Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Demon name "Carreau" | Roman | A mercilessness demon and prince of the Powers. |
"Catillus" | Greek | There are two Catilli in Roman legend: Catillus the Arcadian, son of Amphiaraus. Catillus, his son. Catillus the Arcadian and his sons Catillus, Tiburtus and Coras escaped the slaughter at Thebes and arrived at the Aniene Plateau. They drove away the Sicilians who lived there and founded a city named Tibur (now Tivoli) in honour of Tiburtius. Greek |
"Cephalus" | Greek | A Molossian chief, who, together with another chief, Antinous, was driven by the calumnies of Charops to take the side of Perseus, in self-defence, against the Romans. Greek |
"Ceres Grove" | Roman | The story of Erisichthon and the transformations of Erisichthon's daughter. Roman |
Ghost name "Chagrin aka Harginn" | Romania | A mischievous ghost that most often takes the form of a large yellow hedgehog, which always foretells some impending disaster. Romania |
Deity name "Chaos" | Greco Roman | Primordial deity. The amorphous male power who, with the female presence, NYX, personifies the empty space which existed before the formation of the cosmos.... |
"Charis" | Greek | The personification of Grace and beauty, which the Roman poets translate by Gratia and we after them by Grace. Homer, without giving her any other name, describes a Charis as the wife of Hephaestus. Greek |
Goddess name "Charis" | Greek | Minor goddess. The consort of HEPHAIS TOS. Later the name becomes more familiar as the GRATIAE or Graces (Aglaia, Euphrosine and Thalea) who then become the Charites in the Roman pantheon.... |
Monster name "Chichivache" | French | Chichivache the "sorry cow," a monster that lived only on good women- all skin and bone, because its food was so extremely scarce. The old English romancers invented another monster, which they called Bicorn, as fat as the other was lean; but, luckily, he had for food "good and enduring husbands," of which there is no lack. French |
Goddess name "Cinxia" | Roman | A minor goddess of marriage[ She worries over the attire of the bride] |
Goddess name "Cinxia" | Roman | Minor goddess of marriage. Concerned with the proper dress of the bride.... |
"Cithara" | Greek | One of the most ancient stringed instruments, traced back to 1700 B.C. among the Semitic races, in Egypt, Assyria, Asia Minor, Greece and the Roman empire, whence the use of it spread over Europe. Greek |
"Clementia" | Roman | A personification of Clemency, was worshipped as a divinity at Rome, especially in the time of the emperors. Roman |
Goddess name "Clementia" | Roman | Minor goddess. Generally invoked to protect the common man against the emperor's absolute use of power. Under Hadrian the term cdementia temporum (mildness of the times) came into common usage.... |
Goddess name "Clio" | Greek | Goddess of history Roman / Greek |
Goddess name "Clio" | Greek / Roman | A goddess of history |
Goddess name "Cloacina" | Roman | Goddess of sewers Roman |
God name "Cocidius" | Britain | A major cult centre of this Hunter god in Britain was at Bewcastle in Čú𝔪bria, known in Roman times as Fanum Cocidi or 'The Temple of Cocidius'. |