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Mannegishi – Little people with six fingers and no noses; Manticore (Persian mythology) – Lion-human-scorpion hybrid; Mapinguari (Brazilian mythology) – Giant sloth; Mara (Scandinavian folklore) – Female night-demon; Marabbecca (Italian folklore) – Malevolent water spirit; Mare (Germanic and Slavic folklore) – Malicious entity of dream.
In some accounts, Merlin is trapped by an enchantment by Nimue, and while some end with Merlin dying, in others he remains in the trap (variously a tomb, a cave, a mist, or a tree) indefinitely. [citation needed] Morgan le Fay (c. 480 – ), Enchantress from the legend of King Arthur. Nicolas Flamel (c. 1330 – ), a French scribe and ...
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The trip to the underworld is a mytheme of comparative mythology found in a diverse number of religions from around the world. [1] The hero or upper-world deity journeys to the underworld or to the land of the dead and returns.
In Greek mythology, a satyr [a] (Ancient Greek: σάτυρος, romanized: sátyros, pronounced), also known as a silenus [b] or silenos (Ancient Greek: σειληνός, romanized: seilēnós [seːlɛːnós]), and sileni (plural), is a male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, exaggerated erection.
As in Hesiod's account, Rhea saved Zeus from being swallowed by Cronus, and Zeus was eventually able to free his siblings, and together they waged war against the Titans. [101] According to Apollodorus, in the tenth year of that war, Zeus learned from Gaia, that he would be victorious if he had the Hundred-Handers and the Cyclopes as allies.
Naram-Sin, also transcribed Narām-Sîn or Naram-Suen (Akkadian: 𒀭𒈾𒊏𒄠𒀭𒂗𒍪: D Na-ra-am D Sîn, meaning "Beloved of the Moon God Sîn", the "𒀭" a determinative marking the name of a god; died c. 2218 BC), was a ruler of the Akkadian Empire, who reigned c. 2255 –2218 BC (middle chronology), and was the third successor and grandson of King Sargon of Akkad.
Youth and Time, John William Godward, 1901. Eternal youth is the concept of human physical immortality free of ageing.The youth referred to is usually meant to be in contrast to the depredations of aging, rather than a specific age of the human lifespan.