Gräm,401,404,405Grä´nẽ,426Greek, Greeks,2,442,447,448;myths of creation,3;view of nature,181,435,443.See alsoGods,Heroes,MythsGrey´fell,401,403,405Grimhild (grĭm´hĭlt),403Grim-hil´dẽ,427Gudrun (gōōd´rōōn or gōō-drōōn´),403-405.SeeGutruneGullinbursti (gōōl-in-bōōr´stē),393Gulltop (gōōl´top),393Gunnar (gōōn´när),403-405.SeeGuntherGunther (gŏŏn´tẽr),405-409;in Wagner's Ring,426-429;C. 282-283Gutrune (gŏŏ-trōō'nẽ), in Wagner's Ring,426-429Guttorm (gōōt´tôrm),403,404Ġy´ēs̟ or Ġy´ġēs̟, Çen-tim´ȧ-nus,C. 4Ġy´ġēs̟, first King of Lydia; famous for his richesGyoll (ḡĭṓl),391Ha´dēs̟,C. 44-46, 47, 49.SeePlutoHa´dēs̟, realm of,35,47;C. 44-46.SeeUnderworldHæ´mŏn,267;C. 182-189, table NHæ-mo´nĭ-a,177Hæ´mus, Mount,96;C. 76Hä´ḡen,405,408,409;in Wagner's Ring,419,426-430Hal-çy´o-nē,172;and Ceyx, myth of,175-177;C. 125Ham-ȧ-dry´ads,186;myths of,191-195Happy Isles, the,345Har-mo´nĭ-a,24,71,153;and Cadmus,89,90;necklace of,89,265,268;C. 70Har´pies, Harpyiæ (har´pĭ-yē or har-pī'yē), described,56,57,348,362;C. 50-52and table CHar-poc´rȧ-tēs̟. SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Hä´thŏr, Ä´thŏr. SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Heaven, abode of Greek Gods,4,5,6,18;attributes of Greek gods of,19-41;myths of greater Greek gods of,64-151;of lesser Greek gods of,172-180.SeeOlympusHeaven, personified,3.SeeUranusHe´bē,18,86,234;daughter of Juno,19,22;attributes of, wife of Hercules,36,227;C. 38(2)He´brus,168;C. 118Hec´ȧ-bē. SeeHecubaHec´ȧ-tē, described,54,232,233,234,354;C. 49Hec-ȧ-ton-ꞓhi´rēs̟,4,6;C. 4Hec´tor,275,276,280-306,313;C. 190-194(5),207Hec´ū-ba,280,291,292,301-305,312,313;C. 190-194(5),216Heidrun (hād´rōōn or hā-drōōn´),376Heimdall (hām´däl or hīm´däl),377,389,393,395Hĕl,389,391,395Hĕl´a,377,387,389-392,395,397Helen, Hel´ḗ-na,237,242,243,259,275-279,287-289,291,301,313,314;C. 190-194(3),195Hel´ĕ-nus,313,349,350,451;C. 190-194(5)Helgi (hel´ḡē) the Hunding's Bane,460He-li´ȧ-dēs̟,98;C. 76Hel´ĭ-cŏn, Mount,96,453;C. 76He´lĭ-ŏs, confounded with Apollo,27,39;family of,39;the sun,43;contest with Neptune,169;cattle of,330;C. 4, 38(10),75Hel´lē,229;C. 163-167Hel´len, ancestor of the Hellenes,16;sons of,214,229;C. 148(5), table IHel´lĕs-pont,142,229,272;C. 104Hem´ẽr-a, Day, sister of Æther and daughter of Erebus and Night,4Hephæstus (he-fĕs´tus),C. 29.SeeVulcanHĕr´ȧ-clēs̟. SeeHerculesHẽr´cũ-lēs̟, Hĕr´ȧ-clēs̟,7,17,20,206,230,237;frees Prometheus,12;passage from G. C. Lodge's Herakles,12;son of Alemene,64,107;saves Alcestis from death,107-110;passages from Browning's Balaustion's Adventure,107-110;visits Tartarus,168,259;rescues Hesione,170;contest with Acheloüs,203,204;myth of,215-228;choice of,216;youth and labors,216-221;later exploits,221-225;loss of Hylas,222,223;rescue of Daphnis,223-225;expedition against Laomedon,225;death,225-228,455;the Cretan bull,246;constellation of,258;arrows of,309;interpretations of,432,437,440;C. 10-15, 156-162Hẽr´mēs̟,C. 36, 109.SeeMercuryHẽr-mi´o-nē, daughter of Menelaüs and Helen,276,314,349;corruption of Harmonia,C. 70(Illustr.)Hĕr´mod,389-397passimHe´ro and Le-an´der, story of,141-145;extracts from Marlowe's Hero and Leander,142-144;Keats' sonnet, On a Picture of Leander,145;C. 104He-rod´o-tus,455;reference to,268,452Heroes, the older Greek,16,17;myths of,206-264;the younger Greek, myths of,265et seq.;the Norse and the old German,398-409Hẽr´sē, sister of Aglauros and Pandrosos, personifications of the dew, daughters of Cecrops,C. 123-124, 174He´sĭ-ŏd (He-si´o-dus), cited,4,10,16,26,31,38,51,246, and footnotespassim;account of, and of his Works and Days, and Theogony,453;translation by Thomas Cooke in Vol. II of English Translations from Ancient and Modern Poems,3vols., London, 1810;see alsoC. 5, 298He-si´o-nē,169,170,225,276,280;C. 190-194(5)Hes´pẽr, Hes´pẽr-us,31,40,41,160,272;C. 38(11)Hes-pe´rĭ-a,348Hes-pĕr´ĭ-dēs, Hes´pẽr-ids, the sisters, the garden of,40,41,57,211,219,220;quotation from Milton's Comus,40;from Tennyson's Hesperides,40,41;C. 49and table B,149-154, 156-162Hes´pẽr-is,57Hes´pẽr-us. SeeHesperHes´tĭ-a. SeeVestaHieroglyphs, the,462Hil-ȧ-i´ra.(1) Daughter of Apollo.(2) Sister of Phœbe, daughter of Leucippus; carried off with her sister by Castor and Pollux.(3) Thecheerful, the moonHil´de-brand,409Him´ẽr-ŏs, personification of the longing of love, companion of Eros,36Hĭnd´fell,401,403Hindu divinities: arranged logically as (1) Vedic, (2) Brahmanic. For Buddhism seeBuddha(1) Vedic: the Aryan, and earliest form of Hindu religion; dealing primarily with elemental powers that, in time, acquired spiritual significationVedas: the Sanskrit scriptures; from root, to know, to be wise; see p.462.Devas: the shining ones, the gods (Gk.theos, Lat.deus)Dyaus: the shining sky, the elemental overruling spirit of the primitive Aryans (Gk.Zeus, Lat.Jovis)Prithivi: goddess Earth, spouse of DyausIndra: son of Dyaus and Prithivi; the atmospheric region; chief of the gods, and strongest; wielder of the thunderbolt, lord of the plains, bull of the heavens, conqueror of the malignant, thirsty Vritra, gatherer of clouds, dispenser of rain; adored in heaven and on earthVaruna: god of the vault of heaven (rootvar, to cover; Gk.Ouranos, Lat.Uranus); the all-seeing, the pardoner, merciful even to the guiltyUshas: the dawn, mother of mornings, brilliant of raiment, golden-colored, spreading far and wide, everywhere awakening men, preparing the pathway of the sun, and leading his white steed (Gk.Eos)Surya: the god who dwells in the sun (Gk.Helios)Savitar: the golden-handed sun in his daily course; the shining wanderer, comforter of menSoma: a deification of the spirituous "extract" of the moon-plant; giver of strength to gods and men, and of radiant light and joyous immortalityVayu: god of the windMaruts: deities of the stormAgni: the youngest and one of the most important of the Vedic gods; lord of fire, born of two pieces of wood rubbed together; youngest of the deities, giver of prosperity to men, their guardian and companion, passing between heaven and earth "like a messenger between two hamlets" (Lat.ignis;cf.Gk.Hephæstus)Vach: goddess of speech, teacher of spiritual worship, promoter of wisdom and holinessVritra: the monstrous snake, drinker of rain-clouds, dark, evil, and malicious, overcome by Indra (cf.Apollo and the Python)Rakshasas: powers of darkness, combated by IndraYama, and his sisterYami: the first man and woman; leaving this life they prepared for those that should follow them blissful abodes in the other world, of which they are king and queen(2) Brahmanic: a philosophical outgrowth of the Vedic religion, which, on the one hand, was refined into logical subtleties, intelligible only to the learned; on the other hand, crystallized into symbols, rites, and unending conventionalitiesTrimurti: the Brahmanic Trinity, consisting of the following three persons:Brahma: in the Rig-Veda, a word for devotion, prayer; later, for the supreme principle of the universe, its source, its essence, and its sustenance. Brahma is thecreative energyof the godhead, calm, passionless, remote from man and the world. He is four-headed and four-handed.Vishnu: originally a benevolent Vedic deity, with certain attributes of the sun; adopted by a sect as its special god, and then annexed by the Brahmans as a manifestation of the supreme being in his work ofpreservation. He has nine times assumed human form, each incarnation having for its purpose the redemption of mankind from oppression or error. These incarnations are hisAvatars. His ninthAvatar, say some, was as Buddha; in his tenth he will end this world, and reproduce Brahma, who will create things anew.Siva: originally a bloodthirsty deity, not of the Vedic, but of some aboriginal Hindu religion; absorbed in the Brahmanic godhead as the manifestation ofdestructive power. He is adorned with a necklace of skulls and earrings of serpents.Sarasvati: goddess of speech (seeVach); spouse of BrahmaSri, orLakshmi: goddess of beauty; spouse of VishnuUma, orParvati(Kali, Durga): the inaccessible, the terrible; spouse of SivaGandharvas: genii of music (cf.Centaurs); retainers of IndraLokapalas: generic name for the Vedic deities when degraded by Brahmanism to the position of tutelary spiritsHiordis (hḗ-ôr´dis),400Hip-po-cre´nē (anglicized in poetry as Hip´po-crēne, three syllables),C. 155Hip-po-dȧ-mi´a, daughter of Atrax,259Hip-po-dȧ-mi´a, daughter of Œnomaüs,170,171,275;C. 121Hip-pol´y-ta and Hercules,219;C. 176-181(Textual)Hip-pol´y-tus,150,259,260;C. 174, table M;176-181(Illustr.)Hip-pŏm´e-dŏn,265Hip-pom´e-nēs̟ (or Mi-lan´ĭ-ŏn),139-141,230;C. 103Hip-pot´ȧ-dēs̟, primarily Æolus II, son of Hippotes, but in poetry generally Æolus III, king of the winds,C. 38(9),125Historians of mythology, in Greece,455;in Norway,458-460.SeeMyth, Preservation ofHöder (hẽ'dẽr),376,387-389,397;C. 268-281Hœnir (hẽ'nēr),400Hogni (hṓg´nē),403-405;C. 282-283.SeeHagenHo´mer (Ho-me´rus), cited,3,4,18,21,23,25,31,35,47,51,75,84-87,91,99,104,110,115,123,150,169,180,202,214,215,246, and footnotespassim;story of Iliad and Odyssey,283-345;relation to myth,433;account of,451,452;C. 5, 23, 195, 298Ho-mĕr´ic Hymns,150,177,452Ho-mĕr´ĭ-dæ, "sons of Homer," lived in Chios, and claimed to be descended from Homer. They were hereditary epic poets;C. 298Horace (Ho-ra´tius),2,457;references to his poems,77,177,207,214;note on, and translations,C. 299Ho´ræ. SeeHoursHo´rus, son of Osiris. SeeEgyptian divinities(1)Hours, or Seasons, the,18,22,28,31,38,40,94,95,178,179,181;C. 38(5)Hrim-thursar (rēm´thẽr-sär),376Hringham (rēng´hȧm),392Hugi (hōō'ḡē),383,385Hugin (hōō'ḡḗn),374Hunding (hŏŏn´ding),400,401;in Wagner's Ring,416-420Hun´land, Huns,398,404,409;C. 282-283Huns, the,398Hy-ȧ-çin´thĭ-a,C. 30, 75Hy-ȧ-çin´thus,93,94,103;C. 75Hy´ȧ-dēs̟, the, daughters of Atlas,57,152,344;C. 110-112Hy´ȧ-lē,121Hy´dra,51,354,357;the Lernæan,217;C. 156-162(Interpret.)Hy-ġe´a, Hy-ġi´a, daughter of Æsculapius; the goddess of healthHyginus (hĭ-ji´nus), references to,75,123,160,170,208,215,241,243,246,249,265,269;C. 299Hy´lȧs, the loss of,222,223;C. 156-162(Illustr.)Hy´men (Hy-mĕ-næ´us),36,165;C. 38(1)Hy-pẽr-bo´re-ans (Hy-pẽr-bo´re-i),26,42,92;Thomas Moore's Song of a Hyperborean,43;C. 39, 74Hy-pe´rĭ-ŏn or Hy-pẽr-ī'ŏn,4;C. 4Hy-pẽr-mnes´tra,207;C. 149-154Hypnos (hip´nŏs). SeeSleepI-ac´ꞓhus,C. 114-117.SeeBacchusI-ap´e-tus,4,5,6,8;C. 4;descendants of,148(5), table IIasius (i-a´shĭ-us),237Ib´y-cus,196,197,453;C. 140I-ca´rĭ-us,279,338;C. 190-194(3)Ic´ȧ-rus,222,246,247;C. 173Iç´e-lus, a producer of dreams, son of Somnus,C. 125I´da, Mount,96,110,278;C. 76I´da, the nymph,5I´da, the plain,397I-dæ´us,305I-da´lĭ-um, a mountain and city of Cyprus, dear to Venus,253I´dăs,115,116,243Idomeneus (i-dom´e-nūs),286,288Iduna (e-dōōn´a),376Il´ĩ-ȧd, narrative of,283-306;a kind of myth,433,448;history of,452,453,463;illustrative of,C. 195;translations,298;cited, see footnotespassim, andCowper,Derby,Gladstone,Lang,Pope, in Index of AuthorsIl´ĭ-ȧd, the Little,453Il´ĭ-ŏn, Il´ĭ-um,179.SeeTroyIlioneus (ĭ-li´o-nūs),100Ilithyia (il-ĭ-thi´ya). SeeEileithyiaIl-ĭ-ū-pẽr´sis, the,453I´lus, son of Dardanus, died without issueI´lus, son of Tros,C. 190-194(5)In´ȧ-ꞓhus, son of Oceanus, ancestor of the Argive and Pelasgic races,17,206;father of Io,65,207;