VOLSUNG, A SAGA, an Icelandic poem, giving about the same legends as the Nibelungen Lied
VORTIGERN, usurping King of Britain, defeated by Pendragon 390, 397
VULCAN (Greek, Haephestus), G.o.d of fire and metal working, with forges under Aetna, husband of Venus
VYA"SA, Hindu sage
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WAIN, the, constellation
WELLGUNDA, one of the Rhine-daughters
WELSH LANGUAGE
WESTERN OCEAN
WINDS, THE
WINTER
WODEN, chief G.o.d in the Norse mythology, Anglo Saxon for Odin
WOGLINDA, one of the Rhine-daughters
WOMAN, creation of
WOODEN HORSE, the, filled with armed men, but left outside of Troy as a pretended offering to Minerva when the Greeks feigned to sail away, accepted by the Trojans (See Sinon, and Laoc.o.o.n), brought into the city, and at night emptied of the hidden Greek soldiers, who destroyed the town
WOOD NYMPHS
WOTAN, Old High German form of Odin
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XANTHUS, river of Asia Minor
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YAMA, Hindu G.o.d of the Infernal Regions
YEAR, THE
YGDRASIL, great ash-tree, supposed by Norse mythology to support the universe
YMIR, giant, slain by Odin
YNYWL, Earl, host of Geraint, father of Enid
YORK, Britain
YSERONE, niece of Arthur, mother of Caradoc
YSPA DA DEN PEN"KAWR, father of Olwen
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ZENDAVESTA, Persian sacred Scriptures
ZEPHYRUS, G.o.d of the South wind,
ZERBINO, a knight, son of the king of Scotland
ZETES, winged warrior, companion of Theseus
ZETHUS, son of Jupiter and Antiope, brother of Amphion. See Dirce
ZEUS, See JUPITER
ZOROASTER, founder of the Persian religion, which was dominant in Western Asia from about 550 BC to about 650 AD, and is still held by many thousands in Persia and in India