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_ Abdalrahman, founder of the independent Ommiad (Saracenic) power in Spain, conquered at Tours by Charles Martel Aberfraw, scene of nuptials of Branwen and Matholch Absyrtus, younger brother of Medea Abydos, a town on the Hellespont, nearly opposite to Sestos Abyla, Mount, or Columna, a mountain in Morocco, near Ceuta, now Acestes, son of a Trojan woman who was sent by her father to Acetes, Bacchanal captured by Pentheus Achates, faithful friend and companion of Aeneas Achelous, river-god of the largest river in Greece--his Horn of Achilles, the hero of the Iliad, son of Peleus and of the Nereid Acis, youth loved by Galatea and slain by Polyphemus Acontius, a beautiful youth, who fell in love with Cydippe, the Acrisius, son of Abas, king of Argos, grandson of Lynceus, the Actaeon, a celebrated huntsman, son of Aristaeus and Autonoe, who, Admeta, daughter of Eurystheus, covets Hippolyta's girdle. Admetus, king of Thessaly, saved from death by Alcestis Adonis, a youth beloved by Aphrodite (Venus), and Proserpine; Adrastus, a king of Argos. Aeacus, son of Zeus (Jupiter) and Aegina, renowned in all Greece Aeaea, Circe's island, visited by Ulysses. Aeetes, or Aeeta, son of Helios (the Sun) and Perseis, and father Aegeus, king of Athens. Aegina, a rocky island in the middle of the Saronic gulf. Aegis, shield or breastplate of Jupiter and Minerva. Aegisthus, murderer of Agamemnon, slain by Orestes. Aeneas, Trojan hero, son of Anchises and Aphrodite (Venus), and Aeneid, poem by Virgil, relating the wanderings of Aeneas from Ae'olus, son of Hellen and the nymph Orseis, represented in Homer Aesculapius, god of the medical art, Aeson, father of Jason, made young again by Medea, Aethiopians, inhabitants of the country south of Egypt, Aethra, mother of Theseus by Aegeus, Aetna, volcano in Sicily, Agamedes, brother of Trophonius, distinguished as an architect, Agamemnon, son of Plisthenis and grandson of Atreus, king of Agave, daughter of Cadmus, wife of Echion, and mother of Pentheus, Agenor, father of Europa, Cadmus, Cilix, and Phoenix, Aglaia, one of the Graces, Agni, Hindu god of fire, Agramant, a king in Africa, Agrican, fabled king of Tartary, pursuing Angelica, finally killed Agrivain, one of Arthur's knights, Ahriman, the Evil Spirit in the dual system of Zoroaster, See Ajax, son of Telamon, king of Salamis, and grandson of Aeacus, Alba, the river where King Arthur fought the Romans, Alba Longa, city in Italy founded by son of Aeneas, Alberich, dwarf guardian of Rhine gold treasure of the Nibelungs Albracca, siege of, Alcestis, wife of Admetus, offered hersell as sacrifice to spare Alcides (Hercules), Alcina, enchantress, Alcinous, Phaeacian king, Alcippe, daughter of Mars, carried off by Halirrhothrus, Alcmena, wife of Jupiter, and mother of Hercules, Alcuin, English prelate and scholar, Aldrovandus, dwarf guardian of treasure, Alecto, one of the Furies, Alexander the Great, king of Macedonia, conqueror of Greece, Alfadur, a name for Odin, Alfheim, abode of the elves of light, Alice, mother of Huon and Girard, sons of Duke Sevinus, Alphenor, son of Niobe, Alpheus, river god pursuing Arethusa, who escaped by being changed Althaea, mother of Meleager, whom she slew because he had in a Amalthea, nurse of the infant Jupiter in Crete, Amata, wife of Latinus, driven mad by Alecto, Amaury of Hauteville, false hearted Knight of Charlemagne, Amazons, mythical race of warlike women, Ambrosia, celestial food used by the gods, Ammon, Egyptian god of life identified by Romans with phases of Amphiaraus, a great prophet and hero at Argos, Amphion, a musician, son of Jupiter and Antiope (See Dirce), Amphitrite, wife of Neptune, Amphyrsos, a small river in Thessaly, Ampyx, assailant of Perseus, turned to stone by seeing Gorgon's Amrita, nectar giving immortality, Amun, See Ammon Amymone, one of the fifty daughters of Danaus, and mother by Anaxarete, a maiden of Cyprus, who treated her lover Iphis with Anbessa, Saracenic governor of Spain (725 AD), Anceus, one of the Argonauts, Anchises, beloved by Aphrodite (Venus), by whom he became the Andraemon, husband of Dryope, saw her changed into a tree, Andret, a cowardly knight, spy upon Tristram, Andromache, wife of Hector Andromeda, daughter of King Cephas, delivered from monster by Aneurin, Welsh bard Angelica, Princess of Cathay Anemone, short lived wind flower, created by Venus from the blood Angerbode, giant prophetess, mother of Fenris, Hela and the Anglesey, a Northern British island, refuge of Druids fleeing from Antaeus, giant wrestler of Libya, killed by Hercules, who, finding Antea, wife of jealous Proetus Antenor, descendants of, in Italy Anteros, deity avenging unrequited love, brother of Eros (Cupid) Anthor, a Greek Antigone, daughter of Aedipus, Greek ideal of filial and sisterly Antilochus, son of Nestor Antiope, Amazonian queen. See Dirce Anubis, Egyptian god, conductor of the dead to judgment Apennines Aphrodite See Venus, Dione, etc. Apis, Egyptian bull god of Memphis Apollo, god of music and song Apollo Belvedere, famous antique statue in Vatican at Rome Apples of the Hesperides, wedding gifts to Juno, guarded by Aquilo, or Boreas, the North Wind, Aquitaine, ancient province of Southwestern France, Arachne, a maiden skilled in weaving, changed to a spider by Arcadia, a country in the middle of Peloponnesus, surrounded on Arcady, star of, the Pole star, Arcas, son of Jupiter and Callisto, Archer, constellation of the, Areopagus, court of the, at Athens, Ares, called Mars by the Romans, the Greek god of war, and one of Arethusa, nymph of Diana, changed to a fountain, Argius king of Ireland, father of Isoude the Fair, Argo, builder of the vessel of Jason for the Argonautic Argolis, city of the Nemean games, Argonauts, Jason's crew seeking the Golden Fleece, Argos, a kingdom in Greece, Argus, of the hundred eyes, guardian of Io, Ariadne, daughter of King Minos, who helped Theseus slay the Arimanes SEE Ahriman. Arimaspians, one-eyed people of Syria, Arion, famous musician, whom sailors cast into the sea to rob him, Aristaeus, the bee keeper, in love with Eurydice, Armorica, another name for Britain, Arridano, a magical ruffian, slain by Orlando, Artemis SEE Diana Arthgallo, brother of Elidure, British king, Arthur, king in Britain about the 6th century, Aruns, an Etruscan who killed Camilla, Asgard, home of the Northern gods, Ashtaroth, a cruel spirit, called by enchantment to bring Rinaldo Aske, the first man, made from an ash tree, Astolpho of England, one of Charlemagne's knights, Astraea, goddess of justice, daughter of Astraeus and Eos, Astyages, an assailant of Perseus, Astyanax, son of Hector of Troy, established kingdom of Messina in Asuias, opponents of the Braminical gods, Atalanta, beautiful daughter of King of Icaria, loved and won in a Ate, the goddess of infatuation, mischief and guilt, Athamas, son of Aeolus and Enarete, and king of Orchomenus, in Athene, tutelary goddess of Athens, the same as Minerva, Athens, the capital of Attica, about four miles from the sea, Athor, Egyptian deity, progenitor of Isis and Osiris, Athos, the mountainous peninsula, also called Acte, which projects Atlantes, foster father of Rogero, a powerful magician, Atlantis, according to an ancient tradition, a great island west Atlas, a Titan, who bore the heavens on his shoulders, as Atlas, Mount, general name for range in northern Africa, Atropos, one of the Fates Attica, a state in ancient Greece, Audhumbla, the cow from which the giant Ymir was nursed. Her milk Augean stables, cleansed by Hercules, Augeas, king of Elis, Augustan age, reign of Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar, famed for Augustus, the first imperial Caesar, who ruled the Roman Empire 31 Aulis, port in Boeotia, meeting place of Greek expedition against Aurora, identical with Eos, goddess of the dawn, Aurora Borealis, splendid nocturnal luminosity in northern sky, Autumn, attendant of Phoebus, the Sun, Avalon, land of the Blessed, an earthly paradise in the Western Avatar, name for any of the earthly incarnations of Vishnu, the Aventine, Mount, one of the Seven Hills of Rome, Avernus, a miasmatic lake close to the promontory between Cumae Avicenna, celebrated Arabian physician and philosopher, Aya, mother of Rinaldo, Aymon, Duke, father of Rinaldo and Bradamante, B Baal, king of Tyre, Babylonian River, dried up when Phaeton drove the sun chariot, Bacchanali a, a feast to Bacchus that was permitted to occur but Bacchanals, devotees and festal dancers of Bacchus, Bacchus (Dionysus), god of wine and revelry, Badon, battle of, Arthur's final victory over the Saxons, Bagdemagus, King, a knight of Arthur's time, Baldur, son of Odin, and representing in Norse mythology the sun Balisardo, Orlando's sword, Ban, King of Brittany, ally of Arthur, father of Launcelot, Bards, minstrels of Welsh Druids, Basilisk SEE Cockatrice Baucis, wife of Philemon, visited by Jupiter and Mercury, Bayard, wild horse subdued by Rinaldo, Beal, Druids' god of life, Bedivere, Arthur's knight, Bedver, King Arthur's butler, made governor of Normandy, Bedwyr, knightly comrade of Geraint, Belisarda, Rogero's sword, Bellerophon, demigod, conqueror of the Chimaera, Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, represented as the sister or Beltane, Druidical fire festival, Belus, son of Poseidon (Neptune) and Libya or Eurynome, twin Bendigeid Vran, King of Britain, Beowulf, hero and king of the Swedish Geats, Beroe, nurse of Semele, Bertha, mother of Orlando, Bifrost, rainbow bridge between the earth and Asgard Bladud, inventor, builder of the city of Bath, Blamor, a knight of Arthur, Bleoberis, a knight of Arthur, Boeotia, state in ancient Greece, capital city Thebes, Bohort, King, a knight of Arthur, Bona Dea, a Roman divinity of fertility, Bootes, also called Areas, son of Jupiter and Calisto, changed to Boreas, North wind, son of Aeolus and Aurora, Bosporus (Bosphorus), the Cow-ford, named for Io, when as a heifer Bradamante, sister to Rinaldo, a female warrior, Brademagus, King, father of Sir Maleagans, Bragi, Norse god of poetry, Brahma, the Creator, chief god of Hindu religion, Branwen, daughter of Llyr, King of Britain, wife of Mathclch, Breciliande, forest of, where Vivian enticed Merlin, Brengwain, maid of Isoude the Fair Brennus, son of Molmutius, went to Gaul, became King of the Breuse, the Pitiless, a caitiff knight, Briareus, hundred armed giant, Brice, Bishop, sustainer of Arthur when elected king, Brigliadoro, Orlando's horse, Briseis, captive maid belonging to Achilles, Britto, reputed ancestor of British people, Bruhier, Sultan of Arabia, Brunello, dwarf, thief, and king Brunhild, leader of the Valkyrie, Brutus, great grandson of Aeneas, and founder of city of New Troy Bryan, Sir, a knight of Arthur, Buddha, called The Enlightened, reformer of Brahmanism, deified Byblos, in Egypt, Byrsa, original site of Carthage, C Cacus, gigantic son of Vulcan, slain by Hercules, whose captured Cadmus, son of Agenor, king of Phoenicia, and of Telephassa, and Caduceus, Mercury's staff, Cadwallo, King of Venedotia (North Wales), Caerleon, traditional seat of Arthur's court, Caesar, Julius, Roman lawyer, general, statesman and author, Caicus, a Greek river, Cairns, Druidical store piles, Calais, French town facing England, Calchas, wisest soothsayer among the Greeks at Troy, Caliburn, a sword of Arthur, Calliope, one of the nine Muses Callisto, an Arcadian nymph, mother of Arcas (SEE Bootes), changed Calpe, a mountain in the south of Spain, on the strait between the Calydon, home of Meleager, Calypso, queen of Island of Ogyia, where Ulysses was wrecked and Camber, son of Brutus, governor of West Albion (Wales), Camelot, legendary place in England where Arthur's court and Camenae, prophetic nymphs, belonging to the religion of ancient Camilla, Volscian maiden, huntress and Amazonian warrior, favorite Camlan, battle of, where Arthur was mortally wounded, Canterbury, English city, Capaneus, husband of Evadne, slain by Jupiter for disobedience, Capet, Hugh, King of France (987-996 AD), Caradoc Briefbras, Sir, great nephew of King Arthur, Carahue, King of Mauretania, Carthage, African city, home of Dido Cassandra, daughter of Priam and Hecuba, and twin sister of Cassibellaunus, British chieftain, fought but not conquered by Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda, Castalia, fountain of Parnassus, giving inspiration to Oracular Castalian Cave, oracle of Apollo, Castes (India), Castor and Pollux--the Dioscuri, sons of Jupiter and Leda,-- Caucasus, Mount Cavall, Arthur's favorite dog, Cayster, ancient river, Cebriones, Hector's charioteer, Cecrops, first king of Athens, Celestials, gods of classic mythology, Celeus, shepherd who sheltered Ceres, seeking Proserpine, and Cellini, Benvenuto, famous Italian sculptor and artificer in Celtic nations, ancient Gauls and Britons, modern Bretons, Welsh, Centaurs, originally an ancient race, inhabiting Mount Pelion in Cephalus, husband of beautiful but jealous Procris, Cephe us, King of Ethiopians, father of Andromeda, Cephisus, a Grecian stream, Cerberus, three-headed dog that guarded the entrance to Hades, CERES (See Demeter) CESTUS, the girdle of Venus CEYX, King of Thessaly (See Halcyone) CHAOS, original Confusion, personified by Greeks as most ancient CHARLEMAGNE, king of the Franks and emperor of the Romans CHARLES MARTEL', king of the Franks, grandfather of Charlemagne, CHARLOT, son of Charlemagne CHARON, son of Erebos, conveyed in his boat the shades of the dead CHARYB'DIS, whirlpool near the coast of Sicily, See Scylla CHIMAERA, a fire breathing monster, the fore part of whose body CHINA, Lamas (priests) of CHOS, island in the Grecian archipelago CHIRON, wisest of all the Centaurs, son of Cronos (Saturn) and CHRYSEIS, Trojan maid, taken by Agamemnon CHRYSES, priest of Apollo, father of Chryseis CICONIANS, inhabitants of Ismarus, visited by Ulysses CIMBRI, an ancient people of Central Europe Cimmeria, a land of darkness Cimon, Athenian general Circe, sorceress, sister of Aeetes Cithaeron, Mount, scene of Bacchic worship Clarimunda, wife of Huon Clio, one of the Muses Cloridan, a Moor Clotho, one of the Fates Clymene, an ocean nymph Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon, killed by Orestes Clytie, a water nymph, in love with Apollo Cnidos, ancient city of Asia Minor, seat of worship of Aphrodite Cockatrice (or Basilisk), called King of Serpents, supposed to Cocytus, a river of Hades Colchis, a kingdom east of the Black Sea Colophon, one of the seven cities claiming the birth of Homer Columba, St, an Irish Christian missionary to Druidical parts of Conan, Welsh king Constantine, Greek emperor Cordeilla, daughter of the mythical King Leir Corineus, a Trojan warrior in Albion Cornwall, southwest part of Britain Cortana, Ogier's sword Corybantes, priests of Cybele, or Rhea, in Phrygia, who Crab, constellation Cranes and their enemies, the Pygmies, of Ibycus Creon, king of Thebes Crete, one of the largest islands of the Mediterranean Sea, lying Creusa, daughter of Priam, wife of Aeneas Crocale, a nymph of Diana Cromlech, Druidical altar Cronos, See Saturn Crotona, city of Italy Cuchulain, Irish hero, called the "Hound of Ireland," Culdees', followers of St. Columba, Cumaean Sibyl, seeress Cupid, child of Venus and god of love Curoi of Kerry, wise man Cyane, river, opposed Pluto's passage to Hades Cybele (Rhea) Cyclopes, creatures with circular eyes, of whom Homer speaks as a Cymbeline, king of ancient Britain Cynosure (Dog's tail), the Pole star, at tail of Constellation Cynthian mountain top, birthplace of Artemis (Diana) and Apollo Cyprus, island off the coast of Syria, sacred to Aphrodite Cyrene, a nymph, mother of Aristaeus Daedalus, architect of the Cretan Labyrinth, inventor of sails Daguenet, King Arthur's fool Dalai Lama, chief pontiff of Thibet Danae, mother of Perseus by Jupiter Danaides, the fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Argos, who were Danaus (See Danaides) Daphne, maiden loved by Apollo, and changed into a laurel tree Dardanelles, ancient Hellespont Dardanus, progenitor of the Trojan kings Dardinel, prince of Zumara Dawn, See Aurora Day, an attendant on Phoebus, the Sun Day star (Hesperus) Death, See Hela Deiphobus, son of Priam and Hecuba, the bravest brother of Paris Dejanira, wife of Hercules Delos, floating island, birthplace of Apollo and Diana Delphi, shrine of Apollo, famed for its oracles Demeter, Greek goddess of marriage and human fertility, identified Demeha, South Wales Demodocus, bard of Alomous, king of the Phaeaeians Deucalion, king of Thessaly, who with his wife Pyrrha were the Dia, island of Diana (Artemis), goddess of the moon and of the chase, daughter of Diana of the Hind, antique sculpture in the Louvre, Paris Diana, temple of Dictys, a sailor Didier, king of the Lombards Dido, queen of Tyre and Carthage, entertained the shipwrecked Diomede, Greek hero during Trojan War Dione, female Titan, mother of Zeus, of Aphrodite (Venus) Dionysus See Bacchus Dioscuri, the Twins (See Castor and Pollux) Dirce, wife of Lycus, king of Thebes, who ordered Amphion and Dis See Pluto Discord, apple of, See Eris. Discordia, See Eris. Dodona, site of an oracle of Zeus (Jupiter) Dorceus, a dog of Diana Doris, wife of Nereus Dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus Druids, ancient Celtic priests Dryades (or Dryads), See Wood nymphs Dryope, changed to a lotus plant, for plucking a lotus--enchanted Dubricius, bishop of Caerleon, Dudon, a knight, comrade of Astolpho, Dunwallo Molmu'tius, British king and lawgiver Durindana, sword of Orlando or Rinaldo Dwarfs in Wagner's Nibelungen Ring E Earth (Gaea); goddess of the Ebudians, the Echo, nymph of Diana, shunned by Narcissus, faded to nothing but a Ecklenlied, the Eddas, Norse mythological records, Ederyn, son of Nudd Egena, nymph of the Fountain Eisteddfod, session of Welsh bards and minstrels Electra, the lost one of the Pleiades, also, sister of Orestes Eleusian Mysteries, instituted by Ceres, and calculated to awaken Eleusis, Grecian city Elgin Marbles, Greek sculptures from the Parthenon of Athens, now Eliaures, enchanter Elidure, a king of Britain Elis, ancient Greek city Elli, old age; the one successful wrestler against Thor Elphin, son of Gwyddiro Elves, spiritual beings, of many powers and dispositions--some Elvidnir, the ball of Hela Elysian Fields, the land of the blest Elysian Plain, whither the favored of the gods were taken without Elysium, a happy land, where there is neither snow, nor cold, nor Embla, the first woman Enseladus, giant defeated by Jupiter Endymion, a beautiful youth beloved by Diana Enid, wife of Geraint Enna, vale of home of Proserpine Enoch, the patriarch Epidaurus, a town in Argolis, on the Saronic gulf, chief seat of Epimetheus, son of Iapetus, husband of Pandora, with his brother Epirus, country to the west of Thessaly, lying along the Adriatic Epopeus, a sailor Erato, one of the Muses Erbin of Cornwall, father of Geraint Erebus, son of Chaos, region of darkness, entrance to Hades Eridanus, river Erinys, one of the Furies Eriphyle, sister of Polynices, bribed to decide on war, in which Eris (Discordia), goddess of discord. At the wedding of Peleus and Erisichthon, an unbeliever, punished by famine Eros See Cupid Erytheia, island Eryx, a mount, haunt of Venus Esepus, river in Paphlagonia Estrildis, wife of Locrine, supplanting divorced Guendolen Eteocles, son of Oeipus and Jocasta Etruscans, ancient people of Italy, Etzel, king of the Huns Euboic Sea, where Hercules threw Lichas, who brought him the Eude, king of Aquitaine, ally of Charles Martel Eumaeus, swineherd of Aeeas Eumenides, also called Erinnyes, and by the Romans Furiae or Euphorbus, a Trojan, killed by Menelaus Euphros'yne, one of the Graces Europa, daughter of the Phoenician king Agenor, by Zeus the mother Eurus, the East wind Euyalus, a gallant Trojan soldier, who with Nisus entered the Eurydice, wife of Orpheus, who, fleeing from an admirer, was Eurylochus, a companion of Ulysses, Eurynome, female Titan, wife of Ophlon Eurystheus, taskmaster of Hercules, Eurytion, a Centaur (See Hippodamia), Euterpe, Muse who presided over music, Evadne, wife of Capaneus, who flung herself upon his funeral pile Evander, Arcadian chief, befriending Aeneas in Italy, Evnissyen, quarrelsome brother of Branwen, Excalibar, sword of King Arthur, F Fafner, a giant turned dragon, treasure stealer, by the Solar Falerina, an enchantress, Fasolt, a giant, brother of Fafner, and killed by him, "Fasti," Ovid's, a mythological poetic calendar, FATA MORGANA, a mirage FATES, the three, described as daughters of Night--to indicate the FAUNS, cheerful sylvan deities, represented in human form, with FAUNUS, son of Picus, grandson of Saturnus, and father of Latinus, FAVONIUS, the West wind FEAR FENRIS, a wolf, the son of Loki the Evil Principle of Scandinavia, FENSALIR, Freya's palace, called the Hall of the Sea, where were FERRAGUS, a giant, opponent of Orlando FERRAU, one of Charlemagne's knights FERREX. brother of Porrex, the two sons of Leir FIRE WORSHIPPERS, of ancient Persia, See Parsees FLOLLO, Roman FLORA, Roman goddess of flowers and spring FLORDELIS, fair maiden beloved by Florismart FLORISMART, Sir, a brave knight, FLOSSHILDA, one of the Rhine daughters FORTUNATE FIELDS FORTUNATE ISLANDS (See Elysian Plain) FORUM, market place and open square for public meetings in Rome, FRANCUS, son of Histion, grandson of Japhet, great grandson of FREKI, one of Odin's two wolves FREY, or Freyr, god of the sun FREYA, Norse goddess of music, spring, and flowers FRICKA, goddess of marriage FRIGGA, goddess who presided over smiling nature, sending FROH, one of the Norse gods FRONTI'NO, Rogero's horse FURIES (Erinnyes), the three retributive spirits who punished FUSBERTA, Rinaldo's sword G GAEA, or Ge, called Tellus by the Romans, the personification of GAHARIET, knight of Arthur's court GAHERIS, knight GALAFRON, King of Cathay, father of Angelica GALAHAD, Sir, the pure knight of Arthur's Round Table, who safely GALATEA, a Nereid or sea nymph GALATEA, statue carved and beloved by Pygmalion GALEN, Greek physician and philosophical writer GALLEHANT, King of the Marches GAMES, national athletic contests in Greece--Olympian, at Olympia, GAN, treacherous Duke of Maganza GANELON of Mayence, one of Charlemagne's knights GANGES, river in India GANO, a peer of Charlemagne GANYMEDE, the most beautiful of all mortals, carried off to GARETH, Arthur's knight GAUDISSO, Sultan GAUL, ancient France GAUTAMA, Prince, the Buddha GAWAIN, Arthur's knight GAWL, son of Clud, suitor for Rhiannon GEMINI (See Castor), constellation created by Jupiter from the GENGHIS Khan, Tartar conqueror GENIUS, in Roman belief, the protective Spirit of each individual GEOFFREY OF MON'MOUTH, translator into Latin of the Welsh History GERAINT, a knight of King Arthur GERDA, wife of Frey GERI, one of Odin's two wolves GERYON, a three bodied monster GESNES, navigator sent for Isoude the Fair GIALLAR HORN, the trumpet that Heimdal will blow at the judgment GIANTS, beings of monstrous size and of fearful countenances, GIBICHUNG RACE, ancestors of Alberich GIBRALTAR, great rock and town at southwest corner of Spain (See GILDAS, a scholar of Arthur's court GIRARD, son of Duke Sevinus GLASTONBURY, where Arthur died GLAUCUS, a fisherman, loving Scylla GLEIPNIR, magical chain on the wolf Fenris GLEWLWYD, Arthur's porter GOLDEN FLEECE, of ram used for escape of children of Athamas, GONERIL, daughter of Leir GORDIAN KNOT, tying up in temple the wagon of Gordius, he who Gordius, a countryman who, arriving in Phrygia in a wagon, was Gorgons, three monstrous females, with huge teeth, brazen claws Gorlois, Duke of Tintadel Gouvernail, squire of Isabella, queen of Lionesse, protector of Graal, the Holy, cup from which the Saviour drank at Last Supper, Graces, three goddesses who enhanced the enjoyments of life by Gradas'so, king of Sericane Graeae, three gray haired female watchers for the Gorgons, with Grand Lama, Buddhist pontiff in Thibet Grendel, monster slain by Beowulf Gryphon (griffin), a fabulous animal, with the body of a lion and Guebers, Persian fire worshippers, Guendolen, wife of Locrine, Guenevere, wife of King Arthur, beloved by Launcelot, Guerin, lord of Vienne, father of Oliver, Guiderius, son of Cymbeline, Guillamurius, king in Ireland, Guimier, betrothed of Caradoc, Gullinbursti, the boar drawing Frey's car, Gulltopp, Heimdell's horse, Gunfasius, King of the Orkneys, Ganther, Burgundian king, brother of Kriemhild, Gutrune, half sister to Hagen, Gwern son of Matholch and Branwen, Gwernach the Giant, Gwiffert Petit, ally of Geraint, Gwyddno, Garanhir, King of Gwaelod, Gwyr, judge in the court of Arthur, Gyoll, river, H Hades, originally the god of the nether world--the name later Haemon, son of Creon of Thebes, and lover of Antigone, Haemonian city, Haemus, Mount, northern boundary of Thrace, Hagan, a principal character in the Nibelungen Lied, slayer of HALCYONE, daughter of Aeneas, and the beloved wife of Ceyx, who, HAMADRYADS, tree-nymphs or wood-nymphs, See Nymphs HARMONIA, daughter of Mars and Venus, wife of Cadmus HAROUN AL RASCHID, Caliph of Arabia, contemporary of Charlemagne HARPIES, monsters, with head and bust of woman, but wings, legs HARPOCRATES, Egyptian god, Horus HEBE, daughter of Juno, cupbearer to the gods HEBRUS, ancient name of river Maritzka HECATE, a mighty and formidable divinity, supposed to send at HECTOR, son of Priam and champion of Troy HECTOR, one of Arthur's knights HECTOR DE MARYS', a knight HECUBA, wife of Priam, king of Troy, to whom she bore Hector, HEGIRA, flight of Mahomet from Mecca to Medina (622 AD), era from HEIDRUN, she goat, furnishing mead for slain heroes in Valhalla HEIMDALL, watchman of the gods HEL, the lower world of Scandinavia, to which were consigned those HELA (Death), the daughter of Loki and the mistress of the HELEN, daughter of Jupiter and Leda, wife of Menelaus, carried HELENUS, son of Priam and Hecuba, celebrated for his prophetic HELIADES, sisters of Phaeton HELICON, Mount, in Greece, residence of Apollo and the Muses, HELIOOPOLIS, city of the Sun, in Egypt HELLAS, Gieece HELLE, daughter of Thessalian King Athamas, who, escaping from HELLESPONt, narrow strait between Europe and Asia Minor, named for HENGIST, Saxon invader of Britain, 449 AD HEPHAESTOS, See VULCAN HERA, called Juno by the Romans, a daughter of Cronos (Saturn) HERCULES, athletic hero, son of Jupiter and Alcmena, achieved HEREWARD THE WAKE, hero of the Saxons HERMES (Mercury), messenger of the gods, deity of commerce, HERMIONE, daughter of Menelaus and Helen HERMOD, the nimble, son of Odin HERO, a priestess of Venus, beloved of Leander HERODOTUS, Greek historian HESIOD, Greek poet HESPERIA, ancient name for Italy HESPERIDES (See Apples of the Hesperides) HESPERUS, the evening star (also called Day Star) HESTIA, cilled Vesta by the Romans, the goddess of the hearth HILDEBRAND, German magician and champion HINDU TRIAD, Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva HIPPOCRENE (See Helicon) HIPPODAMIA, wife of Pirithous, at whose wedding the Centaurs HIPPOGRIFF, winged horse, with eagle's head and claws HIPPOLYTA, Queen of the Amazons Hippolytus, son of Thesus HIPPOMENES, who won Atalanta in foot race, beguiling her with HISTION, son of Japhet HODUR, blind man, who, fooled by Loki, threw a mistletoe twig at Baldur, killing him HOEL, king of Brittany HOMER, the blind poet of Greece, about 850 B C HOPE (See PANDORA) HORAE See HOURS HORSA, with Hengist, invader of Britain HORUS, Egyptian god of the sun HOUDAIN, Tristram's dog HRINGHAM, Baldur's ship HROTHGAR, king of Denmark HUGI, who beat Thialfi in foot races HUGIN, one of Odin's two ravens HUNDING, husband of Sieglinda HUON, son of Duke Sevinus HYACINTHUS, a youth beloved by Apollo, and accidentally killed by HYADES, Nysaean nymphs, nurses of infant Bacchus, rewarded by HYALE, a nymph of Diana HYDRA, nine headed monster slain by Hercules HYGEIA, goddess of health, daughter of Aesculapius HYLAS, a youth detained by nymphs of spring where he sought water HYMEN, the god of marriage, imagined as a handsome youth and HYMETTUS, mountain in Attica, near Athens, celebrated for its HYPERBOREANS, people of the far North HYPERION, a Titan, son of Uranus and Ge, and father of Helios, Hyrcania, Prince of, betrothed to Clarimunda Hyrieus, king in Greece, I Iapetus, a Titan, son of Uranus and Ge, and father of Atlas, Iasius, father of Atalanta Ibycus, a poet, story of, and the cranes Icaria, island of the Aegean Sea, one of the Sporades Icarius, Spartan prince, father of Penelope Icarus, son of Daedalus, he flew too near the sun with artificial Icelos, attendant of Morpheus Icolumkill SEE Iona Ida, Mount, a Trojan hill Idaeus, a Trojan herald Idas, son of Aphareus and Arene, and brother of Lynceus Idu'na, Igerne, wife of Gorlois, and mother, by Uther, of Arthur Iliad, epic poem of the Trojan War, by Homer Ilioheus, a son of Niobe Ilium SEE Troy Illyria, Adriatic countries north of Greece Imogen, daughter of Pandrasus, wife of Trojan Brutus Inachus, son of Oceanus and Tethys, and father of Phoroneus and INCUBUS, an evil spirit, supposed to lie upon persons in their INDRA, Hindu god of heaven, thunder, lightning, storm and rain INO, wife of Athamas, fleeing from whom with infant son she sprang IO, changed to a heifer by Jupiter IOBATES, King of Lycia IOLAUS, servant of Hercules IOLE, sister of Dryope IONA, or Icolmkill, a small northern island near Scotland, where IONIA, coast of Asia Minor IPHIGENIA, daughter of Agamemnon, offered as a sacrifice but IPHIS, died for love of Anaxarete, 78 IPHITAS, friend of Hercules, killed by him IRIS, goddess of the rainbow, messenger of Juno and Zeus IRONSIDE, Arthur's knight ISABELLA, daughter of king of Galicia ISIS, wife of Osiris, described as the giver of death ISLES OF THE BLESSED ISMARUS, first stop of Ulysses, returning from Trojan War ISOLIER, friend of Rinaldo ISOUDE THE FAIR, beloved of Tristram ISOUDE OF THE WHITE HANDS, married to Tristram ISTHMIAN GAMES, See GAMES ITHACA, home of Ulysses and Penelope IULUS, son of Aeneas IVO, Saracen king, befriending Rinaldo IXION, once a sovereign of Thessaly, sentenced in Tartarus to be J JANICULUM, Roman fortress on the Janiculus, a hill on the other JANUS, a deity from the earliest times held in high estimation by JAPHET (Iapetus) JASON, leader of the Argonauts, seeking the Golden Fleece JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA, who bore the Holy Graal to Europe JOTUNHEIM, home of the giants in Northern mythology JOVE (Zeus), chief god of Roman and Grecian mythology, See JUPITER JOYOUS GARDE, residence of Sir Launcelot of the Lake JUGGERNAUT, Hindu deity JUNO, the particular guardian spirit of each woman (See Genius) JUNO, wife of Jupiter, queen of the gods JUPITER, JOVIS PATER, FATHER JOVE, JUPITER and JOVE used JUPITER AMMON (See Ammon) JUPITER CAPITOLINUS, temple of, preserving the Sibylline books JUSTICE, See THEMIS K KADYRIATH, advises King Arthur KAI, son of Kyner KALKI, tenth avatar of Vishnu KAY, Arthur's steward and a knight KEDALION, guide of Orion KERMAN, desert of KICVA, daughter of Gwynn Gloy KILWICH, son of Kilydd KILYDD, son of Prince Kelyddon, of Wales KNEPH, spirit or breath KNIGHTS, training and life of KRIEMHILD, wife of Siegfried KRISHNA, eighth avatar of Vishnu, Hindu deity of fertility in KYNER, father of Kav KYNON, son of Clydno L LABYRINTH, the enclosed maze of passageways where roamed the LACHESIS, one of the Fates (which See) LADY OF THE FOUNTAIN, tale told by Kynon LAERTES, father of Ulysses LAESTRYGONIANS, savages attacking Ulysses LAIUS, King of Thebes LAMA, holy man of Thibet LAMPETIA, daughter of Hyperion LAOC'OON, a priest of Neptune, in LAODAMIA, daughter of Acastus and wife of Protesilaus LAODEGAN, King of Carmalide, helped by Arthur and Merlin LAOMEDON, King of Troy LAPITHAE, Thessalonians, whose king had invited the Centaurs to LARES, household deities LARKSPUR, flower from the blood of Ajax LATINUS, ruler of Latium, where Aeneas landed in Italy LATMOS, Mount, where Diana fell in love with Endymion LATONA, mother of Apollo LAUNCELOT, the most famous knight of the Round Table LAUSUS, son of Mezentius, killed by Aeneas LAVINIA, daughter of Latinus and wife of Aeneas LAVINIUM, Italian city named for Lavinia LAW, See THEMIS LEANDER, a youth of Abydos, who, swimming the Hellespont to see LEBADEA, site of the oracle of Trophomus LEBYNTHOS, Aegean island LEDA, Queen of Sparta, wooed by Jupiter in the form of a swan LEIR, mythical King of Britain, original of Shakespeare's Lear LELAPS, dog of Cephalus LEMNOS, large island in the Aegean Sea, sacred to Vulcan LEMURES, the spectres or spirits of the dead LEO, Roman emperor, Greek prince LETHE, river of Hades, drinking whose water caused forgetfulness LEUCADIA, a promontory, whence Sappho, disappointed in love, was LEUCOTHEA, a sea goddess, invoked by sailors for protection (See LEWIS, son of Charlemagne LIBER, ancient god of fruitfulness LIBETHRA, burial place of Orpheus LIBYA, Greek name for continent of Africa in general LIBYAN DESERT, in Africa LIBYAN OASIS LICHAS, who brought the shirt of Nessus to Hercules LIMOURS, Earl of LINUS, musical instructor of Hercules LIONEL, knight of the Round Table LLYR, King of Britain LOCRINE, son of Brutus in Albion, king of Central England LOEGRIA, kingdom of (England) LOGESTILLA, a wise lady, who entertained Rogero and his friends LOGI, who vanquished Loki in an eating contest LOKI, the Satan of Norse mythology, son of the giant Farbanti LOT, King, a rebel chief, subdued by King Arthur, then a loyal LOTIS, a nymph, changed to a lotus-plant and in that form plucked LOTUS EATERS, soothed to indolence, companions of Ulysses landing LOVE (Eros) issued from egg of Night, and with arrows and torch LUCAN, one of Arthur's knights Lucius Tiberius, Roman procurator in Britain demanding tribute LUD, British king, whose capital was called Lud's Town (London) LUDGATE, city gate where Lud was buried, 387 LUNED, maiden who guided Owain to the Lady of the Fountain LYCAHAS, a turbulent sailor LYCAON, son of Priam LYCIA, a district in Southern Asia Minor LYCOMODES, king of the Dolopians, who treacherously slew Theseus LYCUS, usurping King of Thebes LYNCEUS, one of the sons of Aegyptus M MABINOGEON, plural of Mabinogi, fairy tales and romances of the MABON, son of Modron MACHAON, son of Aesculapius MADAN, son of Guendolen MADOC, a forester of King Arthur MADOR, Scottish knight MAELGAN, king who imprisoned Elphin MAEONIA, ancient Lydia MAGI, Persian priests MAHADEVA, same as Siva MAHOMET, great prophet of Arabia, born in Mecca, 571 AD, MAIA, daughter of Atlas and Pleione, eldest and most beautiful of MALAGIGI the Enchanter, one of Charlemagne's knights MALEAGANS, false knight MALVASIUS, King of Iceland MAMBRINO, with invisible helmet MANAWYD DAN, brother of King Vran, of London MANDRICARDO, son of Agrican MANTUA, in Italy, birthplace of Virgil MANU, ancestor of mankind MARATHON, where Theseus and Pirithous met MARK, King of Cornwall, husband of Isoude the Fair MARO See VIRGIL MARPHISA, sister of Rogero MARSILIUS, Spanish king, treacherous foe of Charlemagne MARSYAS, inventor of the flute, who challenged Apollo to musical MATSYA, the Fish, first avatar of Vishnu MEANDER, Grecian river MEDE, A, princess and sorceress who aided Jason MEDORO, a young Moor, who wins Angelica MEDUSA, one of the Gorgons MEGAERA, one of the Furies MELAMPUS, a Spartan dog, the first mortal endowed with prophetic MELANTHUS, steersman for Bacchus MELEAGER, one of the Argonauts (See Althaea) MELIADUS, King of Lionesse, near Cornwall MELICERTES, infant son of Ino. changed to Palaemon (See Ino, MELISSA, priestess at Merlin's tomb MELISSEUS, a Cretan king MELPOMENE, one of the Muses MEMNON, the beautiful son of Tithonus and Eos (Aurora), and king MEMPHIS, Egyptian city MENELAUS, son of King of Sparta, husband of Helen MENOECEUS, son of Creon, voluntary victim in war to gain success MENTOR, son of Alcimus and a faithful friend of Ulysses MERCURY (See HERMES) MERLIN, enchanter MEROPE, daughter of King of Chios, beloved by Orion MESMERISM, likened to curative oracle of Aesculapius at Epidaurus METABUS, father of Camilla METAMORPHOSES, Ovid's poetical legends of mythical METANIRA, a mother, kind to Ceres seeking Proserpine METEMPSYCHOSIS, transmigration of souls--rebirth of dying men METIS, Prudence, a spouse of Jupiter MEZENTIUS, a brave but cruel soldier, opposing Aeneas in Italy MIDAS MIDGARD, the middle world of the Norsemen MIDGARD SERPENT, a sea monster, child of Loki MILKY WAY, starred path across the sky, believed to be road to MILO, a great athlete MLON, father of Orlando MILTON, John, great English poet, whose History of England is here MIME, one of the chief dwarfs of ancient German mythology MINERVA (Athene), daughter of Jupiter, patroness of health, MINOS, King of Crete MINO TAUR, monster killed by Theseus MISTLETOE, fatal to Baldur MNEMOSYNE, one of the Muses MODESTY, statue to MODRED, nephew of King Arthur MOLY, plant, powerful against sorcery MOMUS, a deity whose delight was to jeer bitterly at gods and men MONAD, the "unit" of Pythagoras MONSTERS, unnatural beings, evilly disposed to men MONTALBAN, Rinaldo's castle MONTH, the, attendant upon the Sun MOON, goddess of, see DIANA MORAUNT, knight, an Irish champion MORGANA, enchantress, the Lady of the Lake in "Orlando Furioso," MORGANE LE FAY, Queen of Norway, King Arthur's sister, an MORGAN TUD, Arthur's chief physician MORPHEUS, son of Sleep and god of dreams MORTE D'ARTHUr, romance, by Sir Thomas Mallory MULCIBER, Latin name of Vulcan MULL, Island of MUNIN, one of Odin's two ravens MUSAEUS, sacred poet, son of Orpheus MUSES, The, nine goddesses presiding over poetry, etc--Calliope, MUSPELHEIM, the fire world of the Norsemen MYCENAS, ancient Grecian city, of which Agamemnon was king MYRDDIN (Merlin) MYRMIDONS, bold soldiers of Achilles MYSIA, Greek district on northwest coast of Asia Minor MYTHOLOGY, origin of, collected myths, describing gods of early N NAIADS, water nymphs NAMO, Duke of Bavaria, one of Charlemagne's knights NANNA, wife of Baldur NANTERS, British king NANTES, site of Caradoc's castle NAPE, a dog of Diana NARCISSUS, who died of unsatisfied love for his own image in the NAUSICAA, daughter of King Alcinous, who befriended Ulysses NAUSITHOUS, king of Phaeacians NAXOS, Island of NEGUS, King of Abyssinia NEMEA, forest devastated by a lion killed by Hercules NEMEAN GAMES, held in honor of Jupiter and Hercules NEMEAN LION, killed by Hercules NEMESIS, goddess of vengeance NENNIUS, British combatant of Caesar NEOPTOLEMUS, son of Achilles NEPENTHE, ancient drug to cause forgetfulness of pain or distress NEPHELE, mother of Phryxus and Helle NEPHTHYS, Egyptian goddess NEPTUNE, identical with Poseidon, god of the sea NEREIDS, sea nymphs, daughters of Nereus and Doris NEREUS, a sea god NESSUS, a centaur killed by Hercules, whose jealous wife sent him NESTOR, king of Pylos, renowned for his wisdom, justice, and NIBELUNGEN HOARD, treasure seized by Siegfried from the NIBELUNGEN LIED, German epic, giving the same nature myth as the NIBELUNGEN RING, Wagner's music dramas NIBELUNGS, the, a race of Northern dwarfs NIDHOGGE, a serpent in the lower world that lives on the dead NIFFLEHEIM, mist world of the Norsemen, the Hades of absent NILE, Egyptian river NIOBE, daughter of Tantalus, proud Queen of Thebes, whose seven NISUS, King of Megara NOAH, as legendary ancestor of French, Roman, German, and British NOMAN, name assumed by Ulysses NORNS, the three Scandinavian Fates, Urdur (the past), Verdandi NOTHUNG, magic sword NOTUS, southwest wind NOX, daughter of Chaos and sister of Erebus, personification of Numa, second king of Rome NYMPHS, beautiful maidens, lesser divinities of nature Dryads and O OCEANUS, a Titan, ruling watery elements OCYROE, a prophetess, daughter of Chiron ODERIC ODIN, chief of the Norse gods ODYAR, famous Biscayan hero ODYSSEUS See ULYSSES ODYSSEY, Homer's poem, relating the wanderings of Odysseus OEDIPUS, Theban hero, who guessed the riddle of the Sphinx (which OENEUS, King of Calydon OENONE, nymph, married by Paris in his youth, and abandoned for OENOPION, King of Chios OETA, Mount, scene of Hercules' death OGIER, the Dane, one of the paladins of Charlemagne OLIVER, companion of Orlando OLWEN, wife of Kilwich OLYMPIA, a small plain in Elis, where the Olympic games were OLYMPIADS, periods between Olympic games (four years) OLYMPIAN GAMES, See GAMES OLYMPUS, dwelling place of the dynasty of gods of which Zeus was OMPHALE, queen of Lydia, daughter of Iardanus and wife of Tmolus OPHION, king of the Titans, who ruled Olympus till dethroned by OPS See RHEA ORACLES, answers from the gods to questions from seekers for ORC, a sea monster, foiled by Rogero when about to devour Angelica OREADS, nymphs of mountains and hills ORESTES, son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, because of his crime ORION, youthful giant, loved by Diana, Constellation ORITHYIA, a nymph, seized by Boreas ORLANDO, a famous knight and nephew of Charlemagne ORMUZD (Greek, Oromasdes), son of Supreme Being, source of good ORPHEUS, musician, son of Apollo and Calliope, See EURYDICE OSIRIS, the most beneficent of the Egyptian gods OSSA, mountain of Thessaly OSSIAN, Celtic poet of the second or third century OVID, Latin poet (See Metamorphoses) OWAIN, knight at King Arthur's court OZANNA, a knight of Arthur P PACTOLUS, river whose sands were changed to gold by Midas PAEON, a name for both Apollo and Aesculapius, gods of medicine, PAGANS, heathen PALADINS or peers, knights errant PALAEMON, son of Athamas and Ino PALAMEDES, messenger sent to call Ulysses to the Trojan War PALAMEDES, Saracen prince at Arthur's court PALATINE, one of Rome's Seven Hills PALES, goddess presiding over cattle and pastures PALINURUS, faithful steersman of Aeeas PALLADIUM, properly any image of Pallas Athene, but specially PALLAS, son of Evander PALLAS A THE'NE (Minerva) PAMPHA GUS, a dog of Diana PAN, god of nature and the universe PANATHENAEA, festival in honor of Pallas Athene (Minerva) PANDEAN PIPES, musical instrument of reeds, made by Pan in PANDORA (all gifted), first woman, dowered with gifts by every PANDRASUS, a king in Greece, who persecuted Trojan exiles under PANOPE, plain of PANTHUS, alleged earlier incarnation of Pythagoras PAPHLAGNIA, ancient country in Asia Minor, south of Black Sea PAPHOS, daughter of Pygmalion and Galatea (both of which, See) PARCAE See FATES PARIAHS, lowest caste of Hindus PARIS, son of Priam and Hecuba, who eloped with Helen (which. PARNASSIAN LAUREl, wreath from Parnassus, crown awarded to PARNASSUS, mountain near Delphi, sacred to Apollo and the Muses PARSEES, Persian fire worshippers (Zoroastrians), of whom there PARTHENON, the temple of Athene Parthenos ("the Virgin") on the PASSEBREUL, Tristram's horse PATROCLUS, friend of Achilles, killed by Hector PECHEUR, King, uncle of Perceval PEERS, the PEG A SUS, winged horse, born from the sea foam and the blood of PELEUS, king of the Myrmidons, father of Achilles by Thetis PELIAS, usurping uncle of Jason PELION, mountain PELLEAS, knight of Arthur PENATES, protective household deities of the Romans PENDRAGON, King of Britain, elder brother of Uther Pendragon, PENELOPE, wife of Ulysses, who, waiting twenty years for his PENEUS, river god, river PENTHESILEA, queen of Amazons PENTHEUS, king of Thebes, having resisted the introduction of PENUS, Roman house pantry, giving name to the Penates PEPIN, father of Charlemagne PEPLUS, sacred robe of Minerva PERCEVAL, a great knight of Arthur PERDIX, inventor of saw and compasses PERIANDER, King of Corinuh, friend of Arion PERIPHETES, son of Vulcan, killed by Theseus PERSEPHONE, goddess of vegetation, 8 See Pioserpine PERSEUS, son of Jupiter and Danae, slayer of the Gorgon Medusa, PHAEACIANS, people who entertained Ulysses PHAEDRA, faithless and cruel wife of Theseus PHAETHUSA, sister of Phaeton, 244 PHAETON, son of Phoebus, who dared attempt to drive his father's PHANTASOS, a son of Somnus, bringing strange images to sleeping PHAON, beloved by Sappho PHELOT, knight of Wales PHEREDIN, friend of Tristram, unhappy lover of Isoude PHIDIAS, famous Greek sculptor PHILEMON, husband of Baucis PHILOCTETES, warrior who lighted the fatal pyre of Hercules PHILOE, burial place of Osiris PHINEUS, betrothed to Andromeda PHLEGETHON, fiery river of Hades PHOCIS PHOEBE, one of the sisters of Phaeton PHOEBUS (Apollo), god of music, prophecy, and archery, the sun PHOENIX, a messenger to Achilles, also, a miraculous bird dying PHORBAS, a companion of Aeneas, whose form was assumed by Neptune PHRYXUS, brother of Helle PINABEL, knight PILLARS OF HERCULES, two mountains--Calpe, now the Rock of PINDAR, famous Greek poet PINDUS, Grecian mountain PIRENE, celebrated fountain at Corinth PIRITHOUS, king of the Lapithae in Thessaly, and friend of PLEASURE, daughter of Cupid and Psyche PLEIADES, seven of Diana's nymphs, changed into stars, one being PLENTY, the Horn of PLEXIPPUS, brother of Althea PLINY, Roman naturalist PLUTO, the same as Hades, Dis, etc. god of the Infernal Regions PLUTUS, god of wealth PO, Italian river POLE STAR POLITES, youngest son of Priam of Troy POLLUX, Castor and (Dioscuri, the Twins) (See Castor) POLYDECTES, king of Seriphus POLYDORE, slain kinsman of Aeneas, whose blood nourished a bush POLYHYMNIA, Muse of oratory and sacred song POLYIDUS, soothsayer POLYNICES, King of Thebes POLYPHEMUS, giant son of Neptune POLYXENA, daughter of King Priam of Troy POMONA, goddess of fruit trees (See VERTUMNUS) PORREX and FER'REX, sons of Leir, King of Britain PORTUNUS, Roman name for Palaemon POSEIDON (Neptune), ruler of the ocean PRECIPICE, threshold of Helas hall PRESTER JOHN, a rumored priest or presbyter, a Christian pontiff PRIAM, king of Troy PRIWEN, Arthur's shield PROCRIS, beloved but jealous wife of Cephalus PROCRUSTES, who seized travellers and bound them on his iron bed, PROETUS, jealous of Bellerophon PROMETHEUS, creator of man, who stole fire from heaven for man's PROSERPINE, the same as Persephone, goddess of all growing PROTESILAUS, slain by Hector the Trojan, allowed by the gods to PROTEUS, the old man of the sea PRUDENCE (Metis), spouse of Jupiter PRYDERI, son of Pwyll PSYCHE, a beautiful maiden, personification of the human soul, PURANAS, Hindu Scriptures PWYLL, Prince of Dyved PYGMALION, sculptor in love with a statue he had made, brought to PYGMIES, nation of dwarfs, at war with the Cranes PYLADES, son of Straphius, friend of Orestes PYRAMUS, who loved Thisbe, next door neighbor, and, their parents PYRRHA, wife of Deucalion PYRRHUS (Neoptolemus), son of Achilles PYTHAGORAS, Greek philosopher (540 BC), who thought numbers to be PYTHIA, priestess of Apollo at Delphi PYTHIAN GAMES PYTHIAN ORACLE PYTHON, serpent springing from Deluge slum, destroyed by Apollo Q QUIRINUS (from quiris, a lance or spear), a war god, said to be R RABICAN, noted horse RAGNAROK, the twilight (or ending) of the gods RAJPUTS, minor Hindu caste REGAN, daughter of Leir REGILLUS, lake in Latium, noted for battle fought near by REGGIO, family from which Rogero sprang REMUS, brother of Romulus, founder of Rome RHADAMANTHUS, son of Jupiter and Europa after his death one of RHAPSODIST, professional reciter of poems among the Greeks RHEA, female Titan, wife of Saturn (Cronos), mother of the chief RHINE, river RHINE MAIDENS, OR DAUGHTERS, three water nymphs, Flosshilda, RHODES, one of the seven cities claiming to be Homer's birthplace RHODOPE, mountain in Thrace RHONGOMYANT, Arthur's lance RHOECUS, a youth, beloved by a Dryad, but who brushed away a bee RHIANNON, wife of Pwyll RINALDO, one of the bravest knights of Charlemagne RIVER OCEAN, flowing around the earth ROBERT DE BEAUVAIS', Norman poet (1257) ROBIN HOOD, famous outlaw in English legend, about time of Richard ROCKINGHAM, forest of RODOMONT, king of Algiers ROGERO, noted Saracen knight ROLAND (Orlando), See Orlando ROMANCES ROMANUS, legendary great grandson of Noah ROME ROMULUS, founder of Rome RON, Arthur's lance RONCES VALLES', battle of ROUND TABLE King Arthur's instituted by Merlin the Sage for RUNIC CHARACTERS, or runes, alphabetic signs used by early RUTULIANS, an ancient people in Italy, subdued at an early period RYENCE, king in Ireland S SABRA, maiden for whom Severn River was named, daughter of Locrine SACRIPANT, king of Circassia SAFFIRE, Sir, knight of Arthur SAGAS, Norse tales of heroism, composed by the Skalds SAGRAMOUR, knight of Arthur St. MICHAEL'S MOUNT, precipitous pointed rock hill on the coast of SAKYASINHA, the Lion, epithet applied to Buddha SALAMANDER, a lizard like animal, fabled to be able to live in SALAMIS, Grecian city SALMONEUS, son of Aeolus and Enarete and brother of Sisyphus SALOMON, king of Brittany, at Charlemagne's court SAMHIN, or "fire of peace," a Druidical festival SAMIAN SAGE (Pythagoras) SAMOS, island in the Aegean Sea SAMOTHRACIAN GODS, a group of agricultural divinities, worshipped SAMSON, Hebrew hero, thought by some to be original of Hercules SAN GREAL (See Graal, the Holy) SAPPHO, Greek poetess, who leaped into the sea from promontory of SARACENS, followers of Mahomet SARPEDON, son of Jupiter and Europa, killed by Patroclus SATURN (Cronos) SATURNALIA, a annual festival held by Romans in honor of Saturn SATURNIA, an ancient name of Italy SATYRS, male divinities of the forest, half man, half goat SCALIGER, famous German scholar of 16th century SCANDINAVIA, mythology of, giving account of Northern gods, SCHERIA, mythical island, abode of the Phaeacians SCHRIMNIR, the boar, cooked nightly for the heroes of Valhalla SCIO, one of the island cities claiming to be Homer's birthplace SCOPAS, King of Thessaly SCORPION, constellation SCYLLA, sea nymph beloved by Glaucus, but changed by jealous Circe SCYROS, where Theseus was slain SCYTHIA, country lying north of Euxine Sea SEMELE, daughter of Cadmus and, by Jupiter, mother of Bacchus SEMIRAMIS, with Ninus the mythical founder of the Assyrian empire SENAPUS, King of Abyssinia, who entertained Astolpho SERAPIS, or Hermes, Egyptian divinity of Tartarus and of SERFS, slaves of the land SERIPHUS, island in the Aegean Sea, one of the Cyclades SERPENT (Northern constellation) SESTOS, dwelling of Hero (which See also Leander) "SEVEN AGAINST THEBES," famous Greek expedition SEVERN RIVER, in England SEVINUS, Duke of Guienne SHALOTT, THE LADY OF SHATRIYA, Hindu warrior caste SHERASMIN, French chevalier SIBYL, prophetess of Cumae SICHAEUS, husband of Dido SEIGE PERILOUS, the chair of purity at Arthur's Round Table, fatal SIEGFRIED, young King of the Netherlands, husband of Kriemhild, SIEGLINDA, wife of Hunding, mother of Siegfried by Siegmund SIEGMUND, father of Siegfried SIGTRYG, Prince, betrothed of King Alef's daughter, aided by SIGUNA, wife of Loki SILENUS, a Satyr, school master of Bacchus SILURES (South Wales) SILVIA, daughter of Latin shepherd SILVIUS, grandson of Aeneas, accidentally killed in the chase by SIMONIDES, an early poet of Greece SINON, a Greek spy, who persuaded the Trojans to take the Wooden SIRENS, sea nymphs, whose singing charmed mariners to leap into SIRIUS, the dog of Orion, changed to the Dog star SISYPHUS, condemned in Tartarus to perpetually roll up hill a big SIVA, the Destroyer, third person of the Hindu triad of gods SKALDS, Norse bards and poets SKIDBLADNIR, Freyr's ship SKIRNIR, Frey's messenger, who won the god's magic sword by SKRYMIR, a giant, Utgard Loki in disguise, who fooled Thor in SKULD, the Norn of the Future SLEEP, twin brother of Death SLEIPNIR, Odin's horse SOBRINO, councillor to Agramant SOMNUS, child of Nox, twin brother of Mors, god of sleep SOPHOCLES, Greek tragic dramatist SOUTH WIND See Notus SPAR'TA, capital of Lacedaemon SPHINX, a monster, waylaying the road to Thebes and propounding SPRING STONEHENGE, circle of huge upright stones, fabled to be sepulchre STROPHIUS, father of Pylades STYGIAN REALM, Hades STYGIAN SLEEP, escaped from the beauty box sent from Hades to STYX, river, bordering Hades, to be crossed by all the dead SUDRAS, Hindu laboring caste SURTUR, leader of giants against the gods in the day of their SURYA, Hindu god of the sun, corresponding to the Greek Helios SUTRI, Orlando's birthplace SVADILFARI, giant's horse SWAN, LEDA AND SYBARIS, Greek city in Southern Italy, famed for luxury SYLVANUS, Latin divinity identified with Pan SYMPLEGADES, floating rocks passed by the Argonauts SYRINX, nymph, pursued by Pan, but escaping by being changed to a T TACITUS, Roman historian TAENARUS, Greek entrance to lower regions TAGUS, river in Spain and Portugal TALIESIN, Welsh bard TANAIS, ancient name of river Don TANTALUS, wicked king, punished in Hades by standing in water TARCHON, Etruscan chief TARENTUM, Italian city TARPEIAN ROCK, in Rome, from which condemned criminals were TARQUINS, a ruling family in early Roman legend TAURIS, Grecian city, site of temple of Diana (See Iphigenia) TAURUS, a mountain TARTARUS, place of confinement of Titans, etc, originally a black TEIRTU, the harp of TELAMON, Greek hero and adventurer, father of Ajax TELEMACHUS, son of Ulysses and Penelope TELLUS, another name for Rhea TENEDOS, an island in Aegean Sea TERMINUS, Roman divinity presiding over boundaries and frontiers TERPSICHORE, Muse of dancing TERRA, goddess of the earth TETHYS, goddess of the sea TEUCER, ancient king of the Trojans THALIA, one of the three Graces THAMYRIS, Thracian bard, who challenged the Muses to competition THAUKT, Loki disguised as a hag THEBES, city founded by Cadmus and capital of Boeotia THEMIS, female Titan, law counsellor of Jove THEODORA, sister of Prince Leo THERON, one of Diana's dogs THERSITES, a brawler, killed by Achilles THESCELUS, foe of Perseus, turned to stone by sight of Gorgon's THESEUM, Athenian temple in honor of Theseus THESEUS, son of Aegeus and Aethra, King of Athens, a great hero of THESSALY THESTIUS, father of Althea THETIS, mother of Achilles THIALFI, Thor's servant THIS'BE, Babylonian maiden beloved by Pyramus THOR, the thunderer, of Norse mythology, most popular of the gods THRACE THRINA'KIA, island pasturing Hyperion's cattle, where Ulysses THRYM, giant, who buried Thor's hammer THUCYDIDES, Greek historian TIBER, river flowing through Rome TIBER, FATHER, god of the river TIGRIS, river TINTADEL, castle of, residence of King Mark of Cornwall TIRESIAS, a Greek soothsayer TISIPHONE, one of the Furies TITANS, the sons and daughters of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea TITHONUS, Trojan prince TITYUS, giant in Tartarus TMOLUS, a mountain god TORTOISE, second avatar of Vishnu TOURS, battle of (See Abdalrahman and Charles Martel) TOXEUS, brother of Melauger's mother, who snatched from Atalanta TRIAD, the Hindu TRIADS, Welsh poems TRIMURTI, Hindu Triad TRIPTOL'EMUS, son of Celeus , and who, made great by TRISTRAM, one of Arthur's knights, husband of Isoude of the White TRITON, a demi god of the sea, son of Poseidon (Neptune) and TROEZEN, Greek city of Argolis TROJAN WAR TROJANOVA, New Troy, City founded in Britain (See Brutus, and TROPHONIUS, oracle of, in Boeotia TROUBADOURS, poets and minstrels of Provence, in Southern France TROUVERS', poets and minstrels of Northern France TROY, city in Asia Minor, ruled by King Priam, whose son, Paris, TROY, fall of TURNUS, chief of the Rutulianes in Italy, unsuccessful rival of TURPIN, Archbishop of Rheims TURQUINE, Sir, a great knight, foe of Arthur, slain by Sir TYPHON, one of the giants who attacked the gods, were defeated, TYR, Norse god of battles TYRE, Phoenician city governed by Dido TYRIANS TYRRHEUS, herdsman of King Turnus in Italy, the slaying of whose U UBERTO, son of Galafron ULYSSES (Greek, Odysseus), hero of the Odyssey UNICORN, fabled animal with a single horn URANIA, one of the Muses, a daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne URDUR, one of the Norns or Fates of Scandinavia, representing the USK, British river UTGARD, abode of the giant Utgard Loki UTGARD LO'KI, King of the Giants (See Skrymir) UTHER (Uther Pendragon), king of Britain and father of Arthur, UWAINE, knight of Arthur's court V VAISSYAS, Hindu caste of agriculturists and traders VALHALLA, hall of Odin, heavenly residence of slain heroes VALKYRIE, armed and mounted warlike virgins, daughters of the gods VE, brother of Odin VEDAS, Hindu sacred Scriptures VENEDOTIA, ancient name for North Wales VENUS (Aphrodite), goddess of beauty VENUS DE MEDICI, famous antique statue in Uffizi Gallery, VERDANDI, the Present, one of the Norns VERTUMNUS, god of the changing seasons, whose varied appearances VESTA, daughter of Cronos and Rhea, goddess of the homefire, or VESTALS, virgin priestesses in temple of Vesta VESUVIUS, Mount, volcano near Naples VILLAINS, peasants in the feudal scheme VIGRID, final battle-field, with destruction of the gods ind VILI, brother of Odin and Ve VIRGIL, celebrated Latin poet (See Aeneid) VIRGO, constellation of the Virgin, representing Astraea, goddess VISHNU, the Preserver, second of the three chief Hindu gods VIVIANE, lady of magical powers, who allured the sage Merlin and VOLSCENS, Rutulian troop leader who killed Nisus and Euryalus VOLSUNG, A SAGA, an Icelandic poem, giving about the same legends VORTIGERN, usurping King of Britain, defeated by Pendragon 390, VULCAN (Greek, Haephestus), god of fire and metal working, with VYA'SA, Hindu sage W WAIN, the, constellation WELLGUNDA, one of the Rhine-daughters WELSH LANGUAGE WESTERN OCEAN WINDS, THE WINTER WODEN, chief god in the Norse mythology, Anglo Saxon for Odin WOGLINDA, one of the Rhine-daughters WOMAN, creation of WOODEN HORSE, the, filled with armed men, but left outside of Troy WOOD NYMPHS WOTAN, Old High German form of Odin X XANTHUS, river of Asia Minor Y YAMA, Hindu god of the Infernal Regions YEAR, THE YGDRASIL, great ash-tree, supposed by Norse mythology to support YMIR, giant, slain by Odin YNYWL, Earl, host of Geraint, father of Enid YORK, Britain YSERONE, niece of Arthur, mother of Caradoc YSPA DA DEN PEN'KAWR, father of Olwen Z ZENDAVESTA, Persian sacred Scriptures ZEPHYRUS, god of the South wind, ZERBINO, a knight, son of the king of Scotland ZETES, winged warrior, companion of Theseus ZETHUS, son of Jupiter and Antiope, brother of Amphion. See Dirce ZEUS, See JUPITER ZOROASTER, founder of the Persian religion, which was dominant in |