| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Hero name "Bura" | Greek | A daughter of Ion, the ancestral hero of the Ionians, and Helice, from whom, the Achaean town of Bura derived its name. |
"Buto" | Egypt | An Egyptian divinity, whom the Greeks identified with their Leto, and who was worshipped principally in the town of Buto, which derived its name from her. Festivals were celebrated there in her honour, and there she had also an oracle which was in high esteem among the Egyptians. Egypt |
| Spirit name "CERNUNNOS" | Celtic, Gallic | Fertility and chthonic god. Cernunnos appears to have been recognized in the region of Gaul which is now central France. He is typically drawn as a man bearing the antlers of a stag, not necessarily representing an animal spirit but a deity closely involved with animals and one which can transform instantly into animal shape. In the Celtic world, horns and antlers were generally regarded as symbols of virility and fertility.... |
| Cyclop name "Campe" | Greek | A monster which was appointed in Tartarus to guard the Cyclops. It was killed by Zeus when he wanted the åśśistance of the Cyclops against the Titans. Diodorus mentions a monster of the same name, which was slain by Dionysus, and which Nonnus identifies with the former. Greek |
"Cankilikkaruppan" | Hindu | His only claims upon the affection of the populace consisted in the prodigal magnificence displayed in the orgies in honour of his brother and himself. These appear to have transcended in fantastic splendour all previous exhibitions. Hindu |
| God name "Canopus" | Egyptian | The Egyptian god of water. The Chaldeans worshipped fire, and sent all the other gods a challenge, which was accepted by a priest of Canopus. The Chaldeans lighted a vast fire round the god Canopus, when the Egyptian deity spouted out torrents of water and quenched the fire, thereby obtaining the triumph of water over fire. |
| Goddess name "Carna" | Roman | A Roman goddess who presided over the heart and other organs. |
"Carpathian Wizard Proteus" | Roman | Carpathian Wizard Proteus who lived in the island of Carpathos, between Rhodes and Crete. He was a wizard and prophet, who could transform himself into any shape he pleased. He is represented as carrying a sort of crook in his hand. Carpathos, now called Scarpanto. Roman |
| Goddess name "Carravogue" | British / Ireland | Local Crone Goddess from County Meath who was transformed into a huge snake for eating forbidden berries. Her original purpose is basically lost in modern times because her stories became so absorbed by Christian legends which attempt to make her a Celtic Eve. British / Ireland |
| Demon name "Catabolignes" | Greek | demons who liked to break and crush magicians and sorcerers. |
"Catillus" | Greek | There are two Catilli in Roman legend: Catillus the Arcadian, son of Amphiaraus. Catillus, his son. Catillus the Arcadian and his sons Catillus, Tiburtus and Coras escaped the slaughter at Thebes and arrived at the Aniene Plateau. They drove away the Sicilians who lived there and founded a city named Tibur (now Tivoli) in honour of Tiburtius. Greek |
"Cephalus" | Greek | A Molossian chief, who, together with another chief, Antinous, was driven by the calumnies of Charops to take the side of Perseus, in self-defence, against the Romans. Greek |
"Ceres Grove" | Roman | The story of Erisichthon and the transformations of Erisichthon's daughter. Roman |
| Goddess name "Cethlion" | Ireland | Goddess of the sea and the Formorians. Was called "crooked teeth. Ireland |
"Charis" | Greek | The personification of Grace and beauty, which the Roman poets translate by Gratia and we after them by Grace. Homer, without giving her any other name, describes a Charis as the wife of Hephaestus. Greek |
| God name "Cherub" | Mesopotamia | These are the guardians of important places & they intercede both with the gods / & for the gods |
| God name "Chors" | Balkans | Pre-Christian Sun god Balkans |
| God name "Chors" | Pre - Christian Slav / Balkans | Sun god. Identified from the Nestor Chronicle. Attributes include horns and a canine head.... |
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