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The mountains of Germany and Scandinavia are under the governance of a set of metallurgic divinities, who agree with the Cabiri, Hephæsti, Telchines, and Idæan Dactyli.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

In their rites, ceremonies, tricks and pretensions they closely resemble the Dactyli, Idæ and Curetes of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the Magi of the Persians, and the Druids of Britain.

From Legends of the Northwest by Gordon, Hanford Lennox

Their names and number were as indistinct even to the ancients as those of the Curetes and Idaean Dactyli.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

Or drown the noise of the fond Dactyli By laughter loud?

From Democritus Platonissans by More, Henry

In their rites, ceremonies, tricks and pretensions they closely resemble the Dactyli, Idæ, and Curetes of the ancient Greeks and Romans, the Magi of the Persians and the Druids of Britain.

From The Feast of the Virgins and Other Poems by Gordon, Hanford Lennox