Encyclopedia - Hesperides: Encyclopedia - Hesperides
In Greek mythology, the Hesperides are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far west corner of the world, located, according to various...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hesperides: Encyclopedia Ii - Hesperides - The Garden Of The Hesperides
The Garden of the Hesperides is Hera's orchard in the west, where either a single tree or a grove of immortality-giving golden apples gre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hesperides: Encyclopedia Ii - Hesperides - The Evening
According to different accounts, there were either three, four, or seven Hesperides, but they are usually numbered three, like the other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phorcys: Encyclopedia - Phorcys
In Greek mythology, Phorcys, or Phorkys was a primeval sea god, son of Pontus and Gaia. His wife was Ceto and together they had many chil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nereids: Encyclopedia - Nereids
Poseidon Oceanus Ceto Nereus Glaucus Thetis Amphitrite Tethys Triton Proteus Phorcys Pontus Oceanids Nereids Naiads Dryads Naiads M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seven Sisters: Encyclopedia - Seven Sisters
Seven Sisters may refer to: Pleiades (mythology), seven sisters who are companions of Artemis in Greek mythology Pleiades (star cluster)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arethusa: Encyclopedia - Arethusa
Poseidon Oceanus Ceto Nereus Glaucus Thetis Amphitrite Tethys Triton Ophion Proteus Phorcys Pontus Oceanids Nereids Naiads Arethusa ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aegle: Encyclopedia - Aegle
In Greek mythology, there were three different people named Aegle. One belonged to the Hesperides, another to the Heliades, and the third...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alseid: Encyclopedia - Alseid
In Greek mythology, Alseids were the nymphs of glens and groves. They liked to scare travelers. Other related archivesApollo, Artemis, A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pleiades Mythology: Encyclopedia - Pleiades Mythology
The Pleiades Πληιόνης (pleye'-a-deez, also plee'-a-deez), companions of Artemis (ar'-te-mis), were the seven daughters of the T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hamadryad: Encyclopedia - Hamadryad
Hamadryads are Greek mythological beings that live in trees. They are a specific species of dryad, which are a particular type of nymph. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Medusa: Encyclopedia - Medusa
In Greek mythology, Medusa (Greek: Μέδουσα), was a monstrous female character whose gaze could turn people to stone. Some classica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas Mythology: Encyclopedia - Atlas Mythology
In Greek mythology, Atlas was a member of a race of giant gods known as Titans. Atlas mythology - Mythology. Atlas mythology - Kinship....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asterion: Encyclopedia - Asterion
In Greek mythology, Asterion ("ruler of the stars"), called "king" of Crete, was the consort of Europa and stepfather of her sons by Zeus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dragons In Greek Mythology: Encyclopedia - Dragons In Greek Mythology
Dragons play a role in Greek mythology. Dragons in Greek mythology - Ladon. Ladon was a dragon-like beast that was slain by Hercules as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Golden Apple: Encyclopedia Ii - Golden Apple - Golden Apples In Other Languages
In many languages, oranges are "golden apple." For example, the Greek χρυσομηλιά, and Latin pomum aurantium both literally desc...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hesperides: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hesperides
Hesperos (Greek) Venus as the evening star, brother of Eosphoros or Phosphoros (equivalent to the Roman Lucifer), the morning star, ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Golden Apple: Encyclopedia Ii - Golden Apple - Greek Mythology
Golden apple - Atalanta. Three golden apples were featured in Greek Mythology, in which a hunter named Atalanta raced against a suitor ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Golden Apple: Encyclopedia Ii - Golden Apple - Norse Mythology
In Norse mythology, golden apples grant immortal life to the Gods. They are cultivated by the Goddess Iðunn. Golden apples are an import...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benghazi: Encyclopedia Ii - Benghazi - History
Modern Benghazi, on the Gulf of Sidra, lies a little southwest of the site of the ancient Greek city of Berenice or Berenicis. That city ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ursa Major: Encyclopedia Ii - Ursa Major - Mythology
The constellation of Ursa Major has been seen by many distinct civilizations as a bear. In consequence, together with the nearby Ursa Min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canary Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Canary Islands - History
The Canary Islands have been known since antiquity. The peak of Teide on Tenerife can be seen on clear days from the African coast. It is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nyx: Encyclopedia Ii - Nyx - Nyx In Hesiod
In Hesiod's Theogony, Night is born of Chaos; her offspring are many, and telling. With her brother Erebus, Night gives birth to Aether (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlas Mythology - Mythology
Atlas mythology - Kinship. Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapetos and the Oceanid Klymene. Atlas had three brothers — Prometheus, Epi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canary Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Canary Islands - History
The Canary Islands have been known since antiquity. The peak of Teide on Tenerife can be seen on clear days from the African coast. It is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seville: Encyclopedia Ii - Seville - History
Roman Hispalis, in the province of Hispania Baetica, became ʾIšbīliyyah (Arabic أشبيليّة) under the Moors. Though Greeks and R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Hades: The Place
There were several sections of Hades, including the Elysian Fields (contrast the Christian Paradise or Heaven), and Tartarus, (compare th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morgan Le Fay: Encyclopedia Ii - Morgan Le Fay - Early Accounts Of Morgan
The character first appears as "Morgen" in the 12th century Latin Vita Merlini (Life of Merlin) by Geoffrey of Monmouth, where she is the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Draco Constellation: Encyclopedia Ii - Draco Constellation - Mythology
There are many myths behind Draco, due to its resemblence to a dragon [1]. In the first legend, Draco represents the dragon killed by Cad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Morgan Le Fay: Encyclopedia Ii - Morgan Le Fay - Early Accounts Of Morgan
The character first appears as "Morgen" in the 12th century Latin Vita Merlini (Life of Merlin) by Geoffrey of Monmouth, where she is the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apple: Encyclopedia Ii - Apple - Cultural Aspects
Apples appear in many religious traditions, often as a mystical and forbidden fruit. One of the Greek hero Heracles' Twelve Labours was t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact - Claims Based On Legends And Documents
Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Carthaginians. According to the 16th century Spanish historian Oviedo, who relies on Brother Theo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact - Claims Based On Legends And Documents
Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Carthaginians. According to the 16th century Spanish historian Oviedo, who relies on Brother Theo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apple: Encyclopedia Ii - Apple - Cultural Aspects
Apple - Apples as symbols. Apples appear in many religious traditions, often as a mystical and forbidden fruit. One of the Greek hero H...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hesperides: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hesperides
Hesperides The Greek goddesses who, with the hundred-headed dragon Ladon, guarded the golden apples which Gaia (earth) gave as a weddi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Golden Apples: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Golden Apples
Golden Apples. See APPLE; HESPERIDES; TREE   (See also: Golden Apples , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nymph: Encyclopedia - Nymph
In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of female nature entities, sometimes bound to a particular location or landfor...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Golden Age: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Golden Age
Golden Apples. See APPLE; HESPERIDES; TREE   (See also: Golden Age , Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Occultism, Occultism Dic...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atlantides: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atlantides
Atlantides In Greek mythology, the offspring of Atlas, including the Pleiades, Hyades, and sometimes the Hesperides. ()   (See ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hesiodic Cosmogony: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hesiodic Cosmogony
Hesperides The Greek goddesses who, with the hundred-headed dragon Ladon, guarded the golden apples which Gaia (earth) gave as a weddi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hesperos: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Hesperos
Hesperos (Greek) Venus as the evening star, brother of Eosphoros or Phosphoros (equivalent to the Roman Lucifer), the morning star, ch...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Apple  : Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Apple  
Apple A temperate fruit of Europe and Western Asia, appearing in classical, Arabian, and ancient European mythology and folklore as &q...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Atlas: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Atlas
Atlas (Greek) (from tlenai to bear)   In Greek mythology a titan, a sea god who supports on his shoulders the vault of heaven. So...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Tree: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Tree
Tree A variant of the cross or tau, to be considered in connection with the serpent which is wound round it. The two together symboliz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ursa Minor: Encyclopedia - Ursa Minor
Ursa Minor is a constellation in the northern sky, the name of which means Small Bear in Latin. It is one of the 88 modern constellations...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crinaeae: Encyclopedia - Crinaeae
In Greek mythology, the Crinaeae were a type of nymph associated with fountains. The Crinaeae included: Aganippe Appias (Roman mythology...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zmeu: Encyclopedia - Zmeu
The Zmeu (plural: zmei, feminin: zmeoaică/zmeoaice) is a fantastic creature of Romanian folklore and Romanian mythology. Sometimes compa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Weaving Mythology: Encyclopedia - Weaving Mythology
The theme of weaving in mythology is ancient, and its lost mythic lore probably accompanied the early spread of this mysterious art. West...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boötes: Encyclopedia - Boötes
Boötes, a name deriving from Egypt, is one of the 88 modern constellations and was also one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ceto: Encyclopedia - Ceto
In Greek mythology, Ceto, or Keto (Greek: Κητος, Ketos, "sea monster") was a hideous aquatic monster, a daughter of Gaia and Pontus....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canary Islands: Encyclopedia - Canary Islands
The Canary Islands are an archipelago of seven islands of volcanic origin in the Atlantic Ocean. They are located off the northwestern co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Auloniad: Encyclopedia - Auloniad
The names of the species of the nymphs varied according to their natural abode. The Aulonaid (from the classical Greek αύλών; valley...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ursa Major: Encyclopedia - Ursa Major
Ursa Major (Ursa Maior in Latin) is a constellation visible throughout the year in the northern hemisphere. Its name means Great Bear in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hesperus: Encyclopedia - Hesperus
In Greek mythology, Hesperos (Greek Ἓσπερος (The Evening Star), sometimes Latinized as Hesperus) was a son of Eos, by either Atla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dryad: Encyclopedia - Dryad
Dryads are female tree spirits in Greek mythology. In Greek drys signifies 'oak,' from an Indo-European root *derew(o)- 'tree' or 'wood.'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantis: Encyclopedia - Atlantis
The "Lost city" of Atlantis was an ancient mythical island, whose existence and location have never been confirmed. The first references ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Sale: Encyclopedia - Art Sale
An Art sale is the practice of selling objects of art by auction. In England this dates from the latter part of the 17th century, when in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Libra: Encyclopedia - Libra
May Librids Serpens Caput Virgo Hydra Centaurus (corner) Lupus Scorpius Ophiuchus Libra (Latin for balance, symbol , Unicode ♎) is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Benghazi: Encyclopedia - Benghazi
Benghazi (Arabic بنغازي, transliterated Banġāzī) is a seaport in Libya, Africa. The present name is derived from that of a pious...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polycephaly: Encyclopedia Ii - Polycephaly - Mythological Occurrences
Polycephaly - Greek mythology. Greek mythology contains a number of multi-headed creatures. Typhon, a vast grisly monster with a hundre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera Seria: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera Seria - The Age Of Opera Seria
The age of opera seria corresponded with the rise to prominence of the castrati, often prodigiously gifted male singers who had undergone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ursa Minor: Encyclopedia Ii - Ursa Minor - Notable Features
Ursa Minor contains an asterism colloquially known as the Little Dipper because its seven brightest stars seem to form a ladle, or dipper...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact - Overview
Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - The diffusionist view. Theories of pre-Columbian contact have been fairly popular in the Western ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Art Sale: Encyclopedia Ii - Art Sale - Late 19th Century
Since the last quarter of the 19th century the chief feature in art sales has been the demand for works, particularly female portraits, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Draco Constellation: Encyclopedia Ii - Draco Constellation - Notable Features
The star Thuban (α Draconis) was the northern pole star around 2700 B.C., during the time of the ancient Egyptians. Due to the effects o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantis: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlantis - Origin
Atlantis - Plato. Plato's accounts of Atlantis are in his works Timaeus and Critias; these are the earliest known references to the myt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Libra: Encyclopedia Ii - Libra - Notable Features
The brightest stars in Libra form a rectangle: α Librae, Zubenelgenubi ("southern claw"), a visual binary; β Librae, Zubeneschamali ("...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Twelve Labours: Encyclopedia Ii - The Twelve Labours - Origin Of The Stories
The Twelve Labours - Geographic locations. Pointing to a possible location for their origin, or at least their formalisation, is the fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ursa Minor: Encyclopedia Ii - Ursa Minor - Mythology
The constellation of Ursa Minor, when including less visible stars which are still visible to the naked eye, vaguely resembles a bear (wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ursa Major: Encyclopedia Ii - Ursa Major - Notable Features
The seven brightest stars, located in the Bear's hindquarters and tail, form the well-known Big Dipper asterism. Except for Dubhe and Alk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hesperus: Encyclopedia Ii - Hesperus - Variant Names
Hesperus is the personification of the evening star, the planet Venus. His name is sometimes conflated with the names Eosphorus (Εώσφ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pleiades Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Pleiades Mythology - Mythology
After Atlas was forced to carry the world on his shoulders, Orion began to pursue all of the Pleiades, and Zeus transformed them first in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boötes: Encyclopedia Ii - Boötes - Mythology
Including the fainter stars, Boötes appears to be a large human figure, looking toward Ursa Major [1]. Exactly whom Boötes is supposed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact - Religious Accounts
A number of diffusionist theories involving ancient visitors are mandated by or inspired on religious beliefs. The Book of Mormon, for in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Twelve Labours: Encyclopedia Ii - The Twelve Labours - The Framing Narrative
Zeus, having made Alcmene pregnant with Herakles, proclaimed that the next son born of the house of Perseus would become king. Hera, Zeus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ursa Major: Encyclopedia Ii - Ursa Major - History
Ursa Major was one of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy. It is one of the most widely-known constellations, having been mentioned b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ursa Minor: Encyclopedia Ii - Ursa Minor - History
This constellation is said to have been introduced in the 6th century B.C. by the Greek astronomer Thales of Miletus, but was certainly a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Twelve Labours: Encyclopedia Ii - The Twelve Labours - The Labours
In his labours, Herakles was often accompanied by his boyfriend (an eromenos), according to some, Licymnius, or by others Iolaus, his nep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nyx: Encyclopedia Ii - Nyx - Nyx In Homer
In Book 14 of Homer's Iliad, there is an interesting quote by Hypnos, the minor god of sleep, in which he reminds Hera of an old favor af...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlas Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlas Mythology - Cultural Influence
Since the middle of the sixteenth century, any collection of cartographic maps has come to be called an atlas. Gerardus Mercator was the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boötes: Encyclopedia Ii - Boötes - Notable Features
The name Arcturus, the alpha star of Boötes, means bear driver. It is a zero magnitude red giant and is the third brightest star as seen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boötes: Encyclopedia Ii - Boötes - Notable Deep Sky Objects
NGC 5466 is a loose globular cluster that can be observed with most telescopes. It was discovered by William Herschel on May 17, 1784. Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pleiades Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Pleiades Mythology - The Seven Sisters
Indeed, the Pleiades must have had considerable charms, for several of the most prominent male Olympian gods (including Zeus, Poseidon, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantis: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlantis - Location Hypotheses
Atlantis - The Mediterranean. Since Donnelly's day, there have been dozens—perhaps hundreds—of locations proposed for Atlantis. Som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Atlantis: Encyclopedia Ii - Atlantis - Modern Interest
Atlantis - Nineteenth century. With rare exceptions, such as Francis Bacon's book The New Atlantis, interest in Atlantis mostly languis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Libra: Encyclopedia Ii - Libra - Mythology
The constellation, which had originally formed part of the claws of the scorpion (Scorpio), is the youngest of the Zodiac and the only on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nyx: Encyclopedia Ii - Nyx - Other Greek Texts
Night is also the first principle in the opening chorus of Aristophanes's Birds, which may be Orphic in inspiration. Here she is also the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nyx: Encyclopedia Ii - Nyx - Cults Of Night
In Greece, Night is only rarely the recipient of cult. According to Pausanias, she had an oracle on the acropolis at Megara (Paus. 1.40.1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact - Lost Continents Flying Saucers And La Merika
The 19th century saw the spread of several "lost continent" theories such as the Atlantis of Rosicrucians and Theosophists, and James Chu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Draco Constellation: Encyclopedia Ii - Draco Constellation - Table Of Leading Stars
The following table lists all stars in Draco that have either a Bayer or Flamsteed designation, or are magnitude 4.5 or brighter. Source:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact - Claims Based On Cultural And Biological Similarities
Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Polynesians. The realization that Polynesians had been able to spread as far as Easter Island by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact - Late Contacts
There are many historically-based claims of trans-oceanic contacts in the 15th century — before Columbus, but too late to have had any ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact - Reverse Contacts
While most claims of trans-oceanic contact are about non-Americans traveling to the Americas, there are a few reports of trips in the oth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact - The Vikings In Newfoundland
The case of the Viking trips to North America stands out as being fairly well supported by both historical and archaeological evidence. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact: Encyclopedia Ii - Pre-columbian Trans-oceanic Contact - Feasibilty Of Trans-oceanic Travels
The isolationist "dogma" was particularly weakened by the realization that pre-Columbian trans-oceanic voyages were technically quite pos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polycephaly: Encyclopedia Ii - Polycephaly - Other Occurrences
Polycephaly - Demonology. Bune, a Great Duke of Hell with the heads of a dog, a griffin, and a man Polycephaly - Film. Ray Harryhau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Polycephaly: Encyclopedia Ii - Polycephaly - Real Occurrences
Polycephaly - Humans. Dicephalic conjoined twins are humans with two heads. Abigail and Brittany Hensel (b. 1990) in Minnesota, United...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera Seria: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera Seria - Structure
Opera seria built upon the strict dramma per musica ('drama through music') conventions of the High Baroque era by developing and exploit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera Seria: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera Seria - Metastasio
More than anyone else's, the dramatic conventions expressed by the librettos of Metastasio crystallized the format of opera seria. In 172...   » Read the article

Article - Theosophy Sitemap I - H
This is a sitemap for Theosophy - H . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word.   ...   » Read the article