Chrysaor / Chysario (River)

Chrysaor (River)

 

This ancient map of the West African Underworld has many famous ancient rivers.

 

The Chrysaor River is labeled as the CHVSARIO  or CHUSARIO or CHYSARIO

Chrysaor (Greek mythology)
Chrysaor was a minor figure in Greek mythology whose name means "he who has a golden sword". 
Origin: He and his twin brother, the winged horse Pegasus, were born from the neck of the Gorgon Medusa after Perseus beheaded her.
Appearance: Though sometimes depicted as a winged boar, he most often appears as a human warrior wielding a golden blade.
Role: He was the husband of the Oceanid Callirrhoe and the father of the three-headed giant Geryon. 

In Greek mythology, Chrysaor (Ancient Greek: Χρυσάωρ, romanized: Khrusáōr, gen. Χρυσάορος), "he who has a golden sword" (from χρυσός "golden" and ἄορ "sword") was the brother of the winged horse Pegasus, often depicted as a young man, the son of Poseidon and Medusa, born when Perseus decapitated the Gorgon Medusa.

And when Perseus cut off her head, there sprang forth great Chrysaor and the horse Pegasus who is so called because he was born near the springs of Ocean; and that other, because he held a golden blade in his hands.

— Hesiod, Theogony

 

In Greek mythology, Medusa was one of the Gorgons, three monstrous siblings. Medusa, unlike her sisters Stheno and Euryale, was mortal, and was beheaded by Perseus. Chrysaor and Pegasus sprang from the blood of her decapitated body.

Chrysaor, married to Callirrhoe, daughter of glorious Oceanus, was father to the triple-headed Geryon, but Geryon was killed by the great strength of Heracles at sea-circled Erytheis beside his own shambling cattle on that day when Heracles drove those broad-faced cattle toward holy Tiryns, when he crossed the stream of Oceanus and had killed Orthos and the oxherd Eurytion out in the gloomy meadow beyond fabulous Oceanus.

—Hesiod, Theogony

 

Chrysaor and Callirrhoe may have also been the parents of Echidna.

In an alternate genealogy from Stephanus of Byzantium's Ethnica, Chrysaor is a son of Glaucus and grandson of Sisyphus, and his son Mylasus goes on to found Mylasa. This ancestry would make Chrysaor a double of Bellerophon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysaor 

KHRYSAOR (Chrysaor) was a son of the Gorgon Medousa (Medusa) who, together with his twin-brother Pegasos, was born from the bloody neck-stump of his beheaded mother.

Khrysaor was usually described as a giant but, at times, may have been envisaged as a winged-boar. The vase painting right depicts such a creature on the shield of Khrysaor's son Geryon.

Khrysaor's name means "golden-blade" which could be a sword, tusks, or, as in the case Demeter's title Khrysaoros, a reference to golden blades of wheat.

CHRYSAOR (Chrusaôr). A son of Poseidon and Medusa, and consequently a brother of Pegasus. When Perseus cut off the head of Medusa, Chrysaor and Pegasus sprang forth from it. Chrysaor became by Callirrhoë the father of the three-headed Geryones and Echidna.

 

 

 

Chrysaor (often spelled Khrusáōr in Ancient Greek) is a figure in Greek mythology known as the "Golden Sword". He was the son of the sea god Poseidon and the mortal Gorgon Medusa, and the brother of the winged horse Pegasus. 

Chrysaor was born at the moment the hero Perseus beheaded his mother, Medusa.
Some accounts say he and Pegasus sprang from Medusa's neck, while others claim they were born from the drops of her blood that fell into the sea. 
Appearance and abilities
His name comes from the Greek words for "golden" (χρυσός) and "sword" (ἄορ), and he is frequently depicted wielding a golden sword.
He is most often described as a giant, though some stories depict him as a winged boar.
He reportedly possessed immense strength and a special connection to the ocean currents. 
Family and offspring
He married the Oceanid Callirrhoe, and together they fathered the monstrous giant Geryon.
Some legends also list Chrysaor and Callirrhoe as the parents of Echidna, the "mother of all monsters". 
Significance
Despite his divine parentage and monstrous connections, Chrysaor is a relatively minor figure in Greek mythology. His brother Pegasus is far more well-known.
His primary mythological importance comes from his link to the stories of Perseus and Heracles (who would later kill Chrysaor's son, Geryon). 
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DEMETER was the Olympian goddess of agriculture, grain and bread. She was also worshipped in a Mystery Cult which promised initiates a blessed afterlife.

This page lists her cult titles and poetic epithets and those of her daughter Kore-Persephone.