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The Naiad nymph Minthe, daughter of the infernal river-god Cocytus, became concubine to Hades, the lord of the Underworld and god of the dead. [9] [10] In jealousy, his wife Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe, in the words of Strabo's account, "into the garden mint, which some call hedyosmos (lit. 'sweet-smelling')".
Portrayed by Choi Eun-hee in the 1964 film The Sino-Japanese War and Queen Min the Heroine; Portrayed by Do Geum-bong in the 1969 film Destiny of My Load; Portrayed by Yoon Jeong-hee in the 1971 film The Women of Gyeongbokgung; Portrayed by Kim Yeong-ae in the 1973 MBC TV series Queen Min; Portrayed by Do Geum-bong in the 1973 film Three Days ...
In Greek mythology, Pasiphaë (/ p ə ˈ s ɪ f i iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Πασιφάη, romanized: Pāsipháē, lit. 'wide-shining', derived from πᾶσι (dative plural) "for all" and φάος/φῶς phaos/phos "light") [2] was a queen of Crete, and was often referred to as goddess of witchcraft and sorcery.
"Mustapha" is a song written by Freddie Mercury and recorded by British rock band Queen. It is the first track of their 1978 album Jazz , [ 1 ] categorized as "an up-tempo Arabic rocker" by Circus magazine.
Nzinga Ana de Sousa Mbande, Nzinga (/ n ə ˈ z ɪ ŋ ɡ ə /; c. 1583 – 17 December 1663) was a southwest African ruler who ruled as queen of the Ambundu Kingdoms of Ndongo (1624–1663) and Matamba (1631–1663), located in present-day northern Angola. [1]
Ælfthryth (c. 945 – 1000 or 1001, also Alfrida, Elfrida or Elfthryth) was Queen of the English from her marriage to King Edgar in 964 or 965 until Edgar's death in 975. . She was a leading figure in the regency during the minority of her son King Æthelred the Unready between 978 and
Cynethryth (Cyneðryð; died after AD 798) was a Queen of Mercia, wife of King Offa of Mercia and mother of King Ecgfrith of Mercia. Cynethryth is the only Anglo-Saxon queen consort in whose name coinage was definitely issued.
Kubaba of Kish, the only queen on the Sumerian King List (reigned in the 25th century BC) Semiramis, the legendary queen of king Ninus, succeeding him to the throne of Assyria; Nitocris of Babylon, the ruling queen of Babylon described by Herodotus in his Histories; Queen Zidam – according to the legend of Bayajidda, she conquered Baghdad [133]