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Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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Liguria

Liguria is a coastal region of northwest Italy, the principal city being Genoa, which was a small town called Genua in ancient times. As far as I can tell, there were no ancient myths or legends involving Genoa.

However, ancient Liguria extended beyond the modern boundaries of Italy into southeastern France (Gaul), and it included the modern French city of Marseille, which was then called Massalia or Massilia.

By the time of Augustus, the part of the region of Liguria on the French side (southeastern Gaul or southeastern of modern France) became the Roman province Narbonensis, or more fully in Latin, Gallia Narbonensis. Narbonensis was named after a Roman legionary post. It was the first part of Gaul to become fully Romanized.

Heracles, during his 10th labour, passed through Liguria and fought Ialebion and Dercynus, sons of Poseidon, near Massalia. Zeus sent a shower of stones, and Heracles used these stones to repel a large force of Ligurians.

The Ligurians actually spoke Ligurian, which is not classified under the Indo-European family of languages.

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Liguria, Ligure.
Gallia Narbonensis, Narbonensis Gaul, Provincia (Latin; French side of Liguria).

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Italy:

  • • Liguria
  • • Etruria
  • • Latium
  • • Campania
  • • Samnium
  • • Apulia
  • • Calabria
  • • Syracuse
  • • Messina
  • • Eryx
  • • Lilybaeum
  • • Sardinia
  • • Corsica
  • • Aeaea
Massalia (Marseille)

Massalia (Marseille)

Massalia, or Massilia, the ancient name for the modern city of Marseille, now the second largest city in France. The city was located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, in the Provence region, or in Roman times, the region was called Provincia (whi...

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Italy

Italy

Articles of cities and regions in Italy, Sicily and western Europe. Italy Sicily To see the map of Italy, click here . Italy Geographically, Italy, or Italia, referred to the Italian peninsula, which included the Apennines (Apennine Ranges) that e...

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Calabria

Calabria

The peninsula in the south of Italy that looks like the foot of a boot. Historically, many of the Greek cities were founded in this region, including Croton and Rhegion. Not much myth in this region. Perhaps the most notable was that Heracles trav...

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Corsica

Corsica

Corsica is a large island west of Italy, and north of the island of Sardinia . The Ligurian Sea on the north and Tyrrhenian Sea on the west encompassed the island. As far as I can tell, there were no myths regarding this island.

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Sardinia

Sardinia

Sardinia was a large island west of Italy and south of the island of Corisca . According Apollodorus, Iolaus , nephew of Heracles , aided the Heraclids in migrating to Sardinia. These Heraclids were the sons of Thespius' 49 daughters. Thespius was...

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Apulia

Apulia

Apulia was a region that resembled the heel of a boot in Italy, now known as the Salentina (Salentine) peninsula, in southeast Italy. Apulia is now called Puglia. It was also called Iapygia, after the Iapyges. A number of Greek cities were founded...

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Libya

Libya

Libya was a large region, west of Egypt, in northern Africa. This included the present day Libya, including modern Morocco, in the West. The region was named after Libya, the daughter of Epaphus, king of Egypt, and Memphis, daughter of the river g...

August 8th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Latium

Latium

Ancient Latium corresponded to the geographical region of Lazio. The tribe of Italic people living in this area spoke the language of Latin, which included those living in the city of Rome . However, in classical mythology, Rome was not originally...

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe
Lycia

Lycia

Lycia was a region of southern Asia Minor, east of Caria. Several different tribes resided in Lycia; these included the Milyans or Solymi. The Cretans, under the leadership of Sarpedon, son of Zeus and Europa , settled in the coastal area of Lycia...

August 8th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Rhegion

Rhegion

Rhegion, or in Latin Rhegium, was an ancient city at the "toe" of Italy in the region called Calabria, but the city is now called Reggio. The Strait of Messina separated this end of Italy from Sicily, and opposite to Rhegion was a city called Mess...

February 4th, 2008 • Jimmy Joe

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