Magica Nomina
The Names of Mythological Goddesses, Gods and Creatures
Introduction
Magica Nomina is Latin for Magical Names, so you can see the Latin roots of part of our language.
The opening song from βThe Piper at the Gates of Dawnβ by Pink Floyd is βAstronomy DominΓ©β, penned by Syd Barrett and contains this couplet.
βJupiter and Saturn, Oberon, Miranda and Titania
Neptune, Titan, Stars can frightenβ
So many mythological names just sound amazing, so I thought I would try a sonnet that is a list of names from mythology that I love, and hope you do too.
I won't explain this, but you can use the web to find out who these are if you don't know them. They are European and North American/Inuit mythological creatures, to give you a small indication
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Aphrodite, Poseidon
Hercules, Charon, Vulcan
Odin , Wotan ,Freyja
Beowulf, Grendel, Aine
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Neptune, Venus, Charybdis
Apollo, Prometheus
Orpheus, Eurydice
Morpheus, Scylla, Selene
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Artemis, Athena, Hel
Valkyrie, Diana, Bel
Gendenwitha, Waukheon
Igaluk, Pings, Nanook
Nerrivik, Viracocha
Onatha, Pachamama
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Comments (3)
You covered the globe with these gods and goddesses of your master list.
I like the rhythm you have going here, and the matched sounds. List poems are not easy; this is well done.
WOW. Love it. I taught World Mythology at my UNIVERSITY FOR YEARS. HUGS