Adonis

E147641

figure in Greek mythology mythological youth

Adonis is a strikingly handsome youth in Greek mythology whose beauty and tragic death are central to myths of love, desire, and rebirth.

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Label	Occurrences
Adonis canonical	17
Adonis (mythology)	2
Adonis is killed by a wild boar	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mythological youth ⓘ
AdoniaFeatures	mourning rituals for his death ⓘ women planting fast-growing gardens ⓘ
appearsIn	later Greek literary sources ⓘ
associatedDeity	Aphrodite ⓘ Astarte ⓘ Inanna ⓘ surface form: Ishtar Persephone ⓘ
associatedWith	desire ⓘ love ⓘ rebirth ⓘ seasonal cycles ⓘ vegetation ⓘ
birthFrom	myrrh tree ⓘ
bodyTransformedInto	anemone flower ⓘ
causeOfDeath	boar attack while hunting ⓘ
cultPractices	Adonia festival ⓘ
domain	myth of love and beauty ⓘ myth of vegetation and renewal ⓘ
etymologyLinkedTo	Semitic languages ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasFestival	Adonia festival ⓘ surface form: Adonia
hasMythRole	beloved of Aphrodite ⓘ beloved of Persephone ⓘ
influencedConcept	modern term "adonis" for an attractive young man ⓘ
killedBy	wild boar ⓘ
linkedTo	Mesopotamian deity Tammuz ⓘ surface form: Near Eastern god Tammuz
lovedBy	Aphrodite ⓘ Persephone ⓘ
mythTheme	conflict between goddesses over a mortal lover ⓘ cycle of seasons ⓘ
mythType	dying-and-rising god ⓘ
nameMeaning	lord ⓘ
notableFor	extraordinary beauty ⓘ
parent	Cinyras ⓘ Myrrha ⓘ
partnerInMyth	Aphrodite ⓘ Persephone ⓘ
raisedBy	Persephone ⓘ
symbolizes	death and rebirth of nature ⓘ fertility ⓘ male beauty ⓘ youthful desire ⓘ
worshipedIn	Cyprus ⓘ Phoenician civilization ⓘ surface form: Phoenicia Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: ancient Greece

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aphrodite → lover → Adonis ⓘ

Byblos → majorDeityWorshipped → Adonis ⓘ

Adonis Creed → givenName → Adonis ⓘ

Arabic literature → hasNotableAuthor → Adonis ⓘ

Mesopotamian deity Tammuz → parallels → Adonis ⓘ

subject surface form: Tammuz

Venus and Adonis → depicts → Adonis ⓘ

subject surface form: Venus and Adonis (Ferdinand Bol)

Venus and Adonis → subjectHeading → Adonis ⓘ

subject surface form: Venus and Adonis (Ferdinand Bol)

this entity surface form: Adonis (mythology)

Ranunculaceae → containsGenus → Adonis ⓘ

Golden Wreath of Poetry → notableRecipient → Adonis ⓘ

Priapus → parent → Adonis ⓘ

Love of Aphrodite and Adonis → hasMainMortal → Adonis ⓘ

Love of Aphrodite and Adonis → featuresMortal → Adonis ⓘ

Love of Aphrodite and Adonis → narrativeElement → Adonis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adonis is killed by a wild boar

The Awakening of Adonis → depicts → Adonis ⓘ

The Awakening of Adonis → portraysCharacter → Adonis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adonis (mythology)

Adonais → titleAlludesTo → Adonis ⓘ

Adonais → mentions → Adonis ⓘ

Goethe Medal → notableRecipient → Adonis ⓘ

Donnie → givenName → Adonis ⓘ

The Story of Adidon → hasTitleWordplayOn → Adonis ⓘ