Two distinct usages of the name appear in the sources. In the epic/Trojan-cycle tradition Mynes is presented as a king of Lyrnessus (son of Evenus in some accounts) who ruled the city until its sack by Achaean forces; during that sack Achilles kills Mynes and Briseis (or her husband) becomes a captive prize of Achilles. In a separate genealogical context Mynes occurs in Lacedamonian/Athenian myth as a father or ancestor: he is named in connection with Pedias (wife of King Cranaus of Athens) and thus features in accounts that explain early legendary familial ties and toponymy (e.g., the daughter Atthis/Attica).
No detailed physical description is preserved in the cited sources. Surviving references identify Mynes by social roles — king of Lyrnessus, husband, or ancestor/father — and one retelling paraphrases him as elderly and proud at his meeting with Achilles. Beyond those narrative role markers, the sources supply no consistent anthropomorphic or costume details.
Mynes possesses no supernatural powers in the attested material. His recorded actions are those of a mortal ruler and family member: in the Trojan-cycle accounts he resists the Achaeans and is killed by Achilles during the capture of Lyrnessus; in genealogical lists he functions as a named progenitor linking families and place-names. There is no evidence in the provided sources of magical, divine, or otherwise supernatural capacities.
Briseis
Briseis is a mortal woman in the Homeric epic tradition, captured at Lyrnessus and attached to Achilles as a war prize; her transfer between leaders (Achilles and Agamemnon) functions as a key social and moral symbol in the Iliad and later literary traditions.
Achilles
A legendary Greek heroic figure of epic poetry, son of the sea‑nymph Thetis and the mortal Peleus, celebrated as the greatest of the Greek warriors at Troy whose anger and fate shape events in the Trojan War cycle.
*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
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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)
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.
Abderus
Abderus (Ancient Greek: Ἄβδηρος, romanized Ábdēros) is a mortal heroic figure in Greek myth closely associated with Heracles, remembered as the youth left in charge of the Mares of Diomedes who was killed by them. He functions as an eponymous local/divine-hero ancestor for the city of Abdera and received funerary commemoration and athletic agones at his tomb.
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- [1]Mynes (mythology) — Wikipedia. Wikipedia, "Mynes (mythology)"wiki
- [2]Mynes — Wikipedia (general). Wikipedia, "Mynes"wiki
- [3]Atthis (mythology) — Wikipedia. Wikipedia, "Atthis (mythology)" (discussing Pedias and related genealogy)wiki
- [4]Briseis in Greek Mythology - Greek Legends and Myths. Greek Legends and Myths, entry "Briseis" (discusses Briseis as wife of Mynes and capture at Lyrnessus)folk
- [5]Briseis - Greek Mythology Link. Greek Mythology Link, "Briseis" (summary of epic tradition linking Mynes, Briseis, and Achilles)folk
- [6]Pantheon: Mynes | Facts, Information, and Mythology. Pantheon entry on Mynes (summarizes epic and genealogical references)other
- [7]ToposText — people: Mynes. ToposText index entry for Mynesother
- [8]Map: Achaeans and Trojans - Greek Mythology Link. Map and catalogue situating Lyrnessus and named epic casualties including Mynesother
- [9]Archive note summarising references (Yahoo Groups archive). Archived discussion referencing Mynesother