Freya is not an Aesir, although she lives in Asgard together with her husbandOdr(Old Norse: Óðr). She is called an Ásynjur, a female Aesir, but she belongs to theVanir, an old branch of gods that reside in the realm of Vanaheim. She, Freyr, and Njord were sent to the Ae...
Idun,Ithunn- (Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young Jotun,Jotunn- (Norse mythology) one of a race of giants often in conflict with the Aesir Loki- (Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death...
所属专辑:希腊神话英文朗读+中文解析/Greek Mythology 声音简介 Eros was the god of love,better known by his latin name Cupid. Son of Aphrodite by Ares, he took his place among the small gods of Olympus. He was represented as a little naked boy, with sparkling wings, and he carried his bo...
Tantalize — Torment or tease someone with the promise of something that is unobtainable, named after Tantalus who was punished by the gods and was unable to reach the fruit above his head or drink the water at his feet. Terpsichorean — Relating to dance, named after the Greek muse of da...
KHIONE or PHILONIS (Chione) A princess of Phokis (central Greece) who made love to two gods, Hermes and Apollon, on the same night. To Hermes she bore a son Autolykos.KHTHONOPHYLE (Chthonophyle) A queen of Sikyonia (southern Greece) who bore Hermes a son named Polybos. [see Family...
Aphrodite (Greek mythology) was the goddess of love, beauty, and sensuality. Known in Roman mythology as Venus, she was said to be the most beautiful of the goddesses, and had many suitors, both god and human. In ancient Greece, men and gods would go to war over a woman's beauty (...
Parents, like the gods and goddesses ofmythology, are divine before they are human. 父母, 在他们成为人之前,就像希腊神话中的神祗一样神圣. 期刊摘选 In popular Egyptianmythology, Isis is both sister and wife to Osiris the king. 在通俗的埃及神话里面, 伊希斯既是国王欧西里斯的妹妹,又是他的妻子....
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"But sea-dwelling dolphins were swiftly carrying great Theseus to the house of his father [Poseidon], god of horses, and he reached the hall of the gods . . . And he saw his father's dear wife, august ox-eyed Amphitite, in the lovely house; she put a purple cloak about him and ...
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