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  2. Ares - Wikipedia

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    The etymology of the name Ares is traditionally connected with the Greek word ἀρή (arē), the Ionic form of the Doric ἀρά (ara), "bane, ruin, curse, imprecation". [1] Walter Burkert notes that "Ares is apparently an ancient abstract noun meaning throng of battle, war." [2] R. S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin of the name. [3]

  3. Eris (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    'Strife') is the goddess and personification of strife and discord, particularly in war, and in the Iliad (where she is the "sister" of Ares the god of war). According to Hesiod she was the daughter of primordial Nyx (Night), and the mother of a long list of undesirable personified abstractions, such as Ponos (Toil), Limos (Famine), Algae ...

  4. Hera - Wikipedia

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    Hera was the tutelary goddess of Argos and it is possible that she had Mycenean origin. [1] Martin P. Nilsson suggested that Hera is mainly the "Argeiē" (Ἀργείη), a name given by Homer [ 51 ] which describes her not as Greek, but as an Argive goddess.

  5. Proto-Indo-European mythology - Wikipedia

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    Cognates include the Albanian Dheu and Zonja e Dheut, Great Mother Earth and Earth Goddess, respectively; Žemyna, a Lithuanian goddess of earth celebrated as the bringer of flowers; the Avestan Zām, the Zoroastrian concept of 'earth'; Zemes Māte ("Mother Earth"), one of the goddesses of death in Latvian mythology; the Hittite Dagan-zipas ...

  6. Alectryon (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The story is an aetiological myth that attempts to explain both the origin of the roosters and the reason why they crow each morning at dawn, warning of the Sun approaching. The myth is not mentioned by Homer, who first related the story of Ares and Aphrodite's infidelity in his Odyssey, but rather it was interpolated later by various authors.

  7. Agrius and Oreius (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Agrius or Agrios (/ ˈ æ ɡ r i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἄγριος means 'wild, savage' [1]) and Oreios, also Oreius, Orius or Oreus, (Ὀρείου, Ὄρειον or Ὄρειος means ‘of the mountain’) were the twin sons of Polyphonte, daughter of Hipponous, and a bear as well as them being the great-grandsons of Ares.

  8. Are werewolves real? The facts and history behind the myth

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    History aside, Woods says that our fascination with the werewolf might just be innate. "I think there's just a real ancient connection somewhere in the back of our brains. We feel connected with ...

  9. Nike (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Her origin story in Greek mythology is also slightly ambiguous, with Hesiod'sTheogony claiming Nike to be the daughter of Styx and Pallas [10] while the Homeric Hymns describe Ares as being Nike's father. [11] Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Victoria.