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List of Homeric characters This page was last edited on 22 January 2025, at 11:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Lethe (Λήθη), spirit of forgetfulness and oblivion, and of the river of the same name; Limos (Λιμός), spirit of hunger and starvation; The Litae (Λιταί), spirits of prayer; Lyssa (Λύσσα), spirit of rage, fury and rabies in animals; The Machai (Μάχαι), spirits of fighting and combat
While the Greek gods are immortal and unaffected by aging, the mortality of humans forces them to move through the stages of life, before reaching death. [2] The group of figures referred to as "heroes" (or " demigods "), unique to Greek religion and mythology, are (after the time of Homer ) individuals who have died but continue to exert power ...
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".
In Irish mythology, Mag Mell (modern spelling: Magh Meall, meaning 'delightful plain') [1] is one of the names for the Celtic Otherworld, a mythical realm achievable through death and/or glory. Unlike the underworld in some mythologies, Mag Mell was a pleasurable paradise, identified as either an island far to the west of Ireland or a kingdom ...
Chloé Zhao's Eternals draws that comparison even closer by adapting a troupe of Marvel characters who are both heroes and legends.Each Eternal is a reference to some part of mythology or folklore ...
Duwende – Little people, some are house spirits, others nature spirits; Dvergr – Subterranean little people smiths; Dvorovoi – Courtyard spirit; Dwarf – Little people nature spirits; Dybbuk – Spirit (sometimes the soul of a wicked deceased) that possesses the living
Harpy – birdlike human-headed death spirit; Haugbúi – undead being who lives in its burial mound; Havsrå – saltwater spirit; Helloi (Meitei mythology) – celestial maidens, daughters of the Sky God Salailen; Headless Horseman – humanoid spirit who haunts or kills