Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Caeculus was unharmed by a fire, caused by his casting doubt on the divinity of his ancestry. He also showed mastery over fire by starting and extinguishing another at his will. The smoke though damaged his eyes, which remained smaller than normal, hence his name, Caeculus, little blind one .
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Vulcan (Latin: Vulcanus, in archaically retained spelling also Volcanus, both pronounced [wʊɫˈkaːnʊs]) is the god of fire [1] including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking and the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth.
His name is attested in Mycenaean Greece, [110] and there is evidence of him having been worshipped continuously from the 15th century BC. [111] His cult was more far-reaching than that of any other Greek god; [ 112 ] his festivals, which could be found across the Greek world, often featured drunkenness and revelry, [ 113 ] and included the ...
Lives beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Name clearly jumped from Mayan storm god (Huracan), to Taino name for the weather phenomenon (Juracan), to this creature around the Texas-Louisiana coast. Hræsvelgr – jötunn who takes the form of an eagle (Norse mythology) Poukai – monstrous predatory bird, likely based on an extinct species
Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked name for baby girls. Others, like Eleuthia, have never cracked the top 1,000 list of boys ’ or girl s’ names in ...
In Greek mythology, Caeneus or Kaineus (Ancient Greek: Καινεύς, romanized: Kaineús) was a Lapith hero, ruler of Thessaly, and the father of the Argonaut Coronus. Caeneus was born a girl, Caenis ( Ancient Greek : Καινίς , romanized : Kainís ), the daughter of Elatus , but after Poseidon had sex with Caenis, she was transformed by ...
Size Title Content 139: Caeculus: In [[Roman mythology]], '''Caeculus''' was a son of [[Vulcan (god)|Vulcan]]. He founded Praeneste (129: Caieta: In [[Roman mythology ...