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In Greek mythology, ichor (/ ˈ aɪ k ər /) is the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods and/or immortals. The Ancient Greek word ἰχώρ ( ikhṓr ) is of uncertain etymology, and has been suggested to be a word from many years ago, possibly the Pre-Greek substrate .
(Greek mythology) Cap of invisibility (also Cap of Hades): a cap that turns a person invisible (Greek mythology) Saci's cap: the red cap of the Saci which is the said source of all his magical abilities, like appearing and disappearing at will, inhuman speed (despite having just one leg) and the power to create and ride dust devils. Those who ...
In the ancient Greek myths, ambrosia (/ æ m ˈ b r oʊ z i ə,-ʒ ə /, Ancient Greek: ἀμβροσία 'immortality') is the food or drink of the Greek gods, [1] and is often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it. [2] It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves and served either by Hebe or by Ganymede at ...
Soil and water being splashed by a raindrop. Petrichor (/ ˈ p ɛ t r ɪ k ɔːr / PET-ri-kor) [1] is the earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil.The word was coined by Isabel Joy Bear and Richard Grenfell Thomas [2] from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock' or πέτρος (pétros) 'stone' and ἰχώρ (ikhṓr), the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods in Greek mythology.
In Greek mythology, humans are created by the Titan Prometheus, who fashions them in the likeness of the gods. [1] While the Greek gods are immortal and unaffected by aging, the mortality of humans forces them to move through the stages of life, before reaching death. [ 2 ]
In Greek mythology, Talos, also spelled Talus (/ ˈ t eɪ l ɒ s /; [1] Greek: Τάλως, Tálōs) or Talon (/ ˈ t eɪ l ɒ n, ən /; Greek: Τάλων, Tálōn), was a man of bronze who protected Crete from pirates and invaders. Despite the popular idea that he was a giant, no ancient source states this explicitly. [2]
The Argonauts (/ ˈ ɑːr ɡ ə n ɔː t / AR-gə-nawt; Ancient Greek: Ἀργοναῦται, romanized: Argonaûtai, lit. 'Argo sailors') were a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War (around 1300 BC) [1] accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece.
A relief from grave of Lysimachides, 320 BC. Two men and two women sit together as Charon, the ferryman of the Underworld, approaches to take him to the land of the dead.. In Greek mythology, deities referred to as chthonic (/ ˈ θ ɒ n ɪ k /) or chthonian (/ ˈ θ oʊ n i ə n /) [a] were gods or spirits who inhabited the underworld or existed in or under the earth, and were typically ...