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father of Pyrrha and uncle of Deucalion; married Pandora.
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epimetheus
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caused by impious behavior of the sons of Lycaon; Deucalion and pyhhra had to throw Pandora’s bones over shoulder
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great flood
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identified with Tenen and Seker; is the Heart and Tongue of the Ennead of Heliopolis. invented the “Opening of the Mouth” ritual used to reanimate mummies, represented as mummy; identified by the Greeks with Hephaestos. “Divine Artificer” and supreme god of Memphis.
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ptah
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Egyptian god of the primeval lotus, son of ptah
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nefertem
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killed his sister Cilla and her infant son Munippus following a prophecy by Aesacus, his son by his first wife Arisbe. father of Polyxena and Deiphobus
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priam
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slain by Heracles after refusing to give up the two immortal horses given in recompense for the abduction of uncle Ganymede
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laomedon
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role as Natesa, he is often depicted using one foot to crush Apasmara, the dwarf of ignorance; wife’s incarnations are Sati Uma, and Parvati.
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shiva
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leader of Ganas, provides the music for the Tandava; guardian of all quadrupeds; shiv's ride
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nandi
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identified with Tanit and Uni; given the title “Moneta” in recognition of her role in guarding the finances of Rome; role in childbirth recognized in festival of Matronalia
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juno
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roman equivalent of Hebe; Juno is mother
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juventas
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son Myrtilus; father of Cephalus, and of Odysseus’s grandfather Autolycus; born on Mount Cyllene
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hermes
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progenitor of the Ynglings; fated to kill Beli
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frey
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so beautiful her arms light up the sea and sky, seen in the forest of Barri, wooed by skirnir using 11 golden apples and draupnir on behalf of frey; daughter of Aurboda and Gymir.
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gerd
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nerves were used as one of the ingredients in Gleipnir. Fight monkeys in Ramayana; Arcas is turned to one
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bears
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plays the beheading game with sir bertilak
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gawain
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successfully answers the challenges of /ath, son of Imoman, and the disguised Cu Roi in “Bricriu’s Feast”
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cuchullain
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daughter Iynx with Pan. She helped in the escape of a group of mountain nymphs who were dallying with Zeus by keeping Hera busy with idle chatter
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echo
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1,000 ears and 10,000 eyes; assisted another god in weighing souls on a golden scale on the Chinvat Bridge; appears as a prominent Yazad in the Avestas.
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mithra
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associated with the bull Merwer and the Bennu bird. In the myth of the Distant Goddess, a fierce goddess known as his Eye abandons him. His cult originated in Heliopolis.
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ra
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daughter of RA; goddess of fertility and water
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tefnut
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assembled by a Thespian in Pagasae and constructed of materials taken from Mount Pelion, and an oracular piece from the Dodonian oak of Zeus
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argo
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struck in the heel by a poison spear. gigantic man whose talking head kept Wales safe
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bran
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Cleopatra and Chione were daughters, Oreithyia was wife, brother of Notus and father of Calais and Zetes, the North Wind.
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boreas
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Aellopus and Ocypete
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harpies
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secretly had son eumolpus with chione
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poseidon
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underworld named Adlivun. worshipped Sedna and Nanook, the god of polar bears.
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inuit
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daughter married Ragnar Lodbrok; daughter of King Budli; stabbed by a sleeping thorn after giving Audabrodir victory over Hjalmgunnar.
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brynhild
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married Gudrun and then won brynnhildr on behalf of Gudrun’s brother Gunnar.
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sigurd
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Mercury gave him Celeris, the brother of Pegasus. He carried off Hilaeira and Phoebe, who were betrothed to Idas and Lynceus, his eventual killers. betrothed Electra.
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castor
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uses his mighty battleaxe to kill a snake “who knows no charm” and frightens the Anzu-bird and Lilit out of a huluppu-tree.
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gilgamesh
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dream in which he feels a strong sexual attraction to an immovable rock that falls from the heavens, son of Ninsun encounters the ale-wife Siduri and the boatman Urshanabi
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gilgamesh
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punished Lara, later became the mother of the Lares; equated with the Etruscan god Tinia, The sacred thunder-stone of Terminus was kept under a hole in the roof of his temple
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jupiter
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harp known as “Oak of Two Greens” and “Four-Angled Music.” son of Danu; lust for the daughter of Indech because he had been forced to eat too much of his beloved porridge by the Fomorians.
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dagda
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His club could kill nine men with one blow, while the other end could revive the dead; father of Aengus and Bodb Dearg, known as the good god.
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dagda
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son of Thoˆsa
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polyphemus
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roofless temples, nightly absence, many hands seizing offerings, or presenting the hieroglyphs of strength and life to the royal family.
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aten
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got Otus and Ephialtes to kill each other by darting between them in the form of a white doe.
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artemis
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Leucippe it, mechanical and made of gold which took refuge in artemis’ temple and uttered the words “Spare me!” oeneus was the victim
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calydonian boar
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son of Aristaeus was killed by his pack of fifty hounds after seeing artemis bathe
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actaeon
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son of Kausalya and Dasaratha. kills Khara and Bali as a favor to Sugriva; wins sita in a contest by breaking Shiva’s bow
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rama
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son of Kaikeyi, half-brother to rama;
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lakshmi
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brought to one knee by Elli; creates the ebb tide when he takes three enormous swigs from an enchanted drinking horn; spends a night in the glove of Skrymir with bondservant thialfi
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thor
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daily trip to the Well of Urd he wades across the Kormt and the Ormt rivers since he cannot cross Bifrost.
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thor
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claimed as an ancestor of the Ioxids; son of Aethra
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theseus
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the pine bender, son of prucrustes
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sinis
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defeated Palug’s Cat; traps Dillus Farfawg in a pit in order to pluck Dillus’s beard with wooden tweezers, While fighting in a tournament, he forgets to bring his sword; foster brother of Arthur
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sir kay
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brother of Abderus and son of Opian Menoetius. He fled to his uncle’s court after killing Cleitonymus, or Aeanes, over a game of dice.
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patroclus
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killed the Paeonian king Pyraechmes, saving the ship of Protesilaus. killed Sarpedon
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patroclus
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Mother Hubur; Kishar and Anshar were her children with apsu
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apsu
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Men were created his blood, to whom tiamat bound the Tablets of Destiny.
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kingu
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sole female He Xiangu, octet of deities from Taoist legend.
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eight immortals
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the Bambinaeans suffered from it; born by Selene and then dropped from the moon. Its killer used a net to cover one of the two entrances to its cave
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nemean lion
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giant Hrungnir boasts that he will pick it up and carry it off to Jotunheim; home to hart Eikthyrnir, who eats the branches of the tree Laerad
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valhalla
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auldron Eldhrimnir, in which boar Saehrimnir is boiled each day, and to goat heidrun who supplies a cauldron’s worth of mead every day
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valhalla
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ants carried grains of wheat up the side of his cradle and placed them between his lips while he slept as a baby; founded the city of Ancyra after death of father Gordius. He committed suicide by drinking bull’s blood
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midas
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Dakinis are her attendants; has a tusked face with a fearsome brow bearing a third eye, and by some accounts, she sprang from the brow of Durga. defeated demon Raktavira; thirst for blood; aspect of Shiva’s wife Devi.
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kali
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offered a golden crown to any bull that could beat Agelaus’s champion bull, and soon after awarded the crown to Ares without complaint.
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paris
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Prior to his birth, his mother dreamed that she gave birth to a firebrand from which wriggled a horde of fiery serpents.
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paris
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selected to settle a dispute on Mount Gargarus in which he was offered dominion over Asia by one claimant, but he decided in favor of Aphrodite, who promised him the fairest woman in the world.
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paris
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few survivors from his turn as supreme deity were transformed into dogs, turkeys and butterflies at the end of the Third Sun. his paradise accepted people who had died by dropsy
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tlaloc
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made such an impression on a King of the Panchalas whom he captured that the king asked Brahma for daughter Draupadi who would marry him after he shot 5 arrows through a ring; killer of Karna; son of indra
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arjuna
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cult became associated with bone-setters. distracted from her task by seeing her reflection in seven thousand jugs of pomegranate juice mixed with beer, then got too drunk to continue slaughtering mankind.
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sekhmet
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Worshipped as the wife of Ptah in Memphis, goddess of war with head of a lion
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sekhmet
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seven of them, the Gasterocheires, accompanied Proetus from Lycia to Tiryns; Campe is monster set to guard them. smithcraft possessed by Steropes, Brontes, and Arges
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cyclops
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received a second name from Conn after being known as Deimne in his childhood. promised the hand of Gr·inne, but she ran off
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finn macool
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reared in the forest of Sliab Bladma by the Grey One of Luachra and his aunt Bodhmall after his father was killed by Goll Mac Morna
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finn macool
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killed the sons of her son-in-law Polymnestor and plucked out Polymnestor’s eyes, then transformed herself into a creature named Maera, or maybe attacks Polymnestor for killing her son Polydorus
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hecuba
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dies after being made the slave of Odysseus. 19 sons included the prophet Helenus, and Troilus.
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hecuba
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son was renowned for settling disputes in the hall Glitnir. resident of the hall Breidablik and husband of Nanna
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baldr
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wife Skadi chose him on the basis of hisclean white feet, hoping she would get baldr
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njord
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married Idas’s daughter Cleopatra; When his mother althea learned that he had killed Toxeus and Plexippus, she killed him by setting fire to a certain piece of wood
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meleager
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father of Sir Lamorak; father of Percival, perpetually hunted the Questing Beast
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pellinore
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goddess Ammavaru produced one from which the Trimurti were born. The Dioscuri were born from one of these resulting from the union of Leda and a swan.
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eggs
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founding myth is 8 ppl emerging from Tavern of Dawn; first leader, Ayar-manco, built the House of the Sun, a temple to Viracocha
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inca
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cult partner of Lua; the father of Picus and Veritas
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saturn
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helped Psyche accomplish the first task set by Venus, sorting a basket of grains in one day.
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ants
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Zeus answered the prayer of Aeacus by transforming some ants into them
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myrmidons
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soul resides in bull Aa-Nefer or the ram of Mendes; backbone was identified with the djed pillar. usually depicted wearing the atef crown and carrying a crook and a flail.
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osiris
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turned up in the palace of Malcandre, king of Byblos, in a pillar made from a tamarisk tree which had grown around a chest with his body sealed inside.
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osiris
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daughter of Hyfaidd Hen was made to wear the collars of asses for over a year; sentence that she spend seven years beside a mounting block, telling her story to passers-by
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rhiannon
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She received her sentence after six nurses smeared her face with puppy blood and claimed that she had killed her son Pryderi.
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rhiannon
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granted Spermo the power of turning anything she touched into corn, slept with Oeneus’s wife Althaea, fathering Deianeira. As an infant, he struck Athamas blind, aunt Ino
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dionysus
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retreated before the Xanthian women; asked Poseidon to flood the plain behind him while he advanced against a king of Lycia. daughter Laodamia was the mother by Zeus of Sarpedon
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bellerophon
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circular frame of large drums. He can be avoided only by hiding under mosquito netting, an important piece of information given his love for eating human navels; shown with the wind god Fujin
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raiden
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It was placed on Baldur’s pyre, but was sent it back to Asgard with Hermod. Andvaranaut was similar and was used to cover the last whisker of the slain Otter, son of Hreidmar, but was cursed by Andvar
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draupnir
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reared Pandareus’s orphaned daughters; mother of Herophilus and Rhodus; daughter of Dione, she arranged the death of Glaucus, who refused to allow his mares to breed
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aphrodite
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used magical weapons “Driver” and “Chaser” to defeat “Prince Sea.” chief god of Ugarit; resurrected seven years after his death at the hands of Mot, which was avenged by his consort Anat. son of El or Dagan
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baal
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red banner bearing the emblem of the monster fish Makara, the mount of Varuna, is carried by one of the Apsaras, a band of nymphs who surround him when he travels
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kama
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rides a parrot, and travels in the company of his wife, Rati, and his friend Vasanta, who strings his sugar-cane bow with humming-bees. burned up by Shiva’s third eye after causing Shiva to fall in love with Parvati
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kama
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in her later years, she lost a beauty contest to Thetis, and cured Heracles of the madness that had caused him to kill his children. gave cursed wedding gifts to Creon’s daughter. daughter of AeÎtes who married Aegeus
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medea
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Voluspo contains a catalogue of these “forebears of Lofar,” live in golden hall in Nidavellir. Four of them hld up the sky; Fjalar and Galar created the mead of poetry, and Freya slept with four to obtain Brisingamen
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dwarves
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fights waves until he collapses; conceived when mother swallows a may-fly during the feast celebrating her marriage to Sualdam; used feat of the salmon-leap to win three wishes on the Isle of Skye from Sc·thach
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cu cullain
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used the Gae Bolga to kill Ferdiad and his son Conlai, whom he begot on Aife before marrying Emer. born Setanta.
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cu cullain
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once had all his sinews ripped out, placed in a bag, and put under the guardianship of the monstrous Delphyne. sounds of his wailing as infant were drowned out by the spear-clashing Curetes
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zeus
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gave Jamshid or Yima a golden seal and poniard, and made him construct a vara. He created man Gayomart, only to see him poisoned by the prostitute Jeh
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ahuramazda
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offers up a sacrifice to his servant Tishtrya, the Yazad of Sirius; son Atar battled the dragon Azhi Dahaka, and his retinue, the Amesha Spentas, opposed the Daevas
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ahuramazda
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brother Broteas. Her husband amphion moved stones with music to make Thebes.
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niobe
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notes fulfilling prophetic curse by the Harpy Celaeno. founder of Alba Longa, son of Creusa and Aeneas.
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ascanius
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trickery resulted in Anty or Nemty the Ferryman losing his toes as punishment for bringing her to Central Island. She turned herself into a headless flint statue after her son beheaded her
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isis
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hidden in the marshes of Chemmish; beheaded isis for letting set go
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horus
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lived by a lake near Amymone where murderers came to be purified; hot springs at Thermopylae were formed during an incident about her; received aid in final battle from a giant crab, slain in lerna
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hydra
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married Gayatri; tricked Kumbhakarna into requesting eternal sleep. He gave birth from his thumb to the sage Daksha; Sarasvati tries to move away from his gaze so he grows four extra heads to keep her in his sight. lost one head to Shiva
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brahma
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son of Beli and Don, the brother of Gilfaethwy and protective uncle of Lleu Llaw Gyffes
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gwydion
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He died of a broken heart; brother of Leucippe and TheonoÎ was taught his art by his father Thestor.
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calchas
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expedition to Lemnos to fetch the bow and arrows of Heracles. told Agamemnon to sacrifice his most beautiful daughter to Artemis. prophet for the Greek army during the Trojan War.
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calchas
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credited with creating “the wounding wand” Laevateinn; invented the fishing net while living in a house with four doors so that he could look out for his pursuers, who caught him in the waterfall of Fr·nang in the form of a salmon
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loki
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son Vali was then turned into a wolf and set loose on his other son Narvi, and Narvi’s entrails were used to bind him; wife Sigyn
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loki
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Chukchee myth, this character’s mighty droppings form the earth. popular trickster of pacific; formed sheep out of mud and woman out of clay, then blowing life into them by flapping his wings
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raven
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people killed by it were brought to Tlalocan by Xolotl, the god of it; cause of death for Capaneus
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lightning
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name means “White Phantom;” ruler of the Summer Land abducts her, but later agrees to return her. abductor Melwas becomes the knight Meliagraunce.
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guinivere
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fell in love with and abducted Pelops’s bastard son Chrysippus. banished by Zethus and Amphion.
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laius
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goes to the underworld to retrieve his friend’s pukku and mukku, but breaks every taboo and is forced to stay there. makes love for six days and seven nights with the voluptuous, making him no longer animal; fashioned by the goddess Aruru
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enkidu
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The Cabeiri, who save sailors from shipwreck, were her servants. Dionysus bribed her with a gift of myrtle to release the spirit of Semele.
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persephone
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born from a myrrh tree split in two by a sword
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adonis
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haunted by the ghost of a son of Nephele who had fled Orchomenus on a magical steed.
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pelias
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laughter at erotic dance of Uzume, the kami of joy, brought her out of cave
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amaterasu
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raised by two daughters of Melisseus in a cave on Mount Dicte, and fed on the milk of the goat Amaltheia
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zeus
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When she offers Loki a crystal cup of mead, he accuses her of infidelity; mother of Ull and Thrud, and the step-mother of Magni. Wife of Thor
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sif
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ruler of Cruachain Connacht; beautiful daughter Findabair; sent three witches and three wizards to kill Cuchulainn; wife of Ailill who led the Cattle Raid of Cooley against the Ulstermen
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meave
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He loses many men to the people of King Lamus after three scouts follow a daughter of the chieftain Antiphates into an ambush; framed Nauplius’s son
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odysseus
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participated in the murder of Dolon, coached Sinon on lying, and purified Achilles of the murder of his enemy Thersites; recounts adventures to King Alcinous
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odysseus
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Greeks considerd him the god of silence, Harpokrates. Won boat making contest by using gypsum.
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horus
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restored horus’ eyesight by rubbing gazelle milk into his eyesockets
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hathor
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brother Phoroneus; Her son, who was then identified with the Apis bull, was the father of Libya; daughter of the River-god Inachus gave birth to Epaphus with husband telegonus.
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io
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The minor god Virbius, or Greek Hippolytus, was associated with this goddess; priest at Aricia was a fugitive slave; favored the chaste warrior maiden Camilla
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diana
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son of Morgause died in battle at camlann after the sight of a snake prompted a knight to draw a sword.
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mordred
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Maya dreamed of a small white one entering her womb prior to the birth of Siddhartha. Indra’s mount Airavata was also one
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elephants
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son of Parvati, had his original head burned or cut off by Shiva.
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ganesha
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apprentice Cedalion was kidnapped and used as a guide by the blind Orion, and he helped Oenopion hide from Orion by building an underground chamber for Oenopion. Created Talos
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hephaestus
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father of Nefer Hor and Hornub by his wives Nehmauit and Seshat; he plays draughts with the Moon; Known to the Greeks as Hermes Trismegistus
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thoth
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mother of the Empusae and of Scylla; goddess of roads in general and crossroads in particular witnessed taking of Persephone.
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hecate
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source of the river Vam; current abode in the lake Amsvartnir, on the isle of Lyngvi,
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fenrir
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uses a weapon made from the strips of leather men pare off at the toes and heels of their boots
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vidar
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Slavic god known as the “black god” and paired with his brother Bielobog.
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czernobog
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brothers Cilix and Phineus (tormented by Harpies); sentenced to serve eight years as the bondsman of Ares for killing a sacred serpent. father of Semele
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cadmus
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killed by the vagina of the queen of the underworld while attempting to gain immortality by crawling into her body to crush her heart. after deciding that the days were too short, he lassoed and beat up the sun to make it go slower
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maui
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daughter of Iasus or Schoeneus
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atalanta
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wife of Bragi was known for having them, Ladon was set as a guard over, kept by Idunn in norse
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golden apples
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employed a servant named Mnemon whose sole task was to remind him not to kill any of Apollo’s sons
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achilles
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foiled a conspiracy by alerting Briareus, who undid the hundred knots binding Zeus. Zeus and Poseidon both lusted for her, but refrained cuz of prophecy
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thetis
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forced to roll through the sky after being bound to a wheel
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ixion
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once appeared as the spirit of the mountain Govardhana; magic weapon Sudarsana was used to kill his cousin Sisupala; first wife Rukmini.
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krishna
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purpose was to defeat the demon Kansa, and he was born to Devaki; brother of Balarama famous for frolicking with the gopis; incarnation of Vishnu.
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krishna
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son Androgeus; daughter Phaedra.
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pasiphae
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foils a plot by the prince Rhun to despoil the daughter-in-law of Gwyddno Garanhir; reborn after being swallowed in the form of a grain of wheat by the witch Ceridwen.
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taliesin
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won a large plot of land known as Byrsa from the King of Gaetulia, Iarbas; first husband Sychaeus was murdered by her brother Pygmalion; sister Anna
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dido
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nine-hundred headed grandmother; father giant Hymir. slay and be slain by Garm.
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tyr
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banished to Cephallenia when oracle announced that his father would be killed by him or one of his brothers. married Circe
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telemachus
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palamedes uncovered plot, died at hands of half-brother telegonus
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odysseus
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cult center at Dendera; portrayed with the Menait on her back. wife of Horus of Edfu, and their son Ihy was sometimes known as the “bull of confusion” goddess of love with a cow’s head
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hathor
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killed cousin Halirrhothius to defend his daughter Alcippe. father-in-law of Procne; assumed form of a wild boar and gored Adonis to death.
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Welsh myth its Govannon, Irish Goibhniu.
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smith
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exaggerated mirror image of her named Saltu; broke the wing of the bird-man Allulu, and turned her father’s gardener Ishullanu into a frog. father Anu
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ishtar
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son of Angiras; title of king of the Pitris, formerly a role of Varuna; brothers Indra and Surya. seven tongues. god of fire
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agni
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king of Mycenae; wife Aerope. murdered three of his nephews and served chunks of their flesh to his brother who had wronged him. father of Menelaus and Agamemnon, the brother of Thyestes
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atreus
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sky spirit Hormast Tengri. epic of Geser
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mongols
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gave Pandareus the gift of never suffering from the belly-ache; cursed Erysichthon to perpetual hunger; she became pregnant with Plutus by having sex with Iasius in a thrice-plowed field.
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demeter
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stay with Celeus and Metaneira during which she tried but failed to burn away Demophoˆn’s mortality.
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demeter
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given a chariot drawn by serpents, seed-corn, and a wooden plow by demeter, and told him to teach mankind the art of agriculture
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triptolomus
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lieutenant was Paynal; sprang fully armed from his mother Coatlicue, who had been impregnated by a ball of feathers. Known as Hummingbird on the Left
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huitzilopochtli
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he fights Lancelot for four hours after mistaking Lancelot for his enemy Palamedes. prince of Lyonesse who was killed by his uncle King Mark.
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tristan
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known in Norse mythology as Mani and Sol.
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sun and moon
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Serapis was often pictured with it at his feet. The mother of Voluptas was advised by a tower on dealing with this creature, Sibyl and Eurystheus scared of it
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cerberus
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mother of Mummu is killed by MArduk, who uses the Evil Wind to keep her lips open while he shoots an arrow down her throat. Begins “When on high;” story of the death Tiamat
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enuma elish
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defeated the Asiatics with the help of stepmother Sekhmet. Wrote Book of Temple Foundations, a son of Ptah
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imhotep
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grandfather of Bellerophon told the River-god Asopus where to find Zeus dallying with Aegina, wife Merope
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sisyphus
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initially known as ephyra, peopled with men sprung from mushrooms; maybe founded by sisyphus
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corinth
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war-goddess identified with Badb and Macha who took the form of a hooded crow and perched on the shoulder of Cuchulainn after his death.
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morrigan
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he fashions a robe using one feather from each bird, then hides in it to spy on Wulbari. captures a fairy with the help of some mashed yams and an Akua doll covered in sticky resin
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anansi
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loses his wealth when he buys a worthless cloak of vines and flies from Chameleon. His other major defeat comes when his eight legs become stuck to the wax girl. son of the sky-god Nyame
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anansi
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credited with killing Neoptolemus; companion of Pylades; married his cousin Hermione.
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orestes
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Fulla carries her little box and looks after her shoes. Loki accuses her of lying sleeping with all three of the children of Bestla and Bor. sits in the hall Fensalir and spinning clouds on her loom
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frigg
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defeated the giant Ritho; helps his cousin Culhwch. spear Ron lost at camlann
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arthur
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herdsman Menoetius; snuck by Cronus to steal his weapons. palace lies on the far side of the Asphodel Fields
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hades
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died at the spring of Tilphussa, after which his companions founded the city of Hestiaea. advice led to the suicides of two men named Menoeceus. grandfather of Mopsus and father of Manto
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teiresias
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two of these creatures were charged with torturing Leto’s would-be rapist Tityus, and two of these creatures revealed the secret to curing Iphiclus’s impotence after Melampus sacrificed two bulls
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vulture
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Etruscan demon with nose of vulture; used a hammer to kill ppl
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charun
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nourished with ocean water by Surya when he is exhausted from feeds the Pitris and Indra. moon god, the personification of a magical liquid also known as amrita.
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soma
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founded Petelia and Crimissa in southern Italy, where he fled after being expelled by rebels from his city of Meliboea in Thessaly. son of Demonassa and Poeas
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philoctetes
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bitten in the ankle by a snake healed after Odysseus and Diomedes brought him from Lemnos; dealt a mortal wound to Paris in an archery duel
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philoctetes
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only vegetable this character ate was lettuce, which was used to impregnate him with the semen of Horus; only god capable of defeating Apep; identification with a god of the Hyksos, Sutekh
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seth
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centaurs that fled to Sicily after battle with heracles. Lost wings in contest to Muses. They committed suicide when odysseus came
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sirens
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heard his future predicted by his uncle Gripir; killed the surviving sons of Hunding, including King Lyngvi; half-brother of Sinfjotli; mother Hjordis, sword Gram forged by Regin
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sigurd
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dwelling is surrounded by a picket fence topped by skulls; uses a pestle to steer as she flies through the forest in a giant mortar. who dwells in a hut on chicken legs
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baba yaga
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Zapotecs Cocijo; Mayan Chac
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rain
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incan rain god that collects it from the milky way
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ilya'pa
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member of the Epigoni, and participated in a night raid into the camp of King Rhesus. son of Tydeus who wounded Aphrodite and Ares during the siege of Troy
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diomedes
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cousin of Thersites who founded Brundisium before a divine act caused him to disappear birthname of Jason
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diomedes
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After his nails were pulled out and his beard cut off by the gods, he planted the hairs of his beard on the mountains, forming the Forest of Kii; defeated an eight-headed snake, taking from its tail the “grass-cutting sword” Kusanagi. noisy storm god
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susanowo
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mother was Ningal, the wife of Dumuzi, whose Akkadian counterpart was Ishtar; Sumerian fertility
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innana
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originally promised in marriage to Agenor. daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia
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andromeda
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stole eye and tooth of the graeae
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perseus
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saved hesione from being chained to a rock with a sea monster
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heracles
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ally Mezentius. Aeneas sees the belt of Evander’s son Pallas on this man’s shoulder and kills him; Rutulian prince
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turnus
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Native american trickster depicted with a humped back and a flute.
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kokopelli
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King of Megara; invulnerable except in his neck and arm-pit; son of Periboea and step-son of Hesione; bound a white-footed ram upright to a pillar and flogged it with a horse’s halter; half-brother Teucer; son of Telamon
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ajax
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Vesta’s sacred animal.
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donkey
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cast a decisive vote which resulted in the suicide of Erigone. she saved Zagreus’s heart and placed it in a gypsum figure; let one of her favorites die after she caught him eating the brains of Melanippus, daughter of Metis
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athena
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name means “Lady of the Mansion”
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nepthys
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he defeated Gullfaxi in a contest; descendant was named Grani; sent to help Hermod on his quest, leaping over the gate of Hel’s hall.
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sleipnir
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sometimes called father of sleipnir, rebuilt the walls of asgard
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svadilfari
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fought contest to hrungnir over sleipner
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thor
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daughter Euippe; conceived on Philyra by Cronus; chose to die after being hit in the knee by an arrow that passed through the arm of Elatus, giving his immortality to Prometheus
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chiron
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saved Peleus’s life, helped him find his sword, advised him on how to win Thetis
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chiron
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rescued by Pellinore during the Quest for the White Hart. reared the son of King Ban
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lady of the lake
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assumed the guise of Mohini following; devotees included Prahlada, incarnation as the dwarf Vamana. ten avatars include Khalki and buddha
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vishnu
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fourth husband Deiphobus; young daughter Hermione.
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helen
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formerly the lover of Oenone, was promised love in exchange for awarding the apple of discord to Aphrodite
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paris
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foster son of Manannan mac Lir, beat Oghma in a flagstone-hurling contest; son of Cian and Ethniu; atsecond battle of Mag Tuired killed his grandfather, Balor of the Evil Eye.
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lugh
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succeeded Nuada to leadership of the Tuatha de D·nann, considered the father of Cuchulainn
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lugh
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bed hangings known as Glimmering Misfortune. father disguised himself as the witch Thokk. Modgud guarded bridge over Gjoll to her home, also known as Nastrond.
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hel
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first husband of Clytemnestra. The other conspired with Pandareus to steal a golden mastiff belonging to Zeus and stole ambrosia to give to his friends
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tantalus
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breast-feeds her stepson, resulting in the formation of the Milky Way. wedding night lasted three hundred years, and her wedding gifts included the tree with the golden apples of the Hesperides
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hera
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cooked in a cauldron for 49 days but emerged unharmed with the ability to see evil; born on the Mountain of Fruit and Flowers; defeated the Red Boy
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monkeyking
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ate some Pills of Longevity and Peaches of Immortality, and threatened the Jade Emperor. Serving as bodyguard to the monk Xuan Zang, or Tripitaka
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monkey king
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fishes Ant and Abtu helped pilot, while Thoth was its navigator, and Hathor was often depicted standing in its prow. vessel in which Ra made his daily journey
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solar boat
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bastard son Elymus; cousin Priam. Zeus threw a thunderbolt at him making him lame; slept with Aphrodite and became the father of Aeneas
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anchises
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grahas, Bhutas, the panis; shape-shifting demons led at various times by Sisupala, Hiranyakasipu, and Ravana.
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rakshasas
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led rakshasas; stole the chariot Pushpaka and the palace of Lanka from his half-brother Kubera
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ravana
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murdered by the dwarves Fjalar and Galar, who mix blood with honey to make mead of poetry which was taken by suttung and then odin; wise man created from the spittle of the Vanir and Aesir
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kvasir
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brother Menoetius was killed under his command during a war that lasted ten years before he and his side were put to flight by a shout from Pan
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atlas
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daughter merope married Sisyphus; father of seven daughters by Pleione, as well as the Hyades and Hesperides
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atlas
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Land of Darkness to bring back his wife who died giving birth to the fire god Kagutsuchi.
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izanagi
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missions undertaken on behalf of the high king Cormac mac Airt, group of foot warriors whose members included Diarmuid and Oscar, the grandson of their last leader, Finn MacCool
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fenians
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along with meleager did not flee when Heracles came to underworld. three-headed shepherd Cacus was her son; daughter of Ceto and Phorcys; sister of Stheno and Euryale
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medusa
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epithet Curiatius; prevented the Sabines from capturing the Forum with jets of boiling water; identified with Portunus, the youthful god of ferries and harbors, recalling this god’s earlier provenance over bridges and crossing places.
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janus
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god of sorcery; brother of Don and uncle of Gwydion
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math
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shattered fleet at Molossia; captured Iolcus after killing the sons of Acastus; killed prince Polites; given Andromache as a slave.
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neoptolemus
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banishment from Phthia
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peleus
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symbol was a triangular implement similar to a hoe, and his creature was the Mushussu, later associated with his son Nabu. mother was Damkina; consort was Sarpanitu. son of Ea
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marduk
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flayed by Apollo after being unable to play pipes upside down, skin nailed to a tree
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marsyas
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While disguised as a cowherd, he was given the Atmalingam by Ravana, who had taken it from his father; god of wisdom and prudence; allowed Parasurama to break one of his tusks
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ganesh
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transcribed by ganesh at vyasa’s dictation
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mahabharata
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father of Leos, tutored the young Midas; river Hebrus had deposited his head at lemnos after he was torn apart by Maenads; son of Oeagrus and Calliope
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orpheus
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maid named Brangaene prepared a love potion to ease her incipient marriage; another a princess in Brittany known for her white hands. The latter became Queen of Cornwall after marrying King Mark.
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isold
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killed Ajax the Lesser; appointed Pelops his cupbearer and bedfellow; Antaeus collected skulls to roof a temple; forced to work for Laomedon building walls of Troy. Fathered nymph Despoena and horse Arion
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poseidon
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Iya flattens him; travels with Iktomi, antagonist to his brother Wolf
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coyote
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name means “She of the Ointment Jar.” Greeks identified her with Artemis, both daughter and consort of Atum-Ra, and by him the mother of Mahes, a lion deity; cat-headed goddess
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bast
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name shared by the leader of the twelve sacred white bulls of Augeius and by a son of Eos and Cephalus who was stolen by Aphrodite. Fell into eridanus; nephew of Eos and son of Clymene
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phaethon
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kill and be killed by Thor, presumably after releasing its tail from its mouth.
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midgard serpent
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presided over a world of acorn-eating giants eaten by jaguars. had four manifestations, each associated with a color and cardinal direction; missing foot was replaced by his namesake instrument of divination, which reflected the night sky. known as “Smoking Mirror”
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tezcatlipoca
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gave Ajax the sword with which Ajax later committed suicide; son known as Scamandrius was thrown over the battlements; Ajax gave him a baldric; father of Astyanax and husband of Andromache
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hector
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all-devouring chaos monster, depicted as a crocodile or serpent; attacked Ra every night.
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apep
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seduced Gunnlod, and had sons by Rind, Grid, and Jord. Brought life to Ask and Embla, brothers Vili and Ve; son by Jord was Thor.
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odin
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had runes carved on his tongue and was considered the patron of skalds; son of odin
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bragi
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son of odin; did not wash his hands or comb his hair for one day following birth, waiting until he had achieved his purpose by killing another of odin’s sons
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vali
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sanctuary next to the Finger Shrine, Megaera, Allecto, and Tisiphone
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furies
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killed lover of aegis thus, and turned some furies white when he bit off his own finger.
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orestes
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mother conceived him by touching a magical flower from the fields of Olenus; with consort Nerio was the father of Fuga and Timor.
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mars
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sometimes called Ilia who was a Vestal Virgin and the daughter of King Numitor.
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rhea silvia
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son of Llyr and second husband of Rhiannon
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manawydon
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shared a grotto under a burning lake with her favorite sister, Hiiaka’; resident of Kilauea, the Polynesian goddess of volcanic eruptions.
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pele
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won the title of Buphagus when he lost an ox-eating contest to Lepreus; killed Oreus and Hylaeus; insisted on opening a jar of wine left by Dionysus in the cave of his host Pholus.
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heracles
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wrestled geryon and Achelous. donned a poisonous shirt given to him by his wife Deianeira. son of Alcmene
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heracles
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appears as a vigorous bull who fertilizes the celestial cow; pictured lying prone with vegetation sprouting from his back, as the earth-god.
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geb
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daughter of Meion and Dindyme; followers included the satyr Marsyas and the Galli; identified with Rhea, Great Mother goddess of Anatolia
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cybele
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born at Carmarthen, foretold the coming of a ruler symbolized as the Boar of Cornwall. credited with moving the Giants’ Ring from County Kildare to Salisbury Plain; set up a tryst with Ygrainne by magically disguising Uther.
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merlin
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mocks the wind with his speed, king of birds, serves as Vishnu’s part-eagle steed
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garuda
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sons Nicostratus and Megapenthes; sea-god Proteus told him of his brother’s murder; killed Euphorbus; son of Aerope and Pleisthenes or Atreus succeeded to the throne Tyndareus in sparta
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menalaus
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daughter Hnoss, mother Nerthus; wept tears of red gold; traveled in a chariot pulled by two cats or boar hildisvini, husband Od
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freya
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Bergelmir and his wife dealt with the one resulting from Ymir’s death.
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flood
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rescued from violation at the hands of the giant Pronomus, children include Alexiares and Anicetus. Hera is mother, married Heracles
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hebe
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One of them briefly ruled as Emperor Smerdis before being overthrown by Darius the Great. caste of learned Zoroastrians from Media and Persia
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magi
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discussion of buying “five red apples.” opening quotation from Confessions, discusses “language games,” by Wittgenstein
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philosophical investigations
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school whose primary proponents are Leucippus and Democritus
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atomists
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Currently found on Mt. Latmus, lover of the moon goddess Selene, placed into a state of eternal sleep
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endymion
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The Incoherence of the Philosophers
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al ghazali
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former slave, wrote stoic Enchiridion, or Discourses
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epictetus
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son Nabu, consort of Shala and Zerpanitum. owner of Abuba and Imhullu, built an abode called Esharra. given the winds to play with, his steeds are named Racer, Flyer, Slayer, and Pitiless.
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marduk
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took from Kingu the Tablets of Destiny and defeated the vizier Mummu and his master.
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marduk
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