Bret Easton Ellis wrote the screenplay for a friend.
In Greek mythology , the Dactyls -LRB- pronounced -LSB- -LSB- ˈdæktɪlz -RSB- -RSB- ; from Greek Δακτυλοι `` fingers '' -RRB- were the archaic mythical race of male beings associated with the Great Mother , whether as Cybele or Rhea .. Greek mythology. Greek mythology. Greek. Greek language. Great Mother. Mother Goddess. Cybele. Cybele. Rhea. Rhea ( mythology ). Their numbers vary , but often they were ten spirit-men so like the three Curetes , the Cabiri or the Korybantes that they were often interchangeable .. Curetes. Korybantes. Cabiri. Cabiri. Korybantes. Korybantes. The Dactyls were both ancient smiths and healing magicians .. In some myths , they are in Hephaestus ' employ , and they taught metalworking , mathematics , and the alphabet to humans .. Hephaestus. Hephaestus. When Rhea , the mother of the gods , knew her time of delivery was come , she went to the sacred cave on Mount Ida .. Rhea. Rhea ( mythology ). Mount Ida. Mount Ida. As she squatted in labor she dug her fingers into the earth -LRB- Gaia -RRB- , which brought forth these daktyloi Idaioi -LRB- Δακτυλοι Ιδαιοι `` Idaean fingers '' -RRB- , thus often ten in number , or sometimes multiplied into a race of ten tens .. Gaia. Gaia ( mythology ). Three is just as often given as their number .. They are sometimes instead numbered as thirty-three .. When Greeks offered a most solemn oath , often they would press their hands against the earth as they uttered it .