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Antiope
There is some confusion over the name of the Amazon who became the wife of the Athenian hero Theseus, and the mother of Hippolytus. Some called her...
By Jimmy Joe
Hippolyte
There seemed to be a number of Amazon queens with the name Hippolyte or Hippolyta (Ἱππολύτη). Each one died by a different hand. The Hippolyte that...
By Jimmy Joe
Otrere
An Amazon Queen. Otrere was the mother of Penthesileia, and according to Quintus Smyrnaeus, in the Fall of Troy, the mother of Hippolyte (sometimes...
By Jimmy Joe
Myrina
A Libyan Amazon queen. Nothing is known about Myrina, except in the account of Diodorus Siculus' Library of History (1st century BC). Her capital w...
By Jimmy Joe
Background
Breastless Warriors Amazons in LibyaBreastless Warriors The mythological woman warrior with a leopard hide on her head, holding either a spear and ...
By Jimmy Joe
Amazons
The Amazons (Ἀμαζόνες) were a race of women warriors that hasn't only appeared in Greek mythology, but also in other cultures. The Amazons became p...
By Jimmy Joe
Vafthrudnir: Contest of Wisdom
The dialogue in Vafthrudnismal ("Vafthrudnir's Sayings") begin with Odin telling his wife Frigg that he would visit the giant Vafthrudnir, who was ...
By Jimmy Joe
Sacrifice: Hanging and Runes
In the Havamal ("Sayings of the High One"), Odin recorded the time he spent learning the magic from runes. 138 I know that I hanged on a windy tree...
By Jimmy Joe
Mead of Poetry
Kvasir Shortly after the war between Aesir and Vanir, there was a hostage exchange between the two warring tribes. Kvasir, the wisest among the Van...
By Jimmy Joe
Head of Mimir
There was a different story on how Odin gained knowledge from Mimir, but this version took place in a different circumstance that had nothing to do...
By Jimmy Joe
Thirst for Knowledge and Power
Knowledge is power, so the saying goes. Which means that secret knowledge is secret power. Odin did not seek knowledge for its own sake. Rather, he...
By Jimmy Joe
Search for Wisdom
The following tales were about the god Odin's search for wisdom and magical powers to avoid his doom and the destruction of the gods and the Nine W...
By Jimmy Joe
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