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(Chinese mythology) Pomegranate (also Fruit of the Dead in Greek mythology), believed to have sprung from the blood of Adonis. It was the rule of the Moirai that anyone who consumed food or drink in the underworld had to spend eternity there. Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds while in the Underworld after becoming Hades' wife, so she had to ...
After Oswald died, the evil Baron Morgarath of Gorlan Fief attempted to take over Araluen, employing the help of the fearsome, mythical creatures called the Kalkara. However, Oswald's son and heir, Duncan, defeated Morgarath and driven him into the Mountains of Rain and Night. King Oswald was only mentioned briefly in The Lost Stories. King Duncan
The men took the fruits to their place of abode and, after making love to them, would sleep for four months and lose their powers. According to Thai folklore , since Vessantara and his family have died, the trees bear fruit daily, but the forest will disappear when the Buddha's teachings have become lost (predicted to be five thousand years ...
Michael Hübner has suggested that the fruit of the Argan tree, endemic to the Sous Valley in present-day Morocco, may be the golden apples of the Hesperides. Arguing that the location matches most closely the description given in classical texts of Atlantis and the garden of the Hesperides, he notes that the ripe fruits look like small golden ...
'Fruit of wisdom'), also rendered Gnana Palam, is the name of a divine fruit in Hindu mythology. It is associated with the myth of Murugan and Ganesha participating in a contest, and the former's sacred abode of Palani. [1] Presented by the sage Narada to Shiva, the jnana palam is regarded to have possessed the elixir of wisdom. In some ...
Pomona (/ p ə ˈ m oʊ n ə / ⓘ, [1] Latin: [poːˈmoːna]) was a goddess of fruitful abundance and plenty in ancient Roman religion and myth.Her name comes from the Latin word pomum, "fruit", specifically orchard fruit.
"The Ash Yggdrasil" (1886) by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine. Yggdrasil (from Old Norse Yggdrasill) is an immense and central sacred tree in Norse cosmology.Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. Allegorical item from Greek mythology J. M. W. Turner, The Goddess of Discord Choosing the Apple of Contention in the Garden of the Hesperides (c. 1806) The manzana de la discordia (the turret on the left belongs to the Casa Lleó Morera; the building with the stepped triangular peak is ...