enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolves_in_folklore...

    In the mythology of the Turkic peoples, the wolf is a revered animal. In the Turkic mythology, wolves were believed to be the ancestors of their people. [41] [42] The legend of Ashina is an old Turkic myth that tells of how the Turkic people were created. In Northern China a small Turkic village was raided by Chinese soldiers, but one small ...

  3. Asena - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asena

    Asena is the name of a she-wolf associated with the Gokturk foundation myth. [1] The ancestress of the Göktürks is a she-wolf, mentioned yet unnamed in two different "Wolf Tales". [2] The legend of Asena tells of a young boy who survived a battle; a female wolf finds the injured child and nurses him back to health.

  4. She-wolf (Roman mythology) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She-wolf_(Roman_mythology)

    The She-Wolf with Romulus and Remus, sculpture by Francesco Biggi and Domenico Parodi in the Palazzo Rosso of Genoa, Italy The she-wolf on a coin of the late Roman republic (c.77 BC) In the Roman foundation myth , the she-wolf ( lupa in Latin) was an Italian wolf who nursed and sheltered the twins Romulus and Remus after they were abandoned in ...

  5. Sköll - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sköll

    The Wolves Pursuing Sól and Máni by J. C. Dollman, 1909 Far away and long ago by Willy Pogany, 1920. In Norse mythology, Sköll (Old Norse: SkÇ«ll, "Treachery" [1] or "Mockery" [2]) is a wolf that, according to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, chases the Sun (personified as a goddess, Sól) riding her chariot across the sky.

  6. Geri and Freki - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geri_and_Freki

    In Norse mythology, Geri and Freki are two wolves which are said to accompany the god Odin. They are attested in the Poetic Edda , a collection of epic poetry compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional sources, in the Prose Edda , written in the 13th century by Snorri Sturluson , and in the poetry of skalds .

  7. List of wolves - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wolves

    Custer Wolf; Dogor, preserved specimen; Hexham wolf; Lobo the King of Currumpaw; Old Gray Guy - Isle Royale immigrant who genetically rescued the inbred population of wolves of the Island; OR-7 (also known as "Journey") [male] O-Six (also known as "The 06 Female" or 832F [her research ID]) Romeo; Slavc; Three Toes of Harding County; Tiger of ...

  8. Category:Female legendary creatures - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Female_legendary...

    This is category for legendary creatures that are described as female or overwhelmingly female. ... She-wolf (Roman mythology) (1 C, 19 P) Sheela na gigs (1 C, 3 P)

  9. List of hybrid creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hybrid_creatures...

    Anggitay – A strictly-female creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a horse. Centaur – A creature that has the upper body of a human with the lower body of a horse. Khepri – The dung beetle-headed Egyptian God. Kinnara – Half-human, half-bird in later Indian mythology. Kurma – Upper-half human, lower-half ...