Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Niobe" | Greek | 1. A daughter of Phoroneus, and by Zeus the mother of Argus and Pelasgus. In other traditions she is called the mother of Phoroneus and wife of Inachus. 2. A daughter of Tantalus by the Pleiad Taygete or the Hyad Dione, or, according to others, a daughter of Pelops and the wife of Zethus or Alalcomeneus, while Parthenius relates quite a different story, for he makes her a daughter of Assaon and the wife of Philottus, and relates that she entered into a dispute with Leto about the beauty of their respective children. Greek |
Nymph name "Rhene" | Greek | 1. A nymph of the island of Samothrace, the mother of Saon by Hermes. Greek |
Nymph name "Saon" | Greek | A mythical lawgiver of Samothrace, is said to have been a son of Zeus by a nymph, or of Hermes by Rhene. Greek |
Goddess name "Souconna" | Roman / Celtic | River goddess who was the guardian of the river Saone. Roman / Celtic |
Goddess name "Souoonna" | Roman / Celtic / Gallic | River goddess. Guardian of the river Saone and known chiefly from inscriptions at Chalon.... |