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Sihon was an Amorite king mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, king of Ashtaroth, who refused to let the Israelites pass through his country. Chronicled in Numbers, he was defeated by Moses and the Israelites at the battle of Jahaz. He and Og were said to be the two kings Moses defeated on the east side of the Jordan river.
Sithon was the son of either Poseidon and Ossa [1] or of Ares and Anchiroe. [2] [ AI-generated source?] He was married to the nymph Mendeis, [1] though Anchiroe is otherwise also given as his wife rather than mother, [3] [AI-generated source?] and had at least two daughters: Rhoeteia, eponym of the promontory of Rhoetium in the Troad, [2] and Pallene.
In Greek mythology, Sisyphus or Sisyphos (/ ˈ s ɪ s ɪ f ə s /; Ancient Greek: Σίσυφος Sísyphos) was the founder and king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He reveals Zeus's abduction of Aegina to the river god Asopus, thereby incurring Zeus's wrath.
The Greek god Zeus and the Roman god Jupiter both appear as the head gods of their respective pantheons. [121] [113] *Dyḗws Ph₂tḗr is also attested in the Rigveda as Dyáus Pitā, a minor ancestor figure mentioned in only a few hymns, and in the Illyrian god Dei-Pátrous, attested once by Hesychius of Alexandria. [122]
Persephone, Greek Goddess of Spring. Her festival or the day she returns to her mother Demeter from the Underworld is on 3rd of April. Many fertility deities are also associated with spring; In Roman mythology, Flora was a Sabine-derived goddess of flowers [1] and of the season of spring [2]
Bael – First king of Hell with three heads: a man, a toad, and a cat; Ball-tailed cat (North American) – a feline similar to a mountain lion, except with a long tail with a bulbous end used for striking its prey
Typhon mythology is part of the Greek succession myth, which explained how Zeus came to rule the gods. Typhon's story is also connected with that of Python (the serpent killed by Apollo), and both stories probably derived from several Near Eastern antecedents. Typhon was (from c. 500 BC) also identified with the Egyptian god of destruction Set.
In Greek mythology, Deioneus (/ d aɪ ˈ oʊ n iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Δηιονεύς means "ravager" [1]) or Deion (/ ˈ d aɪ. ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Δηίων) is a name attributed to the following individuals: Deioneus, king of Phocis and son of King Aeolus of Aeolia and Enarete, daughter of Deimachus. [2]