um gentium, gods of the smaller nations, because they had no place in heaven , and were not in the council of Jupiter. Pan, Pom

nus the most ancient of all the gods. The Latins called him Cœlus, or heaven . The oldest of the goddesses was, Vesta, Prisca,

urn would employ all means to re-ascend his throne, he drove him from heaven . The dethroned king Red for refuge to Janus, king

come into the world; Pessinuntia, because an image of hers fell from heaven into the field of Pessinus in Phrygia. She is rep

thren, Neptune and Pluto. For himself he reserved the jurisdiction of heaven and earth; gave Neptune the sovereignty of the se

ous rocks, oak trees, pine trees, and other inflammable substances at heaven , and heaped up mountain upon mountain to scale it

Heathens, and was represented as the father of gods and men, shaking heaven with his nod, and governing all things except the

s, and gives the nod; The stamp of fate and sanction of the god: High heaven , with trembling, the dread signal took, And all O

and land; Dispersing all with absolute command.” Virgil. “ —— The heaven and earth’s compacted frame, And flowing waters,

f clay, with fire, which, by the assistance of Minerva, he stole from heaven ; a theft which so offended Jupiter, that he sent

id of the goddess of wisdom. Hence, he is painted, stealing fire from heaven , either because he first established forge’s in S

te, that, as a punishment, Jupiter caused her to be suspended between heaven and earth. Vulcan having effected the rescue of h

he frustrated their attempts, and Apollo and Neptune were cast out of heaven for the offence. This punishment did not reform J

the office, and Ganymede, a beautiful youth, whom he had taken up to heaven , was appointed in her stead. Soon after, Hebe was

he youth and beauty of a virgin; Regina, because she was the queen of heaven ; Perfecta, because marriage improves human life;

f the crimes which men committed, she returned with the other gods to heaven . She was the last, who left the earth, and retire

. She was the last, who left the earth, and retired into that part of heaven which makes the sign of Virgo. 7. September, sign

complaints, granted him his request. He died, and was translated into heaven among the signs of the zodiac. 10. December, sign

re the chariot and the horses for their father, and open the gates of heaven . Ethes, Pasiphæ, and Rhodia, were his reputed dau

o brought him two children, Apollo and Diana. But Juno drove her from heaven , and raised against her a frightful serpent, call

against his sovereign. For this double offence, he was banished from heaven . Apollo hired himself as a shepherd to Admetus, k

thinking that he had now been sufficiently punished, recalled him to heaven , and entrusted to him the duty of giving light to

tilential vapours which are fatal to mankind. He is called the sun in heaven , Bacchus on earth, and Apollo in the infernal reg

ences. On their mountain, Pegasus is seen to expand his wings towards heaven , and to open with the stroke of his hoof the foun

g the inventress of harmony. Her countenance, which is raised towards heaven , announces that she presides over odes. — See Fig

hounds came up, and tore him in pieces. When Diana was worshipped in heaven , she was called Phœba, Luna, or the moon; on eart

The magicians of Thessaly had the fame of drawing the moon down from heaven by dint of their incantations; eclipses were supp

become so enamoured of Endymion, that she came down every night from heaven to enjoy his company. This fiction, derogatory to

ed unexampled boldness in the war which the giants carried on against heaven . He fought in the shape of a lion, while the gods

till dost thou enjoy Unwasted youth! Eternally a boy Thou ‘rt seen in heaven , whom all perfections grace; And when unhorn’d, t

of the goddess, called the Palladium, is reported to have fallen from heaven into or near it. By the oracle of Apollo, the Tro

of the former; but being wounded by Diomede, he hastily retreated to heaven , complaining to Jupiter that Minerva had directed

lia, or sacred shields, one of which was supposed to have fallen from heaven . His victims were the horse, on account of his us

urs or Seasons, daughters of Jupiter and Themis, and was conducted to heaven . She had for her retinue Smiles, Graces, and Jest

nd star with glittering brine each crystal limb, And beauty blazed to heaven and earth unveiled.” Botanic Garden. “The fro

upiter and Juno, or some say, of Juno without a father. He resided in heaven for a considerable time, but having offended Jupi

s mother, whom Jupiter had suspended by a chain from the threshold of heaven , he was thrust down from the celestial court. Hav

and in Ansonian island Men called him Mulciber; and how he fell From heaven they fabled, thrown by angry Jove.               

which to see their works. Questions. Who was Vulcan? Did he reside in heaven ? With what reception did he meet in Lemnos? To wh

ictions. Hence sprang the sea deities whose number surpassed those of heaven and other parts of the universe. Oceanus had by T

y and madly went on, continually increasing the number of the gods of heaven , of the earth, of the seas, and of hell. The eart

sat, and, rising into the air, he surrounded the earth and formed the heaven . Having passed on to the mountain Acroceraunia, w

orth flames, he drew from its bowels ignited dirt, which he sent into heaven to give light to the world, and with which burnin

most ancient is Titæa, which signifies dirt, or earth, as Uranus does heaven . Chaos alone was more ancient than heaven and ear

t, or earth, as Uranus does heaven. Chaos alone was more ancient than heaven and earth. He was arbitrarily called Ops, or Tell

ousehold gods, presiding over houses and families. When they reign in heaven , they are called Pentrales, and the palace of the

ced to dust or ashes, the soul, or spiritual part of man, ascended to heaven . The Pagans distinguished the soul from the mind.

unhappy days were spun with black wool. They were the secretaries of heaven , and keepers of the archives of eternity. The Par

ven stars, and held in her hand a distaff which reached from earth to heaven . Lachesis, in a robe strewed with stars, had a mu

untains, and, at the same time, darted oaks and burning woods against heaven . Some huge stones which they hurled, fell into th

her, and the heavens with his head. As soon as born, he made war upon heaven , to avenge the death of his brethren; and the god

ncerned in a conspiracy against Jupiter, Briareus scaled the walls of heaven , and, sitting down by him, frightened the inhabit

murder. But he obtained his pardon from Jupiter, who promoted him to heaven . Such a favour, for which he ought to have been t

he cloud, from which the centaurs were produced. Jupiter expelled him heaven ; but as he boasted every where that he had won th

Fig. 55. Liberty. Licentiousness is represented as thunderstruck by heaven , at the moment she strives to break a table of la

resent him. — See Fig. 64. Fig. 64. Comus. Momus, the satirist of heaven , the god of raillery and jesting, and the patron

ith this unlooked for fortune, that he attempted to fly on Pegasus to heaven . Jupiter ordered a terrible insect to sting the h

d his life in the most dreadful agonies, and was thence translated to heaven . His muscles, as represented in the Farnese statu

rmour, called “Castor’s dance.” When they were made constellations in heaven , they were called Gemini. Sailors deem these star

stor? What name was given to them, when they became constellations in heaven ? How were Castor and Pollux honoured? What story

as slain in battle with the Etrusians; and his body was translated to heaven by Venus, in spite of Juno, who was his declared

d to sit on the top of Mount Atlas, attentively regarding the face of heaven . As the people saw him no more, they conceived th

he people saw him no more, they conceived that he was translated into heaven : whence, upon their observing a bright star, sett

burden of the world. Mount Atlas is so lofty, that it seems to touch heaven : its top is lost in the clouds; and the poets, co

respecting the formation of the universe, says: “In the beginning the heaven and the earth had but one form, being mingled tog

h, and are denominated Parsees, or Guebres. Mahabad, a messenger from heaven , received from the Creator a sacred book, written

an evil being, called Ahriman, or Arimanius, having ventured to visit heaven , appeared on earth in the shape of a serpent, and

volence and equity infus’d, Truth, temperance, and wisdom sprung from heaven ; When Arimanius blacken’d all the soul With false

r a long time, he divided it into two equal parts, from which he made heaven and earth by breathing into it the breath of the

wisted cord under her arm like Ceres’ cornucopia. Indra, the king of heaven , reigns over good spirits. His consort is called

receives a just sentence from him. Thence it is to go up to the first heaven , called Swerga, or to go down to the region of th

t nations at different times. Thus, Baal Semen, signifies the Lord of heaven ; Baal Berith, the lord of the covenant; Baal Pheg

, in troop, Came Astoreth, whom the Phœnicians call Astarte, queen of heaven , with crescent horns; To whose bright image, migh

e universe. Bel divided her into two parts: one of these parts formed heaven , and the other, earth; after which, monsters of i

irregular forms disappeared. Bel next divided darkness, separated the heaven from the earth, and arranged the universe. Having

n. A voice was heard, announcing to them that Xixutrus had gone up to heaven , and sat in the rank of gods with those who accom

ds towards the sun, which they regarded as the only god and master of heaven . Genus engendered other men, whose names were Lig

worshipped the sun, under the name of the Prince of Glory, and called heaven his palace. They believed in the immortality of t

centuries, directs all that is high and low, great and small. He made heaven , air, and man, who is to live forever; and before

all. He made heaven, air, and man, who is to live forever; and before heaven and earth were made, this god was already with th

s cast down. The rainbow (Bifrost) was the bridge, communicating from heaven to earth. Hiemdal watched over its extremities to

emdal watched over its extremities to prevent the giants from scaling heaven . He slept as lightly as birds; and day and night,

r of Frea, floats about with the rays of the sun; Synia, the guard of heaven , protects justice and law, avenges broken faith,

dise of heroes. They are majestic and beautiful, neither daughters of heaven , nor born in hell; neither begotten by gods, nor

he poet, there was neither sea, river, nor refreshing zephyr. Neither heaven above, nor earth below, was seen; all was nothing

the fragments of his broken bones. They made of his skull the arch of heaven , which is sustained by four dwarfs, named South,

and fixed to other fires the space which they were to survey; some in heaven , others under heaven. Days were distinguished, an

res the space which they were to survey; some in heaven, others under heaven . Days were distinguished, and years had their num

unchained, will open his enormous jaws which will reach from earth to heaven ; fire will issue from his nostrils and eyes; he w

r, torrents of venom. In this confusion the stars will flee away, the heaven will be split, and an army of evil genii and of g

will awake and meet again; the great oak will shake its branches; and heaven and earth will be full of fear. The gods will arm

ll emit while dying. The fire will consume all, and the flame rise to heaven ; but soon a new earth will emerge from the bosom

g,     Dragg’d the Sun’s refulgent form. He who rules, by night, the heaven ,     Wist not where his beams to throw; All to ba

ination, and that of their wives, by their pretended intercourse with heaven , and by their manner of living, which was as aust

made use of to cut it; 3. All that are born derive their origin from heaven . 4. The secret of the sciences must not be entrus

n; the sphere of Saturn is attributed to Ceres; aether to Pallas; and heaven is common to them all. “It is likewise necessary

tial, the Terrestrial, the Marine, and the Infernal Gods. The gods of heaven , of earth, of the sea, and of hell. The principal

n, his right to reign over the dominions of his parents, that is over heaven and earth. Saturn, the same as Chronos, signifies

us was a king of Italy, who received Saturn when he was expelled from heaven by Jupiter. The true history of Saturn must be, t

ce-maker and war-maker. He was supposed to open and shut the gates of heaven . The images of Janus had in one hand a key, to de

en. The images of Janus had in one hand a key, to denote his power in heaven , and in the other hand a sceptre to express his a

age 21. Jupiter was the supreme god of the heathens, the governor of heaven and earth, the father of gods and men, the lord o

turn, he divided the empire of the universe among himself, as king of heaven and earth, Neptune, the lord of the ocean, and Pl

the world behold, The eternal Thunderer, sits enthroned in gold. High heaven the footstool of his feet he makes, And, wide ben

ls and gives the nod — The stamp of fate, and sanction of a god; High heaven , with trembling, the dread signal takes, And all

and gives the nod, — The stamp of fate, and sanction of the God: High heaven , with trembling, the dread signal took, And all O

so he was angry at Apollo for destroying them, and expelled him from heaven as a punishment. When Apollo dwelt upon earth,

immoral actions imputed to Apollo? Why did Jupiter expel Apollo from heaven ? With whom did Apollo dwell while he was on earth

p to fly, Or in soft slumbers seals the wakeful eye; Then shoots from heaven to high Pieria’s steep, And stoops incumbent on t

se gods, and Jupiter chose him for his special messenger. The king of heaven presented to him his winged cap called the petasu

her just nor benevolent. Mars was dreaded upon earth, and detested in heaven . In the Iliad, Jupiter addresses him thus: Of al

learn its origin. The oracle declared that the shield had fallen from heaven , and that Mars would favour the people who should

ded Mars, and what animals were sacred to him? How was he regarded in heaven and on earth? What nation chiefly honoured Mars?

It is said that Jupiter, taking offence at Vulcan, kicked him out of heaven , and that he fell into the island of Lemnos, and

e: and in Ausonian land Men called him Mulciber; and how he fell From heaven they fabled, thrown by angry Jove.               

beautiful female image, formed by the skill of Vulcan, and carried to heaven . There Jupiter endowed her with life; Venus gave

ly and successfully than other men, he is said to have stolen it from heaven . He was accused of having taken this fire from th

a burning-glass; and this, ignorant persons considered stealing from heaven . It was asserted that he formed statues, into who

as asserted that he formed statues, into whom he transfused fire from heaven , which gave them life. Jupiter, not having succee

milar examples? Juno. See plate, page 49. Juno, the queen of heaven , was the sister and wife of Jupiter. Though a cel

Iris was to disengage the soul from the body, and she descended from heaven on this errand. Iris attended only dying persons

He was exquisitely beautiful, and an eagle carried him from earth to heaven , where he poured out nectar for Jupiter. Who was

ladium was an image of Pallas, which was supposed to have fallen from heaven . The Palladium was preserved with great vigilance

were intrusted with her education, received her, and conducted her to heaven . The Romans sometimes called Venus, Cythera, from

goddess. That she was intrusted to the Hours and conveyed by them to heaven , only signifies that she passed her time happily:

star with glittering brine each crystal limb. — And beauty blazed to heaven and earth unveiled. Botanic Garden. She is ofte

ides, and dolphins, and Cupids, surrounding her. When she ascended to heaven her chariot was drawn by doves and swans, accompa

twin sister of Apollo. Juno, being offended at Latona, drove her from heaven , and forbade the earth to afford her an asylum. O

Phebe was honoured under three different characters, as a goddess of heaven , earth, and hell, and was therefore called the tr

te. Diana was the goddess of chastity, of the chase, and of woods. In heaven , she was supposed to enlighten by her rays; on ea

e dead, and were sentenced according to their past conduct, either to heaven or hell. It was a superstition of the Greeks that

ered about for a whole century without being admitted to the joy’s of heaven . On this account they were anxious to pay respect

lowered his hands towards the earth, instead of raising them towards heaven . Being regarded as implacable, these deities were

Scriptures , “to bring life and immortality to light.” The heathen heaven was called the Elysian Fields. The Elysian Fields

ticular facts prove the immortality of the soul? What was the heathen heaven called, and who were admitted to it? How was Elys

of those who might dispose her to be partial. Astrea descended from heaven in the Golden Age, that she might dwell among men

ch the figure of Justice bears express? When did Justice descend from heaven ? Who was Nemesis, and what were her attributes?

emale deity, who excited quarrels and wars. Jupiter banished her from heaven , because she created ill will and contention amon

o the pile, he expired in the flames, and was received by the gods in heaven . Hercules is sometimes called Alcides. Hercules w

afterwards believed of Romulus, imagined their king was taken up into heaven . After this, the Latins honoured Eneas as a god,

sentence from him; and thence, either ascends to Swerga, or the first heaven ; or is driven down to Narac, the region of serpen

lled Vanadis, goddess of hope. Frea inhabited a magnificent palace of heaven , named Fansal, the illustrious abode. Virgins of

rtress, at one end of the bridge Bifrost, which reached from earth to heaven , and was evidently an emblem of the rainbow. Ther

g.     Dragged the Sun’s refulgent form. He who rules, by night, the heaven .     Wist not where his beams to throw. All to ba

crawling;     Thor has bruised its loathsome head! Lo the stars from heaven are falling!     Earth has sunk in ocean’s bed!

hall come in might eternal,     He whom eye hath never seen Earth and heaven and powers infernal,     Mark his port and awful

hese elements “shall wax old as a garment,” but there shall be “a new heaven and a new earth.” The Christian doctrine of retri

nnually lamented with solemn ceremonies. Rimmon and Astarte, queen of heaven , the Moon, distinguished by her silver crescent,

in troop, Came Astoreth, whom the Phœnicians call Astarte, queen of heaven , with crescent horns: To whose bright image, nigh

gined to be transferred to, and to shine forth in, different stars of heaven . The principal Egyptian deities were Osiris, Isis

owards the sacred flame They turned, and sent their tuneful praise to heaven . From Zoroaster was the song derived, Who, on the

olence and equity infused, Truth, temperance, and wisdom, sprung from heaven ; When Arimanius blackened all the soul With false

foundation in the beginning; who lifted their lofty heads to his own heaven , and who has fixed the everlasting hills that the

stopping, worshipped at the place which Jacob had called “the gate of heaven .” In a similar manner. Catholic Christians someti

nderstand our Saviour’s prohibition, —  “Swear not at all; neither by heaven , for it is God’s throne; nor by the earth, for it

e fire used to enkindle the fuel used in the sacrifices was fire from heaven . The Laver was a vessel of brass, which would con

lve sacred shields. The first Ancile was supposed to have fallen from heaven in answer to the prayer of Numa Pompilius. It was

him to Tænarus, near Corinth. For this act the dolphin was raised to heaven as a constellation. Aristæ′us [Aristæus], son of

trea], mother of Nemesis, was the goddess of justice; she returned to heaven when the earth became corrupt.     “… Chaste Ast

lso called the goddess of discord and all evil. She was banished from heaven by her father Jupiter. “With Ate by his side com

nly son, And rosy Cupid was that boasted one; He, uncontroll’d, thro’ heaven extends his sway, And gods and goddesses by turns

Discordia], sister of Nemesis, the Furies, and Death, was driven from heaven for having sown discord among the gods. Diseases

e just in the infernal regions. Empyre′an, The [Empyrean]. The fifth heaven , the seat of the heathen deity. Endym′ion [Endym

the three Graces, see Graces. “Come, thou goddess fair and free, In heaven ycleped Euphrosyne.” Milton. Eu′rus [Eurus]. T

erpine, the name by which Diana was known in the infernal regions. In heaven her name was Luna, and her terrestrial name was D

imself into a funeral pile on Mount Œta; but Jupiter had him taken to heaven in a four-horse chariot, and only the mortal part

fice of Iphigenia, but just at the critical moment she was carried to heaven , and a beautiful goat was found on the altar in h

us, others say of Apollo; he sheltered Saturn when he was driven from heaven by Jupiter. Janus presided over highways, gates,

iter, and became queen of all the gods and goddesses, and mistress of heaven and earth. Juno was the mother of Mars, Vulcan, H

the attempt was frustrated, and Apollo and Neptune were banished from heaven by Jupiter. Juno is the goddess of marriage, and

s, defeated the giants, the sons of earth, when they made war against heaven . Jupiter was worshiped with great solemnity under

ghts could be seen. His bitter jests occasioned his being driven from heaven in disgrace. He is represented as holding an imag

onsider that the dominion of the sea was equal to Jupiter’s empire of heaven and earth; and he was banished from the celestial

. There were several other smaller mountains of the same name. “High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Oly

e giants piled on the top of Mount Pelion to enable them to ascend to heaven and attack the gods. Ox, see Apis. Owl, see Æsc

e, and overturned the chariot. There was such great fear of injury to heaven and earth, that Jove, to stop the destruction, ki

hariot like a falling star That in a summer’s evening from the top Of heaven drops down, or seems at least to drop.” Addison.

to make clay men, and animate them with fire which he had stolen from heaven . This so displeased Jupiter that he sent him a bo

the division of their father’s kingdom, which ended in Jupiter having heaven and earth, Neptune the sea, and Pluto the inferna

ina]. A name of Diana, alluding to her triform divinity as goddess of heaven , earth, and hell. Ter′minus [Terminus]. The Roma

inding Polyphemus, their chief. At Æolia he obtained all the winds of heaven , and put them in a bag; but his companions, think

that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hand

the Muses who presided over astronomy. Ura′nus [Uranus], literally, heaven . Son and husband of Gæa, the Earth, and father of

f Jupiter and Juno. He offended Jupiter, and was by him thrown out of heaven ; he was nine days falling, and at last dropped in

o the name of Mulciber. “Men call him Mulciber; and how he fell From heaven , they fabled, thrown by angry Jove, Sheer o’er th

f the morning drove every day to their pastures in the blue fields of heaven . So, too, when the sun set, they said that the da

nd by the lovely goddess Hebe*. Here they conversed of the affairs of heaven and earth; and, as they quaffed their nectar, Apo

merely assert that the ocean is produced by the combined influence of heaven and earth; while, at the same time, their fervid

in a figurative sense, this union actually does exist. The smiles of heaven produce the flowers of earth; whereas his long-co

ious chariot. She then hastens with cheerfulness to open the gates of heaven , in order to herald the approach of her brother,

trollable power over the moon, and that they could draw her down from heaven at pleasure by the mere force of their incantatio

he daughter of Perses* and Asteria, and her sway extended over earth, heaven , and the lower regions, for which reason she was

verthrow the dominion of Zeus. A great battle took place, which shook heaven and earth. Zeus, by means of his never-failing th

icily*, whence at times he still breathes out fire and flames towards heaven . The Gigantes are said to have sprung from the dr

dian of the heifer, the hundred-eyed Argus, is a symbol of the starry heaven . Argus was slain by Hermes, the rain-god; in othe

constellations of the Great and Little Bears move round and round in heaven , but never sink, as the other stars seem to do, b

journey through Arcadia. Being recognized by the Arcadians as king of heaven , he was received by them with becoming respect an

forehead. The three eyes were indicative of the dominion of Zeus over heaven , earth, and the underworld. As Jupiter Ammon*, he

the marriage-tie. The marriage of Zeus and Hera typified the union of heaven and earth in the fertilizing showers. It was call

. Hephæstus attempted to release her, for which Zeus threw him out of heaven , and his leg was broken by the fall. Hera was the

sented with great severity any infringement on her rights as queen of heaven , or any apparent slight on her personal appearanc

teristics. Hera invariably appears as the haughty, unbending queen of heaven ; Juno is revered and beloved as the type of a mat

us* and Ephialtes*. When only nine years old, they attempted to scale heaven by piling mighty mountains one upon another. They

protection of Jupiter for the newly-founded city of Rome, the god of heaven sent down an oblong brazen shield (ancile*). As i

n the olive-wood statue of Athene, which was said to have fallen from heaven . The procession formed on the plains of Eleusis,

hand pressed against her side, while with her left she points towards heaven . Hephæstus*. Comparative Mythology. —

ording to one account, he was born lame, and his mother cast him from heaven into the sea. The Oceanides Eurynome* and Thetis*

s and Hera, Hephæstus assisted his mother, whereupon the angry god of heaven seized him by the foot and hurled him from Olympu

e foundation of these legends, namely, that fire first came down from heaven in the form of lightning. He was worshiped by the

æstus to return to Olympus, where, after having released the queen of heaven from her undignified position, he became reconcil

of the clouds, and are described as opening and closing the gates of heaven and causing fruits and flowers to spring forth wh

unto the weary heart were given, And she became Love’s angel bride in heaven .” T. K. Hervey . Representation. Eros is

nds. The cows which he stole were the bright clouds driven across the heaven .” Cox . It was in his character of wind-god th

ung on the summit of Mount Helicon with such power and sweetness that heaven and earth stood still to listen, whilst the mount

ations have regarded the rainbow as a bridge of communication between heaven and earth; and this is doubtless the reason why I

nd was called Matutinus Pater*. He appears also as the door-keeper of heaven , whose gates he opened in the morning and closed

of war. Janus is always represented with two faces. As doorkeeper of heaven , he carries a key in one hand and a staff in the

length, on the site where Thebes afterwards stood, she looked towards heaven and, gently lowing, lay down. Grateful for this m

Bellerophon became elated by his victories, and attempted to mount to heaven by means of Pegasus. Zeus sent a gad-fly to sting

his rider was precipitated to the earth. The winged horse flew up to heaven and became bearer of the thunderbolts. Filled wit

h his bow and arrows. As the flames rose high, a cloud descended from heaven , and, amidst furious peals of thunder, a chariot

onsters that constantly assailed it before reaching the first gate of heaven . That passed, it entered upon a series of transfo

t hymns are Varuna*, Agni*, and Indra*. By Varuna was meant the broad heaven which is spread over and veils the earth. Many of

ni is found in the Latin word ignis fire. Indra was god of the clear heaven , and so of light, warmth, and fertilizing rain, s

lds, and thither the sun hastens as he sinks down from the heights of heaven . Thus, “Yama is said to have crossed the rapid wa

shine). Trita and Traitana were names given to the god of the clear heaven . They reappear in the Greek Triton and Tritogenia

Aurora. Arusha was a name for the sun as he begins his course in the heaven . He is represented as a beautiful child. He is id

the Scandinavian peninsula. According to the Eddas, there was once no heaven above or earth beneath, but only a bottomless dee

, the residence of Odin. When seated on his throne, he overlooked all heaven and earth. Upon his shoulders were the ravens Hug

wrapped in flames, the sun will become dim, the stars will fall from heaven , and time shall be no more. After this universal

en, and time shall be no more. After this universal destruction a new heaven and a new earth will rise out of the abyss. This

aiades, who dance to the joyous shells of the Tritons. In the highest heaven is seated Jupiter, master and father of men and g

her hand is a smiling boy whose power is universally acknowledged by heaven and earth. Sweet illusions of the fancy! pleasing

rent; for to him ’tis given To rule the gods, and mount the throne of heaven .” Hesiod. Saturn devoured this, as he had the p

r against him. Jupiter, however, again proved conqueror, chasing from heaven his father and his king, who took refuge in that

y_1842_img012 This fable is easy of explanation. Time is the child of heaven and earth; he has wings because he flies rapidly,

troke,     And Minias strong as mountain oak, With bold Encelædas, to heaven who strove To dart the trees, uprooted, from the

ing mortals into houses driven, Sought shelter from the inclemency of heaven . Those houses then were caves or homely sheds, Wi

f, That I can do no more: aye from thy sight Returning, for a season, heaven seems hell, So thy worn form pursues me night and

Faith flies, and piety in exile mourns; And justice, here opprest, to heaven returns.” Ovid. He was enamoured of Antiope, Al

est The Thunderer sat; where old Olympus shrouds His hundred heads in heaven , and props the clouds. Suppliant the Goddess stoo

nd. Who long ago were neither dumb nor blind: ‌Nor apt to think from heaven their title springs, Since Jove and Mars left off

heir accustomed track. Phaeton repented too late of his rashness, for heaven and earth seemed threatened with an universal con

ana was daughter of Jupiter and Latona, and twin sister to Apollo. In heaven she bore another name, and conducted the chariot

the honour, she, by Jove’s high leave, Does from the starry vault of heaven receive. When to the gods the sacred flames aspir

n to the gods the sacred flames aspire, Does from the starry vault of heaven receive. From human offerings, as the laws requir

care of the son of Jupiter, in process of time, were translated into heaven . When Bacchus, for thus was he ‌named, had grown

om their treasures scatter pearled hail; Great Brahma from his mystic heaven groans,     And all his priesthood moans, Before

, leaning with a kind of delirium upon their necks, and looking up to heaven , whilst they totter and stumble, even in the ener

e anonyme_heathen-mythology_1842_img066 She was soon after carried to heaven , where all the gods admired her beauty, and all t

outh distinguished by the most exquisite beauty, again drew her ‌from heaven , and induced her often to visit, in all her glory

logy_1842_img073 Vulcan, the son of Jupiter and Juno, was thrown from heaven by the former, for attempting to assist the queen

ess ugly than it is usually described. —————— “His hand was known In heaven , by many a towered structure high, Where sceptred

e; and in Ausonian land Men called him Mulciber; and how he fell From heaven they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o’er the

as a punishment for Juno, to whom, as it was through her he fell from heaven , he attributed his deformity. This was a throne o

, poured so many entreaties, accompanied with tears, that the king of heaven must have complied, had it not been for the more

ce, and sense, and science given Of works divine, such wonders are in heaven !” Virgil. The most known of the works of Vulcan

ss rigour, and by the touching nature of the story; he took her up to heaven , restored Cupid to his place, and making Psyche i

e hours shed roses through the sky, the Graces sprinkled the halls of heaven with fragrant odours, Apollo plays on his lyre, t

ife all other passions fly,         All others are but vanity;     In heaven ambition cannot dwell     Nor avarice in the vaul

    But Love is indestructible: Its holy flame for ever burneth, From heaven it came, to heaven returneth.     Too oft on eart

estructible: Its holy flame for ever burneth, From heaven it came, to heaven returneth.     Too oft on earth a troubled guest,

imes opprest,         It here is tried and purified,     Then hath in heaven its perfect rest:         It soweth here with toi

yprian bowers, The boy who breathes and blushes flowers, To Love, for heaven and earth adore him, And gods and mortals bow bef

there — A woman’s countenance, with serpent locks, Gazing in death on heaven , from those evil rocks.” Shelley. Some of the s

ession of a simplicity and integrity of nature. Her face, upraised to heaven , is animated with a profound, sweet, and impassio

t of the sea. This, however, did not seem equivalent to the empire of heaven and earth, which Jupiter had claimed; he therefor

golden song‌ Apollo singeth, while his chariot Waits at the door of heaven . Thou art not For scenes like this; an empire ste

hou; And it hath furrowed that large front: yet now, As newly come of heaven , dost thou sit, To blend and inter-knit Sudued ma

. “I sang of the dancing stars,     I sang of the dædal earth, And of heaven , and giant wars,     And love, and death, and bir

And justly tortured with an equal thirst. At last his shining arms to heaven he rears And, in distress, for refuge flies to pr

its of their lands and states, were under the immediate inspection of heaven . His temple was on the Tarpeian rock, and he was

crown of seven stars. She holds a distaff in her hand, reaching from heaven to earth. The garment which Lacheses wore was var

e worn spirit shed,     And eyes that wake to weep. A holy thing from heaven ,     A gracious, dewy cloud, A covering mantle gi

entombed around.” Moore. Themis, Astræa. Themis, daughter of heaven and of earth, was the goddess of Justice, She wea

lves, in the Temple of Juno Acrea; and that to avoid the vengeance of heaven , and to free themselves from a plague which devou

n ills like these? Theseus. Thy vast misfortunes reach from earth to heaven . Hercules. I therefore am prepared, and fixed to

riot and horses was seen awaiting, which carried his immortal part to heaven , there to be seated amongst the gods. Loud claps

loud, by storms was driv’n, Thro’ all the expanse beneath the cope of heaven . The jarring winds unable to control, He saw the

ate my spouse? ’Twas thine to conquer by Minerva’s power, Favoured of heaven , thy mercy I implore, For life I sue, the rest to

his form, Gigantic! moulded like the race that strove To take Jove’s heaven by storm, and scare him from Olympus. There he si

er desolate feelings as she roamed the beach, Hurled from the highest heaven of happy love! But evening crimsoned the blue sea

ods to scourge this passion from thee.     Phæ. Oh! by thine hopes of heaven I pray thee peace!     Hip. Peace, thou! adultres

whose flocks were tended by Apollo for nine years, when banished from heaven . During his servitude to this monarch he obtained

cries ‘I call to witness Heaven and Thebes Thou will’st it!’ While to heaven his eyes he raised, And thus exclaimed, his sword

d the ready tears and spoke her last; ‘Dear pledges of my love, while heaven so pleased, Receive a soul of mortal anguish ease

a heathen God or Goddess gave Her swan-like wings wherewith to fly to heaven . And now, at times, when gloomy tempests roar Alo

? could thine art Make them indeed immortal, and impart The purity of heaven to earthly joys, Expel the venom and not blunt th

. They were called the Inferior Gods of Nations. They had no place in heaven ; nor were they admitted to the Council of Jupiter

the world behold, Th’ eternal Thunderer sits enthron’d in gold. High heaven the footstool of his feet he makes, And, wide ben

s only one half of the year in the infernal regions, and the other in heaven . Proserpine was frequently considered as being th

Aurora, Circe, and Phaeton. Aurora, every morning, opens the gates of heaven , precedes her father, and announces his return. S

ce of the charioteer: quitted the usual track, and involved earth and heaven in one general conflagration. To save the world f

o have changed men into beasts, and to have drawn down the stars from heaven , by her powerful incantations. Circe was the embl

ices? She was the goddess of chastity, of the chace, and of woods. In heaven , she was supposed to enlighten by her rays; on ea

ound, of a form, till then, unknown, was supposed to have fallen from heaven . The oracle was consulted, and declared that the

rs, who were entrusted with her education, receive and conduct her to heaven . What were her various names? By the Eastern nati

ng himself, Jupiter, with one kick of his foot, precipitated him from heaven . He fell upon the island of Lemnos, and was cripp

y dark, and partly bright; to signify his being employed sometimes in heaven and sometimes in the infernal regions. His statue

heir rapid whirls had driven Earth, air, and ocean, and the tow’rs of heaven . But Jove, the mighty ruin to prevent, In gloomy

olours, and a crown composed of seven stars. Her distaff reached from heaven to earth. The robe of Lachesis was spangled with

lowered his hands towards the earth, instead of raising them towards heaven . Being regarded as implacable, these Deities were

he hall of glory, named Mookze, a region higher than the twenty-sixth heaven , where he remains in happiness and incorruptibili

als descry Gleams of the glory, streaks of flowing light, Openings of heaven , and streams that flash at night In fitful splend

sentence from him; and thence, either ascends to Swerga, or the first heaven ; or is driven down to Narac, the region of serpen

such ranked among the destructive agents of nature; but as sent from heaven to vanquish ferocious giants, the powers of darkn

riman, or Arimanius, corrupted the world. After having dared to visit heaven , he descended to the earth, assumed the form of a

volence and equity infus’d, Truth, temperance, and wisdom sprung from heaven ; When Arimanius blacken’d all the soul With false

ture, which she never revealed. She inhabited a magnificent palace of heaven , named Fansal, the illustrious abode. Virgins of

rtress, at one end of the bridge Bifrost, which reached from earth to heaven , and was evidently an emblem of the rainbow. Ther

and water, with floods of venom. In the midst of this confusion, the heaven will open; the Genii of fire will enter, and with

g,     Dragg’d the Sun’s refulgent form. He who rules, by night, the heaven ,     Wist not where his beams to throw; All to ba

he empire of the universe with him; that as the former was the God of heaven , so the latter was a delegated God on earth. Some

nnually lamented with solemn ceremonies. Rimmon and Astarte, queen of heaven , the Moon, distinguished by her silver crescent,

, in troop, Came Astoreth, whom the Phenicians call Astarte, queen of heaven , with crescent horns: To whose bright image, nigh

s? Into what island did Vulcan fall, when Jupiter threw him down from heaven ? What animals and plants were consecrated to Venu

s, a name of Bacchus 47 Bĭfrōst, a bridge which reached from earth to heaven 202 Bŏnǎ Dĕǎ, the bountiful goddess 85 Bŏnŭs-Evēn

ame of the sun 139 Svālin, a Scandinavian deity 209 Swerga, the Hindû heaven 136 Sylphs, aerial beings 93 Sȳlvēster, a name of

mmortals with heavenly graces, and of Prometheus, who stole fire from heaven for the use of man; the myth of the earth-born gi

labor, rang round the earth, and whose going forth was to the ends of heaven .” Regarding thus the religious condition of the

at beguiled Eve. Nimrod’s tower was the attempt of the giants against heaven .” There are doubtless many curious coincidences l

he storm of chase; as moon and stars Glance rapidly along the clouded heaven When winds are blowing strong. The traveller slak

r brute force joins issue with the enlightened and embattled hosts of heaven ? Fig. 3. Jupiter destroying the Giants.[Gem: B

orth conferring upon the noblest of creatures, Prometheus ascended to heaven , lighted his torch at the chariot of the sun, and

e endurance and repulse Of thine impenetrable spirit, Which earth and heaven could not convulse, A mighty lesson we inherit.”6

given Strength for such sublime endeavor, Thus to scale the walls of heaven , And to leaven with fiery leaven All the hearts o

hapter V. Attributes of the Gods of Heaven.65 § 31. Olympus. —The heaven of the Greek gods was the summit of an ideal moun

ach day on ambrosia and nectar. Here they conversed of the affairs of heaven and earth; and as they quaffed the nectar that He

. Jupiter 71 (Zeus). — The Greek name signifies the radiant light of heaven . Jupiter was the supreme ruler of the universe, w

brandishing a spear, and with her battle-cry awakening the echoes of heaven and earth. She is goddess of the lightning that l

rge or the hearth. But as the fires of earth are derived from that of heaven , perhaps the name, Hephæstus (burning, shining, f

ord her a place of rest; but they feared too much the potent queen of heaven . Delos alone consented to become the birthplace o

las, who stood in the far west, bearing on his shoulders the vault of heaven . He was once regarded as a divinity of the sea, b

folks disposed to sleep. § 66. Juno’s Best Gift. — What the queen of heaven deemed the greatest blessing reserved for mortals

matron, at whose angry eyes Zeus trembles, and the windless plain of heaven With hyperborean echoes rings and roars, Remember

he goddess no longer supplicated the clowns, but lifting her hands to heaven exclaimed, “May they never quit that pool, but pa

ten trembles for me lest I should fall headlong. Add to this that the heaven is all the time turning round and carrying the st

But when he beheld the monstrous forms scattered over the surface of heaven , — the Scorpion extending two great arms, his tai

g the stars, hurling the chariot over pathless places, now up in high heaven , now down almost to the earth. The moon saw with

ad and shoulders bare, screening her face with her hand, looked up to heaven , and with husky voice prayed Jupiter if it were h

nd her agony at once by his thunderbolts, or else to consider his own heaven , how both the poles were smoking that sustained h

over the lifeless bodies, and kissed them Raising her pallid arms to heaven , “Cruel Latona,” said she, “satiate thy hard hear

ever modest motion? ’twas thy gift, The richest gift that youth from heaven receives. True, I did boldly say they might compa

ating wildly behind her, she still inconsolably ranges the expanse of heaven . According to some, the lost Pleiad is Merope, wh

s. § 92. Endymion. — The frequent absence of Diana from her duties in heaven is said to have awakened suspicion among the deit

absented herself even from Olympus, for Adonis was dearer to her than heaven . Him she followed, and bore him company. She who

he rest.” Then Cupid, swift as lightning, penetrating the heights of heaven , presented himself before Jupiter with his suppli

world, — Love’s worshipper, — To seek on earth for him whose home was heaven ! In the full city, — by the haunted fount, — Thr

unto the weary heart were given, And she became Love’s angel bride in heaven !181 The story of Cupid and Psyche first appears

arch. who rules the realm of Tartarus. Dost thou not see that even in heaven some despise our power? Minerva and Diana defy us

elestial regions, are closely interwoven. That the winds, which sweep heaven , should kiss the stars is easy to understand. The

panied by the House and the Pleiads, bewept her son. Night spread the heaven with clouds; all nature mourned for the offspring

-clouds to move Over the darkness, earth bedimming, Milky-robed thro’ heaven swimming, Floating round the stars above, Swimmin

in mass till the giant became the mountain upon whose shoulders rests heaven with all its stars. Fig. 78. Perseus with the

himself the anger of the Olympians; that he even attempted to fly to heaven on his winged steed; but the king of gods and men

“… Never was Heracles apart from Hylas, not when midnoon was high in heaven , not when Dawn with her white horses speeds upwar

The immortal element, derived from Jupiter himself, was translated to heaven ; and by the consent of the gods — even of relucta

ted as a deity to the ranks of the immortals. The whitearmed queen of heaven was finally reconciled to the offspring of Alcmen

this famous siege as did the parties themselves. It was well known in heaven that fate had decreed the fall of Troy, if her en

impending, but Juno hinted that if he did so the other inhabitants of heaven might be induced to interpose in like manner when

still raged with equal fortune, when Jove enveloped the whole face of heaven in a cloud. The lightning flashed, the thunder ro

ee no suitable messenger. In desperation, he exclaimed: — “Father of heaven and earth! deliver thou Achaia’s host from darkne

atue of Minerva called the Palladium. It was said to have fallen from heaven , and the belief was that the city could not be ta

bring thence a statue of Diana which was believed to have fallen from heaven . Accordingly, the friends went to Tauris. Since t

airs lull us, blowing lowly) With half-dropt eyelid still, Beneath a heaven dark and holy, To watch the long bright river dra

verdure, purpled o’er With violets; it was a scene to fill A god from heaven with wonder and delight.376 Calypso, with much

d tho’ We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven , that which we are, we are One equal temper of he

escended deep, so that its recesses were as far beneath their feet as heaven was high above their heads. In the bottom of this

but their priests restrain them, telling them that it is the will of heaven that no native of the land shall guide them to vi

8 § 177. The Creation. — According to the Eddas there was once no heaven above nor earth beneath, but only a bottomless de

halla, the great hall of Odin. When seated on his throne he overlooks heaven and earth. Beside him sits Frigga, his wife, who

s the watchman of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven to prevent the giants from forcing their way over

emselves in unavailing grief, for Balder, though the brightest god of heaven , and best beloved, had but met the doom ordained

s, to ask her what way there might be of restoring Balder to life and heaven . Might Hela perchance surrender Balder, if Höder

Hel, and there entreat the goddess Hela that she yield Balder back to heaven .” Höder returning cityward met Hermod, swiftest o

d Sleipnir, and in darkness rode To Asgard. And the stars came out in heaven , High over Asgard, to light home the king. But fi

fain would altogether ward Death from thy head, and with the gods in heaven Prolong thy life, though not by thee desired — Bu

together through that gloomy world, And talking of the life we led in heaven , While we yet lived, among the other gods.” He sp

he first, and laughed and said: “Ye gods, good lack, is it so dull in heaven That ye come pleasuring to Thok’s iron wood? Love

aw, her litter at her feet — So ye grow squeamish, gods, and sniff at heaven !” She spake, but Hermod answered her and said, “

he sun grows dim, the earth sinks into the ocean, the stars fall from heaven , and time is no more. After this Alfadur (the Alm

d time is no more. After this Alfadur (the Almighty) will cause a new heaven and a new earth to arise out of the sea. The new

hen from the south shall march the fiery band And cross the bridge of heaven , with Lok for guide, And Fenris at his heel with

marshall’d in one flaming square Against the gods, upon the plains of heaven . I mourn thee, that thou canst not help us then.”

Mourn, Hermod, for the gods; Mourn for the men on earth, the gods in heaven , Who live, and with their eyes shall see that day

hen the day of battle comes, And the two hosts are marshall’d, and in heaven The golden-crested cock shall sound alarm, And hi

ered him: — “Far to the south, beyond the blue, there spreads Another heaven , the boundless — no one yet Hath reached it; ther

man preserved, Who then shall live in peace, as now in war. But we in heaven shall find again with joy The ruin’d palaces of O

earkening some heard the thunder pass394 O’er the cloudless noontide heaven ; and some men turned about And deemed that in the

n the tree-bole, and the wild hawks overhead Laughed ‘neath the naked heaven as at last he spake and said: “Earls of the Goths

war-wand’s forgers wrought never better steel Since first the burg of heaven uprose for man-folks weal. Now let the man among

the wild wood, I heard on the mountain-side That the shining house of heaven is wrought exceeding wide, And that there the Ear

Hindfell enwrapped by the fervent blaze, And naught ‘twixt earth and heaven save a world of flickering flame, And a hurrying,

Other Titans were Cœus and Phœbe, figurative of the radiant lights of heaven ; Creüs and Eurybië, mighty powers, probably of th

nsists that the loves of Zeus are deities of the earth: “The rains of heaven (Zeus) do not fall upon the moon.” Illustrative

watched over the sacred spear and the shield, Ancile, that fell from heaven in the reign of Numa Pompilius. Generals supplica

, — the shadow, therefore, of Juno (Hera), if Hera be the splendor of heaven . But the early myth-makers would hardly have reas

n idol. Diana. — The Latin Diana means either “goddess of the bright heaven ,” or “goddess of the bright day.” She is frequent

the underworld of which none might partake and return to the light of heaven . Among the Romans her worship was overshadowed by

e hornèd moon, in its various changes and wanderings.404 Argus is the heaven with its myriad stars, some of them shut, some bl

s music may be the morning breeze, at the coming of which the eyes of heaven close ( Cox 2: 138; Preller 2: 40). The explanati

ive. — Shelley, To the Moon: “Art thou pale for weariness Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth, Wandering companionless

r). Cox, after his usual method, finds here the Dawn borne across the heaven by the lord of the pure ether. Europa would then

up in his thigh for safe keeping. Preller finds here “the wedlock of heaven and earth, the first day that it thunders in Marc

e of Ophion. Ophion and Eurynome, according to one legend, ruled over heaven before the age of Saturn (Cronus). So Milton, P.

rth; or as the dawn, from which, shot through with the golden rays of heaven , the youthful Sun is born.405 Advocates of the la

of course, he would here behold the giant Atlas, who, stationed where heaven and earth meet, sustains upon his shoulders the c

pp in Roscher, — and Max Müller). At the end of the day, falling from heaven , this knight of the sun walks in melancholy the p

7: 1; Spenser, “Then whoso will with virtuous wing assay To mount to heaven , on Pegasus must ride, And with sweet Poet’s vers

Others make Pasiphaë, whose name means, “shiner upon all,” the bright heaven ; and Minos (in accordance with his name, the Man,

y be forms of the power of darkness hidden in the starry labyrinth of heaven . Like Hercules, Theseus fights with the Amazons (

of Fire (Corp. Poet. 2: 459). Odin or Woden was first the god of the heaven , or heaven itself, then husband of earth, god of

rp. Poet. 2: 459). Odin or Woden was first the god of the heaven, or heaven itself, then husband of earth, god of war and of

hich the love of life and self are extinguished; as an end, it is the heaven of the Buddhist, a negative bliss consisting in a

was Nut. Nut: wife of Seb, mother of the Osirian gods; the vault of heaven ; she may be likened to the Greek Rhea. Osi′ris o

is Pan, or, as god of gardens, Priapus. Neith: goddess of the upper heaven ; self-produced; mother of the sun; goddess, conse

88-90; derived from Etruscan, 90; myths of great Greek divinities of heaven , 91-173; of earth, 174-180; of earth and underwor

and underworld, 181-188; of waters, 189-191; of lesser divinities of heaven , 192-199; of lesser divinities of earth and under

ant, thirsty Vritra, gatherer of clouds, dispenser of rain; adored in heaven and on earth. Varuna: god of the vault of heaven

of rain; adored in heaven and on earth. Varuna: god of the vault of heaven (root var, to cover; Gk. Ouranos, Lat. Uranus’);

r of prosperity to men, their guardian and companion, passing between heaven and earth “like a messenger between two hamlets”

. Lernæ′an Hy′dra, 235. Les′bos, 172; Com. § 99. Lesser divinities of heaven among the Greeks, 70-73. Le′the, 81, 195, 351. Le

6. Greek Myths of Creation, 37-50: Greek Myths of great divinities of heaven , 91-173; of great divinities of earth, 174-180; o

and underworld, 181-188; of waters, 189-191; of lesser divinities of heaven , 192-199; of lesser divinities of earth and under

59 (Textual). O-lym′pus, Mount, 124. O-lym′pus, home of Greek gods of heaven , 2, 40; located and described, 51; Homer’s concep

und by the lovely goddess Hebe. Here they conversed of the affairs of heaven and earth; and as they quaffed their nectar, Apol

other was so displeased at the sight of him that she flung him out of heaven . Other accounts say that Jupiter kicked him out f

atin name of Bacchus; and Mulciber of Vulcan. Janus was the porter of heaven . He opens the year, the first month being named a

telling the story, which is as follows: — Before earth, and sea, and heaven were created, all things wore one aspect, to whic

posed, and put an end to this discord, separating earth from sea, and heaven from both. The fiery part, being the lightest, sp

f divine materials, or whether in the earth, so lately separated from heaven , there lurked still some heavenly seeds. Promethe

ls turn their faces downward, and look to the earth, he raises his to heaven , and gazes on the stars. Prometheus was one of th

d to his brother Prometheus, who, with the aid of Minerva, went up to heaven , and lighted his torch at the chariot of the sun,

s brother, to punish them for their presumption in stealing fire from heaven ; and man, for accepting the gift. The first woman

ccepting the gift. The first woman was named Pandora. She was made in heaven , every god contributing something to perfect her.

to council. They obeyed the call, and took the road to the palace of heaven . The road, which any one may see in a clear night

ning; but recollecting the danger that such a conflagration might set heaven itself on fire, he changed his plan, and resolved

chained up; the south was sent out, and soon covered all the face of heaven with a cloak of pitchy darkness. The clouds, driv

durance and repulse     Of thine impenetrable spirit, Which earth and heaven could not convulse,     A mighty lesson we inheri

in his ode to Napoleon Bonaparte: — “Or, like the thief of fire from heaven ,     Wilt thou withstand the shock? And share wit

heavenly plains and sought your depths? Learn that I am supplanted in heaven — my place is given to another. You will hardly b

o constellations of the Great and Little Bear move round and round in heaven , but never sink, as the other stars do, beneath t

hirst. She no longer supplicated the clowns, but lifting her hands to heaven exclaimed, ‘May they never quit that pool, but pa

ford her a place of rest, but all feared too much the potent queen of heaven to assist her rival. Delos alone consented to bec

d rustic divinities. Over all was carved the likeness of the glorious heaven ; and on the silver doors the twelve signs of the

ten trembles for me lest I should fall headlong. Add to all this, the heaven is all the time turning round and carrying the st

He sees with terror the monstrous forms scattered over the surface of heaven . Here the Scorpion extended his two great arms, w

g the stars, hurling the chariot over pathless places, now up in high heaven , now down almost to the earth. The moon saw with

ad and shoulders bare, screening her face with her hand, looked up to heaven , and with a husky voice called on Jupiter. “O, ru

If neither of us can excite your pity, think, I pray you, of your own heaven , and behold how both the poles are smoking which

yed. Atlas faints, and scarce holds up his burden. If sea, earth, and heaven perish, we fall into ancient Chaos. Save what yet

portunity to extend your empire and mine. Do you not see that even in heaven some despise our power? Minerva the wise, and Dia

stood for a while like one stupefied; then turned her chariot towards heaven , and hastened to present herself before the thron

d Cnidos, and Amathos, rich in metals. She absented herself even from heaven , for Adonis was dearer to her than heaven. Him sh

absented herself even from heaven, for Adonis was dearer to her than heaven . Him she followed and bore him company. She who u

e rest.” Then Cupid, as swift as lightning penetrating the heights of heaven , presented himself before Jupiter with his suppli

d, — Love’s worshipper, —     To seek on earth for him whose home was heaven ! “In the full city, — by the haunted fount, —   

the weary heart were given,     And she became Love’s angel bride in heaven !” The story of Cupid and Psyche first appears in

shed alike unlamented. “Standing before the altar I raised my eyes to heaven . ‘O Jupiter,’ I said, ‘if thou art indeed my fath

spread Into a liquid plain, then stood unmoved Pure as the expanse of heaven ; I thither went With unexperienced thought, and l

of brotherly duty. One only was left, Ilioneus. He raised his arms to heaven to try whether prayer might not avail. “Spare me,

sed now one, now another of her dead sons. Raising her pallid arms to heaven , “Cruel Latona,” said she, “feed full your rage w

lk till he became a mountain, and (such was the pleasure of the gods) heaven with all its stars rests upon his shoulders. T

es, prevailed so far as to cause her to be placed in that part of the heaven near the pole, where every night she is half the

Mercury a bird. At another time the giants attempted to climb up into heaven , and for that purpose took up the mountain Ossa a

lf the anger of the gods; it is said he even attempted to fly up into heaven on his winged steed, but Jupiter sent a gadfly wh

spirit, a god, unfolded the splendor of his wings, and soared towards heaven . Our own poet Longfellow also records an adventur

four-horse chariot to dwell among the stars. As he took his place in heaven , Atlas felt the added weight. Juno, now reconcile

arried off from the midst of his playfellows on Mount Ida, bore up to heaven , and installed in the vacant place.   Tennyson,

to leave the guidance of his companion and soar upward as if to reach heaven . The nearness of the blazing sun softened the wax

it. Ask him to come arrayed in all his splendors, such as he wears in heaven . That will put the matter beyond a doubt.” Semele

dismay;     Being now placed in the firmament,     Through the bright heaven doth her beams display,     And is unto the stars

lamented over her son. Night, in sympathy with her grief, spread the heaven with clouds; all nature mourned for the offspring

ed that if he did so it would induce all others of the inhabitants of heaven to interpose in like manner whenever any of their

ttle raged with equal fortunes, when Jove enveloped the whole face of heaven with a dark cloud. The lightning flashed, the thu

hat he exclaimed in those famous lines so often quoted, — “Father of heaven and earth! deliver thou Achaia’s host from darkne

ing! O father! hear my humble prayer! Dispel this cloud, the light of heaven restore; Give me to see and Ajax asks no more; If

atue of Minerva called the Palladium. It was said to have fallen from heaven , and the belief was that the city could not be ta

bring thence a statue of Diana which was believed to have fallen from heaven . Accordingly Orestes and Pylades went to Tauris,

verdure, purpled o’er With violets; it was a scene to fill A god from heaven with wonder and delight.” Calypso with much relu

escended deep, so that its recesses were as far beneath their feet as heaven was high above their heads. In the bottom of this

but their priests restrain them, telling them that it is the will of heaven that no native of the land shall guide them to vi

y to Jessica in this fashion: — “Look, Jessica, see how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with pattens of bright gold! Ther

he storm of chase, as moon and stars Glance rapidly along the clouded heaven When winds are blowing strong. The Traveller slak

ls and gives the nod, The stamp of fate and sanction of the god. High heaven with reverence the dread signal took, And all Oly

desert, suddenly beheld a basilisk. He immediately raised his eyes to heaven , and with a pious appeal to the Deity laid the mo

en Hail their creator’s dwelling-place     Among the living lights of heaven ; Yes! I am of that outcast crew To Iran and to ve

ds. Of the inferior gods the most important are: 1. Indra, the god of heaven , of thunder, lightning, storm, and rain; 2. Agni,

a being of the date of 1640. According to the Eddas there was once no heaven above nor earth beneath, but only a bottomless de

la, the residence of Odin. When seated on his throne he overlooks all heaven and earth. Upon his shoulders are the ravens Hugi

s the watchman of the gods, and is therefore placed on the borders of heaven to prevent the giants from forcing their way over

sun becomes dim, the earth sinks into the ocean, the stars fall from heaven , and time is no more. After this Alfadur (the Alm

d time is no more. After this Alfadur (the Almighty) will cause a new heaven and a new earth to arise out of the sea. The new

height, In the sun’s face, beneath the eye of light, And baring unto heaven each noble head, Stood in the circle, where none

o’er the world her olive wand extend, And white-robed Innocence from heaven descend.” See, also, Milton’s Hymn to the Nativi

, however, he might disappear to return to Olympus, where the gods of heaven lived. He was not the only one who was thus seen.

k horses and looked again. He had never seen anything so beautiful in heaven , or on earth, or under the earth. The grim, rough

e, and went slowly up the path of stars to Olympus, where the gods of heaven dwell; for, she said, “My brother Jupiter, alone,

es; and when she entered the glorious hall, the gods and goddesses of heaven rose in courtesy to her, for Ceres was reverenced

eternal fire burning in the great hall of Olympus, where the gods of heaven dwell, and he knew how it cheers and warms those

n and feared not Jupiter, nor obeyed him. One night, when the gods of heaven were all asleep and the hall of Olympus was empty

singing rough chants in honor of Prometheus, who had stolen fire from heaven , he grew very stern. “Prometheus is brave, but he

p the star-road and into the great hall of Olympus, where the gods of heaven were feasting. The air was sweet with the fragran

rich and wonderful box, as Jupiter had ordered; and when each god of heaven had put within it a gift, he closed the lid and s

but the box must never be opened. Let them take heed, for the joys of heaven will work evil if they are set free on earth.” So

med to Epimetheus that there was the music and fragrance and light of heaven come to his door, and he welcomed them eagerly, f

rned Pandora and Epimetheus not to open the sacred box. “The gifts of heaven must not be set free on earth,” he said, “for men

or the first time, to be free and happy. Even Jupiter and the gods of heaven had more joy as they saw how the earth prospered

, Jupiter will take him up to Olympus and make him one of the gods of heaven .” Alcmena was a good mother, and after hearing th

, and to the blazing heat of the sun, because he had stolen fire from heaven . Hercules boldly set Prometheus free, and Prometh

. In a few moments Phaëton found himself driving up the steep road of heaven . Below him he heard the chorus of birds singing t

of the gods, and entered the dwelling of Vulcan, the lame workman of heaven . Thetis had once done him a great kindness, and n

roy, there was a statue of Minerva which was said to have fallen from heaven . It was called the Palladium, and the goddess had

ve Ulysses an ox-hide bag. In this he had imprisoned all the winds of heaven , except the west wind, which was to bear the flee

took it from beside him and opened it, letting loose all the winds of heaven in a great tempest. Ulysses awoke and knew what h

o’s island, 232. Olym΄pus. Mountain in Thessaly; home of the gods of heaven , 12, 30, 45. Or΄pheus (or΄phuse). A musician, so

ro-me΄thuse). A Titan, and special friend of man, 42; stole fire from heaven , 43, and was punished by Jupiter, 44, but was fre

and countenance distinguished the father of gods and men and ruler of heaven . These deities, so like to man in form, were held

not, is the true origin of the tale of the Titans being driven out of heaven , and of the concubines of Zeus, who were reckoned

as lying within the bosom of the earth118. As Homer119 represents the heaven as resting on pillars kept by Atlas, and which we

d which were on the earth, and Hesiod120 describes the extremities of heaven , earth, sea (πόυτος), and Tartaros as meeting, it

ian gods. The Hebrews seem, for example, to have regarded the concave heaven as being solid (hence Moses says, that Jehovah wo

eaven as being solid (hence Moses says, that Jehovah would make their heaven brass and their earth iron)122, and its upper sur

d frost123. According to the notions of the ancient Scandinavians the heaven was solid, and its upper surface, which they name

, that there were doors at the eastern and western extremities of the heaven , through which the sun-god and other deities asce

air, ‘bringing light to men and gods.’ When in after times the solid heaven was established as the abode of the gods, the nec

ned. The stars appear to have been regarded as moving under the solid heaven , for they rose out of and sank into the Ocean str

Notos, and Eosphoros (Dawn-bearer), or Morning-star, and the stars of heaven . Styx, a daughter of Oceanos, was by Pallas the m

s over her ; the Mountains, which rise on her surface and support the heaven  ; and the barren salt Sea. United then by Love wi

for him Or for his horses, when rose-fingered Eôs Leaves Ocean and to heaven ascends. For through the waves his loved bed bear

ese tears when he came to the land of the Hyperboreans, an exile from heaven on account of the fate of his son Asclepios. But

named Pandia257; and Ersa (Dew) was also the offspring of the king of heaven and the goddess of the moon258. This last is a pl

Perhaps, as has been ingeniously conjectured326, Zeus, the god of the heaven , was poetically named Kroniôn, that is the Son of

they feast at the approach of evening, and converse of the affairs of heaven and earth ; the nectar is handed round by Hebe (Y

rses of celestial breed366, which could whirl them to and fro between heaven and earth through the yielding air, or skim with

lot among them, and the portion which fell to him was the ‘extensive heaven in air and clouds375.’ All the aerial phænomena,

eria, the sister of Leto, flying the love of Zeus, flung herself from heaven down to the sea and became the isle afterwards na

ned by Pausanias as indicative of the dominion of Zeus (the God) over heaven , earth, (land and water,) and the under-world412.

her hands together and suspended her with anvils at her feet between heaven and earth505 ; and when her son Hephæstos would a

epic poet of an ancient physical mythe of the union of Zeus and Hera ( heaven and earth, as we shall presently show) in spring-

e are inclined to assent to the opinion of those who view in Zeus the heaven , and in Hera the earth, and regard this holy marr

ed, and of which the memory was kept up in so many places, as that of heaven and earth in the spring of each returning year, w

lly renewed virginity of the goddess. The physical union of earth and heaven is, we think, plainly discernible in the beautifu

on earth was the isle of Lemnos. It was here he fell when flung from heaven by Zeus for attempting to aid his mother Hera, wh

entle of her race, was roused to indignation : she raised her hand to heaven and cried, “May you live for ever in that pool !”

ord her a place of rest ; but all feared too much the potent queen of heaven to assist her rival. Delos alone consented to bec

of the under-world ; during the remainder with Astarte, the regent of heaven . A festival in honour of Adonis was annually cele

example asks, with some appearance of reason, why those nations whose heaven was mildest, and their winter shortest, should so

r being esteemed the same with Astarte, the moon-goddess and queen of heaven , that Aphrodite was so frequently styled the Heav

a rock, whence she would be carried away by a monster, the terror of heaven , earth, and hell. The oracle was obeyed, and Psyc

red flowers grew from one root884 ; And with its fragrant smell wide heaven above And all earth laughed, and the sea’s briny

on earth escapes. So long as the goddess beheld the earth and starry heaven , the fishy sea and beams of the sun, so long she

forward becomes her attendant. Zeus sends Rhea to invite them back to heaven . Demeter now complies, And instant from the deep

k and all nature was put out of harmony, but at that of the Muses the heaven itself, the stars, the sea, and rivers stood moti

to share in the conflict of the Achæans and the Trojans, the gates of heaven , which the Seasons keep, whose charge is to open

have been particularly attached to the goddess of love, the queen of heaven had authority over them977 ; and she promises Pas

ris Sertia, from εἴρω to knit or unite, as the rainbow seems to unite heaven and earth. Παιήων, Παιὼν, Παιάν. Pœeon, Pœon.

fe is said to be small at first, but at last to raise her head to the heaven . She is sent forth1070 amidst the Achæans by Zeus

a very extensive sphere of action, as gods of the sun, the moon, the heaven , the earth, and other parts of nature. Dionysos w

g of Pergamus, to request the image at Pessinos which had fallen from heaven . The monarch readily yielded compliance, and the

tue of the Artemis of Ephesus was a black stone which had fallen from heaven , — an aërolite of course. Her subsequent ones wer

arth : he has a pipe of seven reeds, on account of the harmony of the heaven , in which there are seven sounds : he has a crook

d (πέρην) the bright Ocean’ opposite where Atlas stood supporting the heaven , and they had charge of the trees that bore the g

is eyes ; he hurled glowing rocks with loud cries and hissing against heaven , and flame and storm rushed from his mouth. The g

ade the golden race of men, who were in the time when Kronos ruled in heaven . They lived like gods, free from toils and care,

forged arms and fed on the flesh of the labouring ox, she flew up to heaven and became the constellation of Astræa or the Vir

de by the gods, the three last by Zeus, who attained the supremacy of heaven in the time of the second or silver race. Earth c

nows all the depths of the sea, and keeps the long pillars which hold heaven and earth asunder.’ In the Theogony1454 he is sai

ven and earth asunder.’ In the Theogony1454 he is said to support the heaven on his head and hands in the extreme West, a task

old time was lost, Atlas, the keeper of the pillars that support the heaven , or the dæmon who discharged that office himself,

and both sea and mountain were named from him1461. His supporting the heaven was usually explained by making him an astronomer

and Athena beholding it offered him her aid in procuring anything in heaven that might contribute to its perfection. Promethe

ection. Prometheus said that he could not tell what there might be in heaven to his purpose, unless he could go thither and ju

could go thither and judge for himself. The goddess then bore him to heaven in her sevenfold shield, and there seeing everyth

erties and relations of animals. When Prometheus had stolen fire from heaven for the good of mankind, they were so ungrateful

creator of mankind, to whom he gave the fire which he had stolen from heaven . Yet even so late as the times of Augustus some v

d which lay in the house of the men, into a box brought with her from heaven by Pandora. It is rather strange how this notion

ith curiosity, man raised the lid, and all the blessings flew away to heaven , where they abide shunning the earth. Hope alone

versal among the moderns that she brought all the evils with her from heaven shut up in a box (πυξίς). We can only account for

s into it entered it with his wife Pyrrha. Zeus then poured rain from heaven and inundated the greater part of Greece, so that

e of Hera, but they were pursued and slain at the altar. The anger of heaven was manifested by a plague, and by the advice of

universal tradition of an impious people being destroyed by fire from heaven , — the well-known history of the origin of the De

repared to pile Ossa on Olympos and Pelion on Ossa, in order to scale heaven , but Apollo killed them before the down had grown

their descent from Poseidôn and Iphimedeia, and the attempt to scale heaven , indicate turbulence and impiety. We are disposed

ples, but to send Atlas for them, and in the mean time to support the heaven in his stead. The hero did as desired, and Atlas

on of Prometheus the hero feigned consent, but begged him to hold the heaven till he had made a pad to put on his head. Atlas

While the pyre was flaming, a thunder-cloud conveyed the sufferer to heaven , where he was endowed with immortality ; and bein

ut he, who had done it through malice for her having flung him out of heaven , replied that he had no mother. Dionysos contrive

lf. Bellerophontes at last attempted by means of Pegasos to ascend to heaven  : Zeus, incensed at his boldness, sent an insect

respecting Io seems to be that she is the moon, and Argos the starry heaven , which, as it were, keeps ceaseless watch over he

ding them with his brother, and for them to live day and day about in heaven and under the earth. Polydeukes chose the latter,

ortal for his righteousness ; others that, like Ixiôn, when raised to heaven he made love to Hera, was deceived by a cloud, an

ace of his punishment, but Euripides says that it was the air between heaven and earth, and that the rock was suspended over h

ucted by their more pious sons, who acted in obedience to the will of heaven . The story of Alcmæôn is a parallel to that of Or

s of the Greater Houses2268, the Ramnes and Titienses, as it were, of heaven  ; and of the Select Gods2269, like the Select Jud

losophy was introduced into Rome Jupiter was regarded as the material heaven , as in the well-known line of the Thyestes of Enn

The King of glory. — P. L. vii. 205. And again, v. 374 : He through heaven , That open’d wide her blazing portals, led To God

ise Lost one is apt to be struck with the definite material nature of heaven and its inhabitants, so different from the Paradi

earth, while Milton gave utterance to his genuine conception of what heaven might really be. The fact is, that our great poet

θέω), who reduces all strife to peace and order, calls Briareôs up to heaven , and men must now give over their thoughts of get

e they feasted on ambrosia and nectar, discoursed upon the affairs of heaven and earth, and were delighted at intervals by the

d many names. Ques. What was the cause of Apollo’s being driven from heaven ? Ans. He had a son named Æsculapius, who was so

forged the thunderbolts. For this reason Jupiter banished Apollo from heaven . Ques. How did he occupy himself in his banishme

s and wanderings, Apollo was restored to the favor of Jupiter, and to heaven . Ques. What favor did Apollo confer on King Adme

he fiery horses of the Sun; they departed from their usual track, and heaven and earth were threatened with one universal conf

ask Jupiter to visit her with all the glory which encompassed him in heaven . All happened as Juno desired, and Semele was con

mple and castle of Minerva in Troy, a statue of the goddess fell from heaven into the castle, which was still unroofed. The or

She was educated and adorned by the Horæ or Hours, who carried her to heaven as soon she became of age. All the gods were asto

as the daughter of Phœbe and Cœus the Titan. When she was driven from heaven by the jealousy of Juno, she found an asylum in t

a beautiful youth, was beloved by Aurora, who carried him with her to heaven ; but he regarded the goddess with indifference, a

can? Ans. He was the son of Jupiter and Juno, but was cast down from heaven on account of his deformed appearance. He landed

called Diana, and was honored as the goddess of woods and hunting; in heaven she was called Luna, and was identified with the

an out of clay, and gave it life by means of fire which he stole from heaven . Ques. What pretty fable is connected with this?

itated the gods by his pride. He conceived the project of mounting to heaven on his winged steed; Jupiter was indignant, and s

ys acted in the light of day, beneath the bright canopy of a southern heaven . The Romans at a later period introduced awnings

cred fires were originally lit from that which Zoroaster brought from heaven . The Guebres, as these people are sometimes calle

the creation? Ans. They say that in the beginning, there was neither heaven nor earth, but a world of mist, in which flowed a

in. This god is represented as seated on a throne which overlooks all heaven and earth. On his shoulders sit the ravens, Hugin

s the watchman of the gods, and was stationed at the extreme verge of heaven to guard the bridge Bifrost. The gods continually

ered any ransom she might name for Baldur’s return, assuring her that heaven and earth resounded with lamentations for the her

wrapped in flames, the sun will become dim, the stars will fall from heaven , and time shall be no more. After this universal

ter this universal destruction, Alfâdur (All-Father) will cause a new heaven and a new earth to rise out of the abyss. This ne

They studied the hidden laws of nature and the mysteries of earth and heaven . They offered public and private sacrifices, and

re not slow to appreciate the benefits conferred by the messengers of heaven : a large community was gradually formed, and the

ve; Let down our golden everlasting chain, Whose strong embrace holds heaven and earth and main: Strive all, of mortal and imm

urbed; but he knew that it would be no small undertaking to rule well heaven , earth, and sea, and resolved to divide the power

Pandora. They then bade Mercury take her to Prometheus as a gift from heaven ; but he, knowing only too well that nothing good

ing mortals into houses driven, Sought shelter from the inclemency of heaven . Those houses, then, were caves or homely sheds,

the world behold, The eternal Thunderer sat, enthroned in gold, High heaven the footstool of his feet he makes, And wide bene

s, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate and sanction of the god: High heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Oly

Ganymede, most beautiful Of men; the gods beheld and caught him up To heaven , so beautiful was he, to pour The wine to Jove, a

ing completed this masterpiece, longed for some sign of approval from heaven , and fervently prayed for a token that the god ac

III: Juno The Consort of Jupiter Juno (Hera, Here), queen of heaven , and goddess of the atmosphere and of marriage, w

vals the Palladium, a statue of the goddess, said to have fallen from heaven , was carried in procession through the city, wher

their own accord. Then, his term of exile being ended, he returned to heaven , and there resumed his wonted duties. From his ex

es the dews     And spurns the salt sea-floors, ascending silvery the heaven , Until from the hand of Eos Hesperos, trembling,

ing every star! Queen of the sky, whose beams are seen afar! By night heaven owns thy sway, by day the grove, When, as chaste

ling its fairy loveliness; while her eye Is soft and deep as the blue heaven is high. The Beautiful is born; and sea and earth

tion. Even while they prayed, it is said, a shield, Ancile, fell from heaven , and a voice was distinctly heard to declare that

h Juno for one of her usual fits of jealousy, Jupiter hung her out of heaven , fast bound by a golden chain; and Vulcan, percei

his son’s interference in his matrimonial concerns, hurled him out of heaven . The intervening space between heaven and earth w

ial concerns, hurled him out of heaven. The intervening space between heaven and earth was so great, that Vulcan’s fall lasted

return, promised a handsome compensation. Apollo, also banished from heaven at that time, volunteered to aid Neptune by playi

t golden song Apollo singeth, while his chariot Waits at the doors of heaven . Thou art not For scenes like this: an empire ste

hou; And it hath furrow’d that large front: yet now, As newly come of heaven , dost thou sit To blend and interknit Subdued maj

all mortals how fondly he had loved her; he brought her spirit up to heaven , where he raised her to the rank of a deity. ‘“D

known as Ariadne’s Crown, or Corona. “And still her sign is seen in heaven , And, ’midst the glittering symbols of the sky, T

his thy son it shall be given, With his broad heart to win his way to heaven ; Twelve labours shall he work; and all accurst An

the peacock by her side, he immediately recognised as Juno, queen of heaven . He bent low before her, and claimed her aid and

shapely limbs. In despair she raised her trembling hands and arms to heaven to implore aid; but, ere the words were spoken, h

upreme wisdom if he would but give her the preference. Juno, queen of heaven , next appeared in royal robes and insignia, and w

s taunts. Exasperated by this cruel treatment, he raised his hands to heaven , and implored Apollo to avenge the insults he had

the Palladium — a sacred statue of Minerva, said to have fallen from heaven  — remained within its walls. So Ulysses and Diome

d tho’ We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of h

the mythologists explain them as “allegories of the fruitful union of heaven and earth, of rain and grain.” The former school

h store, are the fleecy clouds, pasturing “in the infinite meadows of heaven ,” whose full udders drop down rain and fatness up

have therefore proved that the “beneficent Titan, who stole fire from heaven and bestowed it upon mankind as the richest of bo

rinder” or “crusher.” It was first applied “to the storms which throw heaven and earth into confusion, and hence the idea of A

122; significance, 364 He′ra, or He′re. Name given to Juno, queen of heaven , and goddess of the atmosphere and of marriage, 3

179-182, 183 Mo-sych′lus. Mountain in Lemnos, where Vulcan fell from heaven , 122 Müller. Authority on philology, 352 Mu-sag′

als held in honour of Minerva, 43 Pan-do′ra. First woman; created in heaven , she brings evil into the world, 18-22, 24 Par′c

s and guided the winds and the waters, and, in a word, ruled over all heaven and earth. His wife was Juno, the queen of heaven

ord, ruled over all heaven and earth. His wife was Juno, the queen of heaven , who helped him in his work. I am afraid you will

things. He was the messenger of the gods on all their errands between heaven and earth. Away down in the center of the earth,

Callisto, and the lovelier and fairer she grew, the more the queen of heaven seemed to hate her. At last, one day when Juno me

nfit to drink. Then Latona became very angry, and raising her eyes to heaven she cried, “If there is any one to hear me, and a

uish. But her pride was not yet humbled, for, raising her arms toward heaven , she cried, “You have taken revenge, most cruel L

e old woman he had carried across, the stately form of Juno, queen of heaven . “Young man,” said she, “you have a good and brav

e sea. ——— The Sea Hath Its Pearls The sea hath its pearls,     The heaven hath its stars; But my heart, my heart,     My he

art, my heart,     My heart hath its love. Great are the sea and the heaven ,     Yet greater is my heart; And fairer than pea

maiden,     Come unto my great heart; My heart, and the sea, and the heaven     Are melting away with love! Henry Wadsworth

of the wide difference between a little hunter boy and a great god of heaven . One day, while they were resting in a shady nook

ot scorn the gifts I offer. See, too, how huge I am. Great Jupiter in heaven is not larger. See the long hair which hangs over

I have but one eye in the middle of my forehead, yet the great sun in heaven , which sees all things, likewise has but one eye.

rows, and flew away unseen.” But now he thought more of earth than of heaven , and checking his flight, he again descended to t

formed all the gods that his son had declared that he could not enjoy heaven itself if he were there to be deprived of his bel

the good and the bad go after death. Mother. Yes; they called their heaven Elysium, and their hell was Tartarus. They placed

he god; “one third of the world shall be yours. None hut the queen of heaven , the glorious Juno, shall outshine you. You shall

nd. The Pierides.       — “the Muses; dwellers on the mount Of heaven nine daughters of the mighty Jove: Melpomene, Eut

e sung that the giants were great and brave; they desired to reign in heaven , and that was glorious ambition; they would thrus

g to her divine admirer. At this moment, Juno, looking down from high heaven , saw the country of Peloponnesus involved in midn

d in Africa, she became calm, knelt down, and raising her head toward heaven , implored Jupiter, with her loud and continual lo