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Basan, a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology; Cockatrice, a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with the Basilisk. Gallic rooster, a symbolic rooster used as an allegory for France; Gullinkambi, a rooster who lives in Valhalla in Norse mythology; Rooster of Barcelos, a mythological rooster from Portugal
In Greek mythology, Ithacus (Ancient Greek: Ἴθακος) may refer to two different characters: Ithacus, together with Neritus and Polyctor, made a basin of stone in Ithaca into which a spring ran. [1] Ithacus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Same along with other 22 wooers. [2]
Ithaca (/ ˈ ɪ θ ə k ə /; Greek: Ιθάκη, Ithakē) was, in Greek mythology, the island home of the hero Odysseus. The specific location of the island, as it was described in Homer's Odyssey, is a matter for debate. There have been various theories about its location. Modern Ithaca has traditionally been accepted to be Homer's island.
Therefore, fire as an animate entity and active force was known as *h₁n̥gʷnis, while the inanimate entity and natural substance was named *péh₂ur (cf. Greek: πυρ, pyr; English: fire). [1] [2]
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This is a list of flying mythological creatures. This listing includes flying and weather-affecting creatures. This listing includes flying and weather-affecting creatures. Adzehate creatures
The Khalkotauroi are two immense bulls with bronze hooves and bronze mouths through which they breathe fire. In the Argonautica, Jason is promised the prized fleece by King Aeetes if he can first yoke the Khalkotauroi and use them to plough a field. The field is then to be sown with dragon's teeth. [1]
'westerly wind'), also spelled in English as Zephyr, is the god and personification of the West wind, one of the several wind gods, the Anemoi. The son of Eos (the goddess of the dawn) and Astraeus , Zephyrus is the most gentle and favourable of the winds, associated with flowers, springtime and even procreation. [ 1 ]