Image Althaea baur.jpg thumb right 350px Illustration of Althaea by Johann Wilhelm Baur . Althaea also commonly spelled Althea , lang grc Altha a was in Greek mythology the daughter of King Thestius and Eurythemis , and was sister to Leda mythology Leda , Hypermnestra , Iphicles Iphiclus , Evippus Euippus . ref name DGRBM cite encyclopedia last Schmitz first Leonhard authorlink Leonhard Schmitz title Althaea editor William Smith lexicographer William Smith encyclopedia Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 134 publisher Little, Brown and Company location Boston year 1867 url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0143.html ref She was also the wife of Oeneus ..., Clymenus, and two daughters, Deianeira and Gorge mythology Gorge . ref Hesiod , Catalogue of Women ... the progeny of Althaea and the god Dionysus . ref Comp. Gaius Julius Hyginus , Fabulae 129, 171, 174 ref Althaea is especially celebrated in ancient story about the fate of her son Meleager they became ... both slept one night with Althaea, daughter of Thestius. When Meleager was born from them, suddenly ... and said, He will live only as long as this brand remains unconsumed. When Althaea, the mother ... Bearers Althaea is mentioned by the Chorus of captive slaves, serving women of Clytemnestra , in a recollection ... he has learned the story of Thestius daughter, ruthless Althaea, who killed her own son. She ... and Althaea s brothers. Meleager killed the boar, but gave the skin to Atalanta both because he had fallen in love with her and because she had landed the first blow on the animal. When Althaea .... When Althaea learned what had happened, she retrieved the brand from where she had concealed it and placed ... Other sources Thomas Bulfinch . Bulfinch s Mythology The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes. 1855 Chapter XVIII . Category Greek mythology Greek myth stub be ca Altea mitologia cs Althaia ... it Altea mitologia ka la Althaea lt Altaja hu Althaia ja pl Altea mitologia ru ... more details
Althaea is the Latin rendering of Greek lang grc Althaia , which may be related to Greek lang grc althos healing . It can refer to Althaeamythology , the daughter of Thestius and mother of Meleager Althaea genus , a genus of up to a dozen species of perennial herbs, native to Europe and western Asia, that includes the marshmallow plant 119 Althaea , an asteroid Althaea is also the name of several nymph s in Greek mythology Shrub Althea , Shrub Althaea and Rose of Althea are names applied to Hibiscus syriacus , which is South Korea s national flower Althea , an English variation of the Greek name, can refer to Althea , a female first name USS Althea , any of three U.S. Navy ships EUFOR Althea Operation Althea , a European Union military operation Althea , a Grateful Dead song A fictional pulsar from the science fiction novel The Hercules Text novel The Hercules Text by Jack McDevitt Althea was the name of an English Frigate ship in the Napoleanic wars . Altea , a Spanish variation of the Greek name, can refer to Altea , a town in Spain Disambig fr Althaea la Althaea discretiva pl Althaea pt Althaea desambigua o ... more details
Additional parameters for this template are available at Template Infobox Planet . Infobox planet discovery yes physical characteristics yes bgcolour FFFFC0 name 119 Althaea discoverer James Craig Watson discovered April 3, 1872 alt names named after Althaea mythology Althaea mp category Main belt epoch December 31, 2006 Julian day JD 2454100.5 semimajor 386.190 Gm 2.582 Astronomical unit AU perihelion 354.870 Gm 2.372 AU aphelion 417.511 Gm 2.791 AU eccentricity 0.081 period 1515.000 d 4.15 Julian year astronomy a inclination 5.778 asc node 203.738 arg peri 171.282 mean anomaly 1.847 avg speed 18.51 km s dimensions 57.3 km mass 2.0 E 17 kg density ? g cm surface grav 0.0160 m s escape velocity 0.0303 km s rotation ? d spectral type S type asteroid S abs magnitude 8.42 albedo ? single temperature 173 kelvin K 119 Althaea is a sizable main belt asteroid . It is an S type asteroid . It was discovered by James Craig Watson J. C. Watson on April 3, 1872, and named after Althaea Greek mythology Althaea , the mother of Meleager in Greek mythology . Two occultation s by Althaea were observed in 2002, only a month apart. References reflist Unreferenced date December 2009 Minor planets navigator 118 Peitho 120 Lachesis MinorPlanets Footer DEFAULTSORT Althaea Category Main Belt asteroids Category S type asteroids Category Asteroids named from Greek mythology Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1872 S beltasteroid stub ast 119 Althaea de 119 Althaea el 119 es 119 Althea eo 119 Alteo eu 119 Althea fa fr 119 Alth e it 119 Althaea la 119 Althaea hu 119 Althaea mk 119 Althaea ja no 119 Althaea nn 119 Althaea pl 119 Althaea pt 119 Althaea ru 119 sk 119 Althaea sl 119 Alteja sr 119 Althaea sv 119 Althaea tl 119 Althaea th 119 uk 119 vi 119 Althaea yo 119 Althaea zh ... more details
taxobox name Althaea armeniaca image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Malvales familia Malvaceae genus Althaea genus Althaea species A. armeniaca binomial Althaea armeniaca binomial authority Althaea armeniaca is a species in the genus Althaea genus AlthaeaAlthaea armeniaca is found in southern Russia, northern Iran and Armenia Althaea armeniaca is a tall perennial herb, with villous stems. The leaves are deeply divided into 3 lobes but not divided to the base with ovate lanceolate lobes, the central lobe being longer than the others. The leaf margins are toothed. The leaf surfaces have a villous indumentum of stellate hairs. The flowers are borne on multi flowered peduncles. The petals are about 15 mm long, and red in colour. The mericarps have a rough surface and pilose covering of stellate hairs. Description References reflist Category Malveae Malvales stub az Erm ni b l motu ru uk ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Althaea cannabina image Althaea cannabina 01.jpg image width 240px image caption Flowers of Althaea cannabina regnum Plantae divisio Magnoliophyta classis Magnoliopsida ordo Malvales familia Malvaceae genus Althaea genus Althaea species A. cannabina binomial Althaea cannabina binomial authority Carl von Linn L. synonyms Althaea kotschyi Boiss. Althaea narbonensis Pourr. ex Cav. Althaea cannabina , commonly called Palm leaf Marshmallow or Hemp leaved Hollyhock , is a perennial plant perennial herb belonging to the genus Althaea of the Malvaceae family. The leaves resemble those of hemp Cannabis sativa , hence the specific name botany specific epithet cannabina hemp like . ref name bot http www.winternet.com chuckg dictionary dictionary.54.html Dictionary of Botanical Epithets ref Description Althaea cannabina reaches on average convert 40 200 cm of height. The stem is erect, cylindrical, pubescent and very branched. Lower leaves are petiolate, hairy and almost completely subdivided in three five segments, linear or linear lanceolate, toothed or lobed, up to convert 2 cm wide and convert 8 cm long. The upper leaves are simply lobed and toothed. The flowers are solitary or in clusters and grow in the axils of the leaves, on long pedicels up to convert 10 cm ... from July through September. Gallery File Altaea cannabina1175.JPG thumb 140px left Plant of Althaea cannabina , Castelltallat File Malvaceae Althaea cannabina.JPG thumb 140px left Close up on a flower of Althaea cannabina File Malvaceae Althaea cannabina 1.JPG thumb 140px left Flower of Althaea cannabina File Malvaceae Althaea cannabina 3.JPG thumb 140px left Flower of Althaea cannabina File Malvaceae Althaea cannabina 2.JPG thumb 140px left Leaf of Althaea cannabina Distribution Althaea cannabina ... www.biolib.cz en taxon id195185 Biolib wikispecies Althaea cannabina Category Malveae Malvales stub az Althaea cannabina ca Malv canemer es Althaea cannabina ru ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Althaea genus Taxobox name Althaea image Althaea officinalis.jpg image caption Marshmallow Althaea officinalis regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Flowering plant Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Malvales familia Malvaceae subfamilia Malvoideae tribus Malveae genus Althaea genus authority Carl Linnaeus L. ref cite web url http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html genus.pl?464 title Althaea L. work Germplasm Resources Information Network publisher United States ... Althaea armeniaca br Althaea broussonetiifolia br Althaea cannabina Hemp leaved Marshmallow br Althaea hirsuta Hairy Marshmallow br Althaea longifolia br Althaea ludwigii br Althaea narbonensis br Althaea officinalis Marshmallow br nowiki nowiki Not accepted as distinct by all authors Althaea ... Asia . It includes Althaea officinalis , also known as the marshmallow plant, whence the fluffy ... leaves are palmately lobed with 3 7 lobes. Althaea species are used as food plants by the larva ... and Modern Medicinal Uses by Ivan A. Ross. Notes references Gallery gallery Image Althaea officinalis habitus.jpeg A. officinalis Image Althaea officinalis0.jpg A. officinalis gallery External links Commons Althaea officinalis http rbg web2.rbge.org.uk cgi bin nph readbtree.pl feout?FAMILY XREF &GENUS XREF Althaea&SPECIES XREF &TAXON NAME XREF &RANK Flora Europaea Althaea http www.healthy.net library books hoffman materiamedica marshmal.htm Health World Marshmallow Althaea officinalis http www.henriettesherbal.com eclectic kings althaea.html King s American Dispensatory Althaea officinalis ..., Marsh Althaea officinalis DEFAULTSORT Althaea Genus Category Malveae Category Flora of Asia Category ... Gattung et Altee es Althaea eo Alteo fr Althaea genre hsb Popla io Alteo it Althaea krc la Althaea genus lt Svilaro hu Ziliz n v nynemzets g nl Heemst geslacht pl Prawo laz pt Althaea ru sq Althaea sv L kemalvesl ktet ... more details
taxobox image Althaea officinalis K hler s Medizinal Pflanzen 008.jpg regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Malvales familia Malvaceae genus Althaea genus Althaea species A. officinalis binomial Althaea officinalis binomial authority Carl Linnaeus L. Althaea officinalis Marshmallow , Marsh Mallow , or Common Marshmallow is a species indigenous to Africa , which is used as a medicinal plant and ornamental plant . A confection made from the root since ancient Egyptian time evolved into today s marshmallow treat. Description The stems, which die down in the autumn, are erect, 3 to convert 4 ft m high, simple, or putting out only a few lateral ... December 2011 The generic name, Althaea , is derived from the Greek altho to cure , from its healing ... Chinese medicine, Althaea officinalis is known as zh p y osh ku . It increases the flow of breast ... of Althaea officinalis flower grown in Lebanon volume 49 issue 3 pages 327 33 doi 10.3109 13880209.2010.516754 ... Althaea officinalis See also Famine food References Reflist External links Commons Althaea officinalis Althaea officinalis http www.ct botanical society.org galleries althaeaoffi.html Connecticut Botanical Society Althaea officinalis http www.pfaf.org database plants.php?Althaea officinalis Plants For A Future Althaea officinalis http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol ALOF2 USDA Plants profile Althaea officinalis http www.botanical.com botanical mgmh m mallow07.html Botanical.com Mallows including Althaea officinalis DEFAULTSORT Althaea Officinalis Category Malveae Category Medicinal plants ... sljez ca Malv cv cs Proskurn k l ka sk de Echter Eibisch es Althaea officinalis eo Oficina alteo fr Guimauve officinale hsb L karska popla hr Bijeli sljez os it Althaea officinalis kk la Althaea officinalis lt Vaistin svilaro hu Orvosi ziliz nl Heemst ... slez sr sh Bijeli sljez fi Rohtosalkoruusu sv L kemalva tl Althaea officinalis uk ... more details
For other uses, see Myth disambiguation , Mythology disambiguation , and Mythos disambiguation . TOCright pp move indef The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths e.g., comparative mythology , or to a body or collection of myths a mythos , e.g., Inca mythology . ref Kirk, p. 8 myth , Encyclop dia ... comparative mythology reinterpreted myth as evolution toward science E. B. Tylor , disease of language ... as fiction, supports the idea of myth as ongoing social practice. Nature of myths Mythology ... is about chaps , so mythology is about gods. ref As sacred stories, myths are often endorsed ... also Legend Folktale The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths or to a body or collection of myths. ref Kirk, p. 8 myth , Encyclop dia Britannica ref For example, landscape mythology is the study of landscape features in terms of totemistic mythology, whereas Hittite mythology is the body ... of mythology a historical overview see also Comparative mythology Historically, the important approaches to the study of mythology have been those of Giambattista Vico Vico , Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph ... translation. ref Interest in polytheistic mythology revived in the Renaissance , with early works ... orders of mythology myths that are metaphorical of spiritual potentiality in the human being, and myths ... of birth, Athena has dominion over all things of the intellect. Comparative mythology Main Comparative mythology Comparative mythology is the systematic comparison of myths from different cultures. ref ... statements about mythology. ref name Northup, p. 8 Northup, p. 8 ref One exception to this modern ... study of mythology. ref name Northup, p. 8 Modern mythology File 10,000 BEF 1929.jpg thumb 200px 1929 Belgium Belgian banknote , depicting Ceres Roman mythology Ceres , Neptune mythology Neptune ... continue the trend of mining traditional mythology in order to directly create a plot for modern ... literary criticism Artificial mythology Creation myth Deluge myth Fairy Fable Geomythology Legendary ... more details
Other uses Gorge In Greek mythology , the name Gorge may refer to Gorge , a daughter of Oeneus and AlthaeamythologyAlthaea , and wife of Andraemon . Artemis changed her sisters into birds because of their constant mourning over the death of their brother Meleager , but spared Gorge and her sister Deianeira . ref Ovid , Metamorphoses , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Ov. 20Met. 208.532&lang original 532 Apollodorus, Library , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Apollod. 201.8&lang original 1.8 Pausanias , Description of Greece , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Paus. 2010.38.5&lang original 10.38.5 . ref Pseudo Apollodorus Apollodorus says that according to Pisander, she was the mother of Tydeus by her father Oeneus, because Zeus willed it that Oeneus should fall in love with his own daughter . ref Pseudo Apollodorus, Library , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Apollod. 1.8.5&fromdoc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.01.0022 1.8.5 . ref Her son Thoas led the Aetolian contingent for the Greeks in the Trojan War . ref Homer , Iliad http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Perseus text 1999.01.0134 book 2 card 615&highlight thoas 2.638&ndash 644 . ref Gorge , one of the Danaides . She married and murdered Hippothous, son of Aegyptus . ref Pseudo Apollodorus, Library , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Apollod. 202.1.5&lang original 2.1.5 . ref Gorge , a woman of Lemnos who slew Elymus the night Lemnian women killed their men. ref Statius , Thebaid , http www.theoi.com Text StatiusThebaid5.html 5. 207 ref Gorge , a Maenad in the retinue of Dionysus during his Indian campaign. ref Nonnus , Dionysiaca , 29. 266 ref Notes reflist References William Smith lexicographer Smith, William Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , London ... 3DG 3Aentry group 3D9 3Aentry 3Dgorge bio 1 Gorge Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category Danaids sr ... more details
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Orphan date October 2008 For the mythologies and folklore of the various peoples of the Caucasus region see the following pages North Caucasus Nart saga Ossetian mythology Vainakh mythology covers Chechens Chechen and Ingush people Ingush mythology Southern Caucasus Transcaucasia Georgian mythology Armenian mythology DEFAULTSORT Mythology Of The Caucasus Category European mythology ... more details
Hebrew mythology may refer to pre Judaistic Canaanite mythology Jewish mythology Messiah Aggadah Kabbalah See also Middle Eastern mythology disambiguation Religion and mythology Ancient Semitic religion Panbabylonism disambiguation nl Hebreeuwse mythologie ... more details
Iranian mythologies include Persian mythology Scythian mythology Ossetic mythology See also Ancient Iranian peoples Proto Indo Iranian religion disambig sv Iransk mytologi ... more details
Image Thor.jpg thumb 200px Thor or Donar , god of thunder, one of the major figures in Germanic mythology. Germanic mythology is a comprehensive term for myths associated with historical Germanic paganism , including Norse mythology , Anglo Saxon mythology , Continental Germanic mythology , and other versions of the mythologies of the Germanic people s. Germanic mythology ultimately derives from Indo European mythology , also known as Indo Germanic mythology. See also Common Germanic deities Female spirits in Germanic paganism Germanic paganism Germanic mysticism disambiguation Germanic folklore disambiguation List of Germanic deities Paganism in the Alpine region DEFAULTSORT Germanic Mythology Category Germanic mythology ko no Germansk mytologi pl Mitologia germa ska tl Mitolohiyang Hermaniko ... more details
Wiktionary mythologyMythology is a collection of myths, or the study of them. Mythology or Mythologies may also refer to Books Canon fiction Canon or mythology fiction , the official notion of the overarching plot of a media franchise Mythologies book Mythologies book , a 1957 book by Roland Barthes Mythology book Mythology book , a 1942 book by Edith Hamilton Mythology The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross , a 2004 coffee table book about Alex Ross Mythology Greek Gods, Heroes, & Monsters , a 2007 book by Dugald Steer Music Mythologies album Mythologies album , a 1989 album by American country musician Rhett Miller Mythologies Patricia Barber album Mythologies album , a 2006 album by American jazz singer Patricia Barber Mythology band , an English band of the 1960s band featuring Tony Iommi and Bill Ward, later founding members of Black Sabbath Mythology Bee Gees album Mythology Bee Gees album , a 2010 album by Bee Gees Mythology Black Metal Band , a North American black metal band from Plattsburgh, NY. Mythology Derek Sherinian album Mythology Derek Sherinian album , a 2004 album by American keyboardist Derek Sherinian Mythology Eloy Fritsch album Mythology Eloy Fritsch album , a 2001 album by Brazilian New Age Eloy Fritsch See also Portal Mythology Mythopoeia genre Traditional story Disambiguation th ... more details
In Greek mythology , Euonymus well named , an euphemism euphemistic epithet was the son of Gaia mythology Gaia by either Uranus mythology Uranus or Cephissus . He was the eponym of the deme Euonymeia, Attica , whereas his daughter Aulis gave her name to the city Aulis , Boeotia . ref Stephanus of Byzantium , s. vv. Euonymeia , Aulis ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Attic mythology Category Boeotian mythology Category Offspring of Gaia ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 In Polynesian mythology , Ira is the sky goddess and mother of the star s. DEFAULTSORT Ira Mythology Category Polynesian mythology Category Sky and weather goddesses Category Stellar goddesses Oceania myth stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Apsat was a male deity of bird s and animal s in the paganism pagan Svaneti Svan mythology . DEFAULTSORT Apsat Mythology Category Georgian mythology Category Animal gods Europe myth stub ... more details
unreferenced date May 2010 Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 In Mand peoples Mande mythology, Faro purified the earth by sacrificing himself to atone for his twin Pemba mythology Pemba s sin. DEFAULTSORT Faro Mythology Category Mand mythology Category Deities, spirits, and mythic beings Africa myth stub sl Faro ... more details
Tibetan mythology may refer to B n , the oldest still extant spiritual tradition of Tibet. Tibetan Buddhism , the Buddhist religious doctrine characteristic of Tibet. Gyalpo spirits , one of the eight classes of haughty gods and spirits in Tibetan mythology. Ekajati , one of the most powerful and fierce goddesses of Indo Tibetan mythology. See also Mythology of the Turkic and Mongolian peoples disamb ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 In Irish mythology , the god Brea was one of the Tuatha D Danann . Celtic mythology Mythological DEFAULTSORT Brea Mythology Category Irish gods Category Irish mythology Category Tuatha D Danann Celt myth stub pl Brea ... more details
In Greek mythology , Pylus Ancient Greek lang grc is a son of Ares and Demonice . His brothers were Evenus mythology Evenus , Molus mythology Molus and Thestius . ref Apollodorus. The Library , http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus1.html 1.7.7 . ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Offspring of Ares Greek deity stub ca Pilos fill d Ares ... more details
orphan date August 2009 Thrace in Greek mythology was the eponymous heroine and sorceress of Thrace . She was the daughter of Oceanus and Parthenope Disambiguation needed date December 2011 , and sister of Europa mythology Europa . References Pierre Grimal The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. DEFAULTSORT Thrace Mythology Category Greek mythological witches Category Mythological Thracian women ... more details
unsourced date February 2012 In Melanesian mythology specifically Vanuatu , Ul is a lunar deity . oceania myth stub Category Lunar deities Category Vanuatu mythology ... more details
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