WebThe Trojan Horse was a wooden horse said to have been used by the Greeks during the Trojan War to enter the city of Troy and win the war. The Trojan Horse is not mentioned in Homer's Iliad, with the poem ending before the war is concluded, and it is only briefly mentioned in the Odyssey.But in the Aeneid by Virgil, after a fruitless 10-year siege, the …

WebIn ancient Greek religion and mythology, Iris (/ ˈ aɪ r ɪ s /; EYE-riss; Greek: Ἶρις, translit. Îris, lit. "rainbow," Ancient Greek: ) is a daughter of the gods Thaumas and Electra, the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods, a servant to the Olympians and especially Queen Hera. Iris appears in several stories carrying messages from and to the …

WebThe unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead.. In European literature and art, the unicorn has for the last thousand years or so been depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long straight horn with spiralling grooves, cloven hooves, …

WebOrion's Belt or The Belt of Orion is an asterism within the constellation. It consists of the three bright stars Zeta (Alnitak), Epsilon (Alnilam), and Delta (Mintaka). Alnitak is around 800 light years away from earth and is 100,000 times more luminous than the Sun and shines with magnitude 1.8; much of its radiation is in the ultraviolet range, which the human eye …

WebIn folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Asia, and Africa. Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drownings.In other folk traditions (or sometimes …

WebPandora's box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod's c. 700 B.C. poem Works and Days. Hesiod reported that curiosity led her to open a container left in the care of her husband, thus releasing physical and emotional curses upon mankind. Later depictions of the story have been varied, while some literary ...

WebA fairy ring, also known as fairy circle, elf circle, elf ring or pixie ring, is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms. They are found mainly in forested areas, but also appear in grasslands or rangelands.Fairy rings are detectable by sporocarps (fungal spore pods) in rings or arcs, as well as by a necrotic zone (dead grass), or a ring of dark green grass.

WebIn Greek mythology, Hypnos (/ ˈ h ɪ p n ɒ s /; Ancient Greek: Ὕπνος means 'sleep') also spelled Hypnus is the personification of sleep; the Roman equivalent is known as Somnus. His name is the origin of the word hypnosis. Pausanias wrote that Hypnos was a dearest friend of the Muses.

WebIn Greek mythology, Thanatos (/ ˈ θ æ n ə t ɒ s /; Ancient Greek: Θάνατος, pronounced in Ancient Greek: "Death", from θνῄσκω thnēskō "(I) die, am dying") was the personification of death.He was a minor figure in Greek mythology, often referred to but rarely appearing in person. His name is transliterated in Latin as Thanatus, but his counterpart in Roman …

WebIn Greek mythology, Nereus (/ ˈ n ɪər i ə s / NEER-ee-əs; Ancient Greek: Νηρεύς, romanized: Nēreús) was the eldest son of Pontus (the Sea) and Gaia (), with Pontus himself being a son of Gaia.Nereus and Doris became the parents of 50 daughters (the Nereids) and a son (), with whom Nereus lived in the Aegean Sea.

WebAmun and Amaunet are mentioned in the Old Egyptian Pyramid Texts. The name Amun (written imn) meant something like "the hidden one" or "invisible".. Amun rose to the position of tutelary deity of Thebes after the end of the First Intermediate Period, under the 11th Dynasty.As the patron of Thebes, his spouse was Mut.In Thebes, Amun as father, Mut as …

WebIn European bestiaries and legends, a basilisk (/ ˈ b æ s ɪ l ɪ s k / or / ˈ b æ z ɪ l ɪ s k /) is a legendary reptile reputed to be a serpent king, who causes death to those who look into its eyes. According to the Naturalis Historia of Pliny the Elder, the basilisk of Cyrene is a small snake, "being not more than twelve inches in length", that is so venomous, it leaves a …

WebIn Greek mythology, Apate (/ˈæpətiː/;Ancient Greek: Απάτη Apátē) was the personification of deceit.Her mother was Nyx, the personification of night. Her Roman equivalent was Fraus (i.e. "fraud"). Her male counterpart was Dolos, daemon of trickery, and her opposite number was Aletheia, the spirit of truth.

WebHades (/ ˈ h eɪ d iː z /; Greek: ᾍδης, translit. Háidēs; Ἅιδης, Háidēs), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the god of the dead and the king of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous. Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, although this also made him the last son to be regurgitated by his father. He and his brothers, Zeus …