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Moccus has been connected with pigs and boars on the basis of this theonym, which has been assumed to derive from a reconstructed Gaulish root word moccos, meaning pig or wild boar. [6] This word is not otherwise attested except in personal names, such as Moccius , Moccia , Mocus , Mocconius , Cato-mocus (literally, war-pig, along similar lines ...
The Crommyonian Sow was a wild pig that ravaged the region around the village of Crommyon between Megara and Corinth, and was eventually slain by Theseus in his early adventures. According to the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus , it was said by some to be the daughter of Echidna and Typhon , and was named after the old woman who raised it. [ 1 ]
Old pig who dies at the start of the story and tells the other animals an inspiring tale, which caused them to revolt against the farmer. Olivia: Ian Falconer: Pequeninos: Ender's Game series: Orson Scott Card: The pig The Ass and the Pig: Aesop: Piglet: Winnie-the-Pooh: A. A. Milne: The best friend of Winnie. A tiny and timid character ...
Gullinbursti , meaning "Gold Mane" or "Golden Bristles") is a boar in Norse mythology. When Loki had Sif 's hair, Freyr 's ship Skíðblaðnir , and Odin 's spear Gungnir fashioned by the Sons of Ivaldi , he bet his own head with Brokkr that his brother Eitri ( Sindri ) would not have been able to make items to match the quality of those ...
Sigbin – is a creature in Philippine mythology (Philippines) Sky Fox (mythology), a celestial nine-tailed Fox Spirit that is 1,000 years old and has golden fur (Chinese) Shug Monkey – dog/monkey creature found in Cambridgeshire (Britain) Tanuki – Japanese raccoon dog, legends claim is a shapeshifting trickster (Japan)
Myth Notes Ceryneian Hind: Deer Greek: Also called Cerynitis, was an enormous deer that lived in Keryneia, Greece. It was sacred to Artemis, the chaste goddess of the hunt, animals and unmarried women. It had golden antlers like a stag and hooves of bronze or brass, and it was said that it could outrun an arrow in flight.
Tondo of a Laconian black-figure cup by the Naucratis Painter, c. 555 BCE (). Since the Calydonian boar hunt drew together numerous heroes [5] —among whom were many who were venerated as progenitors of their local ruling houses among tribal groups of Hellenes into Classical times—it offered a natural subject in classical art, for it was redolent with the web of myth that gathered around ...