In Armenian mythology, '''Anahit''' (Armenian: Անահիտ) was the goddess of fertility, healin
...xpedition of Marc Antony in Armenia, Anahit’s statue was torn to pieces by Roman soldiers. Then, the Armenians built a new golden statue of Anahit at Erez t
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In Greek mythology, '''Cacus''' was a fire-breathing monster and the son of Vulcan. It lived i
...to the giant described above. According to the Romans, after Hercules (the Roman Heracles) killed Cacus, he founded an altar, the Ara Maxima, where later th
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Triton also appeared in Roman myths and epics. In the Aeneid, Misenus, the trumpeter of Aeneas, challenge
[[Category:Greek mythology]]
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'''Satyrs''' in [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]] are woodland creatures depicted as having the pointed ears, legs, and sho
===Greek mythology and art===
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...h in one hand and a serpent in the other, gifts of bounty and prophecy. In Roman mosaics he might carry a steering-oar and cradle a ship.
...px|Oceanus, with his wife, [[Tethys]], ruled the seas before [[Poseidon]]. Roman mosaic from Zeugma, c. 1st–2nd centuries AD]]
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...l and Britain and mentioned, along with [[Essus]] and [[Toutatis]], by the Roman poet Lucan in his epic poem ''Pharsalia'' as a Celtic deity to whom sacrifi
...ry:Norse mythology|Norse]] [[Thor]], [[Ambisagrus]], the [[:Category:Irish mythology|Irish]] [[Tuireann]] and the Culdee saint Taran. The name Taranis has not y
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In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], '''Cronus''' (Ancient Greek '''Κρόνος'''—of obscure etymolog
...lso identified in classical antiquity with the [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman deity]] [[Saturn]].
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...h Anubis (Egyptian mythology). Hermanubis was popular during the period of Roman domination over Egypt. He is the son of Osiris and Nephthys.
[[Category: Egyptian mythology]]
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The '''zana e malit''' is a mythical creature in Albania mythology.
...ry of the mountain". The plural form of “zana” is “zanë”, a term from pre-Roman Paleo-Balkan origin. It is also associated to Latin Diana and Bardha.
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...is a figure from Greek mythology, her story being one of many examples in mythology used to explain naturally occuring phenomenon - in this instance, the chang
...al variations of her name include: Persephassa, Persephatta, and, in Roman mythology, Proserpina.
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In Greek mythology the '''Ichthyocentaur''' is a fish-centaur, or a particular kind of Triton.
The Sea-Centaurs were probably derived from the divine Fish of Syrian mythology which carried Ashtarte ashore following her watery-birth. These were set am
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...was getting deserted. St Clément, (IIId century after Christ), went to the Roman amphitheatre where Graouli dwelt and bound it with his scarve to drive him
[[Category:French mythology]]
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Pliny the Elder, Natural History 7. 26 (trans. Rackham) (Roman encyclopedia C1st A.D.) :
[[Category: Hindu mythology]]
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'''Longinus''' is the name given in Christian tradition to a Roman soldier who pierced [[Jesus]] on his side while he was on the Cross.
...tells his life before and after the event, from a pagan son of a member of Roman nobility, through him being sold as a slave, to a converted christian. Thou
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*[[Adramelech]] ([[Assyrian]] mythology)
*[[Af]] ([[Jewish mythology]])
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In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], a '''nymph''' is any member of a large class of female nature entities,
...venerated by country people in the springs and clefts of Latium. Among the Roman literate class their sphere of influence was restricted, and they appear al
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...religion and with the gods Faunus, Inuus, Silvanus, and Incubus of ancient Roman religion.
...Dusios is not described in late-antique sources independently of Greek and Roman deities, the common functionality of the others lay in their ability to imp
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In Greek mythology, Tethys (/ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛθɪs/; Ancient Greek: Τηθύς, romanized: T
[[Image:Tethys.jpg|thumb|Oceanus and Tethys, Greco-Roman mosaic C2nd A.D., Gaziantep Museum]]
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