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| has gloss | eng: In Greek mythology, the mountainous district of Nysa, variously associated with Ethiopia, Libya, Tribalia, or Arabia by Greek mythographers, was the traditional place where the rain nymphs, the Hyades, raised the infant god Dionysus, the "Zeus of Nysa". Though the worship of Dionysus came into mainland Greece from Asia Minor (where the Hittites called themselves "Nesi" and their language "Nesili"), the locations of the mythical Nysa may simply be conventions to show that a magically distant chthonic land of myth was intended. The name Nysa may even be an invention to explain the god's name. Hesychius of Alexandria (5th century Byzantine lexicon) gives a list of the following locations proposed by ancient authors as the site of Mount Nysa: Arabia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Babylon, Erythraian Sea (the Red Sea), Thrace, Thessaly, Cilicia, India, Libya, Lydia, Macedonia, Naxos, around Pangaios (mythical island south of Arabia), Syria. On his return from Nysa to join his fellow Olympians, Dionysus brought the entheogen wine. |
| lexicalization | eng: Nysa |
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| German | |
| has gloss | deu: Nysa ist ein legendärer Berg der griechischen Mythologie. Er wurde nach der Amme des Dionysos benannt, welche ihn dort aufgezogen haben soll. Bereits Homer erwähnte den Berg Nyseion als den Ort, an dem Dionysos unter dem Schutz der Nymphen aufwuchs. |
| lexicalization | deu: Nysa |
| French | |
| has gloss | fra: Dans la mythologie grecque, Nysa est le lieu montagneux où les nymphes Hyades auraient élevé le jeune Dionysos, le « Zeus de Nysa ». |
| lexicalization | fra: Nysa |
| Italian | |
| has gloss | ita: In greco Nysa. Il Monte Nisa in Elicona era la dimora delle ninfe dette appunto "ninfe Nisee". |
| lexicalization | ita: Nisa |
| Latin | |
| has gloss | lat: Nysa (-ae, f.; Graece ) in mythologia Graeca est mons in quo Dionysus, nuper natus, a Iove seu Herme ibi secreto positus, a nymphis nutritus est et a Sileno Satyrisque educatus. |
| lexicalization | lat: Nysa |
| Norwegian | |
| has gloss | nor: Nysa er i gresk mytologi et mytisk fjellområde som ble ulikt assosiert med Etiopia, Libya, Tribalia, eller Arabia av greske mytografer, og området var det tradisjonelle stedet hvor regnnymfene, hyadene, oppdro barneguden Dionysos, den såkalte «Zevs av Nysa». Allerede Homer nevner fjellet Nyseion som stedet hvor Dionysos under beskyttelse av nymfene vokste opp. |
| lexicalization | nor: Nysa |
| Ukrainian | |
| has gloss | ukr: Ніса — місцевість, де німфи виховували Діоніса. Згодом чимало грецьких місцевостей, де нібито виховувався бог, уважалися священними. Таким чином Н. була в Фракії, Македонії, Фессалії, Беотії та в інших областях. |
| lexicalization | ukr: Ніса |
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