Norse mythology from A to Z:
[B] - Bragi is the god of eloquence and poetry, and the patron of skalds in Norse mythology. Originally, Bragi did not belong the pantheon of gods. He was a poet from the 9th century, Bragi Boddason. Poets from later centuries made him a god.
Some Iliad boys in the woods! My thought behind this is that all of them went out on a trip and realized that Antilochus was not trained for this, because unlike Achilles and Patroclus, he was just a prince and was not set loose on a mountain with a centaur grandpa for several years.
(left to right: Automedon, Patroclus, Achilles, Antilochus)
Did you know that Antilochus was among Helen's suitors?
peleus: my son cannot be a suitor. he is only 6. far too young.
meanwhile nestor: [presenting helen with what can only be described as a fresh out the womb baby] a great husband, no? a real charmer.
Iris by William Savage Cooper (1893)
Charon’s beauty sleep gets interrupted by the mailman
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[P] - Pan (Πάν) was the god of the wild, hunting and companion of the nymphs. He was depicted as being half human, half goat.
Norse mythology from A to Z:
[V] - Valkyries is a group of maidens who served the god Odin and were sent by him to the battlefields to choose the slain who were worthy of a place in Valhalla.
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[C] - Chaos (χάος) was the very first of all, the origin of everything, the empty, unfathomable space at the beginning of time.
Ajax and Teucer :D
Norse mythology from A to Z:
[M] - Máni is the personification of the moon.
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[H] - Hecate (Ἑκάτη) is the goddess of magic and witchcraft. She was also closely associated to the spiritual world, ghosts, and the dead.