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Vengeance

Vengeance see [[Nemesis (mythology)]].

Mythology August 1, 2024 August 1, 2024 myth, mythological character, mythology, Nemesis, vengeance
Venus

Venus (Ve´nus). The goddess of beauty, and mother of love. She is said to have sprung from the foam of […]

Mythology August 1, 2024 August 1, 2024 Adonis, Anteros, Aphrodite, Astarte, Cupid, Cypria, Cythera, Graces, Helen, Hermione, incense, Mars, Menelaus, myth, mythological character, mythology, Olympus, Paphia, Paris, Troy, Urania, Venus, Vulcan
Verticordia

Verticordia (Verti´cor´dia). A Roman name of [[Venus (mythology)]], signifying the power of love to change the hard-hearted. The corresponding Greek […]

Mythology August 1, 2024 August 1, 2024 myth, mythological character, mythology, Venus, Verticordia
Vertumnus

Vertumnus (Vertum´nus) (“the Turner,” “Changer”). God of spring, or, as some mythologists say, of the seasons; the husband of [[Pomona […]

Mythology August 1, 2024 August 1, 2024 myth, mythological character, mythology, Pomona, Vertumnus
Vesta

Vesta (Ves´ta), daughter of [[Saturn (mythology)]] and [[Cybele (mythology)]], was the goddess of the hearth and its fire. She had […]

Mythology August 2, 2024 August 2, 2024 Cybele, Minerva, myth, mythological character, mythology, Saturn, Vesta, Vestal Virgins
Vestal Virgins

Vestal Virgins (Ves´tal Vir´gins) were the priestesses of [[Vesta (mythology)]], whose chief duty was to see that the sacred fire […]

Mythology August 2, 2024 August 2, 2024 myth, mythological character, mythology, Vesta, Vestal Virgins
Vialis

Vialis (Via´lis). A name of [[Mercury (mythology)]], because he presided over the making of roads.

Mythology August 2, 2024 August 2, 2024 mercury, myth, mythological character, mythology, Vialis
Victory

Victory (Vic´tory). A goddess, the daughter of [[Styx (mythology)]] and [[Acheron (mythology)]], generally represented as flying in the air holding […]

Mythology August 2, 2024 August 2, 2024 Acheron, myth, mythological character, mythology, Nicephorus, Styx, victory
Vidor

Vidor A Scandinavian god, who could walk on the water and in the air. The god of silence (corresponding with […]

Mythology August 2, 2024 August 2, 2024 Harpocrates, myth, mythological character, mythology, Vidor
Virtue

Virtue A goddess worshiped by most of the ancients under various names. The way to the temple of honor was […]

Mythology August 2, 2024 August 2, 2024 myth, mythological character, mythology, virtue

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