'''BULFINCH'S MYTHOLOGY'''
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In Norse mythology the '''valkyries''' are dísir, minor female deities, who are described as
According to Thomas Bulfinch's highly influential work Bulfinch's Mythology (1855), the armour of the valkyries "sheds a strange flickering light, whic
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In Greek mythology, '''Scylla''', or '''Skylla''' (Greek Σκύλλα) is a horribly grotesque
...r features to the [[kraken]] in Norse mythology and [[lusca]] in Caribbean mythology.
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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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...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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In Greek mythology, Lamia was a Queen of Libya who became a child-murdering daemon. In later w
Bell, ''Women of Classical Mythology'' (sourced from ''Philostratus Life of Apollonius of Tyana 4.25; Horace Ars
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