Hyperion
Hyperion (the one above) In Greek mythology, a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea; husband of his sister Theia; father of the Sun (Helios), the…
Month: November 2017
Hyperboreans
Hyperboreans (beyond-the-north-wind men) In Greek mythology, a people who lived in everlasting springtime north of the great river Oceanus, or at the North Pole, or…
Hymir
Hymir (the dark one) In Norse mythology, a sea giant who owned a large caldron that the gods wanted. Tyr and Thor went off to…
Hymen
Hymen (skin) In Greek mythology, god of marriage, son of either Dionysus and Aphrodite or of Apollo and one of the Muses, Urania, Calliope, or…
Hylas
Hylas (of the woods) In Greek mythology, an Argonaut, male lover of Heracles; son of Theiodamas, king of the Dryope, and Menodice, a nymph. When…
Hurakán
Hurakán (Huracán) (the one-legged) In Mayan mythology, a creator god. In the beginning, according to the Popol Vuh, sacred book of the ancient Quiché Maya…
Hunding
Hunding In Norse mythology, a king defeated by Helgi. He appears in the Volsunga Saga and Richard Wagner’s Die Walküre, the second opera of Der…
Hunahpú and Xbalanqúe
Hunahpú and Xbalanqúe are in Mayan mythology, the twin hero gods in the Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the ancient Quiché Maya of Guatemala.…
Hugin and Munin
Hugin and Munin (Huginn, Muninn) (thought and mind) In Norse mythology, two ravens who fly about the world, then sit on Odin’s shoulders, telling him…
Huitaca
Huitaca In the mythology of the Chibcha Indians of Colombia, evil goddess of indulgence, drunkenness, and license. Huitaca came to earth to destroy the good…