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An Encounter with the Spirit of Eileithyia at Tsoutsouras

2017-08-25 by Phil Butler

Eileithyia or Ilithyia

In the South of Crete there’s a little village on the sea called Tsoutsouras. It’s a sparkling and shiny little place where people go swimming in its “medicinal” waters, and where echoes of ancient cults and rites abound.

Tags: crete, Eileithyia, Heraklion, Heraklion province, Inatos, Minoan Civilization, Minoans, raki, Tsoutsouras




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