| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Cyclop name "Cyclopes" | Greek | Cyclopes According to the ancient cosmogonies, the Cyclopes were the sons of Uråñuś and Ge; they belonged to the Titans, and were three in number, whose names were Arges, Steropes, and Brontes, and each of them had only one eye on his forehead. Together with the other Titans, they were cast by their father into Tartarus, but, instigated by their mother, they åśśisted Cronus in usurping the government. |
"Cycnus" | Greek | A son of Apollo by Thyria or Hyria, the daughter of Amphinomus. He was a handsome hunter, living in the district between Pleuron and Calydon, and although beloved by many, repulsed all his lovers. Greek |
"Cyhiraeth" | Welsh | A disembodied moaning voice that sounds before a person's death. Welsh |
| Goddess name "Cymidei / Cymeinfoll" | Wales | A war goddess |
| Goddess name "Cymidei Cymeinfoll" | Welsh | Cymidei Cymeinfoll (big belly of battle), was a goddess of the Mabinogi. Cymidei gave birth to one fully-formed and armed warrior every six weeks. Welsh |
| King name "Cymochles" | British | A man of prodigious might, brother of Pyrochles, son of Malice (Acrates) and Despite, and husband of Acrasia, the enchantress. He sets out to encounter Sir Guyen, but is ferried over the idle lake by Wantonness (Ph?'dria), and forgets himself; he is slain by king Arthur. British |
| Nymph name "Cymodoce" | Roman | A sea nymph and companion of Venus. Roman |
| King name "Cynortes" | Greek | Or Cynortas, a son of Amyclas by Diomede, and brother of Hyacinthus. After the death of his brother Argalus, he became king of Sparta and father of Oebalus or of Perieres. His tomb was shown at Sparta not far from the Scias. Greek |
| Nymph name "Cynosura" | Greek | An Idaean nymph and one of the nurses of Zeus, who placed her among the stars. Greek |
"Cynthia" | Greek / Roman | The moon, a surname of Artemis or Diana. The Roman Diana, who represented the moon, was called Cynthia from Mount Cynthus, where she was born. Greek / Roman |
"Cyoeraeths" | Welsh | Welsh Banshees, horrible weeping women with emaciated faces and black teeth announce the approach of death. |
"Cyparissus" | Greek | A youth of Cea, a son of Telephus, was beloved by Apollo and Zephyrus or Silvåñuś. When he had inadvertently killed his favourite stag, he was seized with immoderate grief, and metamorphosed into a cypress. Greek |
"Cyrene" | Greek | A daughter of Hypseus or Peneius by Chlidanope, a granddaughter of Peneius and Creusa, was beloved by Apollo, who carried her from mount Pelion to Libya, where Gyrene derived its name from her. Greek |
| Goddess name "Cythereia" | Greek | Or Cythera, Cytherias, different forms of a surname of Aphrodite, derived from the town of Cythera in Crete, or from the island of Cythera, where the goddess was said to have first landed, and where she had a celebrated temple. Greek |
| Nymph name "Cytus" | Greek | A son of Zeus by the Rhodian nymph Himalia. Brother to Cronius, and Spartaeus. |
| God name "DARARIA" | Hindu / India | Jjustice. The god of law who originates as a creator god and one of the sons of Brahma, but almost certainly derives from the dharmas or archetypal patterns of society identified in the Rg Veda. According to tradition he is the consort of thirteen daughters of DAKSA and the father of Yudhisthra. Also regarded as a minor avatara of VISNU, appearing as a bull standing for the redemption of souls.... |
| God name "DMu-bDub Kam-Po Sa-Zen" | Tibet / Bon | a sky god & the head of the ancient pantheon |
"Da" | Dahomey | The Rainbow serpent, "the symbol of flowing, sinuous movement" is of a dual nature, male and female. The Fon, Dahomey |
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