Aladdin
Aladdin (Alaeddin) Hero in the tale “Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp” from The Thousand and One Nights. The tale is not included in any manuscript…
Month: November 2017
Ali Baba
Ali Baba Hero of the tale “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves” included in The Thousand and One Nights but not in any manuscript copy…
1001 Nights
(The Arabian Nights) English translation of the Arabic collection of tales, Alf Laylah wa-laylah, which is based on a Persian collection, compiled between 988 and…
Alectryon
Alectryon (rooster, cock) In Greek mythology, a youth who was to watch for the approach of the sun when Ares was making love to Aphrodite…
Alecto
Alecto (Allecto) (the enticer) In Greek and Roman mythology, one of the three Furies, or Erinyes. The others were Megaera and Tisiphone. Alecto is cited…
Alcyoneus
Alcyoneus (kingfisher) In Greek mythology, son of Uranus, whose blood touched Gaea, the earth; eldest and mightiest of the Titans. Alcyoneus could not be overtaken…
Alcyone
Alcyone (kingfisher) In Greek mythology, wife of Ceyx; daughter of Aeolus and Enarete. When she learned that her husband, Ceyx, had been drowned on his…
Alcmene
Alcmene (steadfast strength) In Greek mythology, daughter of King Electryon of Argos and Anaxo; wife of Amphitryon; mother of Heracles by Zeus. When she died…
Alcithoe
Alcithoe (swift might) In Greek mythology, daughter of Minyas; sister of Arsippe and Leucippe. She and her sisters were changed into bats for refusing to…
Alcinous
Alcinous (mighty mind) In Greek mythology, king of the Phaeacians; husband of Arete; father of Nausicaa; the king with whom Odysseus finds shelter and aid.…