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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
Manto (mythology) Marpessa; Meda (mythology) Medusa; Megalai Ehoiai; Meganeira; Melantho (Odyssey) Melia (mythology) Meliboea of Ephesus; Melite (heroine) Memphis (mythology) Menippe and Metioche; Merope (daughter of Oenopion) Mese (mythology) Mestra; Meta (mythology) Milye; Mnesimache; Moirai; Molione (mythology) Myia (mythology) Myrice ...
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...
Christmas gift-bringers in Europe. This is a list of Christmas and winter gift-bringer figures from around the world. The history of mythical or folkloric gift-bringing figures who appear in winter, often at or around the Christmas period, is complex, and in many countries the gift-bringer – and the gift-bringer's date of arrival – has changed over time as native customs have been ...
Toggle Greek mythology subsection. 21.1 Cappadocian. 21.2 Cretan. 21.3 Minoan. ... deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in gender. African mythology (sub ...
Helen (Ancient Greek: Ἑλένη, romanized: Helénē [b]), also known as Helen of Troy, [2] [3] or Helen of Sparta, [4] and in Latin as Helena, [5] was a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world.
A popular belief is that her name derives from the Feast of Epiphany (Italian: Festa dell'Epifania). [2] [3] Many people believe that the name Befana is derived from the Italian version of the Greek word epifania or epiphaneia (Greek, επιφάνεια = appearance, surface; English: epiphany) and this is the most popular theory.
Category: Greek feminine given names. 10 languages. ... Callisto (mythology) Carissa (name) Cassandra (name) Chara (given name) Charikleia; Chloe; Christa (given name)