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labrysnoun
a double-headed ax in Minoan mythology
Etymology: From λάβρυς, from.
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Labrys
Labrys (Greek: λάβρυς, romanized: lábrus) is, according to Plutarch (Quaestiones Graecae 2.302a), the Lydian word for the double-bitted axe. In Greek it was called πέλεκυς (pélekus). The Ancient Greek plural of labrys is labryes (λάβρυες).
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Labrys
Labrys is the term for a symmetrical doubleheaded axe originally from Crete in Greece, one of the oldest symbols of Greek civilization; to the Romans, it was known as a bipennis. The double-bitted axe remains a forestry tool to this day, and the labrys certainly functioned as a tool and hewing axe before it was invested with symbolic function. Labrys symbolism is found in Minoan, Thracian, and Greek religion, mythology, and art, dating from the Middle Bronze Age onwards, and surviving in the Byzantine Empire.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of labrys in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of labrys in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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