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Ditto (/ ˈ d ɪ t oʊ / ⓘ), known in Japan as Metamon (Japanese: メタモン), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon media franchise.First introduced in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue, it was created by the design team as a tribute to the pop culture yellow smiley face ideogram, and its design finalized by Ken Sugimori.
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".
The Ouroboros has been said to have a meaning of infinity or wholeness. In the age-old image of the Ouroboros lies the thought of devouring oneself and turning oneself into a circulatory process, for it was clear to the more astute alchemists that the prima materia of the art was man himself. The Ouroboros is a dramatic symbol for the ...
Ho-Oh's design is likely inspired by the Fenghuang (firebird) of Chinese myth, [35] as well as the immortal phoenix of Greek mythology. [406] Likewise, its name likely derives from the Fenghuang's Japanese name, "hō-ō". [35] In the games' lore, Ho-Oh is a Pokémon worshipped as a deity.
Atargatis (known as Derceto by the Greeks [1]) was the chief goddess of northern Syria in Classical antiquity. [2] [3] Primarily she was a fertility goddess, but, as the baalat ("mistress") of her city and people she was also responsible for their protection and well-being.
In Ancient Greek mythology, Olethros / ˈ ɒ l ɪ ˌ θ r ɒ s / (Greek: ὄλεθρος) was the Greek concept or personification [citation needed] of "havoc" or "ruin". Olethros translates roughly in ancient Greek to "destruction", but often with a positive connotation, as in the destruction required for and preceding renewal.
In Homer’s time, ceryx was a profession of trusted attendants or retainers of a chieftain. The role of ceryces / ˈ s ɛ r ɪ ˌ s iː z / expanded, however, to include acting as inviolable messengers between states, even in time of war, proclaiming meetings of the council, popular assembly, or court of law, reciting there the formulas of prayer, and summoning persons to attend.
Dictys (Ancient Greek: Δίκτυς, Díktus) was a name attributed to four men in Greek mythology.. Dictys, a fisherman [1] and brother of King Polydectes of Seriphos, both being the sons of Magnes and a Naiad, [2] [3] or of Peristhenes and Androthoe, [4] or else of Poseidon and Cerebia. [5]