, Thracian, Etruscan, or Phrygian elements. The Lemnian cult was always local to Lemnos, but the Samothracian cult spread rapidly throughout the Greek world during the
Hellenistic period, eventually initiating Romans.
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[Greek] Greek fertility deities. Their origin can be traced back to Asia Minor, and they were proberbly imported in Greece in the Hellenistic and Roman era. There is some mysterious cult connected to them and the god of fire Hephaestus. There were sanctuaries on the islands of Lemnos, Imbros and especially Samothrace, where traces of those mysteries can still be fount. Some sources mention that originally there were only two of them, but that the number varied over the sebsequent centuries. The male deities were Axiocersus, Cadmilus (his son), and the female deities Axierus and Axiocersa. Later, they became protectors against misfortune and dangers.