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puck, in Germanic mythology
(Encyclopedia)puck pŭk [key], in Germanic folklore, generic name for various malevolent spirits. The medieval English pouke was often identified with the devil. However, the Puck of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night...Calypso, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Calypso kəlĭpˈsō [key], nymph, daughter of Atlas, in Homer's Odyssey. She lived on the island of Ogygia and there entertained Odysseus for seven years. Although she offered to make him immortal if...Argonauts, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Argonauts: see Jason; Argo; Golden Fleece. ...Icarus, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Icarus: see Daedalus.Ion, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Ion: see Creusa (1.)Echidna, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Echidna: see Typhon.Alpheus, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Alpheus ălfēˈəs [key], river god: see Arethusa. ...hamadryads, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)hamadryads: see nymph.Agave, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Agave əgāˈvē [key]: see Pentheus. ...Calliope, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia)Calliope kəlīˈəpē [key]: see Muses; Orpheus. ...Browse by Subject
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