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Agatha, also Agata, is a feminine given name derived from the Greek feminine name Ἀγάθη (Agáthē; alternative form: Ἀγαθή Agathḗ), which is a nominalized form of ἀγαθή (agathḗ), i.e. the feminine form of the adjective ἀγαθός (agathós) "good".
The tale of Agartha has few commonalities with actual Indian mythology, and more similarities to then contemporary theories on prehistory and Norse mythology, and attempts to historicize them. [3] Asgartha, or "Asgarth", is an alternative spelling of Asgard (a location associated with the gods of Norse myth), with an "an" added to make it ...
In his original Greek form, he served as a household god, to whom, along with Zeus Soter, libations were made after a meal. In later Ptolemaic antiquity he took on two partially distinct roles; one as the Agathos Daimon a prominent serpentine civic god , who served as the special protector of Alexandria .
The Erinyes (/ ɪ ˈ r ɪ n i. iː z / ih-RI-nee-eez; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἐρινύες, sing.: Ἐρινύς Erinys), [2] also known as the Eumenides (Εὐμενίδες, the "Gracious ones") [a] and commonly known in English as the Furies, are chthonic goddesses of vengeance in ancient Greek religion and mythology.
"Agatha" is trying to do too many things at once. Buried deep somewhere is a good horror series about Agatha's journey with real scares and perhaps a mythology that's understandable.
Norse mythology comes to life in The Weaver and the Witch Queen, about sisters Oddny and Signy and their friend, Gunnhild. After Signy is kidnapped, Oddny sets out to rescue her, as Gunnhild ...
Greek mythology has changed over time to accommodate the evolution of their culture, of which mythology, both overtly and in its unspoken assumptions, is an index of the changes. In Greek mythology's surviving literary forms, as found mostly at the end of the progressive changes, it is inherently political, as Gilbert Cuthbertson (1975) has argued.
When Agatha’s real identity returns, her pet rabbit/familiar, Señor Scratchy, reappears. In the comics, her pet was a magical cat-like entity named Ebony, but this was changed for the series.