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Potnia is an Ancient Greek word for "Mistress, Lady" and a title of a goddess. The word was inherited by Classical Greek from Mycenean Greek with the same meaning and it was applied to several goddesses. A similar word is the title Despoina, "the mistress", which was given to the nameless chthonic goddess of the mysteries of Arcadian cult. She was later conflated with Kore (Persephone), "the maid", the goddess of the Eleusinian mysteries,〔(Princeton Encyclopedia of classical sites )〕 in a life-death rebirth cycle which lead the neophyte from death into life and immortality. Karl Kerenyi identifies Kore with the nameless "Mistress of the labyrinth", who probably presided over the palace of Knossos in Minoan Crete. ==Etymology== Potnia (Greek: , "mistress")〔.〕 is a poetic title of honour, used chiefly in addressing females, whether goddesses or women; its masculine analogue is ''posis'' ().〔.〕 Its hypothetical Proto-Indo-European (PIE) form '' *'', "mistress", "lady", "wife", is the feminine counterpart to '' *pótis'', "husband"; cf. Latin ', "host", Sanskrit ', "master", "husband", fem. ', "lady", "wife". ''Potnia'' is attested in the Linear B script in Mycenean Greek: ''po-ti-ni-ja''. The word was inherited in classical Greek with the same meaning. A related Greek word is ''despoina'' ("Des-potnia" from PIE '' *dems-potnia'' meaning "mistress of the house"). An alternative etymology of the goddess Demeter comes through Potnia and Despoina ("Dems-meter", from PIE '' *dems-méh₂tēr'', meaning "mother of the house").〔Frisk, ''Griechisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch'' Entry 1271〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Potnia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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