The name (also Cabire or Kaviri) or the pantheon of deities found in the Samothracian Mysteries. The source of the term seems to be ancient Chaldean and is often translated as “Fires.” The three most important Kabiri are Axieros, Axiokersa, and Axiokersos. They are some of the children of Hephaestus.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Alice Markham-Cantor, author of the new Once & Future Witch Hunt.
My 9x-great-grandmother, Martha Carrier, was hanged in the Salem witch trials. She wasn't a witch. She wasn't an herbalist or a...