Caburus
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I'm looking for male deities of dance.
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Shiva was the Lord of the Dance, that created, sustained and destroyed the universe, in Hindu myth.
Bes was the dwarfish god of dance in Egyptian mythology.
In Greek mythology Apollo was known as The Dancer, as was Pan, Dionysus and Ares.
Hecaterus was the god of a type of dance that used quick hand movements. He was the father of the Dactyls, who, along with their sons, the Curetes, danced around the cradle of Zeus, clashing their shields and swords, in order to hide his cries from Cronus. Pyrrhicus, leader of the Curetes, established the Pyrrhic warrior dance, and was identified with Silenos, the god of the wine-pressing dance. Silenos was foster father of Dionysus, around whose cradle the Corybantes, sons of Apollo, danced inorder to guard him from Hera. Silenos and the Satyrs, (said to be sons of Silenos or of the Dactyls) were dancing companions of Dionysus in the countryside. The Cabeiri were two dwarfish sons of Hephaestus who presided over the orgiastic dances in Samothrace, Crete and Egypt. Theseus is said to have invented the Crane dance.
In Roman myths, Aeneas is said to have brought the labyrinthine Game of Troy dance to Italy.
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Are there any other mythological male patrons of dance?
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Shiva was the Lord of the Dance, that created, sustained and destroyed the universe, in Hindu myth.
Bes was the dwarfish god of dance in Egyptian mythology.
In Greek mythology Apollo was known as The Dancer, as was Pan, Dionysus and Ares.
Hecaterus was the god of a type of dance that used quick hand movements. He was the father of the Dactyls, who, along with their sons, the Curetes, danced around the cradle of Zeus, clashing their shields and swords, in order to hide his cries from Cronus. Pyrrhicus, leader of the Curetes, established the Pyrrhic warrior dance, and was identified with Silenos, the god of the wine-pressing dance. Silenos was foster father of Dionysus, around whose cradle the Corybantes, sons of Apollo, danced inorder to guard him from Hera. Silenos and the Satyrs, (said to be sons of Silenos or of the Dactyls) were dancing companions of Dionysus in the countryside. The Cabeiri were two dwarfish sons of Hephaestus who presided over the orgiastic dances in Samothrace, Crete and Egypt. Theseus is said to have invented the Crane dance.
In Roman myths, Aeneas is said to have brought the labyrinthine Game of Troy dance to Italy.
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Are there any other mythological male patrons of dance?