Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Cloacina / Cluacina" | Greek | a surname of Venus, under which she is mentioned at Rome in very early times. |
"Clodones" | Greek | There were revels in Parnåśśus, in Phocis, Messenia, Arcadia, even Sparta. The festivals were held on mountains, with blazing torches, in dark Winter nights. The votaries were in large part women, and were known by many names,--Maenads, Thyiads, Clodones, Mimallones, Båśśarides, etc. They were clothed in fawn skins, carried thyrsi and in their ecstasies used to hunt wild animals, tear them in pieces, and sometimes eat them raw. Greek |
Goddess name "Clota" | British | Goddess and namesake of the River Clyde British / Welsh / Scotland |
God name "Colop U Uichkin" | Mayan | sky god who, with a night avatara of the same name, is the bringer of disease Mayan |
God name "Colop U Uichkin (tears out the eye of the sun)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | sky god. Said to live in the midst of the sky, but with a night avatara of the same name who lives in the underworld land of the dead, Metnal, and who is the bringer of disease.... |
"Consevius aka Consivius" | Roman | The propagator, occurs as the surname of Jåñuś and Ops. Roman |
Goddess name "Cordaca" | Greek | A surname of Artemis in Elis, derived from an indecent dance which the companions of Pelops are said to have performed in honour of the goddess after a victory which they had won. |
Hero name "Corineus" | British | A hero in the employ of Brute, who conquered the giant Goem'agot, for which achievement the whole western horn of England was allotted him. He called it Corinea, and the people Corineans, from his own name. British |
God name "Corydus" | Greek | A surname of Apollo, under which the god had a temple eighty stadia from Corone, on the sea-coast. Greek |
Goddess name "Coryphaea" | Greek | The goddess who inhabits the summit of the mountain, a surname of Artemis. Greek |
"Coryphasia" | Greek | A surname of Athena, derived from the promontory of Coryphasion, on which she had a sanctuary. Greek |
"Corythallia" | Greek | A surname of Artemis at Sparta, at whose festival of the Tithenidia the Spartan boys were carried into her sanctuary. Greek |
God name "Coyote" | USA | Multifaceted deity. demigod, creator, trickster. In Tongva Mythology Coyote challenges "The River" to a race. Coyote is victorious, but collapses from fatigue. The river laughs at him and takes the name "Hahamongna". USA |
"Cranaea" | Greek | A surname of Artemis, derived from a temple on a hill near Elateia. Greek |
King name "Cranaus" | Greek | An autochthon and king of Attica, who reigned at the time of the flood of Deucalion. He was married to Pedias, by whom he became the father of Cranae, Cranaechme, and Atthis, from the last of whom Attica was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
"Cromus" | Greek | A son of Poseidon, from whom Cromyon in the territory of Corinth was believed to have derived its name. Greek |
Nymph name "Cronius" | Greek | The name of two mythical personages, the one a son of Zeus by the nymph Himalia, and the other a suitor of Hippodameia, who was killed by Oenomaus. |
"Ctesius" | Greek | The protector of property, occurs as a surname of Zeus at Phlyus, and of Hermes. Greek |