...lance used at the Crucifixion in [[Christian]] belief. For the elaborate [[mythology]] surrounding this relic and modern legend, see [[Spear of Destiny]]''.
In Christian mythology the '''Holy Lance''' is the lance used at the Crucifixion, which was later
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...(pl. ''striges''; occasionally corrupted to '''stirge''') was an Ancient Roman legendary creature, usually described as a nocturnal bird of ill omen that
Roman poet Ovid, by the way, suggested three possible theories as to the origin o
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...scribes him as delighting ''all'' the gods, and thus getting his name. The Roman counterpart to Pan is Faunus, (see below), another version of his name, whi
==Roman mythology: Faunus==
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...ropean religion and was closely linked to Latvian [[Auseklis]], Greek Eos, Roman Aurora, and Vedic Ushas. As the Christianization spread out in Lithuania, t
*Greimas, Algirdas Julien (1992). Of Gods and Men. Studies in Lithuanian Mythology. Indiana University Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-253-32652-4.
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...ae'''; also equivalent to the Germanic mythology '''Norns''' or the Baltic mythology Goddess '''Laima''' and her sisters.
===The Fates in Roman Mythology===
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...re. Strong, wild, and fierce, it was impossible to tame by man. Pliny, the Roman naturalist records it as "a very ferocious beast, similar in the rest of it
The unicorn is an archetypal monster, present both in eastern and western mythology. In the [[Bible]], [[God]] is said to have the strength of a unicorn. [Num
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...istian context: examples of such [[:Category:Christian mythology|Christian mythology]] are the themes woven round [[Saint George]] or [[Saint Christopher]]. In
...presented by the familiar designation ''[[Aesopica]]'': "Ancient Greek and Roman literature contains rich troves of folklore and popular beliefs, many of wh
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[[Image:Calydonian_hunt.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Calydonian Hunt shown on a Roman frieze (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford)]]
The '''Calydonian Boar''' is one of a genre of chthonic monsters in Greek mythology, each set in a specific locale, which must be overcome by heroes of the Ol
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...of death (Roman equivalent: [[Mors]]), as well as a minor figure in Greek mythology.
According to mythology, Thanatos could occasionally be outwitted, a feat that [[Sisyphus]] twice a
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==Comparative mythology==
...n Yam and Baal (the Storm God) resembles the battle in Hurrian and Hittite mythology between the sky God Teshub (or Tarhunt) with the serpent Illuyanka.
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<blockquote>A dragon was the standard of a Roman cohort which was a tenth of a legion. After the Romans left Britain it was
[[Category: Welsh mythology]]
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...-robed '''Moirae''' or '''Moerae''' were the personifications of destiny (Roman equivalent: '''Parcae''', "sparing ones", or '''Fata'''; also equivalent to
..."spinner") spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equivalent was ''Nona'', (the 'Ninth'), who was originally a goddess called
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...ginus" is credited with the authorship of the treatise ''On the Sublime''. Roman names held little variety, especially among members of the same family.
...the [[Spear Luin]], and is similar to the [[Bleeding Lance]] of [[Grail]] mythology, which was eventually claimed to ''be'' the Spear of Destiny.
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[[Image:Hades (Greek Mythology).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hades, Greek god of the underworld, enthroned, with
...well as [[Dis Pater]] and [[Orcus]], in [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]]; the corresponding Etruscan god was '''Aita'''. "Hades" is employed by so
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...sinediscovered.jpg|thumbnail|350px|Melusine's secret discovered, from ''Le Roman de Mélusine.'' One of the 16 paintings by Guillebert de Mets circa 1410. T
...or Jean, Duc de Berry, the great patron of the 'Tres Riches Heures'. The ''Roman'' traces the powerful medieval dynasty of Lusignan from its founding in the
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In Greek mythology the '''Erinyes''' or '''Eumenides''' (the Romans called them the '''Furies'
The Furies (their Roman name) or ''Dirae'' ("the terrible") typically had the effect of driving the
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...own from parent to child. As a genius, or spirit of the household in Roman mythology, he incited people to murder and other sins. The name became a generic term
[[Category:Greek mythology]]
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...lict. He illustrates his points by alluding to the armour and weapons of a Roman centurion. The various pieces of armour are likened by way of analogy to th
The Christian Church in all of its major traditions - Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Ancient Oriental Orthodox, Anglican, and Protes
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...nd disguised men, parades the streets of the town at night, and, as in the Roman conclainatio, calls upon the deceased loudly by name. A superstitious and h
[[Category: Yoruba mythology]]
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In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], the '''Titans''' (Greek Τιτάν, plural Τιτάνες) were a race o
...the wars of the [[Æsir]] with the [[Vanir]] and [[Jotun]]s in Scandinavian mythology, the Babylonian epic Enuma Elish, the Hittite "Kingship in Heaven" narrativ
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...re of death and fertility. Each of the lwa is associated with a particular Roman Catholic saint.
[[Category:Haitian mythology]]
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In Greek mythology, Pegasus (Greek: ''Πήγασος'' (Pégasos)) is the winged horse that wa
In Greek and Roman mythology Pegasus sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa when the hero Perseus be
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In [[:Category:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]], the '''Nereids''' (NEER-ee-eds) are blue-haired sea [[nymph]]s, daughter
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. C19th Classics Encyclopedia.
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...or religion (as in ''Greek mythology'', ''Egyptian mythology'' or ''Norse mythology'') or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interp
...falsehood — a story which many believe but which is not true. The field of mythology does not use this definition.
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...tion of the Destruction of The Temple in AD 70 and the subsequent Imperial Roman persecution of Jews and persecution of Christians.
...tend to prefer the historical-critical and aesthetic approaches. Moreover, Roman and Orthodox churches have delimited their own specific positions on Revela
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In Greek mythology, the '''Gorgons''' ("terrible" or, according to some, "loud-roaring") were
The concept of the gorgon is at least as old in mythology as Perseus and Zeus. The name is Greek, being from gorgos, "terrible." Ther
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...nd Christian scriptures. Christian demonology is mainly studied within the Roman Catholic Church, although some other Christian churches do not deny the exi
[[Category:Christian mythology]][[Category:Demons]]
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=== Roman Catholicism ===
...white it may be, with a legitimate religious rite". Things listed in the [[Roman Ritual]] as being indicators of possible demonic possession include: speaki
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===Classical Greek and Roman accounts===
[[Category: Biblical mythology]]
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*In Roman mythology, [[Aeneas]] lulled Cerberus to sleep with drugged honeycakes.
*In a later Roman tale, [[Psyche]] also lulled him to sleep by giving him drugged honeycakes.
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'''Jewish mythology''' is a body of stories that explains or symbolizes Jewish beliefs. ''Jewis
...ylon, Sumerian and Akkadia. This is discussed in the article on [[Biblical mythology]].
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[[Norse mythology]] also contains examples of necromancy (Ruickbie, 2004:48), such as the sce
'''Greco-Roman'''
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...''Διόνυσος'' also known as '''Bacchus''' in both Greek Mythology and Roman mythology and associated with the Italic '''Liber'''), the Thracian God of wine, repr
...e Greek pantheon and was often associated with orgiastic rites. Throughout mythology he also became known as a cultivator of the soil, a lawgiver, a peacemaker,
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...lamiae (Greek lamiai). Similar in type to other female monsters from Greco-Roman myth, such as the empuses and the mormolyces, she is distinguished from the
Bell, ''Women of Classical Mythology'' (sourced from ''Philostratus Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.25; Horace Ars
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In the Olympian Pantheon of classical [[Greek Mythology]], '''Hêra''' was queen of the Gods and Goddesses, as well as wife and sis
Hera’s Roman equivalent is [[Juno]]. In Rome, with Jupiter and Minerva she shared the mo
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In [[Irish mythology]], the '''Fomorians''', '''Fomors''', or '''Fomori''' (Irish '''Fomóiri'''
...more elaborate story, reminiscent the story of Zeus and Cronus from Greek mythology. Balor, who had been given a prophecy that he would be killed by his own gr
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In Roman Catholicism and the Church of England, the word ''lychgate'' refers to a co
Eastern Slavic mythology includes stories of a powerful dark wizard or a demon, ''Koschei the Deathl
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'''Tálos''' was a giant creature made of bronze in Greek mythology, that some writers say was the last survivor from the Bronze Age of man.
...the videogame ''Spartan: Total Warrior'' Talos is an automaton sent by the Roman army to destroy the walls of Sparta. The player must defeat him through use
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...re named after the nation of Picts that inhabited Scotland during the post-Roman period, whom some believe are descended from an indigenous group of people
[[Category:English mythology]]
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..."light-bearer" (from ''lux'', "light", and ''ferre'', "to bear, bring"), a Roman astrological term for the "'''Morning Star'''", the planet Venus.
...d John Milton's ''[[Paradise Lost]]'', led to the common idea in Christian mythology and [[folklore]] that Lucifer was a poetic appellation of [[Satan]].
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...The sound of barking dogs was the first sign of her approach in Greek and Roman literature. The frog, significantly a creature that can cross between two e
...dess of sorcery. Because Hecate had already been much maligned by the late Roman period, Christians of the era found it easy to vilify her image. Thus were
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...on''' (Greek: Ὠρίων or Ωαρίων, Latin: Orion) was a giant huntsman in Greek mythology whom Zeus placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion.
...territory of Tanagra. A feast of Orion was held at Tanagra as late as the Roman Empire. They had a tomb of Orion most likely at the foot of Mount Cerycius
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...erent species like siddha, gandharva, yaksha etc. are defined in the Hindu mythology which may not fall directly into mankind but treated as slightly superior t
In Neopagan religions that have assimilated aspects of Abrahamic mythology into their own pantheons, Satan, Lucifer, and Beelzebub are often seen as d
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In Greek mythology, '''Geryon''' ('''Geryones''', '''Geyron'''), son of Chrysaor and [[Callirr
Heracles then had to herd the cattle back to Eurystheus. In Roman versions of the narrative, on the Aventine hill in Italy, Cacus stole some
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...depictions of griffins included hunting scenes. Divine figures in egyptian mythology, despicted as griffins, include Sefer, Sefert, and Axex.
...hology, in particular during the Achaemenid dynasty, griffins called Homa (mythology)|Homa were used widely as statues and symbols in palaces. Homa also had a s
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..., Kreon rushes to her aide, and Medea flees in a winged chariot.]]In Greek mythology, the '''Keres''' (singular: '''Ker''' from the Greek Kêr) were female dea
During the festival known as Anthesteria, the Keres were driven away. Their Roman equivalents were '''Letum''' (“death”) or the '''Tenebrae''' (“shadow
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...ed to disguise their [[Loa|lwa]] (sometimes spelled [[loa]]) or spirits as Roman Catholic [[saint]]s, a process called syncretism.
...t Haitian Vodou is simply a mix of West African religions with a veneer of Roman Catholicism would not be entirely correct. This would be ignoring numerous
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Hell appears in several [[mythology|mythologies]] and [[religion]]s in different guises, and is commonly inhabi
...ry:Greek mythology|Greek mythology]] and [[:Category:Roman mythology|Roman mythology]], but [[Hades]] also included [[Elysium]], a place for the reward for thos
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...that has generally been described as a malevolent [[spirit]], or [[Daemon (mythology)|daemon]] and [[Jinn]]. A demon is frequently depicted as a force that may
...'' that passed into Christian culture are discussed in the entry [[Daemon (mythology)|daemon]].The Hellenistic "Demon" eventually came to include many Semitic a
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In Greek mythology, Zeus is the God of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods.
Zeus corresponds to the Roman god Jupiter.
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