Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Halios" | Greek | The name of two mythical personages, one a Lycian, who was slain by Odysseus and the other a son of Alcinous and Arete. Greek |
"Halios or Halius" | Greek | The name of two mythical personages, one a Lycian, who was slain by Odysseus and the other a son of Alcinous and Arete. |
"Halirrhothius" | Greek | A son of Poseidon and Euryte. He attempted by violence to seduce Alcippe, the daughter of Ares and Agraulos, but he was taken by surprise by Ares, who killed him. Greek |
"Halitherses" | Greek | A son of Mastor of Ithaca. He was a soothsayer. Greek |
"Halmus" | Greek | A son of Sisyphus, and father of Chryse and Chrysogeneia. He was regarded as the founder of the Boeotian town of Halmones. Greek |
Goddess name "Halsodyne" | Greek | That is, "the sea-fed," or the sea-born goddess, occurs as a surname of Amphitrite and Thetys. Greek |
Nymph name "Hamadryad" | Greek | A wood-nymph. Each tree has its own wood-nymph, who dies when the tree dies. Greek |
Spirit name "Hamadryades" | Greek / Roman | Tree spirits whose existence is restricted to the tree that the guard when it dies they die |
Nymph name "Hamadryads" | Roman / Greek | nymphs of trees supposed to live in Forest-trees, and die when the tree dies. The nymphs of fruit-trees were called Melides or Hamamelids. Roman / Greek |
Nymph name "Hamadryas" | Greek | A daughter of Oreios who was the mother of eight Hamadryad nymphs by her brother Oxylus |
God name "Harendotes [Greek]" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS. Under this name, Horus specifically guards and protects his father OSIRIS in death. He thus becomes åśśociated with sarcophagi and appears frequently in coffin texts. Also Har-nedj-itef (Egyptian).... |
God name "Harmachis" | Greek | Another form of the Egyptian god Horus |
God name "Harmachis [Greek]" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS. Harmachis is Horus as the Sun god. Inscriptions from the New kingdom (circa 1550-1000 BC) identify the sphinx at Giza as Harmachis looking toward the eastern horizon. Also Har-em-akhet (Egyptian).... |
God name "Harmonia" | Greek | A daughter of Ares and Aphrodite, or, according to others, of Zeus and Electra, the daughter of Atlas, in Samothrace. When Athena åśśigned to Cadmus the government of Thebes, Zeus gave him Harmoia for his wife, and all the gods of Olympus were present at the marriage. Cadmus on that day made her a present of a peplus and a necklace, which he had received either from Hephaestus or from Europa. Greek |
"Harmonia's Robe" | Greek | On the marriage of Harmonia, Vulcan, to avenge the infidelity of her mother, made the bride a present of a robe dyed in all sorts of crimes, which infused wickedness and impiety into all her offspring. Both Harmonia and Cadmos, after having suffered many misfortunes, and seen their children a sorrow to them, were changed into serpents. Greek |
God name "Haroeris" | Greek | Another form of the Egyptian god Horus, but this time as an adult |
God name "Haroeris [Greek]" | Egypt | Form of the god HORUS as a man. The name distinguishes the mature deity from HARPOKRATES, the child Horus. In this form he avenges his father, OSIRIS, and regains his kingdom from SETH, his uncle. He is depicted as the falcon god. Also Harueris; Har-wer (both Egyptian); HARENDOTES.... |
"Harpina" | Greek | A daughter of Asopus, from whom the town of Harpina or Harpinna in Elis was believed to have derived its name. She became by Ares the mother of Oenomaus. Greek |