mythlogy Flashcards

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Immortal

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living forever; never dying or decaying.

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Myth

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a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.

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Destiny

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son or thing; lot or fortune .

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Prophet

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a person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.

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Deity

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a god or goddeses

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Centaur

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one of a race monsters having a head , trunk ,

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Demigod

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is half human and half god

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Divine

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of or relating to a god, especially the Supreme Being.

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Nympthis

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one of a numerous class of lesser deities of mythology, conceived of as beautiful maidens inhabiting the sea, rivers, woods, trees, mountains, meadows, etc., and frequently mentioned as attending a superior deity.

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Gorgon

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Classical Mythology. any of three sister monsters commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone. Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by Perseus

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mentor

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a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.

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Nemesis

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something that a person cannot conquer, achieve, etc.:

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Revelation

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the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure.

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