Limos

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Limos is the Greek personification of hunger and starvation, often depicted as a spirit who brings famine and scarcity.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Limos canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek deity ⓘ
personification ⓘ
spirit ⓘ
appearsAs emaciated spirit ⓘ
gaunt figure ⓘ
associatedWith deprivation ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
category Chthonic spirits ⓘ
Greek personifications ⓘ
Hunger deities ⓘ
contrastedWith abundance ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
domain famine ⓘ
hunger ⓘ
scarcity ⓘ
starvation ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
influences human suffering ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentionedIn Ovid's Metamorphoses NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythologicalTradition Greek mythology ⓘ
nameMeaning hunger ⓘ
opposedBy Demeter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Plutus NERFINISHED ⓘ
role bringer of famine ⓘ
embodiment of hunger ⓘ
symbolizes famine as divine force ⓘ
lack of food ⓘ
typeOfDeity daimon ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Eris (Greek goddess of strife and discord) → offspring → Limos ⓘ
subject surface form: Eris
Eris → offspring → Limos ⓘ