E-phial'tes, 120; Com. § 21.
Epics; see under Homer, Vergil, Völ- sunga-Saga, Nibelungenlied, Mahâb- hârata, Ramayana. Ep-idau'rus, 260. Epig'oni, 276.
Ep-imen'i-des: a Cretan herdsman who awoke from a sleep of 57 years to find himself endowed with gifts of prophecy, purification, and priestcraft.
Ep-ime'theus, 43; marries Pandora, 45; Com. §§ 22-25. E-pi'rus, 340.
Er'ato, the Muse of love poetry, 72. Er'ebus, 37, 38, 183, 267, 355; Com. §§ 17, 51, 94.
E-rech'theus (trisyl.), 258; Com. § 151. Er-ichtho'nius (1), 224; descendants of, 258-268; Theseus, 259; Theseus and Ariadne, 260-266; Theseus and Ama- zons, and Pirithous, 267; Phædra and Hippolytus, 268; Com. §§ 132 (4), 151. Er-ichtho'nius (2), son of Dardanus, and fourth king of Troy; § 165 (5).
E-rid'anus, Com. § 75.
E-ri'nys, E-rin'y-es; see Furies. Er-iphy'le, 273, 274; Com. § 70. E'ris, 73; (Discors) see Discord. E'ros, 37, 38; Com. § 17; see under Cupid.
Er-yci'na: Venus, to whom Mount Eryx and the city of that name, with its tem- ple of Venus, were sacred, 263; Com. § 40. Er-yman'thus, Mount, 143; Erymanth. Boar, 235; Com. §§ 88, 139-143 (In- terp.).
Er-ysich'thon, myth of, 209. Er-ythe'a, island of, 237.
Er-ythe'ïs, one of the Hesperides. E'ryx, Mount, 66, 181; Com. § 105, 106. Eskimos, 21.
Ete'o-cles, 272-274; Com. §§ 158-164. Etruscans, 90, 359.
Etzel," Lament over the Heroes of," 33; see under Attila.
Eumæ'us, 331, 332, 335.
Eumen'i-des, 264; Com. § 51; see Furies. Eumol'pus and Eumolpidæ; a Thracian singer and his descendants, priests of Demeter in the Eleusinian mysteries. Euphros'y-ne, one of the Graces, 71. Eurip'i-des, 27; references to, 136, 234, 269, 273, 274, 288, 308, 309, 310, 312; transl. Com. § II.
Euro'pa, 92; myth of, 95-98; portrayed by Arachne, III, 257; Com. § 59, table D; 61, table E and notes.
Eury'a-le; one of the Gorgons.. Eury'alus, 360-362.
Euryb'i-e, a Titan, wife of Crëus; Com. § 17. Eurycle'a, 333.
Euryd'i-ce, 185-188, 220; Com. § 107. Euryl'ochus, 318, 319. Euryn'o-me, 117; Com. §§ 17, 71. Euryphaës'sa, Com. § 17. Eurys 'theus, 234. Euryt'ion, 237, 267.
Euter'pe, the muse of lyric poetry, 72. Euxine Sea, 246.
Evan'der, 274, 357-363. Eve and the apple, 12.
E'vius, Com. § 46; see Bacchus.
Fau'ni, Fauns, Com. 8, 56, 117.
Euhem'erus (Eu-em'erus) and Euhem- Fau'nus, 89, 203, 204, 208, 213, 215, 354;
Flo'ra, 87; loved by Zephyrus, 73, 89; Giants, Greek (Gi-gan'tes), 39; war of,
41, 42; Com. § 21.
Giants, Norse, 366, 369.
Ginungagap, 366.
Giselher, 401.
Giuki, 397.
Freyr, 369, 379, 386, 387, 388; Com. Gladsheim, 367.
Frigga, 368, 380, 381, 382, 386; Com. §§ 177-184.
Frost Giant (Ymir), 366, 386, 388. Frost Giants, 371.
Fu'riæ, Furies (Erin'y-es, Di'ræ, Eu- men'i-des, Sem'næ: Alec'to, Tisiph'- o-ne, Megæ'ra), 39, 81; attendants of Proserpine, 83, 84; mollified by Orpheus, 186; 190, 213, 311, 312, 345- 350; Com. § 51.
Gæ'a, Ge, or Terra, 38, 39, 42, 76; or the Roman Tellus, 88; see under Earth.
Gal-ate'a, the Nereïd, 85, 203; myth of Acis, Polyphemus, and G., 215-217; Com. § 126.
Glau'ce (or Creü'sa), 249; Com. §§ 144- 147 (Interp.).
Glau'cus; formerly a fisherman of Boeotia, afterward a sea-god, 87, 217, 222; Com. § 127; sometimes confused in mythology with the following: Glau'cus of Corinth, son of Sisyphus, and father of Bellerophon, 231. Glau'cus, grandson of Bellerophon, in the Trojan War, 287. Gleipnir, 370. Glistenheath, 395.
Glyptothek, Munich; of King Louis I. of Bavaria; one of the finest collec- tions of ancient statuary in the world. Gnos'sus (Cno'sus, Cnos'sus), the ancient capital of Crete; home of Minos, 264.
Gal-ate'a and Pygmalion, 167; Com. Gods, the Egyptian, see under Egypt.
Gan-yme'da; a name of Hebe.
Gan'ymede, 71; Com. § 43 (2).
Gardens of Hesperides, Com. §§ 133-137. Ga'thas, 36.
Gautama; see Buddha.
Ge; see Gaa and Earth.
Gem'ini; see Tyndarida, 282.
Ge'nius, the Roman tutelary spirit, 89,
German heroes, myths, and lays, 20, 392- 404; Com. §§ 185, 186.
German mythology, records of, 33, 34; narrative, 399-403; translations and
Gods, the great, of Greece, origin of, 38; enumerated, 52; discussed by Gladstone, Com, § 32; attributes of gods of Olympus, 51-73; lesser divinities of Olympus, 70-73; Greek gods of the earth, 74-77; Greek gods of the un- derworld, 78-84; lesser divinities of the underworld, 83-84; older and younger Greek dynasties of the waters, greater and lesser divinities, 85-87; gods common to Greece and Italy, 88; distinctively Roman, 88-90; derived from Etruscan, 90; myths of great Greek divinities of heaven, 91-173; of earth, 174-180; of earth and under- world, 181-188; of waters, 189-191;
of lesser divinities of heaven, 192-199; | Hagen, 400-404; Com. §§ 185, 186. of lesser divinities of earth and under- world, 200-214; of lesser divinities of waters, 215-222; of the Norse gods, 366-391.
Halcy'o-ne, 192; and Ceyx, myth of, 194-196; Com. § 112.
Ham-adry'ads, 204; myths of, 208–212. Happy Isles, the, 337.
Gods, the Hindoo; see under Hindoo Harmo'nia, 98; and Cadmus, 117; her divinities.
Golden Fleece, the quest of, 223, 244-
247; Com. §§ 144-147.
necklace, 117, 175, 273, 276; Com.
Gol'gi; a city of Cyprus, beloved by Hathor, Athor; see Egyptian deities. Venus, 261.
Gordian Knot (Gor'dius), Com. § 104. Gor'gons (Sthe'no, Eury'a-le, Medu'sa), described, 86, 225; Com. §§ 133-137; see Medusa.
Gothland, Goths, 392, 393. Graces, (Gra'tiæ or Char'i-tes), 64, 65; attributes of, and names, 71; Spenser, on the Graces, 71, 96, 200; Com. § 43 (3). Græ'æ, Gray-women (Di'no, Pephre'- do, Eny'o), described, 86; and Per- seus, 225; Com. §§ 133-137. Gram, 395, 398, 399. Greek, Greeks, 14, 15, 19; myths of creation, 37; and see under Gods, Heroes, Myths.
Greyfell, 395, 397, 399.
Gunnar, 397-399; see Gunther.
Gunther, 400-404; Com. §§ 185, 186. Guttorm, 397-399.
Heaven, abode of Greek gods, 51; see
Olympus; attributes of Greek gods of, 51; myths of greater Greek gods, 91- 173; of lesser, 192–199. Heaven personified, 37, 38; see under Uranus.
He'be, 51; daughter of Juno, 52. 55; attributes of, wife of Hercules, 71, 113, 242, 247; Com. § 43 (2). He'brus, 188. Hec'a-be; see Hecuba.
Hec'a-te, described, 84, 246, 247, 345; Com. § 51.
Hec-atonchi'res, 38, 40; Com. § 17. Hec'tor, 287, 293-302; Com. §§ 165 (5),
168. Hec'uba, 287, 298, 299, 308; §§ 165 (5), 168.
Heimdall, 369, 382, 386, 388.
Hel, 382, 384, 385, 388, 389.
Hela, 370, 380, 381, 383, 385, 388, 391. Helen, Hel' ena, 254, 267, 281, 284-302, 305, 309; genealogy, Com. §§ 165 (3), 167.
Helgi, the Hunding's Bane, 32.
Gy'es or Gy' ges, Centim'anus, Com. Hel'enus, 23, 340; Com. § 165 (5). $17. Gy'ges, the first king of Lydia; famous He-li'a-des, 125; Com. § 75. for his riches.
Ha des, Com. § 48; see under Pluto. Ha'des, realm of, 69, 78; Com. § 48; see Underworld.
Hæ'mon, 275; Com. §§ 158-164. Hæmo'nia, 196.
Hæ'mus, Mount, 124; Com. § 75.
Hel'icon, Mount, 124; Com. § 75. He'lios, confounded with Apollo, 61; his family, 73; the sun, 75, 189; Com. §§ 17, 75.
Hel'le, 244; Com. §§ 144-147.
Hel'len, ancestor of the Hellenes, 49; his sons, 49, 231, 244; Com. §§ 59, 132 (5).
Hem'era, day, sister of Æther and daughter of Erebus and Night, 38. He-phæs'tus, Com. § 37; see Vulcan. Her' a-cles; see Hercules.
Her'cu-les, Heracles, 4, 19; identified with Samson, 12, 27, 42; son of Alc- mene, 92; saves Alcestis from death, 133-136; passage from Browning's Balaustion's Adventure, 133, etc., 189, 221, 223; myth of, 234-243; choice of, 234; youth and labors, 235-239; later exploits, 239; loss of Hylas, 240; expe- dition against Laomedon, 240, 241; death, 241-243; 245, 255, 260, 266, 304, 357; Com. §§ 22–25; §§ 139–143. Her'mes, Com. §§ 101, 413; see Mer-
Hermi'o-ne, daughter of Menelaüs and Helen, 309; corruption of Harmonia, Com. § 70.
Hermod, 382, 383, 384, 388-391. He'ro and Le-an'der, myth of, 164- 167; extracts from Marlowe's Hero and Leander, 164-166; Keats's Sonnet on a picture of Leander, 166; Com. § 96.
Herod'otus, 28; reference to, 276. Heroes, the older, Greek, myths of, 223- 272; the younger Greek, myths of, 273 et seq.; the Norse and Old Ger- man, 392-403.
Her'së, sister of Aglau'ros and Pan'- drosos, personifications of the dew, daughters of Cecrops, Com. §§ 112,
He'siod (Hesi'odus), account of, Works
and Days, and Theogony, 25; cited, 37, 38, 44, 49, 72, 82, and footnotes pas- sim; transl. by Thomas Cooke in v. 2, English Translations from Ancient and Modern Poems, 3 v. Lond. 1810; see also Com. §§ 11, 18.
Hesi'o-ne, 189, 240, 287; Com. § 165 (5). Hes'per, Hes'perus, 73, 280; Com. § 43 (11). Hespe'ria, 339.
Hesper'i-des, Hesperids, the sisters, the garden of, 73, 87, 228, 237; Com. §§ 133-
137, 139-143. Hes'peris, 87.
Hes'perus; see Hesper. Hes'tia; see Vesta. Hieroglyphs, the, 35.
Hil-a-i'ra, (1) a daughter of Apollo; (2) sister of Phoebe, daughter of Leu- cippus; carried off with her sister by Castor and Pollux; (3) the cheerful: the moon. Hildebrand, 403. Him'eros, personification of the longing of love; a companion of Eros. Hindfell, 395, 397. Hindoo divinities: arranged logically as (1) Vedic, (2) Brahmanic. For Buddhism see under Buddha.
1. Vedic: the Aryan, and earliest form of Hindoo religion; dealing primarily with elemental powers that, in time, acquired spiritual signification. Vedas: the Sanskrit scriptures; from root, to know, to be wise; see p. 35. Devas: the shining ones, the gods (Gk. theos, Lat. deus).
Dyaus: the shining sky, the elemental overruling spirit of the primitive Ar- yans (Gk. Zeus, Lat. Jovis).
Prithivi: goddess Earth, spouse of Dyaus. Indra: son of Dyaus and Prithivi; the atmospheric region; chief of the gods, and strongest; wielder of the thunder- bolt, lord of the plains, bull of the heavens, conqueror of the malignant, thirsty Vritra, gatherer of clouds, dis- penser of rain; adored in heaven and on earth.
Var una: god of the vault of heaven (root var, to cover; Gk. Ouranos, Lat. Uranus); the all-seeing, the pardoner, merciful even to the guilty. Ushas the dawn, mother of mornings, brilliant of raiment, golden-colored, spreading far and wide, everywhere awakening men, preparing the path- way of the sun, and leading his white steed (Gk. Eos).
Surya: the god who dwells in the sun (Gk. Helios).
Savitar: the golden-handed sun in his
daily course; the shining wanderer, comforter of men.
Soma: a deification of the spirituous "extract" of the moon-plant; giver of strength to gods and men, and of radi- ant light and joyous immortality. Vayu: god of the wind.
Maruts deities of the storm. Agni: the youngest and one of the most important of the Vedic gods; lord of fire, born of two pieces of wood rubbed together; youngest of the deities, giver of prosperity to men, their guardian and companion, passing between heaven and earth "like a messenger between two hamlets" (Lat. ignis; cf. Gk. Hephæstus).
Vach: goddess of speech, teacher of spiritual worship, promoter of wisdom and holiness.
Vritra: the monstrous snake, drinker of rain-clouds, dark, evil, and malicious, overcome by Indra (cf. Apollo and the Python)..
Rakshasas: powers of darkness, com- bated by Indra.
Yama, and his sister Yami: the first man and woman; leaving this life they pre- pared for those that should follow blissful abodes in the other world, of which they are king and queen. 2. Brahmanic: a philosophical outgrowth of the Vedic religion, which, on the one hand, was refined into logical sub- tleties, intelligible only to the learned; on the other hand, crystallized into symbols, rites, and unending conven- tionalities.
Trimurti: the Brahmanic Trinity, con- sisting of the following three per-
Brahma: in the Rig-veda, a word for devotion, prayer; later, for the supreme principle of the universe, its source, its essence, and its sustenance. Brahma is the creative energy of the godhead, calm, passionless, remote from man and the world. He is four-headed and four-handed,
Vishnu originally a benevolent Vedic deity, with certain attributes of the sun; adopted by a sect as its special god,
and then annexed by the Brahmans as a manifestation of the supreme being in his work of preservation. He has nine times assumed human form, each in- carnation having for its purpose the redemption of mankind from oppres- sion or error. These incarnations are his Avatars. His ninth Avatar, say some, was as Buddha; in his tenth he will end this world, and reproduce Brahma, who will create things anew. Siva: originally a blood-thirsty deity, not of the Vedic, but of some aborigi- nal Hindu religion; absorbed in the Brahmanic godhead as the manifes- tation of destructive power. He is adorned with a necklace of skulls and ear-rings of serpents.
Sarasvati, see Vach: goddess of speech; spouse of Brahma.
Sri, or Lakshmi: goddess of beauty; spouse of Vishnu.
Uma, or Parvati (Kali, Durga): the inaccessible, the terrible; spouse of Siva.
Ghandarvas: genii of music (cf. Cen- taurs); retainers of Indra. Lokapalas: generic name for the Vedic deities when degraded by Brahmanism to the position of tutelary spirits.
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