the Cyclopes,320-323,349;Æolus and the bag of winds,323;the Læstrygonians,324;the isle of Ææa, Circe,324-327;Dobson's Prayer of the Swine to Circe,325,326;visit to Hades,327,328;the Sirens,328,329;Scylla and Charybdis,329,330;cattle of the Sun,330;Calypso,331;the Phæacians,332-337;Lang's Song of Phæacia,335,336;Nausicaa,332et seq.;return to Ithaca,337;fate of the suitors,338-344;Tennyson's Ulysses,344,345;C. 231-244Underworld (Hades), described,47-52;the garden of Proserpine,49,50;Greek divinities of,47,52-54;rivers of,47;inhabitants of, and communication with them,51;judges of,51,53,71,246;myths of greater gods,159-168;Hercules' visit,220;Ulysses' visit,327,328;Æneas' visit,353-361;C. 44-46, 47, 49.For the Norse Underworld, seeHelŪ-ra´nĭ-a, the muse of astronomy,37,C. 38(4);also the Aphrodite of ideal love,C. 34.SeeM. Arnold's UraniaŪ'rȧ-nus, Ouranos (ōō'rȧ-nŏs), father of Cronus,4,5,6;C. 4.SeeHeavenUrd (ōōrd),374Ushas (ŏŏ´shȧs). SeeHindu divinities(1)Utgard-Loki (ŏŏt´gärd-lo´kē),382-386Väch. SeeHindu divinities(1) and (2)Vä´lȧ,C. 109Vȧ-le´rĭ-us Flac´cus, reference to,269;C. 299Văl-hăl´la,374-376,378,387-390,394,414-419,426-430Valkyrias (văl-kĭr´yȧs̟), Valkyrs (văl´-kẽrs̟), or Valkyries. SeeValkyriesValkyrie (văl-kĭr´ĭ), Wagner's opera of the,416-421Valkyries (văl-kĭr´ĭs̟), Valkyrs (văl´-kẽrs̟), or Valkyrias,376,388,393,402,415,418,420,421,432Vâlmîki (väl-mē'kē),463Varuna (văr´ŏŏ-na). SeeHindu divinities(1)Vayu (vä´yōō). SeeHindu divinities(1)Ve (vā),373,374Vedas (vā'dȧs̟), the,462Vedic (vā'dik) religion. SeeHindu divinities(1)Ven-ẽr-a´lĭ-a,C. 34Ve´nus (Aphrodite), daughter of Dione,19;wife of Vulcan,26;foam-born,31;attributes,31-34;her various influence,31,32;favorite animals and cities,32;artistic conceptions of,32;E. R. Sill's poem, The Venus of Milo,32-34;attendants of,35,36;star of,40;among the Romans,59;Cypris,68,69, andad loc.;mother of Harmonia,71,89;myths of,125-150;love for Mars, and Anchises,125,280;Adonis,126-128;Lang's translation of Bion's Lament for Adonis,126-128;Cupid and Psyche,128-139;Atalanta and Hippomenes,139-141;Hero and Leander,141-145;Pygmalion and Galatea,145-147;Pyramus and Thisbe,147-149;Phaon,149;her vengeance,150;Pluto and Proserpine,159;Paris,278,279;in Trojan War,284,289,295,313;Æneas,346,352,354,372;as a moon-goddess,432;C. 34, 35, 100-106Verdandi (vĕr-dän´dē),374Vergelmir (vĕr-gĕl´mēr),373Vẽr-tum´nus,61,195;C. 139Ves´per,138Ves´ta (Hestia),5,19,35,59;C. 37Vestal Virgins,35Victoria (Ni´ke),41Vidar (vē'där),376,395,396Vigrid (vēḡ'rēd),395Vili (vē'lē),373,374Vĭn´gŏlf,374Vir´gil (Vẽr-ġil´ĭ-us), account of, and of the Æneid,456;references to Georgics,141,202;to Æneid,47,51,246,308,310-312,349-353,367,370;to Bucolics,223;outline of Æneid,346-372;Tennyson's poem to Virgil,346;the Æneid,C. 245-260;translations,299Vishnu (vish´nōō). SeeHindu divinities(2)Vitharr (vē'thär). SeeVidarVoid,4Volscens (vŏl´sens̟),369,370Volsung (vŏl´sŏŏng), Volsungs, the saga of,398-405,460;in the Ring of the Nibelung,416,418-430;C. 282Volsunga Saga (vẽl-sŏŏn´ḡä sä´gä). SeeVolsungVrĭt´ra. SeeHindu divinities(1)Vul´cȧn (Vul-ca´nus, Hephæstus), one of the great gods,19;meaning of name,24;attributes,24-26;his lameness,25,90;his wife,26,61;among the Romans, Mulciber,59;Harmonia's necklace made by,89,265;myths of,90,91;chariot of the Sun made by,95;V. and Orion,122;Talus,242;father of Periphetes,251;Ariadne,253;armor of Achilles,300;of Æneas,372;interpretations of,434,440;C. 29Vyâsa (vyä´sȧ),463Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung,410-430Wälse (vā́l´sẽ),416,418Wälsungs (vā́l´sŏŏngs̟),416.SeeVolsungWaltraute (väl´trou-tẽ),427,428Water-Nymphs,46,58,189,211Waters, Greek gods of,55-58;older dynasty,55;younger dynasty,55,56;lesser divinities,56-58;Wordsworth's "The world is too much with us," 58;myths of Neptune,169-171;of lesser divinities,198-205;C. 141Winds, the, Greek names and attributes of,38,39;myths of,172,179;C. 38(9),125, table HWo´dȧn, Wo´tȧn, Wo´den,375,412-430.SeeOdinWoman, origin of, Greek,11Wooden Horse, the,310-312,337World, conception of, among the Greeks,42,43World egg,3Worms,407,409Wo´tȧn. SeeWodanXanten (zän´ten),405,406Xanthus (zan´thus) river,91,97;C. 71, 76Xuthus (zū'thus), son of Hellen,16;genealogy,C. 103, table G;132(2), (5),174Yam´a and Yami (yam´ē). SeeHindu divinities(1)Yggdrasil (ĭḡ'drȧ-sil),374Ymir (ü´mēr or ē'mēr),373,374,394Yssel-land (ĭs´el),406Zan´tē,153Zeph´y-rus,38,39,270;and Hyacinthus,94;Zephyr and Psyche,129-132;C. 38(9)Ze´tēs̟,39,230Ze´thus,75;C. 62Zeus (zūs). SeeJupiterZeuxis (zūx´is), a Greek painter of Heraclea; flourished about 424B.C.Zĭū or Tyr (tēr). SeeTyrZodiac,C. 156-162(Interpret.)Zo-ro-as´tẽr,463Zulus, myths among,448