(Encyclopedia) Valhalla or WalhallaValhallaboth: vălhälˈə, –hălˈə [key], in Norse mythology, Odin's hall for slain heroes. This martial paradise was one of the most beautiful halls of Asgard. The…
(Encyclopedia) TiresiasTiresiastīrēˈshəs, –sēəs [key], in Greek mythology, a blind soothsayer who appears in many legends. According to one myth, when he saw Athena bathing she blinded him, but by…
(Encyclopedia) DeucalionDeucaliondy&oomacr;kāˈlēən [key], in Greek mythology, son of Prometheus and father of Hellen. When Zeus, angered by humanity's irreverence, flooded the earth, Deucalion,…
(Encyclopedia) EuhemerusEuhemerusy&oomacr;hĕmˈərəs [key], fl. c.300 b.c., Cyrenaic philosopher, b. Sicily. He is famous for a theory of mythology embodied in his philosophical romance, Sacred…
(Encyclopedia) Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de La Motte-frēˈdrĭkh hīnˈrĭkh kärl bärōnˈ də lä môt-f&oomacr;kāˈ [key], 1777–1843, German…
(Encyclopedia) GorgonGorgongôrˈgən [key], in Greek mythology, one of three monstrous sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa; daughters of Ceto and Phorcus. Their hair was a cluster of writhing snakes,…
(Encyclopedia) AmphitryonAmphitryonămfĭˈtrēən, –ŏnˌ [key], in Greek mythology, son of Alcaeus. While betrothed to Alcmene, he accidentally killed her father, Electryon. Alcmene and Amphitryon fled to…
(Encyclopedia) AthamasAthamasăthˈəmăs [key], in Greek mythology, king of Boeotia. He married Nephele, who bore him Phrixus and Helle, but he later fell in love with Ino, who bore him Learchus and…
(Encyclopedia) MeropeMeropemĕrˈəpē [key], in Greek mythology. 1 One of the Pleiades. She was the wife of Sisyphus, king of Corinth, and the mother of Glaucus. According to one legend she became the…
