PYTHIAN GAMES
PYTHIAN ORACLE
PYTHON, serpent springing from Deluge slum, destroyed by Apollo
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QUIRINUS (from quiris, a lance or spear), a war G.o.d, said to be Romulus, founder of Rome
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RABICAN, noted horse
RAGNAROK, the twilight (or ending) of the G.o.ds
RAJPUTS, minor Hindu caste
REGAN, daughter of Leir
REGILLUS, lake in Latium, noted for battle fought near by between the Romans and the Latins
REGGIO, family from which Rogero sprang
REMUS, brother of Romulus, founder of Rome
RHADAMANTHUS, son of Jupiter and Europa after his death one of the judges in the lower world
RHAPSODIST, professional reciter of poems among the Greeks
RHEA, female t.i.tan, wife of Saturn (Cronos), mother of the chief G.o.ds, worshipped in Greece and Rome
RHINE, river
RHINE MAIDENS, OR DAUGHTERS, three water nymphs, Flosshilda, Woglinda, and Wellgunda, set to guard the Nibelungen h.o.a.rd, buried in the Rhine
RHODES, one of the seven cities claiming to be Homer"s birthplace
RHODOPE, mountain in Thrace
RHONGOMYANT, Arthur"s lance
RHOECUS, a youth, beloved by a Dryad, but who brushed away a bee sent by her to call him to her, and she punished him with blindness
RHIANNON, wife of Pwyll
RINALDO, one of the bravest knights of Charlemagne
RIVER OCEAN, flowing around the earth
ROBERT DE BEAUVAIS", Norman poet (1257)
ROBIN HOOD, famous outlaw in English legend, about time of Richard Coeur de Lion
ROCKINGHAM, forest of
RODOMONT, king of Algiers
ROGERO, noted Saracen knight
ROLAND (Orlando), See Orlando
ROMANCES
ROMa.n.u.s, legendary great grandson of Noah
ROME
ROMULUS, founder of Rome
RON, Arthur"s lance
RONCES VALLES", battle of
ROUND TABLE King Arthur"s inst.i.tuted by Merlin the Sage for Pendragon, Arthur"s father, as a knightly order, continued and made famous by Arthur and his knights
RUNIC CHARACTERS, or runes, alphabetic signs used by early Teutonic peoples, written or graved on metal or stone
RUTULIANS, an ancient people in Italy, subdued at an early period by the Romans
RYENCE, king in Ireland
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SABRA, maiden for whom Severn River was named, daughter of Locrine and Estrildis thrown into river Severn by Locrine"s wife, transformed to a river nymph, poetically named Sabrina
SACRIPANT, king of Circa.s.sia
SAFFIRE, Sir, knight of Arthur
SAGAS, Norse tales of heroism, composed by the Skalds
SAGRAMOUR, knight of Arthur
St. MICHAEL"S MOUNT, precipitous pointed rock hill on the coast of Brittany, opposite Cornwall
SAKYASINHA, the Lion, epithet applied to Buddha
SALAMANDER, a lizard like animal, fabled to be able to live in fire