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Gello

Gello (Ancient Greek: Γελλώ), in Greek mythology, is a female demon or revenant who threatens the reproductive cycle by causing infertility, miscarriage, and infant mortality. By the Byzantine era, the gelloudes (γελλούδες) were considered a class of beings. Women believed to be under demonic possession by gelloudes might stand trial or be subjected to…

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Protections against Gello

Red coralHead of garlicCrossChristLamps
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Church attitudes and actions

Ignatios the DeaconTarasios of ConstantinopleAcquittedSudaProverbs
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Byzantine Period

Byzantine periodPatriarchJohn of DamascusStryngaiPolymath
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Modern fiction and popular culture

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Etymology

Classical Antiquity

Byzantine Period

Middle Ages to modern age

Protections against Gello

Church attitudes and actions

Modern folklore

Modern fiction and popular culture

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Gello

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Edges122
Triples195
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.01626
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related to Modern fiction and popular culture · 26
Gello → Adversary, Demoness, Eaker's, Ford, Gilou, Gyllou, In The Bible, Isaac, Jessie, Lilith, Lucifer, Luciferianism, Maids, Michael, Miscarriage, Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Rebirth's DLC, Repentance, She, Sorceress
related to Legend of Saint Sisinnios · 25
Gello → After, Chalcopratia, Constantinople, Greek, Greenfield, Gyllou, Gylou, In, King, Lebanon, Melitene, Melitene's, Melitine, Richard, Sines, Sinodoros, Sisinnios, Spier, St, The
related to Church attitudes and actions · 18
Gello → Allatios's, Christian, Constantinople, De Graecorum, Deacon, Greeks, Ignatios, In, Leo Allatius, Life, On, Sappho's, Sometimes, Suda, Tarasios, Tarasius, Textual, The
related to Early Byzantine amulets · 16
Gello → Abyzou, As, Byzantine, Envy, Evil Eye, Greek, Gyllou, Michael Psellos, Numerous, Obyzouth, Saint Sisinnios, Solomon, Some Byzantine, Testament, This, This Abyzou
related to From virgin to witch-hags · 14
Gello → Allatius, Christian, Damascus, Equating, Gellones, Greece, Greek, It, John, Latinized, Leo Allatius, Striges, This, Western Europe
related to Byzantine Period · 13
Gello → Ancient Greek, Byzantine, Damascus, Gello's, Gillo, Gillobrota, He, John, Michael Psellos, Psellus, Regarding, Stryggōn, The
related to Corporeal and phantom forms · 12
Gello → Allatius, Although, Church, Damascus, Gello's, Greek, Ignatius, In, John, Johnston, Psellos, The
related to Envy and Evil eye · 12
Gello → Byzantine, Envious One, Envy, Greek, Gylou's, Lamia, Lithica, Megaera, Mormo, Phtonos, Sarah Iles Johnston, She
related to Etymology · 12
Gello → Abyzou, Barb, Carl Frank, Gallû, Gorgon, Greek, Gyllou, Martin Litchfield West, Mesopotamian, Such, The, Walter Burkert
related to Classical Antiquity · 8
Gello → According, Alexandria, BC, Hesychius, It, Sappho, The, Zenobius

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century greek demon gelloudes also gyllou name sisinnios demons byzantine evil names abyzou leo one child michael woman could allatius

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Gellois aitem in the indie roguelike game The Binding of Isaac0.90text
these charmsinstance ofThe woman was a rare exception who would shun these charms and put her faith entirely in the power of the Cross.Leo Allatios in the 17th century would criticize such remnants of…0.80text
or the hanging of red coral or a head of garlicinstance ofThe woman was a rare exception who would shun these charms and put her faith entirely in the power of the Cross.Leo Allatios in the 17th century would criticize such remnants of…0.80text
and prescribed strictly Christian prophylacticsinstance ofThe woman was a rare exception who would shun these charms and put her faith entirely in the power of the Cross.Leo Allatios in the 17th century would criticize such remnants of…0.80text
such as a cross or image of Christ placed by a child's bed to ward off Gello or demons in generalinstance ofThe woman was a rare exception who would shun these charms and put her faith entirely in the power of the Cross.Leo Allatios in the 17th century would criticize such remnants of…0.80text
or burning lamps to illuminate sacred imagesinstance ofThe woman was a rare exception who would shun these charms and put her faith entirely in the power of the Cross.Leo Allatios in the 17th century would criticize such remnants of…0.80text
baptisminstance ofmay be symbolized in initiation ceremonies0.80text
which marked the separation of the child from the taint of its mother's gello-attracting bloodinstance ofmay be symbolized in initiation ceremonies0.80text
Gellorelated to Byzantine PeriodThe0.60section
Gellorelated to Byzantine PeriodAncient Greek0.60section
Gellorelated to Byzantine PeriodByzantine0.60section
Gellorelated to Byzantine PeriodJohn0.60section

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