- Alectrona
Alectrona was an early Greek goddess (of the
sun ), who became a daughter ofHelios once myths ofClassical antiquity came along. Her center of worship was atRhodes , which is also the center of worship of her father,Helios . She was possibly agoddess of the morning or man's waking sense, which causes men to wake up in the morning, as her name means "rooster" ("alectrona" is the feminine genitive of Αλεκτορ, "alektor", the Greek word for "rooster"), which would be an appropriate name for asolar goddess . Electrona may have also been believed to give men their "morning glory".
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