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A gigantic island created purely as a parody of Plato's Atlantis. Mount Olympus "Olympos" was the name of the home of the Twelve Olympian gods of the ancient Greek world. [4] Nysa: A beautiful valley full of nymphs. Okeanos: The cosmic river encircling the Earth in Ancient Greek cosmology, also sometimes depicted as one of the Titan gods ...
Ancient Greek myths took inspiration from folkloric portrayals of the Olympian gods, as well as Dorian and Ionian deities and their associated folk tales. [70] In Ancient Roman times, a new Roman mythology was born through syncretization of numerous Greek and other foreign gods.
For example, in the creation myth of Viracocha the sound of the god's voice is particularly important. Additionally, myths were transmitted orally, so the acoustics and sound of a location were important for Incan mythology. [16] These examples demonstrate the power that environment held in creating and experiencing Incan myths.
Pherecydes of Syros (/ f ə ˈ r ɛ s ɪ ˌ d iː z /; Ancient Greek: Φερεκύδης ὁ Σύριος; fl. 6th century BCE) was an Ancient Greek mythographer and proto-philosopher from the island of Syros. Little is known about his life and death.
The name is now used for a group of three southernmost islands in the South Sandwich Islands, one of which is called Thule Island. The island group became a British overseas territory of the United Kingdom, albeit also claimed by Argentina (in Spanish Islas Tule del Sur). The Southern Thule islands were occupied by Argentina in 1976.
An example of the first type is the legend about the origin of Easter Island, recorded on this island. In the creation myth of the Nganasan people, at first the Earth was completely covered with water, then the water subsides and exposes the top of the Shaitan ridge Koika-mou. The first two people fall to this peak – a man and a woman.
In 2001, the Italian archaeologist Mario Polia discovered the report of the missionary Andres Lopez in the archives of the Jesuits in Rome. [1] In the document, which dates from about 1600, Lopez describes a large city rich in gold, silver, and jewels, located in the middle of the tropical jungle called Paititi by the natives.
Odysseus on the island receiving the winds from Aeolus, painting by Isaac Moillon A view of some modern Aeolian Islands, standing on Vulcano, with Lipari in the middle, Salina at the left, Panarea at the right. Aeolia (Ancient Greek: 'Αἰολία), the island kingdom of Aeolus, the ruler of the winds, visited by Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey.