![]() ![]() (p 161) In Labraunda in Caria, as well as in the coinage of the Hecatomnid rulers of Caria, the double axe accompanies the storm god Zeus Labraundos. Ī link has also been posited with the double axe symbols at Çatalhöyük, dating to the Neolithic age. According to some modern scholars it could read * δαφυρίνθοιο (* daphyrinthoio), or something similar, and hence be without a certain link with either the λάβρυς or the labyrinth. The conventional reading is λαβυρίνθοιο πότνια ( labyrinthoio potnia 'mistress of the labyrinth'). The Egyptian labyrinth near Lake Moeris is described by Herodotus and Strabo. It is also possible that the word labyrinth is derived from the Egyptian, meaning: "the temple at the entrance of the lake”. Beekes regards the relation of labyrinth with labrys as speculative, and rather proposes a relation with laura ( λαύρα), 'narrow street', or to the Carian theonym Dabraundos ( Δαβραυνδος). In Crete the "double axe" is not a weapon, and it always accompanies female goddesses, not male gods. Her name was said to be derived from the region around Delphi. In Roman times at Patrai and Messene, a goddess Laphria was worshipped, commonly identified with Artemis. A priestly corporation in Delphi was named Labyades the original name was probably Labryades, servants of the double axe. Many scholars including Arthur Evans assert that the word labyrinth is derived from labrys and thus implies 'house of the double axe'. The plural of labrys is labryes ( λάβρυες). In Greek it was called πέλεκυς ( pélekus). Labrys ( Greek: λάβρυς, romanized: lábrus) is, according to Plutarch ( Quaestiones Graecae 2.302a), the Lydian word for the double-bitted axe. It is commonly agreed in more civilized lands that the warriors of Rasheman are a very strange lot.Coinage of Idrieus of Caria, Obv: Head of Apollo, wearing laurel wreath, drapery at neck Rev: legend ΙΔΡΙΕΩΣ ("IDRIEOS"), Zeus Labraundos standing with labrys in his right hand, c. This axe was supposedly lost when the king split a mountain that held back the sea and all of the giants were drowned. The warriors of Rashemen have a legend of a giant king called Kirsk, who carried an axe that could split a mountain in twain. He forged it late in 1373 DR, to aid the war effort against Lady Aribeth the Betrayer, who was then marching against the northern city of Neverwinter and the Lords' Alliance. This weapon bears the mark of the dwarf Barun, a Master Blacksmith who worked from a makeshift forge in the Uthgardt village of Beorunna's Well. He forged it early in 1373 DR, to aid the heroes who sought to free his quarantined city from the virulent grasp of the so-called Wailing Death. This weapon bears the mark of the dwarf Marrok, Master Blacksmith of Neverwinter's Shining Knight Arms and Armor. Double axes are listed under the double-sided blueprint category of the item palette in the Toolset.As such, using it is implicitly dual-wielding, with main hand attacks receiving the full strength modifier added to damage while off-hand attacks get half that. ![]() ![]() ![]() The double axe is a double-sided weapon. ![]()
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