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In Irish mythology, Clíodhna (Clídna, Clionadh, Clíodna, Clíona, transliterated to Cleena [dubious – discuss] in English) is a Queen of the Banshees of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Clíodna of Carrigcleena is the potent banshee that rules as queen over the sióga (fairies) of South Munster , or Desmond .
In Greek mythology, Celaeno (/ s ɪ ˈ l iː n oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Κελαινώ Kelaino, lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes Calaeno) referred to several different figures. Celaeno, one of the Pleiades. She was said to be mother of Lycus and Nycteus, [1] of King Eurypylus (or Eurytus) of Cyrene, and of Lycaon, also by ...
Limos was the goddess of starvation in ancient Greek religion. She was opposed by Demeter, goddess of grain and the harvest with whom Ovid wrote Limos could never meet, and Plutus, the god of wealth and the bounty of rich harvests.[1] Persephone, queen of the underworld; wife of Hades and goddess of spring growth [11]
Celaeno is the name of the chief Goddess in the Celaeno Series by Jane Fletcher. Celaeno (CeCe) is the main character of book 4 (The Pearl Sister) in the Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley Notes
Achlys, a primordial goddess of the clouding of eyes after death, the eternal night, and poison; Artemis, the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, and wild animals, who was commonly associated with the moon; Astraeus, Titan god of the dusk, stars, planets, and the art of Astronomy and Astrology; Asteria, Titan goddess of nocturnal oracles and ...
Curiously, the ancient goddess of South Munster, Clíodhna (Cleena), has beneath Lough Cluhir one of her several palaces in the country, according to the Storyteller. The story he tells involves the wife of a peasant working for Burke Far-Shoung and does not involve Ivor himself, [ 8 ] but it is in fact the case that the O'Donovans are one of ...
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark famously wants to be remembered by two simple words.But when all is said and done, Cassandra Peterson only asks that people remember her buxom alter ego by three ...
The Greek word κήρ means "the goddess of death" or "doom" [2] [3] and appears as a proper noun in the singular and plural as Κήρ and Κῆρες to refer to divinities. Homer uses Κῆρες in the phrase κήρες θανάτοιο, "Keres of death". By extension the word may mean "plague, disease" and in prose "blemish or defect".