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

sea-nymph.

(Gal-a-teˈa), statue carved and beloved by Pygmalion.

Galen

(Gaˈlen), Greek physician and philosophical writer.

Gallehant

(Galˈle-hant), King of the Marches.

Games

(Games), national athletic contests in Greece⁠—Olympian, at Olympia; Pythian, near Delphi, seat of Apollo’s oracle; Isthmian, on the Corinthian Isthmus; Nemean, at Nemea in Argolis.

Gan

(Gan), treacherous Duke of Maganza.

Ganelon of Mayence

(Ganˈe-lon of Mayence), one of Charlemagne’s knights.

Ganges

(Ganˈges), river in India.

Gano

(Gaˈno), a peer of Charlemagne.

Ganymede

(Ganˈy-mede), the most beautiful of all mortals; carried off to Olympus that he might fill the cup of Zeus and live among the immortal gods.

Gareth

(Garˈeth), Arthur’s knight.

Gaudisso

(Gau-disˈso), Sultan, ff.

Gaul

(Gaul), ancient France.

Gautama

(Gauˈta-ma), Prince, the Buddha.

Gawain

(Ga-wainˈ), Arthur’s knight.

Gawl

(Gawl), son of Clud, suitor for Rhiannon.

Gemini

(Gemˈi-ni), constellation created by Jupiter from the twin-brothers after death. See Castor.

Genghis Khan

(Genˈghis Khan), Tartar conqueror.

Genius

(Geˈni-us), in Roman belief, the protective Spirit of each individual man. See Juno.

Geoffrey of Monmouth

(Geofˈfrey of Monˈmouth), translator into Latin of the Welsh History of the Kings of Britain (1150).

Geraint

(Ge-raintˈ), a knight of King Arthur.

Gerda

(Gerˈda), wife of Frey.

Geri

(Geˈri), one of Odin’s two wolves.

Geryon

(Geˈry-on), a three-bodied monster.

Gesnes

(Gesˈnes), navigator sent for Isoude the Fair.

Giallar Horn

(Gi-alˈlar Horn), the trumpet that Heimdal will blow at the judgment day.

Giants

(Giˈants), beings of monstrous size and of fearful countenances; represented as in constant opposition to the gods; in Wagner’s Nibelungen Ring.

Gibichung race

(Giˈbich-ung race), ancestors of Alberich.

Gibraltar

(Gi-bralˈtar), great rock and town at southwest corner of Spain See Pillars of Hercules.

Gildas

(Gilˈdas), a scholar of Arthur’s court.

Girard

(Gi-rardˈ), son of Duke Sevinus.

Glastonbury

(Glasˈton-bur-y), where Arthur died.

Glaucus

(Glau-cus), a fisherman, loving Scylla.

Gleipnir

(Gleipˈnir), magical chain on the wolf Fenris.

Glewlwyd

(Glewˈlw-yd), Arthur’s porter.

Golden Fleece

(Golden Fleece), of ram used for escape of children of Athamas, named Helle and Phryxus; after sacrifice of ram to Jupiter, fleece was guarded by sleepless dragon and gained by Jason and Argonauts.

Goneril

(Gonˈer-il), daughter of Leir.

Gordian Knot

(Gorˈdi-an Knot), tying up in temple the wagon of Gordius, he who could untie it being destined to be lord of Asia; it was cut by Alexander the Great.

Gordius

(Gorˈdi-us), a countryman who, arriving in Phrygia in a wagon, was made king by the people, thus interpreting an oracle.

Gorgons

(Gorˈgons), three monstrous females, with huge teeth, brazen claws and snakes for hair, sight of whom turned beholders to stone; Medusa, the most famous, slain by Perseus.

Gorlois

(Gorˈlois), Duke of Tintadel.

Gouvernail

(Gou-ver-nail), squire of Isabella, queen of Lionesse, protector of her son Tristram while young, and his squire in knighthood.

Graal

(Graal), the Holy, cup from which the Saviour drank at Last Supper, taken by Joseph of Arimathea to Europe, and lost, its recovery becoming a sacred quest for Arthur’s knights.

Graces

(Graces), three goddesses who enhanced the enjoyments of life by refinement and gentleness; they were Aglaia (brilliance), Euphrosyne (joy), and Thalia (bloom).

Gradasso

(Gra-dasˈso), king of Sericane.

Graeae

(Graeˈae), three gray-haired female watchers for the Gorgons, with one movable eye and one tooth between the three.

Grand Lama

(Grand Laˈma), Buddhist pontiff in Thibet.

Great Bear

(Great Bear), constellation.

Grendel

(Grenˈdel), monster slain by Beowulf.

Gryphon griffin

(Gryˈphon (griffin)), a fabulous animal, with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle, dwelling in the Rhipaean mountains, between the Hyperboreans and the one-eyed Arimaspians, and guarding the gold of the North.

Guebers

(Gueˈbers), Persian fire-worshippers.

Guendolen

(Guenˈdo-len), wife of Locrine.

Guenevere

(Guenˈe-vere), wife of King Arthur, beloved by Launcelot.

Guerin

(Guerˈin), lord of Vienne, father of Oliver.

Guiderius

(Gui-deˈri-us), son of Cymbeline.

Guillamurius

(Guil-la-muˈri-us), king in Ireland.

Guimier

(Gui-mierˈ), betrothed of Caradoc.

Gullinbursti

(Gul-lin-bursˈti), the boar drawing Frey’s car.

Gulltopp

(Gullˈtopp), Heimdell’s horse.

Gunfasius

(Gun-faˈsi-us), King of the Orkneys.

Günther

(Günˈther), Burgundian king, brother of Kriemhild.

Gutrune

(Guˈtrune), half-sister to Hagen.

Gwern

(Gwern), son of Matholch and Branwen.

Gwiffert Petit

(Gwiffˈert Peˈtit), ally of Geraint.

Gwyddno

(Gwyddˈno), Garanˈhir, King of Gwaelod.

Gwyr

(Gwyr), judge in the court of Arthur.

Gyoll

(Gyˈoll), river.

H Hades

(Haˈdes), originally the god of the nether world⁠—the name later used to designate the gloomy subterranean land of the dead.

Haemon

(Haeˈmon), son of Creon of Thebes, and lover of Antigone.

Haemus

(Haeˈmus), Mount, northern boundary of Thrace.

Hagan

(Haˈgan), a principal character in the Nibelungen Lied, slayer of Siegfried.

Halcyone

(Hal-cyˈo-ne), daughter of Aeneas, and the beloved wife of Ceyx, who, when he was drowned, flew to his floating body, and the pitying gods changed them both to birds (kingfishers), who nest at sea during a certain calm week in winter (“halcyon weather”).

Hamadryads

(Ham-a-dryˈads), tree- or wood-nymphs. See Nymphs.

Harmonia

(Har-moˈni-a), daughter of Mars and Venus, wife of Cadmus.

Haroun al Raschid

(Ha-rounˈ al Raˈschid), Caliph of Arabia, contemporary of Charlemagne.

Harpies

(Harˈpies), monsters, with head and bust of woman, but wings, legs and tail of birds, seizing souls of the wicked, or punishing evildoers by greedily snatching or defiling their food.

Harpocrates

(Har-pocˈra-tes), Egyptian god, Horus.

Hebe

(Heˈbe), daughter of Juno, cupbearer to the gods.

Hebrus

(Heˈbrus), ancient name of river Maritzka.

Hecate

(Hecˈa-te), a mighty and formidable divinity, supposed to send at night all kinds of demons and terrible phantoms from the lower world.

Hector

(Hecˈtor), son of Priam and champion of Troy.

(Hecˈtor), one of Arthur’s knights.

Hector de Marys

(Hecˈtor de Ma-rysˈ),