| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Protogeneia" | Greek | 1. A daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha. She was married to Locrus, but had no children; Zeus, however, who carried her off, became by her, on mount Maenalus in Arcadia, the father of Opus. According to others she was not the mother, but a daughter of Opus. Eridymion also is called a son of Protogeueia. |
| God name "Protogenoi" | Greek | The first group of beings to come into existence at the beginning of the universe were the Protogenoi - First Born or Primeval and they form the very fabric of the universe and are immortal. The Protogenoi are the gods from which all the other gods descend. Greek |
| God name "Psamathe" | Greek | A daughter of Crotopus of Argos. She was loved by the god Apollo and by whom she had a son Linus. Greek |
| Nymph name "Psecas" | Greek | One of Diana's nymphs. Greek |
"Psilas" | Greek | The giver of wings, or "the unbearded," a surname of Dionysus, under which he was worshipped at Amyclae. |
"Psyche" | Greek | A beautiful maiden beloved by Cupid, who visited her every night, but left her at Sunrise. Cupid bade her never seek to know who he was, but one night curiosity overcame her prudence, and she went to look at him. A drop of hot oil fell on his shoulder, awoke him, and he fled. Psyche next became the slave of Venus, who treated her most cruelly; but ultimately she was married to Cupid, and became immortal. Greek |
| Spirit name "Psychography" | Greek | spirit-writing; writing said by spiritualists to be done by spirits. |
"Psychopomp" | Greek | A conductor of souls; applied to Charon, Apollo, and especially to Hermes, who was the conductor of souls to Hades or the underworld and back again, an office åśśigned by Christians to Jesus Christ after his resurrection. Greek |
| Nymph name "Ptelea" | Greek | A Hamadryad nymph of the Oak tree. |
| Cyclop name "Pyracmon" | Greek | One of the Cyclops. Greek |
"Pyramus" | Greek | The lover of Thisbe. Supposing Thisbe to be torn to pieces by a lion, he stabbed himself, and Thisbe, finding the dead body, stabbed herself also. Both fell dead under a mulberry-tree, which has ever since borne blood red fruit. Greek |
"Pyrrha" | Greek | A daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora, and wife of Deucalion who together with her husband escaped the Great Deluge. |
"Pythagoras" | Greek | His triad was the Monad or Unity, Nous or Wisdom, and Psyche |
"Pythia" | Greek | An ancient Greek priestess at the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. Greek |
"Python" | Greek | The famous dragon who guarded the oracle of Delphi, is described as a son of Gaea. He lived in the caves of mount Parnåśśus, but was killed by Apollo, who then took possession of the oracle. Greek |
"Quaayayp" | Greek | The son of the creator of the world, Niparaya, and the virgin Anayicoyondi. North America |
"Queen of Heaven" | Egyptian | With the ancient Phoenicians was Astarte; Greeks, Hera; Romans, Juno; Trivia, Hecate, Diana, the Egyptian Isis, etc., were all so called; but with the Roman Catholics it is the Virgin Mary. |
"Rabies" | Greek | The personification of mad rage, the Roman equivalent of the Greek Lyssa. Greek |
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