Baubo

They remind me of the ancient sculptures and figurines of Mutt, the Venus of Willendorf and of the ancient goddesses of mirth such as Baubo or Iambe.

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Such figures are found in Egypt, where they were called Baubo, and a legend was invented to account for the attitude; and similar figures were actually known in ancient Christian churches (Payne Knight, _Discourse on the

The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913

[386] Ed. Hahn, _Demeter und Baubo_, 1896, pp. 50-51.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism Havelock Ellis 1899

She said she would be glad of something to eat, and when bread, wine and ham had been set before her, she fell to, one elbow on the table, with a pretty gluttony, like Ceres in the hut of the old woman Baubo.

Dieux ont soif. English Anatole France 1884

When Ceres was wandering over the world in her search after Proserpine, she came to the house of a peasant woman, Baubo by name.

Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire James Weir 1881

Again, two authors of the fourth century, Palaephatus and Asclepiades, cite the Dusaules and Baubo legend. {87b}

The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878

In one version of the legend the hosts of Demeter were not Celeus and Metaneira, but Dusaules and Baubo.

The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878

This does not prove that Baubo was originally Egyptian. {88b} Certain traditions make Demeter the mistress of Celeus. {88c} Traces of a "mystic marriage," which also occur, are not necessarily Egyptian: the idea and rite are common.

The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878

Thus the evidence comes to this: an indecent gesture of contempt, known in Egypt, is, at Eleusis, attributed to Baubo.

The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878

The part of Baubo was to relieve the gloom of the Goddess, not by the harmless pleasantries of Iambe, in the Hymn, but by obscene gestures.

The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological Andrew Lang 1878