The floating island
Fleeing Zeus, the Titaness Asteria became a quail and threw herself into the sea, becoming the island Ortygia. Later called Delos, it was the only land that would shelter her sister Leto when she gave birth to Apollo and Artemis.
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Titaness of falling stars, night oracles and prophetic dreams. Quiet, older than the Olympians, deeply tied to dream work.
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StarsDreamsNight oraclesAstrology
Symbols
Falling starQuailNight sky
Correspondences
MugwortLabradoriteNew moon
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Family in mythology
- Daughter: Hekate
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