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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Mnemosynenoun

    (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of memory; mother of the Muses

Wiktionary

  1. Mnemosynenoun

    A Titan, the personification of memory, the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and the mother of the Muses by Zeus.

  2. Etymology: From Μνημοσύνη.

Wikipedia

  1. Mnemosyne

    In Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion, Mnemosyne (; Ancient Greek: Μνημοσύνη, pronounced [mnɛːmosýːnɛː]) is the goddess of memory and the mother of the nine Muses by her nephew Zeus. In the Greek tradition, Mnemosyne is one of the Titans, the twelve divine children of the earth-goddess Gaia and the sky-god Uranus. The term Mnemosyne is derived from the same source as the word mnemonic, that being the Greek word mnēmē, which means "remembrance, memory".

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  1. mnemosyne

    Mnemosyne, in Greek mythology, is the personification of memory and the mother of the nine Muses. She is a Titaness, daughter of Gaia and Uranus. The term is often used in literary and scholarly works to refer to power, inspiration, or the concept of memory. Additionally, Mnemosyne may also refer to a software tool designed for memory retention, based on the concept of spaced repetition.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mnemosynenoun

    the goddess of memory and the mother of the Muses

  2. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. mnhmosy`nh remembrance, memory, and the goddess of memory. See Mnemonic.]

Wikidata

  1. Mnemosyne

    Mnemosyne, source of the word mnemonic, was the personification of memory in Greek mythology. The titaness was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus and the mother of the nine Muses by Zeus: ⁕Calliope ⁕Clio ⁕Erato ⁕Euterpe ⁕Melpomene ⁕Polyhymnia ⁕Terpsichore ⁕Thalia ⁕Urania In Hesiod's Theogony, kings and poets receive their powers of authoritative speech from their possession of Mnemosyne and their special relationship with the Muses. Zeus and Mnemosyne slept together for nine consecutive nights, thus birthing the nine Muses. Mnemosyne also presided over a pool in Hades, counterpart to the river Lethe, according to a series of 4th century BC Greek funerary inscriptions in dactylic hexameter. Dead souls drank from Lethe so they would not remember their past lives when reincarnated. Initiates were encouraged to drink from the river Mnemosyne when they died, instead of Lethe. These inscriptions may have been connected with Orphic poetry. Similarly, those who wished to consult the oracle of Trophonius in Boeotia were made to drink alternately from two springs called "Lethe" and "Mnemosyne". An analogous setup is described in the Myth of Er at the end of Plato's Republic.

Mythology

  1. Mnemosyne

    (Mnemos′yne). Mother of the Muses and goddess of memory. Jupiter courted the goddess in the guise of a shepherd.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mnemosyne in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mnemosyne in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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