Hyperborean

Hyperborean
/huy'peuhr bawr"ee euhn, -bohr"-, -beuh ree"-/, n.
1. Class. Myth. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
2. an inhabitant of an extreme northern region.
adj.
3. of or pertaining to the Hyperboreans.
4. (l.c.) of, pertaining to, or living in a far northern region.
[ < L hyperbore(us) < Gk hyperbóreos beyond the north wind, northern, polar (hyper- HYPER- + boréas the north, the north wind) + -AN; see BOREAS]

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      in Greek religion, one of a mythical people intimately connected with the worship of Apollo at Delphi and of Artemis at Delos. The Hyperboreans were named with reference to Boreas, the north wind, and their home was placed in a paradisal region in the far north, “beyond the north wind.” They lived for 1,000 years; if any desired to shorten that period, he decked himself with garlands and threw himself from a rock into the sea. According to Herodotus, several Hyperborean maidens had been sent with offerings to Delos, but, the offerings having been delivered, the maidens died. Thereafter the Hyperboreans wrapped their offerings in wheat straw and requested their neighbours to hand them on, from nation to nation, until they finally reached Delos.

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