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Bradamante
The heroine in Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso , a medieval Italian romance. Bradamante was a sister of Rinaldo ( Renaud de Montauban ). Bradama...
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Rebel Heroes
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Aude
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Other Nymphs
There are some nymphs that don't fall in any of the above categories or groups, so I have some additional articles here. For Echo, see Narcissus an...
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Song of Roland
The Song of Roland , or, in French, La Chanson de Roland , is the best known of the Old French epics. It was possibly first composed some time in t...
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Heraclids
The Heraclids (Ἡρακλειδαί) were the children and descendants of the hero Heracles (Ἡρακλἣς). The ancient Greeks believed the Heraclids became the a...
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Vosegus
Vosegus was an eponym or personification of the Vosges, a region with mountains and forests in eastern France. Vosegus was a god of nature or the a...
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Teutates
Teutates, whose name means "God of the People", was mentioned by the Roman poet Lucan, who identified him with the Roman gods – Mars (Ares) or Merc...
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Tarvus Trigaranus
Tarvus Trigaranus was the Gallic bull god. Almost nothing is known about Tarvus Trigaranus, except for some images of him as a bull on some stone c...
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Taranis
Since Taranis' name means "Thunderer", Taranis was identified with the Germanic god Donar and with the Roman god Jupiter . His name suggests that h...
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Sucellus
Sucellus was possibly the god of feasting and providence. His consort was Nantosuelta , the goddess of nature and water. Sucellus was depicted carr...
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Smetrios
Smetrios or Smetrius was the Gallic god of war. Smetrios was the tutelary deity of the Treveri. It is possible that Smetrios is not a name of an in...