| has gloss | (noun) an imaginary being of myth or fable
mythical being |
| lexicalization | eng: mythical being |
| subclass of | (noun) a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
imaginary creature, imaginary being |
| has subclass | (noun) biblical names of the enemies of God's people who wage war against God at the end of the world; "in the Book of Ezekiel Gog is a ruler from the land of Magog but in the Book of Revelation Gog and Magog are nations under the rule of Satan"
Gog and Magog |
| has subclass | (noun) (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means
golem |
| has subclass | (noun) (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
hero |
| has subclass | (noun) a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves
halcyon |
| has subclass | (noun) a monster renowned in folklore and myth
mythical monster, mythical creature |
| has subclass | (noun) a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years
phoenix |
| has subclass | (noun) (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise
houri |
| has subclass | (noun) (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively)
Amazon |
| Note: 40 other instance(s) ommited in the following list |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle
Augeas |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss
Niobe |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster
Perseus |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia; she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wife
Andromeda |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) king of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia
Cepheus |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again
Sisyphus |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection
Narcissus |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera)
Bellerophon |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War
Paris |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) a friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War; his death led Achilles to return to the fight after his quarrel with Agamemnon
Patroclus |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia; fought on behalf of the Trojans in the Trojan War and was killed by Patroclus
Sarpedon |
| has instance | (noun) (German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart
Siegfried |
| has instance | (noun) legendary friend of Gilgamish
Enkidu |
| has instance | (noun) legendary Sumerian king and hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics
Gilgamish |
| has instance | (noun) wife of the Hindu god Rama; regarded as an ideal of womanhood
Sita |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
Hero |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her
Leander |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers
Galatea |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus
Daedal, Daedalus |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned
Icarus |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus
Procrustes |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed
Orpheus |
| has instance | (noun) (Norse mythology) an enormous wolf that was fathered by Loki and that killed Odin
Fenrir |
| has instance | (noun) (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together
Ygdrasil, Yggdrasil |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father
Medea |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them
Penelope |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it
Tantalus |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus
Atreus |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War
Agamemnon |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen
Menelaus |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy; Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess
Iphigenia |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him
Aegisthus |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
Orestes |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus
Creon |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus)
Electra |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother
Tiresias |
| has instance | (noun) a king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles
Peleus |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
Hector |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War
Helen, Helen of Troy |
| has instance | (noun) (Greek mythology) a queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus who had taken the form of a swan; Helen of Troy was conceived in the rape of Leda
Leda |