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In Greek mythology, according to Plutarch, the 7th century BC Greek poet Alcman said that Ersa / ˈ ɜːr s ə / or Herse / ˈ h ɜːr s iː / (Ἔρσα, Érsa, Ἕρση, Hérsē, literally "dew"), the personification of dew, is the daughter of Zeus and the Moon . [1]
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Name Other names Earliest appearance Works featured in Description Accolon: Post-Vulgate Cycle, 1230s Morgan le Fay's love Aglovale† Agloval, Sir Aglovale de Galis The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis, The Once and Future King: King Pellinore's eldest son Agravain† Agravaine Lancelot-Grail, Le Morte D'Arthur, The Once and Future King
Mythological stories about a deity told of their deeds (which may have related to their functions) and linked them, through genealogical connections, to other gods with similar functions. [17] The most important surviving accounts of Greek mythology can be found in Homeric epic , which tells of encounters between gods and mortals, and Hesiod 's ...
Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked name for baby girls. Others, like Eleuthia, have never cracked the top 1,000 list of boys ’ or girl s’ names in ...
This is a list of deities and legendary figures found in Etruscan mythology. The names below were taken mainly from Etruscan "picture bilinguals", which are Etruscan call-outs on art depicting mythological scenes or motifs. Several different media provide names.
List of mythology books and sources; List of mythological objects; List of culture heroes; List of world folk-epics; Lists of deities; Lists of legendary creatures ...
Lives beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Name clearly jumped from Mayan storm god (Huracan), to Taino name for the weather phenomenon (Juracan), to this creature around the Texas-Louisiana coast. Hræsvelgr – jötunn who takes the form of an eagle (Norse mythology) Poukai – monstrous predatory bird, likely based on an extinct species