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(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the daughter of Cairbre Nia Fer; committed suicide after her brother Erc was killed by Conall Cernach.
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(in Ancient Rome) The mother of Caligula; the mother of Nero.
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Alternative form of Androcles [The main character of a common folktale that is included in the Aarne–Thompson classification system as type 156.]
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(Greek mythology) A male Aphrodite, from Cyprus, represented as a herm with a phallus, who in later mythology became known as Hermaphroditus, the son of Hermes and Aphrodite.
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(Armenian mythology) Ancient Armenian goddess of sensual love, beauty, and water. Lover of Vahagn. Often identified with Aphrodite and the planet Venus.
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(Irish mythology) Athairne the Importunate, a poet and a satirist of the court of Conchobar mac Nessa in the Ulster Cycle and foster-father of Amairgin mac Echit.
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Atira, a goddess of the Earth in Pawnee religion/mythology.
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Alternative form of Até [(Greek mythology) A goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly, the daughter either of Zeus or of Eris.]
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(Roman mythology) Roman goddess of the dawn; equivalent of the Greek Eos. Sister of Luna and Sol.
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(Irish mythology) Cúchulainn's lover and a female warrior from Alba
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(Irish mythology) A king of the Fomorians, supposed to have lived on Tory Island. Son of Buarainech. Husband of Cethlenn. Father of Ethniu.
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(Irish mythology) A patron goddess of Ireland.
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(Irish mythology) A goddess of birth in Irish mythology.
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(Celtic mythology) The Celtic sun god.
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(Celtic mythology) A goddess worshipped in ancient Gaul and Britain.
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(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, a wealthy Ulster warrior who kept a hostel. He was killed by Celtchar for sleeping with the latter's wife Brig Bretach.
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(Celtic mythology) A Celtic god of healing associated with hot springs.
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(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology: a warrior, poet, and troublemaker who once held a lavish feast for Conchobar mac Nessa and the heroes of Ulster in his house at Dún Rudraige.
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(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the wife of Celtchar. Her husband Celtchar killed Blaí Briugu for sleeping with her as Blaí Briugu was required to do so by the latter's geas.
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(Celtic mythology) A Celtic goddess of victory.
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(Irish mythology) The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
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(Irish mythology) The father of Balor, the King of the Fomorians.
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(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth.
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(Celtic mythology) Mythical inventor of the harp.
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Celtic goddess of intelligence, inspiration and knowledge.
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(Irish mythology) A leading figure in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology: an Ulster warrior described as tall, grey, and ugly, and who wields a spear called Luír Cheltchair, and who killed Blaí Briugu after the latter slept with his wife Brig Bretach.
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(mythology) An ancient Greek lover of Procris who accidentally slew her as she spied upon him.
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(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, an Ulster warrior (son of Fintan) who assists Cúchulainn in the Táin Bó Cúailnge.
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(Irish mythology) The wife of Balor of the Fomorians, and, by Balor, the mother of Ethniu; also a prophetess.
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Of or relating to Charon.
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(Irish mythology) One of the three High Kings of Ireland, who ruled in rotation with Áed Ruad and Díthorba, each ruling seven years in turn and ruling for three seven year period. He died of plague at Emain Macha.
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(Irish mythology) The "Sword of Light", one of the Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann which belonged to Núadu.
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(Ancient Greek grammar) A character similar to an apostrophe or the smooth breathing written atop or next to a non–word-initial vowel retained from the second word which formed a contraction resulting from crasis; see the usage note.
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Artemis (Greek goddess).
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Alternative form of Cúchulainn [(Irish mythology) The pre-eminent hero of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle, almost undefeatable due to his spear the Gae Bulg, but was cursed to reach an early grave; son of Lugh and Deichtine.]
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(Irish mythology) A king of Munster and sorcerer who was killed by Cúchulainn and avenged by his son, Lugaid mac Con Roí, who was subsequently killed by Conall the Victorious.
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(Irish mythology) The pre-eminent hero of Ulster in the Ulster Cycle, almost undefeatable due to his spear the Gae Bulg, but was cursed to reach an early grave; son of Lugh and Deichtine.
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(Irish mythology). An important god in Irish mythology.
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(Celtic mythology) The Celtic goddess of cows.
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Alternative spelling of Daphne [(Greek mythology) A dryad pursued by Apollo, who was turned into a laurel tree by the river god Peneus.]
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(Irish mythology) Female name. In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the mother of Cúchulainn and sister of Conchobar mac Nessa.
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(Irish mythology) The foremost tragic heroine in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
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(Irish mythology) A god of healing. The healer for the Tuatha Dé Danann and the father of Cian.
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(Irish mythology) The Brown Bull of Cooley: an extremely fertile stud bull over whom the Táin Bó Cúailnge was fought.
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(Irish mythology) One of the three High Kings of Ireland, who ruled in rotation with Áed Ruad and Cimbáeth, each ruling seven years in turn and for three seven-year periods.
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(Norse mythology) A minor goddess, a daughter of Logi.
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(Irish mythology) A king of the Fomorians and the father of Bres by Ériu of the Tuatha Dé Danann, as well as Delbaeth, Ogma, Elloth (grandfather of Manannán mac Lir), and the Dagda by an unnamed mother.
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(Norse mythology) The first female human in the Edda.
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A priestess of the moon deity Nanna and the first named author.
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(Irish mythology) The High King of Ireland in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, who deposed the former High King Fachtna Fáthach at the battle of Battle of Leitir Ruadh.
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(Irish mythology) The king of Ulster prior to the events of the Ulster Cycle in Irish mythology. Father of Ness. He was deposed as High King by Eochaid Feidlech.
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(Irish mythology) A member of the conspiracy that killed Cúchulainn, but was killed by his second cousin Conall the Victorious. Son of Cairbre Nia Fer and brother of Achall.
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(Irish mythology) The daughter of the Fomorian king Balor, wife of Cian and the mother of Lugh and Delbáeth, and the grandmother of Cúchulainn and Fionn mac Cumhaill.
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(Greek mythology) A Mycenaean king of Tiryns (or, according to some authors, of Argos), in Argolis, who imposed the twelve labours on Heracles.
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(Irish mythology) The High King of Ireland in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology who was deposed by Eochaid Feidlech at the Battle of Leitir Ruadh.
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(Irish mythology) A fairy and the wife of Manannán mac Lir and later the lover of Cúchulainn.
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The daughter of Conchobar mac Nessa who married Cairbre Nia Fer but was unfaithful to him. Cousin of Conall the Victorious. Mother of Erc and Achall.
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(Irish mythology) A body of prose and verse focusing on the exploits of the mythological hero Fionn mac Cumhail and his warriors the Fianna Éireann.
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(Irish mythology) In Irish mythology, Cúchulainn's best friend and foster-brother.
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(Irish mythology) Princess of Ulster. Wife of Amairgin mac Echit and sister of Conchobar mac Nessa. Mother of Conall the Victorious.
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(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, an extremely fertile stud bull owned by king Ailill mac Máta. He was originally one of Bodb Dearg's pig-keepers, who fell out with one of his colleagues.
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(Irish mythology) In the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, the father of Cethern.
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Alternative form of Firbolg [(mythology) The fourth group of people to settle in Ireland, descended from the Muintir Nemid, an earlier group who abandoned Ireland and went to different parts of Europe.]
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(mythology) The fourth group of people to settle in Ireland, descended from the Muintir Nemid, an earlier group who abandoned Ireland and went to different parts of Europe.
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(Irish mythology) The Connacht hero in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology who wooed Findabair and Treblann, but was drowned in a river in a duel with Cúchulainn.
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(Irish mythology) Midir's rejected first wife, who became jealous of Midir's lover Étaín, casting three spells on Étain, turning her into a pool of water, then into a worm, and then into a fly.
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The spear of Cúchulainn, given to him by Aife.
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(Greek mythology) Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.
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Alternative spelling of Gae Bulg [The spear of Cúchulainn, given to him by Aife.]
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Alternative spelling of Gae Bulg [The spear of Cúchulainn, given to him by Aife.]
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Alternative spelling of Gae Bulg [The spear of Cúchulainn, given to him by Aife.]
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Alternative spelling of Gae Bulg [The spear of Cúchulainn, given to him by Aife.]
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(mythology) A female guardian angel in Norse mythology, believed to accompany a person and decide their luck and happiness.
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(Greek mythology) The Greek goddess of sensual pleasures. She is the daughter of Eros/Cupid and Psyche, and the grandaughter of Aphrodite/Venus and Ares/Mars. Her Roman counterpart is Voluptas.
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(religion, Norse mythology) The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.
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(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.
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(chiefly academic) Alternative spelling of Hephaestus [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]
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(US) Alternative spelling of Hephaestus [(Greek mythology) The god of fire, smithwork, metallurgy, volcanoes, and artisans, who served as blacksmith of the gods. His Roman counterpart is Vulcan.]
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Alternative form of Iphimedeia [(Greek mythology) A Thessalian princess, the daughter of Triopas of Thessaly (a son of Poseidon and Canace).]
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(Greek mythology) A daughter of the river-god Asopus by the nymph Metope.
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Daughter of Odo the Great
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(Irish mythology) A loose collection of poems and prose narratives recounting the mythical origins and history of an Irish race from the creation of the world down to the Middle Ages.
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A Roman goddess, the personification of liberty
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(mythology) A personification of the sea in Irish mythology.
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Alternative spelling of Lugh [(Irish mythology) A pre-Christian Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past: the son of Cian and Ethniu.]
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(Irish mythology) A pre-Christian Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past: the son of Cian and Ethniu.
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(Irish mythology) The spear wielded by Celtchar. Its lust for blood is so great that it has to be dipped in a cauldron of poison to control it.
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Macha of the Tuatha Dé Danann who is the daughter of Ernmas and sister of Mórrígan.
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(Irish mythology) The god of the sea.
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(Slavic mythology) The Slavic goddess of winter and death; Marena or Maržanna.
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(Irish mythology) The king of Leinster during the events of the Ulster Cycle. He was killed by Conall the Victorious.
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(Irish mythology) The son of the Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann who fell in love with Étaín, receiving Aengus's help to make her his new bride.
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(Irish mythology) An Irish mythological figure widely considered to be a goddess, and usually interpreted as a triple goddess.
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A Persian goddess mentioned in the Bible.
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(Norse mythology) A goddess, the wife of Balder.
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(Irish mythology) A warrior of Connacht in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
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(Irish mythology) An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa.
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(Norse mythology) Any of the three goddesses of fate or destiny.
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(Greek mythology, rare) Of or relating to Pallas, an epithet of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and potentially to other female Greek figures such as Pallas the daughter of Triton and granddaughter of Poseidon.
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Alternative spelling of Penelope [(Greek mythology) The faithful wife of Odysseus.]
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A goddess in Alpine paganism.
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(Greek mythology) the son of the sun god Helios who was killed by Zeus while trying to drive his father's chariot across the sky
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An Ancient Greek name for the morning star (the planet Venus when it is visible in the eastern sky before sunrise).
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(Greek mythology) One of the nereids.
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A figure in Celtic mythology.
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(mythology) In Māori mythology, a legendary woman who cursed the moon.
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The wife of Alexander the Great.
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(mythology) A legendary Celtic princess who gave her name to the river Severn.
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(Irish mythology) The female warrior who trains Cúchulainn in the arts of war in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
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(mythology, Inuit mythology) The Inuit goddess of the sea and marine animals.
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(Celtic mythology) A Celtic god of war worshipped in Gaul.
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(Irish mythology) Alternative form of Tailtiu [(Irish mythology) A presumed goddess who was the survivor of the invasion of Tuatha Dé Danann and was the foster mother of Lugh.]
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(Irish mythology) Alternative form of Tailtiu [(Irish mythology) A presumed goddess who was the survivor of the invasion of Tuatha Dé Danann and was the foster mother of Lugh.]
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(Irish mythology) A presumed goddess who was the survivor of the invasion of Tuatha Dé Danann and was the foster mother of Lugh.
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(Irish mythology) Alternative form of Tailtiu [(Irish mythology) A presumed goddess who was the survivor of the invasion of Tuatha Dé Danann and was the foster mother of Lugh.]
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(Celtic mythology) The Celtic god of thunder.
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(Greek mythology) The eponymous hero of the island of Tenedos.
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(historical) One of the chief Athenian festivals in honour of the Delian Apollo and Artemis, held on their birthdays, the 6th and 7th of the month Thargelion (about May 24 and 25).
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(Greek mythology) One of daughters of Zeus.
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(mythology, archaic) a comically incorrect spelling of Thisbe used in A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare
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(Irish mythology) The fifth group of inhabitants of Ireland according to the Lebor Gabála Érenn tradition, thought to represent the gods of the Goidelic Irish. Their Christian redactors have reduced them to historical kings and heroes.
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(Irish mythology) The central tale in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
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(Irish mythology) The daughter of Scáthach and later the lover of Cúchulainn (after a duel with Cochar Crufe).
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A large body of prose and verse centering around the traditional heroes of Ulaid and the reign of Conchobar mac Nessa. One of the four major cycles of Irish Mythology.
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(not comparable, Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Of Aphrodite Urania, the heavenly aspect of the Greek goddess of beauty and love Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart Venus, as contrasted with the earthly aspect known as Aphrodite Pandemos: heavenly, spiritual.
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A god of the ancient Minoans, associated with vegetation.
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(Irish mythology) The High King of Ireland who ruled in rotation with his cousins Díthorba and Cimbáeth, each ruling for seven years in turn.
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(Irish mythology) The lover of Midir whose rejected first wife Fuamnach became jealous and cast three spells on her, turning her into a pool of water, then into a worm, and then into a fly.
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