Alcyone
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Alcyone was a Greek demi-goddess, sometimes regarded as one of the Pleiades. More often she was thought of as the daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx, she had a son called Eosphorus and the king of Thessaly. They were very happy together, but, when Ceyx perished in a shipwreck, Alcyone (whose name means "queen who wards off storms") threw herself into the sea. Out of compassion, the gods changed them into the halcyon birds. When Alcyone made her nest on the beach, waves threatened to destroy it. Aeolus restrained his winds and made the waves be calm during seven days in each year, so she could lay her eggs. These became known as the "halcyon days", when storms never occur. The halcyon has become a symbol of tranquillity.
With Anthedon, she became the mother of Glaucus.
Ovid: Metamorphoses XI, 410ff. et passim.
Modern Influences
- Alcyone is the name of the brightest star in the Pleiades cluster. See Alcyone (star).
- Alcyone is also the mystical name given to Jiddu Krishnamurti by C.W. Leadbeater in 1909. The book "At the Feet of the Master" was published in 1910 under the name of Alcyone. The text can be found at [1] and [2].
- Halcyone is a 1912 novel by Elinor Glyn.
- The "DASH" in Rockman DASH (Japanese name of Mega Man Legends) stands for "Digouter's Adventure Story (in) Halcyon (Days).
- In Final Fantasy X, Alcyone is a bird enemy.es:Alcíone