Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Cunnembeille" | Australia | wife of Biame. She lives in the heavens with him and his other wife, Birrahgnooloo. Australia |
God name "Cupid" | Greek | Eros, Amor, the god of love, viewed as a chubby little boy, armed with bow and arrows, and often with eyes bandaged. Greek |
"Cupido" | Greece | Like Amor and Voluptas, a modification of the Greek Eros, whose worship was carried to Rome from Greece. |
Goddess name "Cupra" | Etruscans | A form of the Great Goddess equated to Juno and one of the Nine Great Gods who had the ability to throw thunderbolts. Etruscans |
"Cura" | Roman | The personification of Care. Roman |
"Curitis" | Sabine | A surname of Juno, which is usually derived from the Sabine word curis, a lance or spear. |
Spirit name "Cururipur" | S American | spirit of the jungle that brings destruction to tortoise hunters. South American |
Goddess name "Cutzi" | Americas | Goddess of the moon. Americas |
Goddess name "Cuvto" | Russia | Goddess of trees. Russia |
Goddess name "Cuvto ava" | Russia | A tree goddess |
"Cwn y Wybr" | Welsh | Dogs that haunt the air. Welsh |
Hero name "Cyamites" | Greek | The hero of beans, a mysterious being, who had a small sanctuary on the road from Athens to Eleusis. Greek |
Nymph name "Cyane" | Greek | A Sicilian nymph and playmate of Proserpina, who was changed through grief at the loss of Proserpina into a well. Greek |
"Cyanippus a" | Greek | Cyanippus a son of Aegialeus and prince of Argos. Apollodorus calls him a brother of Aegialeus and a son of Adrastus. Greek |
"Cyathus" | Greek | The youthful cup-bearer of Oeneus, was killed by Heracles on account of a fault committed in the discharge of his duty. Greek |
Goddess name "Cybele" | Phrygian | A deification of the earth Mother. Like Gaia (the "Earth") or her Minoan equivalent Rhea, Cybele embodies the fertile earth, a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature, wild animals, especially lions and bees. Phrygian |
Goddess name "Cybele" | Romanized name | Mother goddess. See also KYBELE.... |
King name "Cychreus or Cenchereus" | Greek | A son of Poseidon and Salamis, became king of the island of Salamis, which was called after him Cychreia, and which he delivered from a dragon. Greek |