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hich the giant Ymir was nursed. Her milk was frost melted into raindrops. Augean stables, cleansed by Hercules. Augeas, king of Elis. Augustan age, reign of Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar, famed for many great authors. Augustus, the first imperial Caesar, who ruled the Roman Empire 31 BC--14 AD. Aulis, port in Boeotia, meeting place of Greek expedition against Troy. Aurora, identical with Eos, goddess of the dawn. Aurora Borealis, splendid nocturnal luminosity in northern sky, called Northern Lights, probably electrical. Autumn, attendant of Phoebus, the Sun. Avalon, land of the Blessed, an earthly paradise in the Western Seas, burial place of King Arthur. Avatar, name for any of the earthly incarnations of Vishnu, the Preserver (Hindu god). Aventine, Mount, one of the Seven Hills of Rome. Avernus, a miasmatic lake close to the promontory between Cumae and Puteoli, filling the crater of an extinct volcano, by the ancients thought to be the entrance to the infernal regions. Avicenna, celebrated Arabian physician and philosopher. Aya, mother of Rinaldo. Aymon, Duke, father of Rinaldo and Bradamante. B Baal, king of Tyre. Babylonian River, dried up when Phaeton drove the sun chariot. Bacchanali a, a feast to Bacchus that was permitted to occur but once in three years, attended by most shameless orgies. Bacchanals, devotees and festal dancers of Bacchus. Bacchus (Dionysus), god of wine and revelry. Badon, battle of, Arthur's final victory over the Saxons. Bagdemagus, King, a knight of Arthur's time. Baldur, son of Odin, and representing in Norse mythology the sun god. Balisardo, Orlando's sword. Ban, King of Brittany, ally of Arthur, father of Launcelot. Bards, minstrels of Welsh Druids. Basilisk SEE Cockatrice Baucis, wife of Philemon, visited by Jupiter and Mercury. Bayard, wild horse subdued by Rinaldo. Beal, Druids' god of life. Bedivere, Arthur's knight. Bedver, King Arthur's butler, made governor of Normandy. Bedwyr, knightly comrade of Geraint. Belisarda, Rogero's sword. Bellerophon, demigod, conqueror of the Chimaera. Bellona, the Roman goddess of war, represented as the sister or wife of Mars. Beltane, Druidical fire festival. Belus, son of Poseidon (Neptune) and Libya or Eurynome, twin brother of Agenor. Bendigeid Vran, King of Britain. Beowulf, hero and king of the Swedish Geats. Beroe, nurse of Semele. Bertha,
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