E-phial'tes, 120; Com. § 21.
Epics; see under Homer, Vergil, Völ-
sunga-Saga, Nibelungenlied, Mahâb-
hârata, Râmâyana.
Ep-idau'rus, 260.
Epig'oni, 276.
Ep-imen'i-des: a Cretan herdsman who
awoke from a sleep of 57 years to find
himself endowed with gifts of prophecy,
purification, and priestcraft.
Ep-ime'theus, 43; marries Pandora, 45;
Com. §§ 22-25.
Er'ato, the Muse of love poetry, 72.
Er'ebus, 37, 38, 183, 267, 355; Com.
§§ 17, 51, 94.
E-rech'theus (trisyl.), 258; Com. § 151.
Er-ichtho'nius (1), 224; descendants of,
258-268; Theseus, 259; Theseus and
Ariadne, 260-266; Theseus and Ama-
zons, and Pirithous, 267; Phædra and
Hippolytus, 268; Com. §§ 132 (4), 151.
Er-ichtho'nius (2), son of Dardanus,
and fourth king of Troy ;
§ 165 (5).
E-rid'anus, Com. § 75.
E-ri'nys, E-rin'y-es; see Furies.
Er-iphy'le, 273, 274; Com. § 70.
E'ris, 73; (Discors) see Discord.
E'ros, 37, 38; Com. § 17; see under
Cupid.
Er-yci'na: Venus, to whom Mount Eryx
and the city of that name, with its tem-
ple of Venus, were sacred, 263; Com.
§ 40.
Er-yman'thus, Mount, 143; Erymanth.
Boar, 235; Com. §§ 88, 139–143 (In-
terp.).
Er-ysich'thon, myth of, 209.
Er-ythe'a, island of, 237.
Er-ythe'is, one of the Hesperides.
E'ryx, Mount, 66, 181; Com. § 105, 106.
Eskimos, 21.
Ete'o-cles, 272-274; Com. §§ 158–164.
Etruscans, 90, 359.
Etzel, "Lament over the Heroes of," 33;
see under Attila.
Eumæ'us, 331, 332, 335.
Eumen'i-des, 264; Com. § 51; see Furies.
Eumol'pus and Eumolpida; a Thracian
singer and his descendants, priests of
Demeter in the Eleusinian mysteries.
Euphros'y-ne, one of the Graces, 71.
Eurip'i-des, 27; references to, 136, 234,
269, 273, 274, 288, 308, 309, 310, 312;
transl. Com. § II.
Euro'pa, 92; myth of, 95-98; portrayed
by Arachne, III, 257; Com. § 59, table
D; § 61, table E and notes.
Eu'rus, 72.
Eury'a-le; one of the Gorgons.
Eury'alus, 360-362.
Euryb'i-e, a Titan, wife of Crëus; Com.
§ 17.
Euryd'i-ce, 185-188, 220; Com. § 107.
Euryl'ochus, 318, 319.
Euryn'o-me, 117; Com. §§ 17, 71.
Euryphaës'sa, Com. § 17.
Eurys'theus, 234.
Euryt'ion, 237, 267.
Euter'pe, the muse of lyric poetry, 72.
Euxine Sea, 246.
Evan'der, 274, 357-363.
Eve and the apple, 12.
E'vius, Com. § 46; see Bacchus.
Fable, definition of, 1; distinguished from
myth, 1-3; some writers of, 2.
Fair, Brown, and Trembling, story of;
analogy of incident, Com. § 94.
Famine (personified), 209.
Farbanti, 369.
Fate (Greek Anan' ke, Latin Fa'tum) the
necessity behind and above gods as
well as men.
Fates, the (Greek Ma'ra, Latin Par'cæ),
subject to Jupiter; their office, 72;
daughters of Themis, or of Night, 72,
132, 184, 254, 277; song of, 279, 280;
Com. § 43 (6).
Fau'ni, Fauns, Com. § 56, 117.
Euhem'erus (Eu-em'erus) and Euhem- Fau'nus, 89, 203, 204, 208, 213, 215, 354:
Flo'ra, 87; loved by Zephyrus, 73, 89; Giants, Greek (Gi-gan'tes), 39; war of,
Fox and Grapes, referred to, I.
Freya, 369, 371, 372, 386.
41, 42; Com. § 21.
Giants, Norse, 366, 369.
Giselher, 401.
Giuki, 397.
Freyr, 369, 379, 386, 387, 388; Com. Gladsheim, 367.
Frigga, 368, 380, 381, 382, 386; Com.
§§ 177-184.
Frost Giant (Ymir), 366, 386, 388.
Frost Giants, 371.
Fu'riæ, Furies (Erin'y-es, Di'ræ, Eu-
men'i-des, Sem'næ: Alec'to, Tisiph'-
o-ne, Megæ'ra), 39, 81; attendants of
Proserpine, 83, 84; mollified by
Orpheus, 186; 190, 213, 311, 312, 345-
350; Com. § 51.
Gæ'a, Ge, or Terra, 38, 39, 42, 76; or
the Roman Tellus, 88; see under
Earth.
Gal-ate'a, the Nereïd, 85, 203; myth of
Acis, Polyphemus, and G., 215-217;
Com. § 126.
Glau'ce (or Creü'sa), 249; Com. §§ 144-
147 (Interp.).
Glau'cus; formerly a fisherman of
Boeotia, afterward a sea-god, 87, 217,
222; Com. § 127; sometimes confused
in mythology with the following:
Glau'cus cf Corinth, son of Sisyphus,
and father of Bellerophon, 231.
Glau'cus, grandson of Bellerophon, in
the Trojan War, 287.
Gleipnir, 370.
Glistenheath, 395.
Glyptothek, Munich; of King Louis I.
of Bavaria; one of the finest collec-
tions of ancient statuary in the world.
Gnos'sus (Cno'sus, Cnos'sus), the
ancient capital of Crete; home of
Minos, 264.
Gal-ate'a and Pygma' lion, 167; Com. Gods, the Egyptian, see under Egypt.
Gan-yme'da; a name of Hebe.
Gan'ymede, 71; Com. § 43 (2).
Gardens of Hesperides, Com. §§ 133-137.
Ga'thas, 36.
Gautama; see Buddha.
Ge; see Gæa and Earth.
Gem'ini; see Tyndarida, 282.
Ge'nius, the Roman tutelary spirit, 89,
German heroes, myths, and lays, 20, 392-
404; Com. §§ 185, 186.
German mythology, records of, 33, 34;
narrative, 399-403; translations and
Gods, the great, of Greece, origin of,
38; enumerated, 52; discussed by
Gladstone, Com, § 32; attributes of gods
of Olympus, 51-73; lesser divinities of
Olympus, 70-73; Greek gods of the
earth, 74-77; Greek gods of the un-
derworld, 78-84; lesser divinities of
the underworld, 83-84; older and
younger Greek dynasties of the waters,
greater and lesser divinities, 85-87;
gods common to Greece and Italy, 88;
distinctively Roman, 88-90; derived
from Etruscan, 90; myths of great
Greek divinities of heaven, 91-173;
of earth, 174-180; of earth and under-
world, 181-188; of waters, 189-191;
of lesser divinities of heaven, 192-199; | Hagen, 400-404; Com. §§ 185, 186.
of lesser divinities of earth and under-
world, 200-214; of lesser divinities of
waters, 215-222; of the Norse gods,
366-391.
Halcy'o-ne, 192; and Ceyx, myth of,
194-196; Com. § 112.
Ham-adry'ads, 204; myths of, 208–212.
Happy Isles, the, 337.
Gods, the Hindoo; see under Hindoo Harmo'nia, 98; and Cadmus, 117; her
divinities.
Gods, the Norse, 366–391.
Golden Age, the, 43.
Golden Ass, the, 29.
Golden Fleece, the quest of, 223, 244-
247: Com. §§ 144-147.
necklace, 117, 175, 273, 276; Com.
§ 70.
Harpies, the, (Harpy'iæ) described, 86,
339, 354: Com. 52-54; geneal.
table C.
Harpoc'ra-tes; see Egyptian deities (1).
Gol'gi; a city of Cyprus, beloved by Hathor, Athor; see Egyptian deities (1).
Venus, 261.
Gordian Knot (Gor'dius), Com. § 104.
Gor'gons (Sthe'no, Eury'a-le, Medu'sa),
described, 86, 225; Com. §§ 133-137;
see Medusa.
Gothland, Goths, 392, 393.
Graces, (Gra'tiæ or Char'i-tes), 64, 65;
attributes of, and names, 71; Spenser,
on the Graces, 71, 96, 200; Com. § 43
(3).
Græ'æ, Gray-women (Di'no, Pephre'-
do, Eny'o), described, 86; and Per-
seus, 225; Com. §§ 133-137.
Gram, 395, 398, 399.
Greek, Greeks, 14, 15, 19; myths of
creation, 37; and see under Gods,
Heroes, Myths.
Greyfell, 395, 397, 399.
Gunnar, 397-399; see Gunther.
Gunther, 400-404; Com. §§ 185, 186.
Guttorm, 397-399.
Gy'es or Gy' ges, Centim'anus, Com.
Heaven, abode of Greek gods, 51; see
Olympus; attributes of Greek gods of,
51; myths of greater Greek gods, 91-
173; of lesser, 192–199.
Heaven personified, 37, 38; see under
Uranus.
He'be, 51; daughter of Juno, 52, 55;
attributes of, wife of Hercules, 71, 113,
242, 247; Com. § 43 (2).
He'brus, 188.
Hec'a-be; see Hecuba.
Hec'a-te, described, 84, 246, 247, 345;
Com. § 51.
Hec-atonchi'res, 38, 40; Com. § 17.
Hec'tor, 287, 293-302; Com. §§ 165 (5),
Hec'uba, 287, 298, 299, 308; Com.
§§ 165 (5), 168.
Heimdall, 369, 382, 386, 388.
Heidrun, 368.
Hel, 382, 384, 385, 388, 389.
Hela, 370, 380, 381, 383, 385, 388, 391.
Helen, Hel' ena, 254, 267, 281, 284-302,
305, 309;, genealogy, Com. §§ 165 (3),
167.
Hel'enus, 23, 340; Com. § 165 (5).
Helgi, the Hunding's Bane, 32.
Gy'ges, the first king of Lydia; famous He-li'a-des, 125; Com. § 75.
for his riches.
Gyoll, 384.
Ha'des, Com. § 48; see under Pluto.
Ha'des, realm of, 69, 78; Com. § 48; see
Underworld.
Hæ'mon, 275; Com. §§ 158-164.
Hæmo'nia, 196.
Hæ'mus, Mount, 124; Com. § 75.
Hel'icon, Mount, 124; Com. § 75.
He'lios, confounded with Apollo, 61;
his family, 73; the sun, 75, 189; Com.
§§ 17, 75.
Hel'le, 244; Com. §§ 144-147.
Hel'len, ancestor of the Hellenes, 49;
his sons, 49, 231, 244; Com. §§ 59,
132 (5).
Hem'era, day, sister of Ether and
daughter of Erebus and Night, 38.
He-phæs'tus, Com. § 37; see Vulcan.
Her' a-cles; see Hercules.
Her'cu-les, Heracles, 4, 19;
identified
with Samson, 12, 27, 42; son of Alc-
mene, 92; saves Alcestis from death,
133-136; passage from Browning's
Balaustion's Adventure, 133, etc., 189,
221, 223; myth of, 234-243; choice of,
234; youth and labors, 235-239; later
exploits, 239; loss of Hylas, 240; expe-
dition against Laomedon, 240, 241;
death, 241-243; 245, 255, 260, 266,
304, 357; Com. §§ 22–25; §§ 139-143.
Her'mes, Com. §§ 41, 101; see Mer-
Hermi'o-ne, daughter of Menelaüs and
Helen, 309; corruption of Harmonia,
Com. § 70.
Hermod, 382, 383, 384, 388-391.
He'ro and Le-an'der, story of, 164-
167; extracts from Marlowe's Hero
and Leander, 164-166; Keats's Sonnet
on a picture of Leander, 166; Com.
§ 96.
Herod'otus, 28; reference to, 276.
Heroes, the older, Greek, myths of, 223-
272; the younger Greek, myths of,
273 et seq.; the Norse and Old Ger-
man, 392-403.
Her'së, sister of Aglau'ros and Pan'-
drosos, personifications of the dew,
daughters of Cecrops, Com. §§ 112,
151.
He'siod (Hesi'odus), account of, Works
and Days, and Theogony, 25; cited,
37, 38, 44, 49, 72, 82, and footnotes pas-
sim; transl. by Thomas Cooke in v. 2,
English Translations from Ancient and
Modern Poems, 3 v. Lond. 1810; see
also Com. §§ 11, 18.
Hesi'o-ne, 189, 240, 287; Com. § 165 (5).
Hes'per, Hes'perus, 73, 280; Com.
§ 43 (11).
Hespe'ria, 339.
Hesper'i-des, Hesperids, the sisters, the
garden of, 73, 87, 228, 237; Com. §§ 133-
137, 139-143.
Hes'peris, 87.
Hes'perus; see Hesper.
Hes'tia; see Vesta.
Hieroglyphs, the, 35.
Hil-a-i'ra, (1) a daughter of Apollo;
(2) sister of Phoebe, daughter of Leu-
cippus; carried off with her sister by
Castor and Pollux; (3) the cheerful:
the moon.
Hildebrand, 403.
Him'eros, personification of the longing
of love; a companion of Eros.
Hindfell, 395, 397.
Hindoo divinities: arranged logically
as (1) Vedic, (2) Brahmanic.
Buddhism see under Buddha.
I. Vedic: the Aryan, and earliest form
of Hindoo religion; dealing primarily
with elemental powers that, in time,
acquired spiritual signification.
Vedas: the Sanskrit scriptures; from
root, to know, to be wise; see p. 35.
Devas: the shining ones, the gods (Gk.
theos, Lat. deus).
Dyaus: the shining sky, the elemental
overruling spirit of the primitive Ar-
yans (Gk. Zeus, Lat. Jovis).
Prithivi: goddess Earth, spouse of Dyaus.
Indra: son of Dyaus and Prithivi; the
atmospheric region; chief of the gods,
and strongest; wielder of the thunder-
bolt, lord of the plains, bull of the
heavens, conqueror of the malignant,
thirsty Vritra, gatherer of clouds, dis-
penser of rain; adored in heaven and
on earth.
Var una god of the vault of heaven
(root var, to cover; Gk. Ouranos, Lat.
Uranus); the all-seeing, the pardoner,
merciful even to the guilty.
Ushas: the dawn, mother of mornings,
brilliant of raiment, golden-colored,
spreading far and wide, everywhere
awakening men, preparing the path-
way of the sun, and leading his white
steed (Gk. Eos).
Surya: the god who dwells in the sun
(Gk. Helios).
Savitar: the golden-handed sun in his
daily course; the shining wanderer,
comforter of men.
Soma a deification of the spirituous [
"extract" of the moon-plant; giver of
strength to gods and men, and of radi-
ant light and joyous immortality.
Vayu: god of the wind.
Maruts: deities of the storm.
Agni: the youngest and one of the most
important of the Vedic gods; lord of
fire, born of two pieces of wood rubbed
together; youngest of the deities, giver
of prosperity to men, their guardian
and
companion, passing between
heaven and earth "like a messenger
between two hamlets" (Lat. ignis; cf.
Gk. Hephaestus).
Vach: goddess of speech, teacher of
spiritual worship, promoter of wisdom
and holiness.
Vritra: the monstrous snake, drinker of
rain-clouds, dark, evil, and malicious,
overcome by Indra (cf. Apollo and the
Python).
and then annexed by the Brahmans as
a manifestation of the supreme being in
his work of preservation. He has nine
times assumed human form, each in-
carnation having for its purpose the
redemption of mankind from oppres-
sion or error. These incarnations are
his Av'atars. His ninth Avatar, say
some, was as Buddha; in his tenth he
will end this world, and reproduce
Brahma, who will create things anew.
Siva: originally a blood-thirsty deity,
not of the Vedic, but of some aborigi-
nal Hindu religion; absorbed in the
Brahmanic godhead as the manifes-
tation of destructive power. He is
adorned with a necklace of skulls and
ear-rings of serpents.
Sarasvati, see Vach: goddess of speech;
spouse of Brahma.
Sri, or Lakshmi: goddess of beauty;
spouse of Vishnu.
Rakshasas: powers of darkness, com- Uma, or Parvati (Kali, Durga): the
inaccessible, the terrible; spouse of
Siva.
Yama, and his sister Yami: the first man
and woman; leaving this life they pre-
pared for those that should follow
blissful abodes in the other world, of
which they are king and queen.
2. Brahmanic: a philosophical outgrowth
of the Vedic religion, which, on the
one hand, was refined into logical sub-
tleties, intelligible only to the learned;
on the other hand, crystallized into
symbols, rites, and unending conven-
tionalities.
Trimurti: the Brahmanic Trinity, con-
sisting of the following three per-
Brahma in the Rig-veda, a word for
devotion, prayer; later, for the supreme
principle of the universe, its source, its
essence, and its sustenance. Brahma
is the creative energy of the godhead,
calm, passionless, remote from man
and the world. He is four-headed and
four-handed.
Vishnu originally a benevolent Vedic
deity, with certain attributes of the sun;
adopted by a sect as its special god,
Ghandarvas: genii of music (cf. Cen-
taurs); retainers of Indra.
Lokapalas: generic name for the Vedic
deities when degraded by Brahmanism
to the position of tutelary spirits.
Hiordis, 394.
Hippocre'ne (anglicized in poetry:
Hip'pocrene; three syllables); Com.
$138.
Hip-po-da-mi'a (1) daughter of Eno-
maus, 190, 281; Com. § 110; (2) daugh-
ter of Atrax, 267.
Hippol'y-te and Hercules, 236; Com.
§ 152-157 (Textual).
Hippol'y-tus, 268; Com. §§ 151, 152–157
(Illustr.).
Hippom'edon, 273.
Hippom'e-nes (or Mila'nion), 162–164,
244; Com. § 95.
Historians of Mythology: in Greece, 28;
in Norway, 31; see under Myth (Pres-
ervation of).
Höder, 369, 381, 383; Com. §§ 177-184.
Honir, 395.
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