Levadia - Greece
Nymphe HERKYNA was a NAIAS and goddess of the river Herkyna in Levadeia.
They say that here Herkyna, when playing with Kore [Persephone], the daughter of Demeter, held a goose which against her will she let loose. The bird flew into a hollow cave and hid under a stone; Kore entered and took the bird as it lay under the stone. The water flowed, they say, from the place where Kore took up the stone, and hence the river received the name Herkyna. On the bank of the river there is a temple of Herkyna, in which is a maiden holding a goose in her arms. In the cave are the sources of the river and images standing, and serpents are coiled around their sceptres. One might conjecture the images be of Asklepios and Hygeia, but they might be Trophonios and Herkyna, because they think that serpents are just as much sacred to Trophonios as Asklepios.” -Pausanias 9.39.2 (Written by KaterinaJordan on Oct 6, 2004)
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