Pleiad is used as a term to describe groups of seven (usually illustrious) persons such as the ‘seven wise men of Greece’. In Greek mythology the Pleiades or seven sisters were daughters of the Titan, Atlas and of Pleione, daughter of Oceanus. *** In Indo-European number symbolism: “...
[Alteration (in order to avoid confusion with the asteroid 3908 Nyx) ofNyx,Greek goddess of the night, from GreekNux, fromnux,night; seenekw-t-inIndo-European roots.] nix1 (nĭks) n.Mythology A water sprite of German mythology, usually in human form or half-human and half-fish. ...
In Greek mythology the Golden Maidens were woman-shaped, gold automotons crafted by the divine smith Hephaestus as attendants for his palace.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient comes a spellbinding tale of psychological suspense, weaving together Greek mythology, murder, and obsession, that further cements “Michaelides as a major player in the field” (Publishers Weekly). ...
Upon initial reading, Heine's female figures, drawn from Romanticism, Greek mythology, the Bible, and the works of Shakespeare, appear to be stereotypes. Upon closer examination they resist and transcend these labels.; I use a gender studies approach to examine how Heine portrays women. In his...
[Discusses the valkyrie in depth. Her conclusions about female characters in Old English poetry all being Valkyries is stretched excessively thin, but her basic facts are interesting and accurate.] Buy this book today! Grimm, Jacob.Teutonic Mythology. 4 vols. New York: Dover. ...
STAR MAIDENS (1975-1976) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION STAR MAIDENS (1975-1976) – This obscure (only 3 reviews to date on IMDb) British-German television series from the 1970s has the same kind of campy visual appeal asU.F.O., Space: 1999and every other Gerry & Sylvia Anderson series in history...
Death and the Maiden: Girls' Initiation Rites in Greek MythoLogy. London and New York: Routledge, 1989. pp.x + 25... MR Lefkowttz - 《Echos Du Monde Classique Classical Views》 被引量: 5发表: 1993年 Generation of a new SpaceA maiden temple in the Chinese religious culture of Taiwan ...
Schele explains that "Mayan mythology identifies the Road to Xibalba as going through a cave" (Forest of Kings, 209). Here we have a metaphorical reference to the "dark rift" in the Milky Way by way of its terrestrial counterpart, a syncretism between earth and sky which is characteristic ...
[Alteration (in order to avoid confusion with the asteroid 3908 Nyx) of Nyx, Greek goddess of the night, from Greek Nux, from nux, night; see nekw-t- in Indo-European roots.] nix 1 (nĭks) n. Mythology A water sprite of German mythology, usually in human form or half-human and...