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.MICHAEL'S MOUNT, precipitous pointed rock hill on the coast ofBrittany, opposite CornwallSAKYASINHA, the Lion, epithet applied to BuddhaSALAMANDER, a lizard like animal, fabled to be able to live in fireSALAMIS, Grecian citySALMONEUS, son of Aeolus and Enarete and brother of SisyphusSALOMON, king of Brittany, at Charlemagne's courtSAMHIN, or "fire of peace," a Druidical festivalSAMIAN SAGE (Pythagoras)SAMOS, island in the Aegean SeaSAMOTHRACIAN GODS, a group of agricultural divinities, worshipped in SamothraceSAMSON, Hebrew hero, thought by some to be original of HerculesSAN GREAL (See Graal, the Holy)SAPPHO, Greek poetess, who leaped into the sea from promontory ofLeucadia in disappointed love for PhaonSARACENS, followers of MahometSARPEDON, son of Jupiter and Europa, killed by PatroclusSATURN (Cronos)SATURNALIA, a annual festival held by Romans in honor of SaturnSATURNIA, an ancient name of ItalySATYRS, male divinities of the forest, half man, half goatSCALIGER, famous German scholar of 16th centurySCANDINAVIA, mythology of, giving account of Northern gods, heroes, etcSCHERIA, mythical island, abode of the PhaeaciansSCHRIMNIR, the boar, cooked nightly for the heroes of Valhalla becoming whole every morningSCIO, one of the island cities claiming to be Homer's birthplaceSCOPAS, King of ThessalySCORPION, constellationSCYLLA, sea nymph beloved by Glaucus, but changed by jealous Circe to a monster and finally to a dangerous rock on the Sicilian coast, facing the whirlpool Charybdis, many mariners being wrecked between the two, also, daughter of King Nisus of Megara, who loved Minos, besieging her father's city, but he disliked her disloyalty and drowned her, also, a fair virgin of Sicily, friend of sea nymph GalateaSCYROS, where Theseus was slainSCYTHIA, country lying north of Euxine SeaSEMELE, daughter of Cadmus and, by Jupiter, mother of BacchusSEMIRAMIS, with Ninus the mythical founder of the Assyrian empire of NinevehSENAPUS, King of Abyssinia, who entertained AstolphoSERAPIS, or Hermes, Egyptian divinity of Tartarus and of medicineSERFS, slaves of the landSERIPHUS, island in the Aegean Sea, one of the CycladesSERPENT (Northern constellation)SESTOS, dwelling of Hero (which See also Leander)"SEVEN AGAINST THEBES," famous Greek expeditionSEVERN RIVER, in EnglandSEVINUS, Duke of GuienneSHALOTT, THE LADY OFSHATRIYA, Hindu warrior casteSHERASMIN, French chevalierSIBYL, prophetess of CumaeSICHAEUS, husband of DidoSEIGE PERILOUS, the chair of purity at Arthur's Round Table, fatal to any but him who was destined to achieve the quest of the Sangreal (See Galahad)SIEGFRIED, young King of the Netherlands, husband of Kriemhild, she boasted to Brunhild that Siegfried had aided Gunther to beat her in athletic contests, thus winning her as wife, and Brunhild, in anger, employed Hagan to murder Siegfried [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]