Image Althaea baur.jpg thumb right 350px Illustration of Althaea by Johann Wilhelm Baur . Althaea also commonly spelled Althea , lang grc Altha a was in Greek mythology the daughter of King Thestius and Eurythemis , and was sister to Leda mythology Leda , Hypermnestra , Iphicles Iphiclus , Evippus Euippus , &c. ref name DGRBM cite encyclopedia last Schmitz first Leonhard authorlink Leonhard Schmitz title Althaea editor William Smith lexicographer William Smith encyclopedia Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 134 publisher Little, Brown and Company location Boston year 1867 url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0143.html ref She was also the wife of Oeneus , king of Calydon, and mother of five sons, Meleager , Melanippe one of the Meleagrids , Troxeus, Thyreus, Clymenus, and two daughters, Deianeira and Gorge mythology Gorge . ref Pseudo Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca i. 7. 10, 8. 1 ref According to some writers, Meleager was the result of a liaison with the Greek god Ares , and Deianeira the progeny of Althaea and the god Dionysus . ref Comp. Gaius Julius Hyginus , Fabulae 129, 171, 174 ref Althaea is especially celebrated ... in the family hearth, was consumed by fire. Oeneus and Mars both slept one night with Althaea, daughter ... as long as this brand remains unconsumed. When Althaea, the mother, heard this, she leaped from ... Atalanta and Althaea s brothers. Meleager killed the boar, but gave the skin to Atalanta both because ... Althaea s brothers, thinking scorn that a woman should get the prize in the face of men, took the skin ... uncles. When Althaea learned what had happened, she retrieved the brand from where she had concealed ... reflist Other sources Thomas Bulfinch . Bulfinch s Mythology The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes. 1855 Chapter XVIII . Category Greek mythology Greek myth stub be ca Altea mitologia ... fr Alth e it Altea mitologia ka la Althaea lt Altaja hu Althaia ja pl Altea mitologia ... more details
Althaea is the Latin rendering of Greek polytonic Althaia , which may be related to Greek polytonic althos healing . It can refer to Althaeamythology , the daughter of Thestius and mother of Meleager Althaea genus , a genus of up to a dozen species of perennial herbs, native to Europe and western Asia, that includes the marshmallow plant 119 Althaea , an asteroid Althaea is also the name of several nymph s in Greek mythology Shrub Althea , Shrub Althaea and Rose of Althea are names applied to Hibiscus syriacus , which is South Korea s national flower Althea , an English variation of the Greek name, can refer to Althea , a female first name USS Althea , any of three U.S. Navy ships EUFOR Althea Operation Althea , a European Union military operation Althea , a Grateful Dead song A fictional pulsar from the science fiction novel The Hercules Text novel The Hercules Text by Jack McDevitt Althea was the name of an English Frigate ship in the Napoleanic wars . Altea , a Spanish variation of the Greek name, can refer to Altea , a town in Spain Disambig fr Althaea la Althaea discretiva pl Althaea pt Althaea desambigua o ... more details
Additional parameters for this template are available at Template Infobox Planet . Infobox planet discovery yes physical characteristics yes bgcolour FFFFC0 name 119 Althaea discoverer James Craig Watson discovered April 3, 1872 alt names named after Althaea mythology Althaea mp category Main belt epoch December 31, 2006 Julian day JD 2454100.5 semimajor 386.190 Giga G m 2.582 Astronomical unit AU perihelion 354.870 Gm 2.372 AU aphelion 417.511 Gm 2.791 AU eccentricity 0.081 period 1515.000 day d 4.15 Julian year astronomy a inclination 5.778 degree angle asc node 203.738 arg peri 171.282 mean anomaly 1.847 avg speed 18.51 km second s dimensions 57.3 km mass 2.0 E 17 kg density ? g cm surface grav 0.0160 m s escape velocity 0.0303 km s rotation ? d spectral type S type asteroid S abs magnitude 8.42 albedo ? single temperature 173 kelvin K 119 Althaea is a sizable main belt asteroid . It is an S type asteroid . It was discovered by James Craig Watson J. C. Watson on April 3, 1872, and named after Althaea Greek mythology Althaea , the mother of Meleager in Greek mythology . Two occultation s by Althaea were observed in 2002, only a month apart. References reflist Unreferenced date December 2009 Minor planets navigator 118 Peitho 120 Lachesis MinorPlanets Footer DEFAULTSORT Althaea Category Main Belt asteroids Category S type asteroids Category Asteroids named from Greek mythology Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1872 S beltasteroid stub ast 119 Althaea de 119 Althaea el 119 es 119 Althea eo 119 Alteo eu 119 Althea fa fr 119 Alth e it 119 Althaea la 119 Althaea hu 119 Althaea mk 119 Althaea ja no 119 Althaea nn 119 Althaea pl 119 Althaea pt 119 Althaea ru 119 sk 119 Althaea sl 119 Alteja sr 119 Althaea sv 119 Althaea tl 119 Althaea th 119 Althaea uk 119 vi 119 Althaea yo 119 Althaea zh ... more details
taxobox name Althaea armeniaca image regnum Plantae unranked divisio Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Malvales familia Malvaceae genus Althaea genus Althaea species A. armeniaca binomial Althaea armeniaca binomial authority Althaea armeniaca is a species in the genus Althaea genus AlthaeaAlthaea armeniaca is found in southern Russia, northern Iran and Armenia Althaea armeniaca is a tall perennial herb, with villous stems. The leaves are deeply divided into 3 lobes but not divided to the base with ovate lanceolate lobes, the cetnral lobe being longer than the others. The leaf margins are toothed. The leaf surfaces have a villous indumentum of stellate hairs. The flowers are borne on multi flowered peduncles. The petals are about 15 mm long, and red in colour. The mericarps have a rough surface and pilose covering of stellate hairs. Description References reflist Category Malveae Malvales stub az Erm ni b l motu ru uk ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Althaea cannabina image Althaea cannabina 01.jpg image width 240px image caption Flowers of Althaea cannabina regnum Plantae divisio Magnoliophyta classis Magnoliopsida ordo Malvales familia Malvaceae genus Althaea genus Althaea species A. cannabina binomial Althaea cannabina binomial authority Carl von Linn L. synonyms Althaea kotschyi Boiss. Althaea narbonensis Pourr. ex Cav. Althaea cannabina , commonly called Palm leaf Marshmallow or Hemp leaved Hollyhock , is a perennial plant perennial herb belonging to the genus Althaea of the Malvaceae family. The leaves resemble those of hemp Cannabis sativa , hence the specific name botany specific epithet cannabina hemp like . ref name bot http www.winternet.com chuckg dictionary dictionary.54.html Dictionary of Botanical Epithets ref Description Althaea cannabina reaches on average convert 40 200 cm of height. The stem is erect, cylindrical, pubescent and very branched. Lower leaves are petiolate, hairy and almost completely subdivided in three five segments, linear or linear lanceolate, toothed or lobed, up to convert 2 cm wide and convert 8 cm long. The upper leaves are simply lobed and toothed. The flowers are solitary or in clusters and grow in the axils of the leaves, on long pedicels up to convert 10 cm ... from July through September. Gallery File Altaea cannabina1175.JPG thumb 140px left Plant of Althaea cannabina , Castelltallat File Malvaceae Althaea cannabina.JPG thumb 140px left Close up on a flower of Althaea cannabina File Malvaceae Althaea cannabina 1.JPG thumb 140px left Flower of Althaea cannabina File Malvaceae Althaea cannabina 3.JPG thumb 140px left Flower of Althaea cannabina File Malvaceae Althaea cannabina 2.JPG thumb 140px left Leaf of Althaea cannabina Distribution Althaea cannabina ... www.biolib.cz en taxon id195185 Biolib wikispecies Althaea cannabina Category Malveae Malvales stub az Althaea cannabina ca Malv canemer es Althaea cannabina ru ... more details
DISPLAYTITLE Althaea genus Taxobox name Althaea image Althaea officinalis.jpg image caption Marshmallow Althaea officinalis regnum Plant ae unranked divisio Flowering plant Angiosperms unranked classis Eudicots unranked ordo Rosids ordo Malvales familia Malvaceae subfamilia Malvoideae tribus Malveae genus Althaea genus authority Carl Linnaeus L. ref cite web url http www.ars grin.gov cgi bin npgs html genus.pl?464 title Althaea L. work Germplasm Resources Information Network publisher United States ... Althaea armeniaca br Althaea broussonetiifolia br Althaea cannabina Hemp leaved Marshmallow br Althaea hirsuta Hairy Marshmallow br Althaea longifolia br Althaea ludwigii br Althaea narbonensis br Althaea officinalis Marshmallow br nowiki nowiki Not accepted as distinct by all authors Althaea ... Asia . It includes Althaea officinalis , also known as the marshmallow plant, whence the fluffy ... leaves are palmately lobed with 3 7 lobes. Althaea species are used as food plants by the larva ... Uses by Ivan A. Ross. Notes references Gallery gallery Image Althaea officinalis habitus.jpeg A. officinalis Image Althaea officinalis0.jpg A. officinalis gallery External links Commons Althaea officinalis ... XREF &TAXON NAME XREF &RANK Flora Europaea Althaea http www.healthy.net library books hoffman materiamedica marshmal.htm Health World Marshmallow Althaea officinalis http www.henriettesherbal.com eclectic kings althaea.html King s American Dispensatory Althaea officinalis Marshmallow http www.botanical.com botanical mgmh m mallow07.html mar A Modern Herbal Mallow, Marsh Althaea officinalis DEFAULTSORT Althaea Genus Category Malveae Category Flora of Asia Category Flora of Europe Category Medicinal plants ar az B l motu ca Altea g nere de Eibisch Gattung et Altee es Althaea eo Alteo fr Althaea genre hsb Popla io Alteo it Althaea la Althaea genus lt Svilaro nl Heemst geslacht pl Prawo laz pt Althaea ru sq Althaea sv L kemalvesl ktet ... more details
than the common Mallow. fact date Dec2011 date December 2011 The generic name, Althaea , is derived ... Simon & Schuster, Inc ref In traditional Chinese medicine, Althaea officinalis is known as zh ... of aqueous extract of Althaea officinalis flower grown in Lebanon volume 49 issue 3 pages ... right 225px Marshmallow Althaea officinalis See also Famine food References Reflist External links Commons Althaea officinalis Althaea officinalis http www.ct botanical society.org galleries althaeaoffi.html Connecticut Botanical Society Althaea officinalis http www.pfaf.org database plants.php?Althaea officinalis Plants For A Future Althaea officinalis http plants.usda.gov java profile?symbol ALOF2 USDA Plants profile Althaea officinalis http www.botanical.com botanical mgmh m mallow07.html Botanical.com Mallows including Althaea officinalis DEFAULTSORT Althaea Officinalis Category Malveae ... es Althaea officinalis eo Oficina alteo fr Guimauve officinale hsb L karska popla hr Bijeli sljez os it Althaea officinalis kk la Althaea officinalis lt Vaistin svilaro ... sk Ibi lek rsky sr sh Bijeli sljez sv L kemalva tl Althaea officinalis uk ... more details
Hatnote For other uses, see Mythology disambiguation , and Myth disambiguation . pp move indef File Gustave ... of Prometheus Bound , Prometheus Unbound and Prometheus Pyrphoros The term mythology can ... Britannica ref As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, ref name Littleton, p. 32 whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ... ref Nature of myths Mythology Typical characteristics The main characters in myths are usually gods ... that, just as biography is about chaps , so mythology is about gods. ref As sacred stories ... under any circumstances. ref Campbell, p. 22 23 ref The study of mythology a historical overview see also Comparative mythology Historically, the important approaches to the study of mythology have ... mythology revived in the Renaissance , with early works on mythography appearing in the 16th century ... ref Joseph Campbell believed that there were two different orders of mythology myths that are metaphorical .... Comparative mythology Main Comparative mythology File 10,000 BEF 1929.jpg thumb 200px Old Belgium Belgian banknote , depicting Ceres Roman mythology Ceres , Neptune mythology Neptune and caduceus . Comparative mythology is the systematic comparison of myths from different cultures. ref name Littleton ... about mythology. ref name Northup, p. 8 Northup, p. 8 ref One exception to this modern trend is Joseph ... the same underlying pattern. This theory of a monomyth is out of favor with the mainstream study of mythology ... continue the trend of mining traditional mythology in order to directly create a plot for modern ... literary criticism Artificial mythology Creation myth Deluge myth Ethereal being Fairy Geomythology Legendary creature LGBT themes in mythology Mytheme Mythical place Mythography Portal Mythology ... deity Trickster Underworld refend Myth and religion refbegin 3 Chinese mythology Christian mythology Hindu mythology Islamic mythology Jesus Christ in comparative mythology Jewish mythology Magic ... more details
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Other uses Gorge In Greek mythology , the name Gorge may refer to Gorge , a daughter of Oeneus and AlthaeamythologyAlthaea , and wife of Andraemon . Artemis changed her sisters into birds because of their constant mourning over the death of their brother Meleager , but spared Gorge and her sister Deianeira . ref Ovid , Metamorphoses , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Ov. 20Met. 208.532&lang original 532 Apollodorus, Library , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Apollod. 201.8&lang original 1.8 Pausanias , Description of Greece , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Paus. 2010.38.5&lang original 10.38.5 . ref Pseudo Apollodorus Apollodorus says that according to Pisander, she was the mother of Tydeus by her father Oeneus, because Zeus willed it that Oeneus should fall in love with his own daughter . ref Apollodorus, Library , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Apollod. 1.8.5&fromdoc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.01.0022 1.8.5 . ref Her son Thoas led the Aetolian contingent for the Greeks in the Trojan War . ref Homer , Iliad http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Perseus text 1999.01.0134 book 2 card 615&highlight thoas 2.638&ndash 644 . ref Gorge , one of the Danaides . She married and murdered Hippothous, son of Aegyptus . ref Apollodorus, Library , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Apollod. 202.1.5&lang original 2.1.5 . ref Gorge , a woman of Lemnos who slew Elymus the night Lemnian women killed their men. ref Statius , Thebaid , http www.theoi.com Text StatiusThebaid5.html 5. 207 ref Gorge , a Maenad in the retinue of Dionysus during his Indian campaign. ref Nonnus , Dionysiaca , 29. 266 ref Notes reflist References William Smith lexicographer Smith, William Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , London 1873 . http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.04.0104 3Aalphabetic letter 3DG 3Aentry group 3D9 3Aentry 3Dgorge bio 1 Gorge Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category ... more details
saved book title Mythology subtitle cover image cover color Mythology Main article Mythology Supporting articles Religion and mythology Comparative mythology Category Wikipedia books on mythologyMythology ... more details
Indian mythology may refer to Indian epic poetry Vedic mythology Hindu mythology Buddhist mythology Native American mythology disambig ... more details
Orphan date October 2008 For the mythologies and folklore of the various peoples of the Caucasus region see the following pages North Caucasus Nart saga Ossetian mythology Vainakh mythology covers Chechens Chechen and Ingush mythology Southern Caucasus Transcaucasia Georgian mythology Armenian mythology DEFAULTSORT Mythology Of The Caucasus Category European mythology ... more details
In Melanesian mythology specifically Vanuatu , Ul is a lunar deity . oceania myth stub Category Lunar deities Category Vanuatu mythology ... more details
Hebrew mythology may refer to pre Judaistic Canaanite mythology Jewish mythology Messiah Aggadah Kabbalah See also Middle Eastern mythology disambiguation Religion and mythology Ancient Semitic religion Panbabylonism disambiguation nl Hebreeuwse mythologie ... more details
Iranian mythologies include Persian mythology Scythian mythology Ossetic mythology See also Ancient Iranian peoples Proto Indo Iranian religion disambig sv Iransk mytologi ... more details
In Greek mythology , Clytus was a Troy Trojan soldier who killed three Greeks in the Trojan War . ref Hyginus , Fabulae 115. ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Clytus Mythology Category Greek mythology Greek myth stub ... more details
Zois is a martyr in wendish mythology , probably a reference to the obotrite king Stois or Stoigar, who was beheaded by emperor Otto the Great . References Ingeman, B. S. Grundtr k til En Nord Slavisk og Vendisk Gudel re. Copenhagen 1824. DEFAULTSORT Zois Mythology Category Slavic mythology Category European mythology euro myth stub ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 Apsat was a male deity of bird s and animal s in the paganism pagan Svaneti Svan mythology . DEFAULTSORT Apsat Mythology Category Georgian mythology Category European mythology Category Animal gods Euro myth stub ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 In Irish mythology , the god Brea was one of the Tuatha D Danann . Celtic mythology Mythological DEFAULTSORT Brea Mythology Category Irish gods Category Irish mythology Category Tuatha D Danann Celt myth stub pl Brea ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Mo ul the old man , is a mysterious benevolent character, symbol of wisdom and prosperity in Romanian mythology . Some historians associate him with the ancient Dacians Dacian god Zamolxis , or with the Roman mythology Roman god Saturn mythology Saturn . DEFAULTSORT Mosul Mythology Category Romanian mythology Category European mythology Euro myth stub ru ... more details
In Greek mythology , Euonymus was the son of Gaia mythology Gaia by either Uranus mythology Uranus or Cephissus . He was the eponym of the deme Euonymeia, Attica , whereas his daughter Aulis gave her name to the city Aulis , Boeotia . ref Stephanus of Byzantium , s. vv. Euonymeia , Aulis ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Attic mythology Category Boeotian mythology Category Offspring of Gaia ... more details
Image Thor.jpg thumb 200px Thor or Donar , god of thunder, one of the major figures in Germanic mythology. Germanic mythology is a comprehensive term for myths associated with historical Germanic paganism , including Norse mythology , Anglo Saxon mythology , Continental Germanic mythology , and other versions of the mythologies of the Germanic people s. Germanic mythology ultimately derives from Indo European mythology , also known as Indo Germanic mythology. See also Common Germanic deities Female spirits in Germanic paganism Germanic paganism Germanic mysticism disambiguation Germanic folklore disambiguation List of Germanic deities Paganism in the Alpine region DEFAULTSORT Germanic Mythology Category Germanic mythology ko no Germansk mytologi tl Mitolohiyang Hermaniko ... more details
Celtic mythology Breton mythology is the mythology or corpus of explanatory and herioc tales originating in Brittany , now in France . Bretons were a subset of Celts Celtic people that adopted Christianity . Celtic tradition predominates their mythology Ankou Bugul Noz Korrigan Les Lavandi res Annard Noz Morgens Morvan, legendary chief of L on viscounty L on http www.sacred texts.com neu celt lrb lrb11.htm Ys See also French mythology Welsh mythology References http www.sacred texts.com neu celt lrb index.htm Legends and Romances of Brittany by Lewis Spence 1917 External links http www.timelessmyths.com celtic armorican.html Timeless Myths Armorican Connections DEFAULTSORT Breton Mythology Category Breton mythology and folklore Category Celtic mythology Brittany stub celt myth stub an Mitoloch a bretona eu Bretainiar mitologia fr Mythologie bretonne it Mitologia bretone ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Harpalus in Greek mythology was son of Amyclas king of Laconia and father of Deritus, ancestor of Patreus , founder of Patras . References Pausanias geographer 7, 27 http books.google.com books?id gBkIAAAAQAAJ&pg PA194&dq Harpalus Deritus&lr v onepage&q Harpalus 20Deritus&f false Achaica DEFAULTSORT Harpalus Mythology Category Greek mythology Category Laconian mythology Category Mythology of Achaea ... more details
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