- Euonymus (mythology)
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
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- Greek mythology
, when Prometheus or Lycaon mythology Lycaon invents sacrifice, when Demeter teaches agriculture ... , Vatican City Vatican Greek myth Greek mythology is the body of myth s and legends belonging ... encyclopedia title Volume Hellas, Article Greek Mythology encyclopedia Encyclopaedia The Helios year 1952 ref Greek mythology is embodied, explicitly, in a large collection of narratives, and implicitly ... Pausanias . Archaeological findings provide a principal source of detail about Greek mythology ... the existing literary evidence. ref name Br cite encyclopedia title Greek Mythology encyclopedia Encyclop dia Britannica year 2002 ref Greek mythology has exerted an extensive influence on the culture ... from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in these mythological themes. ref J.M. Foley, Homer Simpson s Traditional Art , 43 ref Sources of Greek mythology Greek mythology is known today primarily from Greek literature and representations on visual media dating ... Mythology , 200 ref Literary sources Mythical narration plays an important role in nearly every ... mythology and heroic legends. ref name Hard1 R. Hard, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology , 1 ... part of the so called Lyric poetry Lyric age . ref name Miles7 Miles, Classical Mythology in English ... the origin of the gods, Titan mythology Titans , and Giant mythology Giant s as well as elaborate genealogies ... incidents. ref name Klatt Brazouskixii Klatt Brazouski, Ancient Greek nad Roman Mythology , xii ..., Classical Mythology in English Literature , 8 ref Historians Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus , and geographers ... in the fifth century manuscript, the Vergilius Romanus , preserved details of Greek mythology in many ... mythology has changed over time to accommodate the evolution of their culture, of which mythology, both overtly and in its unspoken assumptions, is an index of the changes. In Greek mythology s surviving ... mythology as gods. ref name Johnson17 Albala Johnson Johnson, Understanding the Odyssey , 17 ref ... more details
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- Ira (mythology)
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
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- Apsat (mythology)
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
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- Faro (mythology)
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
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- Tibetan mythology
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
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- Brea (mythology)
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
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- Pylus (mythology)
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
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- Thrace (mythology)
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
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- Ul (mythology)
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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- Mahina (mythology)
In Hawaiian mythology , Mahina is a lunar deity , mother of Hem mythology Hema . Mahina is also the word for Moon in Hawaiian . It is likely that she is the same as the goddess Hina goddess Hina or Lona mythology Lona . ref Beckwith, pp. 214 25 ref See also Mahina, French Polynesia Hina goddess Hina Aikanaka Hawaiian mythology Aikanaka , possibly Mahina s husband References reflist Category Lunar goddesses Category Hawaiian mythology Oceania myth stub es Mahina ... more details
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- Mo?ul (mythology)
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Mo ul the old man , is a mysterious benevolent character, symbol of wisdom and prosperity in Romanian mythology . Some historians associate him with the ancient Dacians Dacian god Zamolxis , or with the Roman mythology Roman god Saturn mythology Saturn . DEFAULTSORT Mosul Mythology Category Romanian mythology Europe myth stub ru ... more details
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- Harpalus (mythology)
orphan date March 2010 Harpalus in Greek mythology was son of Amyclas king of Laconia and father of Deritus, ancestor of Patreus , founder of Patras . References Pausanias geographer 7, 27 http books.google.com books?id gBkIAAAAQAAJ&pg PA194&dq Harpalus Deritus&lr v onepage&q Harpalus 20Deritus&f false Achaica DEFAULTSORT Harpalus Mythology Category Greek mythology Category Laconian mythology Category Mythology of Achaea ... more details
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- Bura (mythology)
In Greek mythology , Bura Boura was a daughter of Ion mythology Ion , son of Xuthus , and Helice. She was the eponym of the city Boura Achaea Boura in Achaea . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 7. 25. 8 ref ref Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Boura ref She is possibly the same as Bura, mother of Atrax mythology Atrax by Peneus . ref Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Atrax ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology ... more details
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- M?ui (mythology)
M ui Maui is the great hero of Polynesian mythology . Stories about his exploits are told in nearly every Polynesian land. Maui in most cases is regarded as a demi god, or as fully divine in some places, he is regarded as merely human Tregear 1891 233 . For major articles, see M ui M ori mythology M ui Hawaiian mythology Maui Tongan mythology Maui Tahitian mythology Maui Mangarevan mythology Ti iti i Samoan mythology External links http www.mircea eliade.com from primitives to zen 072.html The M ori story of M ui and Hine nui te p References E.R. Tregear, Maori Polynesian Comparative Dictionary Lyon and Blair Lambton Quay, 1891 . M. Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology University of Hawaii Press Honolulu, 1970 . W.D. Westervelt, Legends of Maui Hawaiian Gazette Honolulu, 1910 . DEFAULTSORT Maui Mythology Category Polynesian mythology multi region no Maui mytologi ru sv Maui mytologi uk ... more details
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- Memphis (mythology)
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 In Greek mythology, Memphis was the wife to Epaphus , mother of Libya mythology Libya Roman name and sometimes the daughter of Nilus mythology Nilus . She and her husband were the legendary founders of Memphis, Egypt Memphis , which bears her name. Memphis is a Naiad Nymph according to the website http www.theoi.com Nymphe NympheMemphis.html www.theoi.com Nymphe NympheMemphis.html Another name for Memphis s mother is Danaus Greek name . Argive genealogy in Greek mythology Argive genealogy in Greek mythology DEFAULTSORT Memphis Mythology Category Egypt in Greek mythology Greek myth stub br Memfis mamm Libia de Memphis Mythologie et Memphis fr Memphis mythologie hu Memphisz Neilosz le nya pt M nfis mitologia ru sr sv Memphis mytologi ... more details
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- Breton mythology
Celtic mythology Breton mythology is the mythology or corpus of explanatory and herioc tales originating in Brittany , now in France . Bretons were a subset of Celts Celtic people that adopted Christianity . Celtic tradition predominates their mythology Ankou Bugul Noz Korrigan Les Lavandi res Annard Noz Morgens Morvan, legendary chief of L on viscounty L on http www.sacred texts.com neu celt lrb lrb11.htm Ys See also French mythology Welsh mythology References http www.sacred texts.com neu celt lrb index.htm Legends and Romances of Brittany by Lewis Spence 1917 External links http www.timelessmyths.com celtic armorican.html Timeless Myths Armorican Connections DEFAULTSORT Breton Mythology Category Breton mythology and folklore Category Celtic mythology Brittany stub celt myth stub an Mitoloch a bretona eu Bretainiar mitologia fr Mythologie bretonne it Mitologia bretone ... more details
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- Ain (mythology)
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 In Irish mythology , Ain and her sister wrote the Brehon Laws which protected the rights of women. DEFAULTSORT Ain Mythology Category Irish mythology Celt myth stub et Ain iiri m toloogia ... more details
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- Zois (mythology)
Zois is a martyr in wendish mythology , probably a reference to the obotrite king Stois or Stoigar, who was beheaded by emperor Otto the Great . References Ingeman, B. S. Grundtr k til En Nord Slavisk og Vendisk Gudel re. Copenhagen 1824. DEFAULTSORT Zois Mythology Category Slavic mythology europe myth stub ... more details
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- Potamon (mythology)
for the crab genus Potamon Potamon , in Greek mythology , is one of the sons of Aegyptus and Caliadne . He married and was murdered by Glaucippe , one of the Danaids , daughter of Danaus and Polyxo . ref Apollodorus, Library , http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus2.html 1 2.1.5 ref References references DEFAULTSORT Potamon Mythology Category Greek mythology Greek myth stub it Potamone sv Potamon ... more details
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- Hero (mythology)
In Greek mythology , Hero was one of the sons of king Priam mentioned in Fabulae Hyginus Fabulae . ref http www.theoi.com Text HyginusFabulae2.html 90 Hyginus, Fabulae 50 99 ref His mothers name is unknown. Possibly he was killed by Achilles or Neoptolemus . References reflist DEFAULTSORT Hero Mythology Category Greek mythology Greek myth stub ... more details
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- Puigmal (mythology)
Expand Catalan Puigmal mitologia topic culture date September 2010 In Catalan mythology , a Puigmal is considered the protector of trees and animals, which defends against attacks on humans.. He is said to inhabit the mountains overlooking the valley of Ribes Ripoll s . Category Catalan mythology mythology stub Catalonia stub ca Puigmal mitologia es Puigmal mitolog a ... more details
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- Ute mythology
unreferenced date December 2011 The Ute mythology , is the mythology of the Ute Tribe , a tribe of Native Americans in the United States Native Americans from the western United States . Folk Tales Pokoh, the Old Man Blood Clot Porcupine Hunts Buffalo Puma and the Bear Two Fawns and a Rabbit Two Grandsons http www.native languages.org ute legends.htm Coyote & Duck References references DEFAULTSORT Ute Mythology Category Mythology of the indigenous peoples of North America Category Ute tribe NorthAm myth stub es Mitolog a ute ... more details
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- Marama (mythology)
Unreferenced date December 2009 In the Polynesian mythology mythology of the Cook Islands, Marama is a male lunar deity , who loved Ina goddess Ina , the goddess of light. They were married and she lives in the sky during the day and rarely sees her husband Citation needed date February 2007 . DEFAULTSORT Marama Mythology Category Cook Islands mythology Category Lunar gods Oceania myth stub ... more details
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- Pindus (mythology)
orphan date March 2010 for other uses,see Pindus disambiguation Pindus in Greek mythology was the son of Makednos . He was friend with a snake and when his three brothers killed Pindus, the snake took revenge by killing them. References http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer L Roman Texts Aelian de Natura Animalium 10 .html De Natura Animalium Liber X,48 Claudius Aelianus Chiliades 4.338 333, scholium DEFAULTSORT Pindus Mythology Category Greek mythology Category Mythology of Macedonia kingdom Greek myth stub ... more details
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