Bulfinch’s Mythology, Thomas Bulfinch [love story books to read txt] 📗

Druidical parts of Scotland. Conan

(Coˈnan), Welsh king.

Constantine

(Conˈstan-tine), Greek emperor.

Cordeilla

(Cor-deilˈla), daughter of the mythical King Leir.

Corineus

(Co-ri-neˈus), a Trojan warrior in Albion.

Corinth

(Corˈinth), city and isthmus of.

Cornucopia of Achelous

(Cor-nu-coˈpi-a of Achelous).

Cornwall

(Cornˈwall), southwest part of Britain.

Cortana

(Cor-taˈna), Ogier’s sword.

Corybantes

(Cor-y-banˈtes), priests of Cybele, or Rhea, in Phrygia, who celebrated her worship with dances, to the sound of the drum and the cymbal.

Crab

(Crab), constellation.

Cranes and their enemies

(Cranes and their enemies), the Pygmies of Ibycus.

Creon

(Creˈon), king of Thebes.

Crete

(Crete), one of the largest islands of the Mediterranean Sea, lying south of the Cyclades.

Creusa

(Cre-uˈsa), daughter of Priam, wife of Aeneas.

Crocale

(Crocˈa-le), a nymph of Diana.

Cromlech

(Cromˈlech), Druidical altar.

Crotona

(Cro-toˈna), city of Italy.

Cuchulain

(Cu-chuˈlain), Irish hero, called the “Hound of Ireland.”

Culdees

(Cul-deesˈ), followers of St. Columba.

Cumaean Sibyl

(Cu-maeˈan Sibyl), seeress of Cumae, consulted by Aeneas, sold Sibylline books to Tarquin.

Cupid

(Cuˈpid), child of Venus and god of love.

Curoi of Kerry

(Cu-roi of Kerry), wise man.

Cyane

(Cyˈa-ne), river, opposed Pluto’s passage to Hades.

Cybele Rhea

(Cybˈe-le), Rhea.

Cyclopes

(Cy-cloˈpes), creatures with circular eyes, of whom Homer speaks as a gigantic and lawless race of shepherds in Sicily, who devoured human beings; they helped Vulcan to forge the thunderbolts of Zeus under Aetna.

Cymbeline

(Cymˈbe-line), king of ancient Britain.

Cynosure (Dog’s tail)

(Cyˈno-sure (Dog’s tail)), the Polestar, at tail of Constellation Ursa Minor.

Cynthian mountain top

(Cynˈthi-an mountain top), birthplace of Artemis (Diana) and Apollo.

Cyprus

(Cyˈprus), island off the coast of Syria, sacred to Aphrodite.

Cyrene

(Cy-reˈne), a nymph, mother of Aristaeus.

D Daedalus

(Daeˈda-lus), architect of the Cretan Labyrinth; inventor of sails.

Daguenet

(Dagˈue-net), King Arthur’s fool.

Dalai Lama

(Daˈlai Laˈma), chief pontiff of Thibet.

Danaë

(Danˈa-e), mother of Perseus by Jupiter.

Danaïdes

(Da-naˈi-des), the fifty daughters of Danaüs, king of Argos, who were betrothed to the fifty sons of Aegyptus, but were commanded by their father to slay each her own husband on the marriage night.

Danaüs

(Danˈa-us), see Danaïdes.

Daphne

(Daphˈne), maiden loved by Apollo, and changed into a laurel tree.

Dardanelles

(Dar-da-nellesˈ), ancient Hellespont.

Dardanus

(Darˈda-nus), progenitor of the Trojan kings.

Dardinel

(Darˈdi-nel), prince of Zumara.

Dawn

(Dawn), see Aurora.

Day

(Day), an attendant on Phoebus, the Sun.

Death

(Death), see Hela.

Deiphobus

(De-iphˈo-bus), son of Priam and Hecuba, the bravest brother of Paris.

Dejanira

(Deˈja-niˈra), wife of Hercules.

Delos

(Deˈlos), floating island, birthplace of Apollo and Diana.

Delphi

(Delˈphi), shrine of Apollo, famed for its oracles.

Demeter

(De-meˈter), Greek goddess of marriage and human fertility; identified by Romans with Ceres.

Demetia

(De-meˈti-a), South Wales.

Demodocus

(De-modˈo-cus), bard of Alcinoüs, king of the Phaeacians.

Deucalion

(Deu-caˈli-on), king of Thessaly, who with his wife Pyrrha were the only pair surviving a deluge sent by Zeus.

Dia

(Diˈa), island of.

Diana

(Di-aˈna (Artemis)), goddess of the moon and of the chase, daughter of Jupiter and Latona.

Diana of the Hind

(Di-aˈna of the Hind), antique sculpture in the Louvre, Paris.

Dictys

(Dicˈtys), a sailor.

Didier

(Didˈi-er), king of the Lombards.

Dido

(Diˈdo), queen of Tyre and Carthage, entertained the shipwrecked Aeneas.

Diomede

(Di-o-meˈde), Greek hero during Trojan War.

Dione

(Di-oˈne), female Titan, mother of Zeus, of Aphrodite (Venus).

Dioscuri

(Di-os-cuˈri), the Twins. See Castor and Pollux.

Dirce

(Dirˈce), wife of Lycus, king of Thebes, who ordered Amphion and Zethus to tie Antiope to a wild bull, but they, learning Antiope to be their mother, so treated Dirce herself.

Dis

(Dis), see Pluto.

Discord

(Disˈcord), apple of. See Eris.

Dodona

(Do-doˈna), site of an oracle of Zeus (Jupiter).

Dorceus

(Dorˈce-us), a dog of Diana.

Doris

(Doˈris), wife of Nereus.

Druids

(Druˈids), ancient Celtic priests.

Dryades or Dryads

(Dryˈ-a-des (or Dryads)), Wood-nymphs.

Dryope

(Dryˈo-pe), changed to a lotus plant, for plucking a lotus⁠—enchanted form of the nymph Lotis.

Dubricius

(Du-briˈci-us), bishop of Caerleon.

Dudon

(Duˈdon), a knight, comrade of Astolpho.

Dunwallo Molmutius

(Dun-walˈlo Mol-muˈti-us), British king and lawgiver.

Durindana

(Du-rin-daˈna), sword of Orlando or Rinaldo.

E Echo

(Echˈo), nymph of Diana, shunned by Narcissus, faded to nothing but a voice.

Eddas

(Edˈdas), Norse mythological records.

Ederyn

(Edˈe-ryn), son of Nudd.

Egeria

(E-geˈri-a), nymph of the Fountain.

Eisteddfod

(Eis-teddˈfod), session of Welsh bards and minstrels.

Electra

(E-lecˈtra), the lost one of the Pleiades; also, sister of Orestes.

Eleusinian Mysteries

(El-eu-sinˈi-an Mysteries), instituted by Ceres, and calculated to awaken feelings of piety and a cheerful hope of better life in the future.

Eleusis

(E-leuˈsis), Grecian city.

Elgin Marbles

(Elˈgin Marbles), Greek sculptures from the Parthenon of Athens, now in British Museum, London, placed there by Lord Elgin.

Eliaures

(E-li-auˈres), enchanter.

Elidure

(Elˈi-dure), a king of Britain.

Elis

(Eˈlis), ancient Greek city.

Elli

(Elˈli), old age; the one successful wrestler against Thor.

Elphin

(Elˈphin), son of Gwyddno.

Elves

(Elves), spiritual beings, of many powers and dispositions⁠—some evil, some good.

Elvidnir

(El-vidˈnir), the hall of Hela.

Elysian Fields

(E-lysˈi-an Fields), the land of the blest.

Elysian Plain

(E-lysˈi-an Plain), whither the favored of the gods were taken without death.

Elysium

(E-lysˈi-um), a happy land, where there is neither snow, nor cold, nor rain. Hither favored heroes, like Menelaus, pass without dying, and live happy under the rule of Rhadamanthus. In the Latin poets Elysium is part of the lower world, and the residence of the shades of the blessed.

Embla

(Emˈbla), the first woman.