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Laistrygon. Home to a tribe of giant cannibals that Odysseus encountered on his way back home from the Trojan War . Meropis. A gigantic island created purely as a parody of Plato 's Atlantis . Mount Olympus. "Olympos" was the name of the home of the Twelve Olympian gods of the ancient Greek world.
Sacred mountains. The north face of Mount Kailash, a mountain in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China which is considered sacred by four religions. Sacred mountains are central to certain religions, and are usually the subjects of many legends. For many, the most symbolic aspect of a mountain is the peak because it is believed that it is ...
Mount Erymanthos. In Greek mythology, the Erymanthian boar ( Greek: ὁ Ἐρυμάνθιος κάπρος; Latin: aper Erymanthius) was a mythical creature that took the form of a "shaggy and wild" [ 1] "tameless" [ 2] "boar" [ 3] "of vast weight" [ 4] "and foaming jaws". [ 2] It was a Tegeaean, [ 4] Maenalusian [ 1] or Erymanthian [ 3] boar ...
Garuda ( Sanskrit: गरुड, romanized : Garuḍa; Pali: गरुळ, romanized: Garuḷa; Vedic Sanskrit: गरुळ, IAST: Garuḷa) is a Hindu deity who is primarily depicted as the mount ( vahana) of the Hindu god Vishnu. This divine creature is mentioned in the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain faiths. [ 1][ 5][ 6] Garuda is also the half ...
Atlas. In Greek mythology, Atlas ( / ˈætləs /; Greek: Ἄτλας, Átlās) is a Libyan god [ 1] and a Titan in Greek mythology condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity in Libya after the Titanomachy [ 2]. Atlas also plays a role in the myths of two of the greatest Greek heroes: Heracles ( Hercules in Roman mythology) and Perseus.
Wolves in folklore, religion and mythology. The wolf is a common motif in the foundational mythologies and cosmologies of peoples throughout Eurasia and North America (corresponding to the historical extent of the habitat of the gray wolf), and also plays a role in ancient European cultures. The modern trope of the Big Bad Wolf arises from ...
A host of legendary creatures, animals, and mythic humanoids occur in ancient Greek mythology.Anything related to mythology is mythological. A mythological creature (also mythical or fictional entity) is a type of fictional entity, typically a hybrid, that has not been proven and that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), but may be featured in historical accounts before ...