Cabirean

One of the Cabiri, q. v. Cabi'ri, n. pl. [Gr. Kabeiroi.] ( Myth.) Certain mystic deities worshipped in Greece, Egypt, ., and especially in Lemnos, Samothrace, and Imbros. The vague and contradictory accounts given of them by various writers render it impo ible to arrive at any certain conclusions as to their real character, and the nature of their worship, which was made a matter of the greatest mystery. By some they have been regarded as exclusively Pelasgic divinities; by others they have been identified with the Roman Penates and the Dioscuri. To account for their name they were said to be children of Hephæstus (or Vulcan) and Cabeira the daughter of Proteus. They are mentioned by Hero dot us (ii. 51, iii. 37); but his statements are not more definite than those of later writers. The subject is examined at length in Lobeck's Aglaophamus. Cabir'ian, Cabir'ic, Cabirit'ic, a . [ Fr.cabirique .] Relating, or belonging, to the Cabiri, or to their form of worship. Cable, Cable-car, . See SECTION II. Ca'ble, or Cable town, in Ohio , a village of Champaign co., 38 m. W.N.W. of Columbus. Ca'ble Island, in Ireland, an island of Cork co., 5 m. S.S.W. of Youghal.