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In 19th-century English maritime folklore, it was a kind of after-life for sailors who had served at least fifty years at sea. Hara Berezaiti: A legendary mountain around which the stars and planets revolve from the ancient Zoroastrian scriptures of the Avesta. Hawaiki: The ancestral island of the Polynesians, particularly the Māori. Hubur
Mesopotamian myths. Babylonian mythology; Sumerian mythology; Semitic mythology. ... Ancient mythologies by period of first attestation. Bronze Age. Hindu mythology;
Legend said that this plant was a gift from the god Apollo. (Roman mythology) Verbena, a plant which has long been associated with divine and other supernatural forces. It was called "tears of Isis" in ancient Egypt, and later called "Hera's tears". In ancient Greece it was dedicated to Eos Erigineia.
The Greeks created images of their deities for many purposes. A temple would house the statue of a god or goddess, or multiple deities, and might be decorated with relief scenes depicting myths. Divine images were common on coins. Drinking cups and other vessels were painted with scenes from Greek myths.
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.
Poubi Lai (also, Paubi Loi) was an ancient dragon python, who dwelled in the Loktak Lake of Manipur, in Meitei mythology and folklore. It is also referred to as "Loch Ness Monster of Manipur". Taoroinai: Taoroinai (Meitei: ꯇꯥꯎꯔꯣꯢꯅꯥꯢ, romanized: taau-roy-naay) is a snake-like dragon in Meitei mythology and religion.
Sigbin – is a creature in Philippine mythology (Philippines) Sky Fox (mythology), a celestial nine-tailed Fox Spirit that is 1,000 years old and has golden fur (Chinese) Shug Monkey – dog/monkey creature found in Cambridgeshire (Britain) Tanuki – Japanese raccoon dog, legends claim is a shapeshifting trickster (Japan)
Ancient Greek folklore includes genres such as mythology (Greek mythology), legend, and folktales.According to classicist William Hansen: "the Greeks and Romans had all the genres of oral narrative known to us, even ghost stories and urban legends, but they also told all kinds that in most of the Western world no longer circulate orally, such as myths and fairytales."