The Mythology Book

119 See also: Theseus and the Minotaur 76–77 ■ The founding of Rome 102–05 ■ The Hero Twins 242–45 ANCIENT ROME Cautes and Cauto ...

120 See also: The Olympian gods 24–31 ■ The fate of Oedipus 86–87 ■ Cupid and Psyche 112–13 ■ Pomona and Vertumnus 122–23 P ygma ...

121 See also: Hades and the Underworld 48–49 ■ Apollo and the Oracle of Delphi 58–59 ■ The founding of Rome 102–05 I n Roman tra ...

122 P omona was a wood nymph who became the goddess of fruit trees, orchards, and gardens. She was a nurturing goddess, represen ...

123 See also: The abduction of Persephone 50–51 ■ Cupid and Psyche 112–13 ■ Carna and Janus 121 ■ Pyramus and Thisbe 124 ■ Blode ...

124 See also: Apollo and Daphne 60–61 ■ Echo and Narcissus 114 ■ Cupid and Psyche 112–13 P yramus and Thisbe grew up neighbors i ...

125 See also: The Olympian gods 34–39 ■ Numa outwits Jupiter 104-05 J upiter and Mercury once visited the hill country of Phrygi ...

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T he pre-Christian myths of northern Europe are less well recorded than those of the Greeks and Romans. Unlike those classical c ...

CA. 116 0 CE CA. 115 0 CE CA. 1220 CE The Saga of the Völsungs, written in Iceland, details the history of the Völsung clan. The ...

130 FROM YMIR’S FLESH THE EARTH WAS MADE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE B efore the Christianization of Scandinavia in the 10th and 11 ...

131 See also: Origin of the universe 18–23 ■ Pangu and the creation of the world 214–15 ■ Cherokee creation 236–37 ■ Ta’aroa giv ...

132 presumably a frost giantess, as no other beings had yet been created. Bor took Bestla, the daughter of another frost giant o ...

133 world once every 24 hours. The gods also took the beautiful brother and sister, Máni (“moon”) and Sól (“sun”), and put them ...

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136 ODIN AND THE WORLD TREE T he Norse believed that the universe was made up of nine worlds, or realms, with Yggdrasil—a toweri ...

EUROPE 137 World”) lay between Asgard and the Underworld and was apparently surrounded by an ocean. It is unclear whether Jötunh ...

138 ODIN AND THE WORLD TREE whose flapping wings caused the winds to blow. The eagle and Nidhogg were old enemies and their feud ...