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Eros (Greek) Alternative Names: 에로스, Cupid(Roman), 쿠피드, 큐피드 Eros Eros (Ancient Greek: Ἔρως, "Intimate Love"), in Greek mythology, was the primordial god of sexual love and beauty. He was also worshipped as a fertility deity. His Roman counterpart was Cupid ("desire"), also known as Amor ("love"). In some myths, he was the son of the deities Aphrodite and Ares, but according to Plato's Symposium, he was conceived by Poros (Plenty) and Penia (Poverty) at Aphrodite's birthday. Like Dionysus, he was sometimes referred to as Eleutherios, "the liberator". He was often represented blindfolded because love was often blind. His "weapon" was darts or arrows. In either case the tips had been magically treated to produce either uncontrollable love or insurmountable disinterested in the first person seen be Eros's victim after wounding. Conception myths Throughout Greek thought, there appear to be two sides to the conception...

Eris (Greek) Alternative Names: 에리스, Discordia(Roman), 디스코디아 Eris is the daughter of Zeus and Hera. Eris (Greek Ἔρις, "Strife") is the Greek goddess of strife, her name being translated into Latin as Discordia. In addition to her main activity of sowing discord, she frequently accompanies her brother Ares to battles. On these occasions she rides his chariot and brings her son Strife. Her Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Latin counterpart is Concordia. Homer equated her with the war-goddess Enyo, whose Roman counterpart is Bellona. Eris, the solar system's largest known dwarf planet, is named after the goddess. Eris is unpopular and frequently snubbed as a guest by the other gods and mankind. This was not always a safe thing to do. The most dramatic example being the Trojan War, which was an indirect result of not inviting Eris to a wedding. Characteristics in Greek mythology In Hesiod's Works and Days 11–24, two different goddesses named Eris "Strife...

Erinyes (Greek) Alternative Names: 에리네스, 에리녜스, Furies, 퓨리에 In Greek mythology the Erinýes (Ἐρινύες, pl. of Ἐρινύς, Erinýs; literally "the angry ones") or Eumenídes (Εὐμενίδες, pl. of Εὐμενίς; literally "the gracious ones" but also translated as "Kind-hearted Ones" or "Kindly Ones") or Furies or Dirae in Roman mythology were female chthonic deities of vengeance or supernatural personifications of the anger of the dead. They represent regeneration and the potency of creation, which both consumes and empowers. A formulaic oath in the Iliad (iii.278ff; xix.260ff) invokes them as "those who beneath the earth punish whosoever has sworn a false oath". Burkert suggests they are "an embodiment of the act of self-cursing contained in the oath". When the mighty Titan Cronus castrated his father Uranus and threw his genitalia into the sea, the Erinyes emerged from the drops of blood, while Aphrodite was born from the crests of seaf...

Urðr In Norse mythology, Urðr (Old Norse "fate",) is a Norn. Along with Verðandi (possibly "happening" or "present") and Skuld (possibly "debt" or "future"), Urðr makes up a trio of Norns that are described as deciding the fates of people. Urðr is attested in stanza 20 of the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá and the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning. Urðr is sometimes anglicised as Urd or Urth. In some English translations her name is glossed with the Old English form of urðr; Wyrd. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur%C3%B0r A poster for the Norwegian women's magazine Urd. The magazine was published between 1897 and 1958. Latest 1917, the year of Bloch's death, though considering it was in the Jugendstil exhibition, 1900-1905 is a fair guess. The Norwegian National Library says the poster is undated. Anime and Manga Oh My Goddess!, Ah! My Goddess : Urd Urd (ウルド Urudo) is a character in the popular Oh My Goddess! manga and anime,...