Val-ky´rie, armed and mounted warlike virgins, daughters of the gods (Norse), Odin’s messengers, who select slain heroes for Valhalla and serve them at their feasts,331,347,354,355.Ve, brother of Odin,329,330.Ve´das, Hindu sacred Scriptures,320,321,324.Ven-e-do´ti-a, ancient name for North Wales,407.Ve´nus (Aphrodite), goddess of beauty,6,7,11,13,53,65-67,76,78,80,82,86-89,94,123,142,165,209,211,212,216,218,232,264,265.Ve´nus de Med´i-ci, famous antique statue in Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy,305.Ver-dan´di, the Present, one of the Norns (whichSee),330.Ver-tum´nus, god of the changing seasons, whose varied appearances won the love of Pomona,76-79.Ves´ta, daughter of Cronos and Rhea; goddess of the home-fire, or hearth,10.Ves´tals, virgin priestesses in temple of Vesta,10.Ve-su´vi-us, Mount, volcano near Naples,266.Villains, peasants in the feudal scheme,371.Vig´rid, final battlefield, with destruction of the gods and their enemies, the sun, the earth, and time itself,349.Vi´li, brother of Odin and Ve,329.Vir´gil, celebrated Latin poet (SeeÆneid),212,266,273,275,307-308.Vir´go, constellation of the Virgin, representing Astræa, goddess of innocence and purity,15 n.Vish´nu, the Preserver, second of the three chief Hindu gods,320,321,325.Viv´i-ane, lady of magical powers, who allured the sage Merlin and imprisoned him in an enchanted wood,390-392,424,460,521.Vol´scens, Rutulian troop leader who killed Nisus and Euryalus,284.Vol´sung-a Sa´ga, an Icelandic poem, giving about the same legends as the Nibelungen Lied (whichSee),217,354.Vor´ti-gern, usurping King of Britain, defeated by Pendragon,389-390,397.Vul´can (Greek, Hæphestus), god of fire and metal-working, with forges under Ætna, husband of Venus,4,6,10,39,41,94,123,151,182,205,222,287,301.Vy-a´sa, Hindu sage,320.WWain, the, constellation,3.Well-gun´da, one of the Rhine-daughters (whichSee),354.Welsh language,531.Western Ocean,273.Winds, the,176,208.Winter,39.Wo´den, chief god in the Norse mythology; Anglo-Saxon for Odin,330.Wog-lin´da, one of the Rhine-daughters (whichSee),354.Woman, creation of,13.Wooden Horse, the, filled with armed men, but left outside of Troy as a pretended offering to Minerva when the Greeks feigned to sail away; accepted by the Trojans (SeeSinon, andLaocoön), brought into the city, and at night emptied of the hidden Greek soldiers, who destroyed the town,229-232.Wood-nymphs,76,167.Wo´tan, Old High German form of Odin,351,352,354,355,356.XXan´thus, river of Asia Minor,44.YYa´ma, Hindu god of the Infernal Regions,321.Year, the,39.Yg-dra´sil, great ash tree, supposed by Norse mythology to support the universe,330.Y´mir, giant, slain by Odin,329,348.Yn´ywl, Earl, host of Geraint, father of Enid,558-564.York, Britain,405.Y-se-ro´ne, niece of Arthur, mother of Caradoc,418.Ys´pa-da-den Pen´kawr, father of Olwen,609,612,614,617,618,625,626.ZZend´a-ves´ta, Persian sacred Scriptures,318.Zeph´y-rus, god of the South wind,68,82,83,85,176,273.Zer-bi´no, a knight, son of the king of Scotland,742,744,749-751,753,759.Ze´tes, winged warrior, companion of Theseus,133,176.Ze´thus, son of Jupiter and Antiope, brother of Amphion,192.SeeDirce.Zeus,4.SeeJupiter.Zo-ro-as´ter, founder of the Persian religion, which was dominant in Western Asia from about 550b.c.to about 650a.d., and is still held by many thousands in Persia and in India,318-320.
Val-ky´rie, armed and mounted warlike virgins, daughters of the gods (Norse), Odin’s messengers, who select slain heroes for Valhalla and serve them at their feasts,331,347,354,355.
Ve, brother of Odin,329,330.
Ve´das, Hindu sacred Scriptures,320,321,324.
Ven-e-do´ti-a, ancient name for North Wales,407.
Ve´nus (Aphrodite), goddess of beauty,6,7,11,13,53,65-67,76,78,80,82,86-89,94,123,142,165,209,211,212,216,218,232,264,265.
Ve´nus de Med´i-ci, famous antique statue in Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy,305.
Ver-dan´di, the Present, one of the Norns (whichSee),330.
Ver-tum´nus, god of the changing seasons, whose varied appearances won the love of Pomona,76-79.
Ves´ta, daughter of Cronos and Rhea; goddess of the home-fire, or hearth,10.
Ves´tals, virgin priestesses in temple of Vesta,10.
Ve-su´vi-us, Mount, volcano near Naples,266.
Villains, peasants in the feudal scheme,371.
Vig´rid, final battlefield, with destruction of the gods and their enemies, the sun, the earth, and time itself,349.
Vi´li, brother of Odin and Ve,329.
Vir´gil, celebrated Latin poet (SeeÆneid),212,266,273,275,307-308.
Vir´go, constellation of the Virgin, representing Astræa, goddess of innocence and purity,15 n.
Vish´nu, the Preserver, second of the three chief Hindu gods,320,321,325.
Viv´i-ane, lady of magical powers, who allured the sage Merlin and imprisoned him in an enchanted wood,390-392,424,460,521.
Vol´scens, Rutulian troop leader who killed Nisus and Euryalus,284.
Vol´sung-a Sa´ga, an Icelandic poem, giving about the same legends as the Nibelungen Lied (whichSee),217,354.
Vor´ti-gern, usurping King of Britain, defeated by Pendragon,389-390,397.
Vul´can (Greek, Hæphestus), god of fire and metal-working, with forges under Ætna, husband of Venus,4,6,10,39,41,94,123,151,182,205,222,287,301.
Vy-a´sa, Hindu sage,320.
W
Wain, the, constellation,3.
Well-gun´da, one of the Rhine-daughters (whichSee),354.
Welsh language,531.
Western Ocean,273.
Winds, the,176,208.
Winter,39.
Wo´den, chief god in the Norse mythology; Anglo-Saxon for Odin,330.
Wog-lin´da, one of the Rhine-daughters (whichSee),354.
Woman, creation of,13.
Wooden Horse, the, filled with armed men, but left outside of Troy as a pretended offering to Minerva when the Greeks feigned to sail away; accepted by the Trojans (SeeSinon, andLaocoön), brought into the city, and at night emptied of the hidden Greek soldiers, who destroyed the town,229-232.
Wood-nymphs,76,167.
Wo´tan, Old High German form of Odin,351,352,354,355,356.
X
Xan´thus, river of Asia Minor,44.
Y
Ya´ma, Hindu god of the Infernal Regions,321.
Year, the,39.
Yg-dra´sil, great ash tree, supposed by Norse mythology to support the universe,330.
Y´mir, giant, slain by Odin,329,348.
Yn´ywl, Earl, host of Geraint, father of Enid,558-564.
York, Britain,405.
Y-se-ro´ne, niece of Arthur, mother of Caradoc,418.
Ys´pa-da-den Pen´kawr, father of Olwen,609,612,614,617,618,625,626.
Z
Zend´a-ves´ta, Persian sacred Scriptures,318.
Zeph´y-rus, god of the South wind,68,82,83,85,176,273.
Zer-bi´no, a knight, son of the king of Scotland,742,744,749-751,753,759.
Ze´tes, winged warrior, companion of Theseus,133,176.
Ze´thus, son of Jupiter and Antiope, brother of Amphion,192.
SeeDirce.
Zeus,4.
SeeJupiter.
Zo-ro-as´ter, founder of the Persian religion, which was dominant in Western Asia from about 550b.c.to about 650a.d., and is still held by many thousands in Persia and in India,318-320.