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Maia
Maia Maia carries the stellar mythology of the Pleiades — the seven sisters transformed into stars, who mark the beginning of the sailing season and the agricultural year in the Mediterranean calendar. As the eldest Pleiad and mother of Hermes, Maia is associated with the quicksilver intelligence she transmitted to her son, and with a quality of hidden depth: she lived in a cave, away from divine society, raising a god who would become the cleverest of all Olympians. A character named Maia is often defined by what she nurtures and what she conceals.
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Maia
The Pleiades (various classical sources) — Hesiod, Ovid (Fasti)
The most beautiful of the seven Pleiades, mother of Hermes, who lived hidden in a cave with the infant god before his divine paternity was revealed.
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