Brizo

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{{Short description|Ancient Greek goddess}}

Brizo {{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|r|aɪ|z|oʊ}} (Greek: Βριζώ; derived from Ancient Greek word βρίζω meaning "to slumber") is an ancient Greek goddess who was known as the protector of mariners, sailors, and fishermen.{{cite web|title=Dictionary of Classical Antiquities|url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/seyffert/0103.html|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605194132/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/seyffert/0103.html|archivedate=2011-06-05}}{{Cite web| title = Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Brizo| accessdate = 2023-04-12| url = http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062:entry=brizo-harpers&highlight=brizo}} Brizo was also known as a prophetic goddess specializing in the interpretation of dreams,{{cite web|title=Greek Divination|url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/divination/0145.html|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101130/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/divination/0145.html|archivedate=2015-04-02}}

One of the epithets that was used in ancient Greece for the seers who specialized at the interpretation of dreams was brizomantis (βριζόμαντις).[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=e)nupnio/mantis Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, enypniomantis][https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=brizo-bio-1 A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Brizo]