Cassiopeia - Mythopedia
2023年9月25日 · We’re building the world’s most authoritative, online mythology resource, with engaging, accessible ...
Andromeda - Mythopedia
2023年3月10日 · Mythology Perseus. Andromeda was born to Cepheus and Cassiopeia, the king and queen of Ethiopia (or, according to some sources, of Jaffa in modern Israel; see above). Andromeda and her mother Cassiopeia were blessed with remarkable beauty. But this beauty would prove their undoing.
Nereids - Mythopedia
2023年3月11日 · In one myth, the haughty queen Cassiopeia dared to boast that she (or, in some traditions, her daughter Andromeda) was more beautiful even than the Nereids. Offended, the Nereids complained to the sea god Poseidon, who punished Cassiopeia by laying waste to her husband’s kingdom and commanding her to sacrifice her daughter Andromeda.
Doris - Mythopedia
2023年8月1日 · Mythology. Doris did not have much in the way of an individual mythology. According to Hesiod, she was an Oceanid, one of the daughters of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She eventually married Nereus, the sea god known as the “Old Man of the Sea,” and gave birth to the fifty Nereids, whom Hesiod described as “passing lovely amongst ...
Mythopedia – Encyclopedia of Mythology
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Perseus - Mythopedia
2023年7月3日 · This was the scene that was unfolding as Perseus arrived in Ethiopia. Approaching Cassiopeia and her husband Cepheus, the king of Ethiopia, Perseus offered to save Andromeda’s life in exchange for her hand in marriage. Cassiopeia and Cepheus agreed (though no version of the myth explains why they abandoned their plans for sacrifice).
Danae - Mythopedia
2023年10月4日 · Danae, daughter of Acrisius, was a princess of Argos who was imprisoned by her own father. After Zeus seduced her as a shower of gold dust, she gave birth to the hero Perseus. Acrisius locked Danae and her child in a chest and threw it into the sea, but they were ultimately rescued by a fisherman in Seriphos.
Gwydion – Mythopedia
2022年11月29日 · Other Mythology Gwydion’s role as magical advisor to Lleu is not unlike the Irish Dagda’s role as chief advisor to Lugh and other kings. This similarity is significant, given that Lleu and Lugh are geographically distinct versions of the same Celtic god, who also appears as “Luggus” in Gaul’s version of the mythos.
Egyptian Mythology - Mythopedia
Egyptian mythology focuses on the fundamental order of the universe, explaining the patterns of the natural world through divine actions. Of particular importance are the creation myths, the constant struggle against disorder, and the cycles of death and rebirth.
Dioscuri (Castor and Pollux) - Mythopedia
2023年5月20日 · By the Classical period (480–323 BCE), the Dioscuri’s mythology was being fleshed out by authors such as Pindar (ca. 518–ca. 438 BCE), who recounted the death and deification of the divine twins in his tenth Nemean Ode.