Demonassa appears in multiple independent attestations as a mortal woman rather than as a single origin tale. Sources summarize up to five mythographic figures: (1) a mother of Eurydamas and Eurytion (king of Phthia) in heroic genealogies; (2) a wife of King Poeas of Meliboea and mother of Philoctetes; (3) a mother of Aegialeus by Adrastus (in royal-cycle genealogies); (4) a daughter of Amphiaraus placed among the daughters of Eriphyle (appearing on the Chest of Cypselus as reported by Pausanias); and (5) a Cypriot stateswoman and lawgiver recounted by Dion Chrysostom in his On Fortune II, who enacted strict laws and leapt into molten copper after her children violated them. Later Greco-Roman prose and modern summaries also treat Demonassa as a Corinthian female stock character paired with Megilla in erotic vignettes. The modern zoological usages (a beetle genus Demonassa and specific epithets such as Calycopis demonassa) reuse the name as scientific nomenclature and are separate from the mythic personages.
Across the cited sources Demonassa is consistently a mortal female figure; no supernatural physical characteristics are recorded. Mythographic references place her among named women in genealogies and in Pausanias’ description of carved figures on the Chest of Cypselus (she is named alongside other daughters) but offer no distinct physical description. Later literary uses portray her as a Corinthian woman or courtesan-type in dialogic scenes; modern discussions note social markers (e.g., in scholarship about lesbian motifs some commentators remark on short hair in related texts) but the supplied primary excerpts do not supply a direct contemporary physical portrayal.
The sources attribute no supernatural powers to Demonassa. Her 'abilities' are social and narrative: mother, wife, daughter, lawgiver, and stock erotic character. In the Dion Chrysostom anecdote the Cypriot Demonassa exercises political/legal authority by enacting strict laws; her subsequent suicide by leaping into molten copper is narrated as moral exemplum rather than a display of supernatural agency. In Greco-Roman literary fragments she functions as a sexually active or courtesan-type figure within comedic or dialogic conventions.
*Perkʷūnos
*Perkʷūnos is the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European thunder‑god hypothesized by comparative linguistics and mythology. Scholarly reconstructions portray him as a storm or thunder figure associated with fructifying rain and as the combatant who fights a multi‑headed water‑serpent to release life‑giving waters; no direct attestations from the Proto‑Indo‑European period survive and the figure is inferred from later Indo‑European traditions.
*Péh₂usōn (reconstructed)
Péh₂usōn is a hypothetical Proto‑Indo‑European pastoral guardian reconstructed by comparative scholars from parallels in Greek and Vedic traditions. Proposed as a Graeco‑Aryan ancestor‑figure, the reconstruction describes a protector of flocks, roads, and travellers rather than an attested historical cultic personality.
57 Mnemosyne
57 Mnemosyne is a large main-belt asteroid (S-type) discovered in 1859 and named after the Greek Titaness Mnemosyne. It is a non-sentient astronomical body studied for its orbital and rotational properties and has been used in dynamical measurements related to Jupiter.
Aba (disambiguation / name-form)
Aba is a polyvalent name-form attested across many unrelated contexts (place names, personal names, animal names, and brief mythological listings). The provided sources do not support a single, coherent supernatural entity called "Aba" and offer no descriptive or ritual material for such a being.
Abaddon
In Hebrew scripture Abaddon is primarily a noun meaning 'destruction' or a section/condition of the underworld paired with Sheol; in the New Testament Book of Revelation Abaddon is personified as an angelic figure (Greek Apollyon) described as the king of an army of locusts released from the abyss during the apocalypse.
Aban Yasht
The Aban Yasht is a hymn from the Persian tradition that praises Anahita, a goddess associated with water, fertility, and wisdom. It consists of 132 stanzas and is part of the 21 Yashts collection. (Note: - Power tier should be "Primordial" or possibly "Cosmic", given that it's a hymn of great spiritual significance and associated with a goddess. - The article incorrectly states that Anahita is associa)
Abandinus
Abandinus is a locally attested Romano‑Celtic theonym known from a single inscribed bronze feather (votive object) dedicated at Godmanchester (the Roman fort Durovigutum) in Cambridgeshire. Scholars interpret him as a local god or male spirit tied to a specific place and possibly associated with a nearby spring or stream; this association is tentative and based on etymological readings of the name.
Abarbarea
Abarbarea is a name attested in classical Greek and Roman sources for freshwater nymphs (naiads). The name appears for at least two individual mythic figures — a naiad wife of Bucolion and a naiad counted among ancestors of the Tyrians — and Hesychius records plural forms that may indicate the name was also used as a class-name (Abarbareai / Abarbalaiai).
Abas
Abas (Ancient Greek: Ἄβας, gen.: Ἄβαντος) is not a single mythic being but a recurring personal name borne by multiple mortals and minor mythic figures in Greek epic and genealogical traditions — kings, founders, seers, warriors, attendants, a centaur, and a youth transformed by a goddess. The name is glossed in the sources as 'guileless' or 'good-hearted' and appears across Argive, Theban, Trojan, Euboean, and other local cycles.
Abath
No corroborated folkloric entity named "Abath" is documented in the provided sources. The string appears in the supplied material only as a surname/personal name in Aruban/Dutch-Caribbean archival records and as an unrelated taxonomic or encyclopedic hit; no mythic attributes, origin stories, rituals, or apotropaic practices for an entity called Abath are present in the documents reviewed.
Abatur
Abatur is an uthra (celestial emanation) in Mandaeism described as the 'father of the Uthras' and called the Ancient (ʿattīqā). He resides on the boundary between the World of Light and lower regions, functions as a judge who weighs souls (Abatur Muzania), and supplies instructions and materials to the demiurgic uthra Ptahil in accounts from the Diwan (Scroll) of Abatur.
Abatwa (Twa / Batwa)
Abatwa (also recorded as Twa, Batwa, Mutwa; singular forms Barhwa or Murhwa in some transcriptions) are indigenous hunter‑gatherer peoples of the Great Lakes region of Central Africa, historically identified as some of the earliest inhabitants of the area. The available sources treat them as human ethnic groups whose livelihoods, lands, and populations have been severely affected by conservation policies and modern violence.
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- [1]Demonassa — Wikipedia. Wikipedia, article 'Demonassa'.wiki
- [2]Demonassa (beetle) — Wikipedia. Wikipedia, article 'Demonassa (beetle)'.wiki
- [3]Wikidata: Demonassa (Q14834872). Wikidata entry for Demonassa.other
- [4]The Chest of Cypselus - Mythological carvings, from Pausanias' Description of Greece (LP0065). Pausanias (as preserved and presented in Archive collection), description naming Demonassa among figures on the Chest of Cypselus.literary
- [5]The Argonauts Assembled, from The Fables of Hyginus (LP0078). Summaries of mythographic genealogies (Hyginus / Apollonius references summarized in archive material and modern compendia).literary
- [6]LP0061 Thebes Mythical History (Archive). Archive collection containing mythographic material referenced for genealogical contexts.literary
- [7]Dion Chrysostom, On Fortune II (summary in Wikipedia Namesake section). Summary of Dion Chrysostom's anecdote about a Cypriot lawgiver named Demonassa (leaping into molten copper after her children violated her laws).literary
- [8]Calycopis demonassa (Shining Groundstreak) — Kim and Mike on the Road. Modern reference to the butterfly species name Calycopis demonassa (shows use of the name as a specific epithet).other
- [9]Female Homoeroticism in the Roman Empire (discussion of literary motifs mentioning Demonassa/Megilla). Modern secondary project discussing female homoerotic motifs and literary figures including Demonassa in late antique/Greco-Roman literature.other
- [10]Case Study: Transgender Men in Lucian’s Dialogue of the Courtesans – UnRoman Romans. Secondary discussion of Lucianic dialogues and stock characters (mentions Demonassa in literary context).other
- [11]Alpennia: But What About Megilla? (blog / LHMP references). Secondary/modern commentary connecting Demonassa and Megilla as paired characters in erotic vignettes.other