h.e.l.lE, daughter of Thessalian King Athamas, who, escaping from cruel father with her brother Phryxus, on ram with golden fleece, fell into the sea strait since named for her (See Golden Fleece)
h.e.l.lESPONt, narrow strait between Europe and Asia Minor, named for h.e.l.le
HENGIST, Saxon invader of Britain, 449 AD
HEPHAESTOS, See VULCAN
HERA, called Juno by the Romans, a daughter of Cronos (Saturn) and Rhea, and sister and wife of Jupiter, See JUNO
HERCULES, athletic hero, son of Jupiter and Alcmena, achieved twelve vast labors and many famous deeds
HEREWARD THE WAKE, hero of the Saxons
HERMES (Mercury), messenger of the G.o.ds, deity of commerce, science, eloquence, trickery, theft, and skill generally
HERMIONE, daughter of Menelaus and Helen
HERMOD, the nimble, son of Odin
HERO, a priestess of Venus, beloved of Leander
HERODOTUS, Greek historian
HESIOD, Greek poet
HESPERIA, ancient name for Italy
HESPERIDES (See Apples of the Hesperides)
HESPERUS, the evening star (also called Day Star)
HESTIA, cilled Vesta by the Romans, the G.o.ddess of the hearth
HILDEBRAND, German magician and champion
HINDU TRIAD, Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva
HIPPOCRENE (See Helicon)
HIPPODAMIA, wife of Pirithous, at whose wedding the Centaurs offered violence to the bride, causing a great battle
HIPPOGRIFF, winged horse, with eagle"s head and claws
HIPPOLYTA, Queen of the Amazons
Hippolytus, son of Thesus
HIPPOMENES, who won Atalanta in foot race, beguiling her with golden apples thrown for her to
HISTION, son of j.a.phet
HODUR, blind man, who, fooled by
Loki, threw a mistletoe twig at Baldur, killing him
HOEL, king of Brittany
HOMER, the blind poet of Greece, about 850 B C
HOPE (See PANDORA)
HORAE See HOURS
HORSA, with Hengist, invader of Britain
HORUS, Egyptian G.o.d of the sun
HOUDAIN, Tristram"s dog
HRINGHAM, Baldur"s ship
HROTHGAR, king of Denmark
HUGI, who beat Thialfi in foot races
HUGIN, one of Odin"s two ravens
HUNDING, husband of Sieglinda
HUON, son of Duke Sevinus
HYACINTHUS, a youth beloved by Apollo, and accidentally killed by him, changed in death to the flower, hyacinth
HYADES, Nysaean nymphs, nurses of infant Bacchus, rewarded by being placed as cl.u.s.ter of stars in the heavens
HYALE, a nymph of Diana
HYDRA, nine headed monster slain by Hercules
HYGEIA, G.o.ddess of health, daughter of Aesculapius
HYLAS, a youth detained by nymphs of spring where he sought water
HYMEN, the G.o.d of marriage, imagined as a handsome youth and invoked in bridal songs
HYMETTUS, mountain in Attica, near Athens, celebrated for its marble and its honey
HYPERBOREANS, people of the far North