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Archaic perfume vase in the shape of a siren, c. 540 BC The etymology of the name is contested. Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. [5] Others connect the name to σειρά (seirá, "rope, cord") and εἴρω (eírō, "to tie, join, fasten"), resulting in the meaning "binder, entangler", [6] [better source needed] i.e. one who binds or entangles through magic song.
Lost Girl is a Canadian supernatural drama television series that premiered on Showcase on September 12, 2010, and ran for five seasons. [1] [2] It follows the life of a bisexual [3] [4] succubus named Bo, played by Anna Silk, [5] [6] as she learns to control her superhuman abilities, help those in need, and discover the truth about her origins.
The name 'Gorgon' is associated with the Ancient Greek adjective gorgós (γοργός), which, of an eye or look, means 'grim, fierce, awesome, dazzling', [4] and is thought to derive from the Sanskrit stem garğ. [5]
Ancient Greek authors such as Strabo and Plutarch note Orpheus's Thracian origins. [7] Orpheus was called the ruler of the Bistonian Pieria , a region inhabited by the Thracian tribes Bistones and Pieres [ 8 ] but others have identified him as a member of the Thracian tribe Ciconi , that lived in the Thracian Bisaltia .
In Ancient Greek literature the word is also used meaning "fate" or "destiny" (ἀνάγκη δαιμόνων, "fate by the daemons or by the gods"), and by extension "compulsion or torture by a superior." [10] She appears often in poetry, as Simonides does: "Even the gods don't fight against ananke". [11]
Samson in "Milfay" Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression. The series traces the disparate storylines of a young carnival worker named Ben Hawkins and Brother Justin Crowe, a preacher in California. The overarching story is built around a good and evil theme, which serves as a human-scaled metaphor within a complex structure of myth and ...
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.
Ten of Cups from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Ten of Cups is a Minor Arcana tarot card.. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. [1] In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, tarot cards came to be utilized primarily for divinatory purposes.