Hyperborean- (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visitthe webmaster's page for free fun content...
But the king refused him the prize and in anger Poseidon afflicted the land with drought.The god assaulted his sister Demeter in the shape of a horse as she was wandering the earth in search of her daughter Persephone. <<More>> Poseidon seduced many nymphs and mortal woman often in the ...
. . For aforetime, that isle was tossed on the waves by all manner of whirling winds; but, when Leto, the daughter of Koios (Coeus), in the frenzy of her imminent pangs of travail, set foot on her, then it was that four lofty pillars rose from the roots of earth, and on their ...
Greek ‘myths’ (short for mythology) are a series of stories about the Gods and magical beings of Greece. We’ll bet you’ve heard of some of the famous – and infamous! – characters already, such as Heracles, (the strongest man on Earth) Zeus, (the God of the sky and king of ...
Why the Golden Age came to an end Hesiod failed to explain, but it was succeeded by the Silver Age. After an inordinately prolonged childhood, the men of the Silver Age began to act presumptuously and neglected the gods. Consequently, Zeus hid them in the Earth, where they became spirits...
It was a mysterious and timeless place, where everything was still waiting to be created.But then, out of chaos, a powerful goddess named Gaia emerged. Gaia was the goddess of the earth, and she was a beautiful and nurturing force. Using her incredible powers, she created the land with ...
Gaia, more frequently spelled Ge, was the Earth. She is rarely even referred to as a deity, she is more a power. What is. She was one of the firsts. Well, one of the firsts in some versions. There are actually a couple of different Creation myths, and not all of them include ...
This early figure is said to have been influenced by the iconographic and mythical traditions of Asalluhi, the deity of sorcery and incantations. This was done because, in Near Eastern traditions, he was also regarded as a royal bison character. Achelous was said to travel to the earth’...
Uranus and Gaea produced two distinctly different races of beings called Giants and Titans. Along with the two were Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night); the cheerful light of heaven and the bright smiles of earth. Also called the Uranides, the 12 titans are Cronus, Oceanus, Iapetus, Hyperion...
of the Earth and upward away from it, so that the Earth had no need to be supported (as Thales had believed) by anything. Starting from Thales’ observations, Anaximander tried to reconstruct the development of life in more detail. Life, being closely bound up with moisture, originated in ...