MYCENAS, ancient Grecian city, of which Agamemnon was king
MYRDDIN (Merlin)
MYRMIDONS, bold soldiers of Achilles
MYSIA, Greek district on northwest coast of Asia Minor
MYTHOLOGY, origin of, collected myths, describing G.o.ds of early peoples
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NAIADS, water nymphs
NAMO, Duke of Bavaria, one of Charlemagne"s knights
NANNA, wife of Baldur
NANTERS, British king
NANTES, site of Caradoc"s castle
NAPE, a dog of Diana
NARCISSUS, who died of unsatisfied love for his own image in the water
NAUSICAA, daughter of King Alcinous, who befriended Ulysses
NAUSITHOUS, king of Phaeacians
NAXOS, Island of
NEGUS, King of Abyssinia
NEMEA, forest devastated by a lion killed by Hercules
NEMEAN GAMES, held in honor of Jupiter and Hercules
NEMEAN LION, killed by Hercules
NEMESIS, G.o.ddess of vengeance
NENNIUS, British combatant of Caesar
NEOPTOLEMUS, son of Achilles
NEPENTHE, ancient drug to cause forgetfulness of pain or distress
NEPHELE, mother of Phryxus and h.e.l.le
NEPHTHYS, Egyptian G.o.ddess
NEPTUNE, identical with Poseidon, G.o.d of the sea
NEREIDS, sea nymphs, daughters of Nereus and Doris
NEREUS, a sea G.o.d
NESSUS, a centaur killed by Hercules, whose jealous wife sent him a robe or shirt steeped in the blood of Nessus, which poisoned him
NESTOR, king of Pylos, renowned for his wisdom, justice, and knowledge of war
NIBELUNGEN h.o.a.rD, treasure seized by Siegfried from the Nibelungs, buried in the Rhine by Hagan after killing Siegfried, and lost when Hagan was killed by Kriemhild, theme of Wagner"s four music dramas, "The Ring of the Nibelungen,"
NIBELUNGEN LIED, German epic, giving the same nature myth as the Norse Volsunga Saga, concerning the h.o.a.rd
NIBELUNGEN RING, Wagner"s music dramas
NIBELUNGS, the, a race of Northern dwarfs
NIDHOGGE, a serpent in the lower world that lives on the dead
NIFFLEHEIM, mist world of the Nors.e.m.e.n, the Hades of absent spirits
NILE, Egyptian river
NIOBE, daughter of Tantalus, proud Queen of Thebes, whose seven sons and seven daughters were killed by Apollo and Diana, at which Amphion, her husband, killed himself, and Niobe wept until she was turned to stone
NISUS, King of Megara
NOAH, as legendary ancestor of French, Roman, German, and British peoples
NOMAN, name a.s.sumed by Ulysses
NORNS, the three Scandinavian Fates, Urdur (the past), Verdandi (the present), and Skuld (the future)
NOTHUNG, magic sword
NOTUS, southwest wind
NOX, daughter of Chaos and sister of Erebus, personification of night
Numa, second king of Rome
NYMPHS, beautiful maidens, lesser divinities of nature Dryads and Hamadryads, tree nymphs, Naiads, spring, brook, and river nymphs, Nereids, sea nymphs Oreads, mountain nymphs or hill nymphs
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OCEa.n.u.s, a t.i.tan, ruling watery elements