| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Borvo/ Bromo/ Bormåñuś/ Gramnnos/ Belenos/ Toutiorix" | Britain / Gaul | The god of hot springs who replaced his mother Sirona |
| Monster name "Briareus" | Greek | Also called Aegaeon, a son of Uråñuś by Gaea. Aegaeon and his brothers Gyges and Cottus are known under the name of the Uranids (Theogony of Hesiod 502), and are described as huge monsters with a hundred arms and fifty heads. (Apollodorus i. Theogony of Hesiod 149) Greek |
"Caca" | Greek | A sister of Cacus, who, according to some accounts, betrayed the place where the cattle were concealed which Cacus had stolen from Hercules or Recaråñuś. She was rewarded for it with Divine honours, which she was to enjoy for ever. Greek |
"Cacus" | Greek | A fabulous Italian shepherd, brother of Caca, who was believed to have lived in a cave, and to have committed various kinds of robberies. Among others, he also stole a part of the cattle of Hercules or Recaråñuś and, as he dragged the animals into his cave by their tails, it was impossible to discover their traces. But when the remaining oxen påśśed by the cave, those within began to bellow, and were thus discovered. Greek |
"Caicus" | Greek | Two mythical personages, one a son of Oceåñuś and Tethys (Theogony of Hesiod 343), and the other a son of Hermes and Ocyrrhoe, who threw himself into the river Astraeus, henceforth called Caicus. Greek |
"Callirhoe" | Greek | A daughter of Oceåñuś, who was the mother of Geryones and Echidna by Chrysaor. By Neilus she was the mother of Chione, and by Poseidon of Minyas. Greek |
| Nymph name "Calypso" | Greek | Under this name we find in Hesiod (Theogony 359) a daughter of Oceåñuś and Tethys, and in Apollodorus (Apollodorus i.) a daughter of Nereus, while the Homeric Calypso is described as a daughter of Atlas. This last Calypso was a nymph inhabiting the island of Ogygia, on the coast of which Odysseus was thrown when he was shipwrecked. Greek |
| Goddess name "Carna" | Roman | A nymph who lived where Rome would eventually be. Jåñuś fell in love with her and gave her power over door hinges and handles. As a goddess, she was known as Cardea. |
| God name "Cebren" | Greek | A Greek river-god (an Oceanid), whose river was located near Troy. He was the son of Oceåñuś and Tethys and he was the father of Asterope, Hesperia, who are sometimes considered to be each other, and Oenone. The city Cebrene (also spelled Kebrene or Kevrin) was named for Cebren. Greek |
| God name "Cizin (stench)" | Mayan / Yucatec / other tribes, Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of death. The most important death god in the Mayan cultural area. Said to live in Metnal, the Yucatec place of death, and to burn the souls of the dead. He first burns the mouth and åñuś and, when the soul complains, douses it with water. When the soul complains of this treatment, he burns it again until there is nothing left. It then goes to the god Sicunyum who spits on his hands and cleanses it, after which it is free to go where it chooses. Attributes of Cizin include a fleshless nose and lower jaw, or the entire head may be depicted as a skull. Spine and ribs are often showing. He wears a collar with death eyes between lines of hair and a long bone hangs from one earlobe. His body is painted with black and particularly yellow spots (the Mayan color of death).... |
"Clymene" | Greek | A daughter of Oceåñuś and Tethys, and the wife of Japetus, by whom she became the mother of Atlas, Prometheus, and others. Greek |
"Coeus" | Greek | Was the Titan of intelligence. Titans are the giant sons and daughters of Uråñuś (Heaven) and Gaia (Earth). Greek |
| God name "Consentes Dii" | Etruscan | The twelve Etruscan gods, who formed the council of Jupiter and included Juno, Minerva, Summåñuś, Vulcan, Saturn, and Mars. Etruscan |
"Consevius aka Consivius" | Roman | The propagator, occurs as the surname of Jåñuś and Ops. Roman |
| King name "Corythus" | Greek | 1. An Italian hero, a son of Jupiter, and husband of Electra, the daughter of Atlas, by whom he became the father of Jasius and Dardåñuś. He is described as king of Tuscia, and as the founder of Corythus. 2. A son of Paris and Oenone. He loved Helena and was beloved by her, and was therefore killed by his own father. Greek |
"Cratos" | Greek | The personification of strength, described as a son of Uråñuś and Ge. Greek |
| King name "Creusa" | Greek | 1. A daughter of Oceåñuś and Ge. She was a Naid, and became by Peneius the mother of Hypseus, king of the Lapithae, and of Stilbe. 2. A daughter of Erechtheus and Praxithea, was married to Xuthus, by whom she became the mother of Achaeus and Ion. Greek |
"Crimisus" | Greek | A son of Oceåñuś and Tethys. According to Virgil's Aeneid* (5.38) and Hyginus' Fabulae (273), Crinisus was the father of Acestes by Segesta (Egesta). Greek |
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