1. Mesopotamian and Hittite Mythology
... spring and summer when he returned. Similar to Tammuz, Adonis was killed by a boar that was thought to be sent by Artemis who avenged Aphrodite for instigating the death of Hippolytus. When Adonis died in Aphrodite's arm, she turned his blood that fell into the soil into windflowers. She then begged Zeus to bring her lover back and Zeus agreed to ... ...
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