2/23/2023 0 Comments Rage of dark gods![]() ![]() Lyssa was held to be the spirit of rabies. Lyssa, the Greek goddess of mad rage and frenzyįrom left to right the picture depicts Zeus, Lyssa, Actaeon and Artemis Insania and the Maniae were companions of both Lyssa and her infernal sisters, the Furies (Erinyes), the goddesses of Vengeance & Retribution. The Maniae were evil spirits personifying Insanity, madness and crazed frenzy, the goddess of insanity was called Insania or Mania meaning madness. In ancient Greek mythology she was strongly associated with the Maniae. Lyssa represented temporary madness and violent mental agitation involving sudden frantic, wild, extreme emotion or or mania that was uncontrolled by reason. ![]() ![]() As the sister of the many of the dark gods of death, night and the Underworld, Lyssa personified mad rage and frenzy. Her father was Erebus, who reigned in a palace in the dark regions of the Underworld. Lyssa was one of the primeval gods who was a daughter of Nyx, the goddess of night, who was believed to be the mother of everything mysterious and anything that was inexplicable and unpleasant, such as death, disease, sleep, ghosts, dreams, witchcraft and enchantments. ![]()
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