One of our oldest written sources on ancient Greek mythology,Hesiod('Theogony'), says that the most archetypal race of Greek monsters, theGorgons,lived on an island at the furthest extent of thewestern ocean,supposedly near the island of theHesperides.This puts them in the realm ofCronos(Satu...
The Evil Eye Equated with Apollo Part 4: Estate & Retinue Sun Chariot Sun Aureole Fire Salve Cup Boat of the Sun Palace & Gates of the Sun Throne Tablets of Phanes Herds & Flocks Sacred Animals Sacred Plants Attendants Part 5: Cult of Helius General Cult Corinth, Southern Greece Sicyon...
I cannot remember telling my parents that I was studying Classics; they might well have found out for the first time on graduation day. Of all the subjects on this planet, I think they would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology when it came to securing the ke...
Sateriasis' name is derived from "satyriasis",[35] meaning an "uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire in a man"; the term comes from the satyrs, hedonist creatures from Greek mythology. His last name is a combination of the words "venom" and "nymphomania";[35] the latter word is ...
I cannot remember telling my parents that I was studying Classics; they might well have found out for the first time on graduation day. Of all subjects on this planet, I think they would have been hard put to name one less useful than...
Theo's door handle is Medusa (the Gorgon encountered by Perseus in the Greek mythology).According to this Wikipedia Article, it could mean a lot of different things, ranging from a terror of castration that is linked to the sight of something to a symbol of female rage....
Norn,weird sister- (Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae Odin- (Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband...
Greek Mythology>>Greek Gods>>Primordial Gods>>Sky Gods>> Nyx NYX Greek Name Νυξ Transliteration Nyx Roman Name Nox Translation Night (nyx, nyktos) Nyx goddess of night, Athenian black-figure lekythos C5th B.C.,Metropolitan Museum of Art ...
Inspired by:Haitian zombie mythology (plus movie-zombie tropes). In the zombie uprising of 1981, the fictional Red Crow Indian Reservation in Quebec, Canada becomes a fortress against the undead. The Mi'kmaq residents are immune to infection in a way that white people are not. The bloody,...
But great Kronos (Cronus) the wily took courage and answered his dear mother : ‘Mother, I will undertake to do this deed, for I reverence not our father of evil name, for he first thought of doing shameful things.’ So he said : and vast Gaia rejoiced greatly in spirit, and set ...