In Poul Anderson, The Dancer From Atlantis, Chapter Two, p. 19, the Triple Goddess is:
Britomartis, the Maiden;
Rhea, the Mother;
Dictyana, the Rememberer and Foreseer. (See the link for Britomartis.)
These are genuine names of goddesses although I am not clear from the Wiki articles whether they were Trinitized thus. The Triple Goddess is maiden, mother and crone, whatever names are given to each of the Three.
The sun and Son is Asterion, another authentic name, whatever his role. Anderson is imagining a prehistoric, pre-Homeric stage of the mythology, just as he imagines pre-Eddaic Norse mythology in "Star of the Sea."
3 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I think some use of "triad" would have been better than "trinitized." Orthodox Christian theology has a very specific meaning for the word "Trinity," one which is not compatible with being applied to groups of pagan gods in "triads." In pagan contexts I think of groups like the three main gods of Ys: Taranis, Belisama, and Lir.
Sean
The Triple Goddess is not three deities grouped together: She is one being with three aspects.
Dear Mr. Stirling,
Meaning the "triple goddess" would be thought of as the crone, matron, young woman. Understood.
Sean
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