amazon – in mythology – a race of female warriorsuse today – a tall, powerful, aggressive womanarcadia – in mythology – a city in ancient greece which because it was remote and surrounded by mountains was a refugeuse today – a place offering peace and simplicity (used similarly to Utopia)atlas – in mythology – a Titan who bore the spheres of the heavens; inspiring the widely used image of a man carrying a celestial sphere on his back or shouldersuse today – collection of maps or charts, plates, or tables illustrating any subject usually in the form of a book or collection of books similar to an encyclopediacalliope – in mythology – one the muses, specifically of epic poetryuse today – a stem powered whistle instrument or the type of music http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFgqDSBba1gchaos – in mythology – the formless or void state preceding the creation of the universe, and, by extension, space, darkness, or an abyssuse today – a state of utter confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization or order gemini – in mythology – twins (castor and pollux), name of a constellation in the night sky use today – twins (or the astrological sign)harpy – in mythology – one of the winged spirits best known for constantly stealing all food from Phineas portrayed as an ugly winged womanuse today – a scolding, nagging, bad-tempered woman (synonym for shrew)iris – in mythology – the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the godsuse today – the colored part of the eye which can have multiple colors, also means rainbownike – in mythology – a goddess who personified victory and of strength, speed, and victoryuse today – nike shoes are associated with winnersoracle – in mythology – a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion, predictions or precognition of the future use today – pretty much the same phoenix – in mythology – mythical bird that is a fire spirit with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet (or purple, blue, and green according to some legends). It has a 500 to 1000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live againuse today – a person or thing of peerless beauty or excellence OR a person or thing that has become renewed or restored after death or being beatenpsyche – in mythology – a VERY beautiful human girl who was loved by cupid and cursed by venus to never have a suitable husband often considered a personification of the soul use today – the human soul, spirit, or mindpython – in mythology – the earth-dragon of Delphi, always represented in Greek sculpture and vase-paintings as a serpentuse today – genus (type) of snakesirens – in mythology – three dangerous bird-women, portrayed as seductresses who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their islanduse today – a woman who beguiles men (usually with song) OR a loud warning like a police sirenstyx – in mythology – was a river in Greek mythology which formed the boundary between Earth and the Underworlduse today – the word stygian which is the adjective form of styx means dark, gloomy or sometimes specifically hellish but as far as i know this only refers to the mythological river styx i don’t think it has a use in modern timestitans – in mythology – a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. use today – a person or thing of enormous size, strength, power, influence...
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