Slavic mythology from A to Z:
[A] - Alkonost and Sirin (Алконост и Сирин)
Alkonost in Russian legends is a bird of paradise with the head and hands of a girl. Legends say that Alkonost carries eggs to the depths of the sea in the middle of winter. Alkonost is singing so beautifully that the one who has heard it forgets about everything in the world.
In the medieval Russian legends, Sirin is definitely considered to be a bird of paradise, which sometimes flies to the earth and sings prophetic songs about future bliss, but sometimes these songs can be harmful to humans. Therefore, in some legends, Sirin acquires a negative value, so that it is even beginning to be considered a dark bird, the messenger of the underworld.
Norse mythology from A to Z:
[H] - Heimdall is most often summarized as the Watchman of the Aesir and the Guardian God of the Bifrost (the Rainbow Bridge to Asgard).
It’s weird for me that Ulysses was a trickster and a liar during the siege and that was ok. But Antilochus won a chariot racing by using simple physics tricks and that wasn’t fair play.
Those guys would be horrified by high performance athlete nowadays.
Frank Dicksee, The Beautiful Lady without Mercy - 1901
That time Hermes stole some of Apollo's cattle.
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Patroclus: *complaining to Automedon* my boyfriend is so fucking corny he asked me if I knew how to whistle so ofc I pursed my lips to whistle and then he kissed me???? Him and his dumb flirt tactics I love him
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[A] - Amphitrite (Ἀμφιτρίτη) was the ancient Greek goddess-queen of the sea, wife of Poseidon, and eldest of the fifty Nereides
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[H] - Hebe (Ἥβη) was the goddess of youth, she served nectar and ambrosia to the Olympians.
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[K] - Keto (Κητώ) or Ceto was a primordial deity of the sea, the daughter of the Titans Pontus and Gaea, and personification of all the dangers that the sea posed.