sentences:  Diodorus Siculus said of the Cabeiri that they were "Idaioi dactyloi" ("Idaian Dactyls").The Idaian Dactyls were a race of divine beings associated with the Mother Goddess and with Mount Ida, a mountain in Phrygia sacred to the goddess.Hesychius of Alexandria wrote that the Cabeiri were "karkinoi" ("crabs").