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The Erinyes (/ ɪ ˈ r ɪ n i. iː z / ih-RI-nee-eez; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἐρινύες, sing.: Ἐρινύς Erinys), [2] also known as the Eumenides (Εὐμενίδες, the "Gracious ones") [a] and commonly known in English as the Furies, are chthonic goddesses of vengeance in ancient Greek religion and mythology.
The idea's origin is obscure. The French diplomat Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838) has been credited with the saying, "La vengeance est un met que l'on doit manger froid" ["Revenge is a dish that must be eaten cold"], albeit without supporting detail. [22]
Vengeance may refer to: Vengeance (concept) or revenge, a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance; Film. Vengeance, action adventure ...
In Egyptian mythology, Petbe was the god of revenge, worshipped in the area around Akhmim, in central Egypt. [1] His name translates as Sky-Ba, roughly meaning "Soul of the Sky", or "Mood of the sky".
In this story the husband remains unharmed; however, he is the target of the onryō 's vengeance. Oiwa's vengeance on him is not physical retribution, but rather psychological torment. Other examples include: How a Man's Wife Became a Vengeful Ghost and How Her Malignity Was Diverted by a Master of Divination
According to Hesiod's Theogony, Nemesis was one of the children of Nyx alone. [4] Nemesis has been described as the daughter of Oceanus, Erebus, or Zeus, [citation needed] but according to Hyginus she was a child of Erebus and Nyx.
Pliny the Elder indicates it was a common belief, even among the educated, that all snakes were poisonous and that they were often agents of divine vengeance. This comports with what follows, where they are indeed depicted as "religious" in a primitive sense and see the snake as an agent of Justice.
^a Baxter cites the pronunciation "ch-ee-lee" in Xeelee: Vengeance. It is unclear why, given the history of the author himself pronouncing it as "zee-lee", but one possible reason is that it reflects how the name came to be pronounced in-universe due to language change , especially considering Baxter's prior references to glottochronology in ...