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range in central Greece, sacred to Dionysus."}, "https://codexery.com/metamorphoses-into-bodies-of-water-in/e/metamorphoses-into-bodies-of-water-in-greek-mythology/dirce/": {"t": "Dirce", "s": "Theban queen whose death created a sacred spring."}, "https://codexery.com/filicide-in-mythology/e/filicide-in-mythology/tantalus/": {"t": "Tantalus", "s": "Mythological figure punished with eternal hunger and thirst in Tartarus."}, "https://codexery.com/greek-myths/e/greek-myths/leto/": {"t": "Leto", "s": "Mother of Apollo and Artemis, persecuted by Hera."}, "https://codexery.com/filicide-in-mythology/e/filicide-in-mythology/a-don/": {"t": "Aëdon", "s": "Aëdon: the grieving nightingale of Greek myth"}, "https://codexery.com/mythological-hunters/e/mythological-hunters/itylus/": {"t": "Itylus", "s": "Son of Aëdon and Zethus, killed by his mother in revenge."}, "/e/mythological-duos/boreads/": {"t": "Boreads", "s": "Twin sons of Boreas, Argonauts who drove off the harpies."}, 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Codex Regius manuscript."}, "https://codexery.com/norse-myths/e/norse-myths/odin/": {"t": "Odin", "s": "Widely revered Norse god of war, death, and wisdom."}, "https://codexery.com/folk-religions/e/folk-religions/folk-belief/": {"t": "Folk belief", "s": "A broad genre of folklore expressed in customs and beliefs."}, "https://codexery.com/mythographers/e/mythographers/jacob-grimm/": {"t": "Jacob Grimm", "s": "German philologist, folklorist, and co-editor of Grimms' Fairy Tales."}, "https://codexery.com/zoroastrianism/e/zoroastrianism/mashya-and-mashyana/": {"t": "Mashya and Mashyana", "s": "First man and woman in Zoroastrian creation myth."}, "https://codexery.com/norse-myths/e/norse-myths/h-nir/": {"t": "Hœnir", "s": "Norse god who helped create humanity and survived Ragnarök."}, "https://codexery.com/norse-myths/e/norse-myths/l-urr/": {"t": "Lóðurr", "s": "Obscure Norse god who helped create the first humans."}, "https://codexery.com/norse-myths/e/norse-myths/vili-and-v/": {"t": "Vili and Vé", "s": "Brothers of Odin who helped create the world and humanity."}, "https://codexery.com/norse-myths/e/norse-myths/midgard/": {"t": "Midgard", "s": "The middle enclosure: realm of humankind in Norse cosmology."}, "https://codexery.com/ancient-civilizations/e/ancient-civilizations/proto-indo-europeans/": {"t": "Proto-Indo-Europeans", "s": "Postulated prehistoric speakers of the ancestor of the Indo-European language family.", "i": "https://codexery.com/ancient-civilizations/img/ancient-civilizations/proto-indo-europeans.webp", "c": "Kindattu2004 · CC BY-SA 4.0"}, "https://codexery.com/relationships-and-human-sexuality/e/relationships-and-human-sexuality/sexual-intercourse/": {"t": "Sexual intercourse", "s": "An intimate activity with varied definitions and cultural significance."}, "https://codexery.com/cultural-and-historical-regions/e/cultural-and-historical-regions/scania/": {"t": "Scania", "s": "Southernmost historical province of Sweden, once Danish."}, 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{"t": "Mahabharata", "s": "Major Sanskrit epic of ancient India, revered in Hinduism."}, "https://codexery.com/divine-twins/e/divine-twins/nakula/": {"t": "Nakula", "s": "Elder twin Pandava, master swordsman and horse keeper."}, "https://codexery.com/divine-twins/e/divine-twins/sahadeva/": {"t": "Sahadeva", "s": "Youngest Pandava, wise astrologer, and slayer of Shakuni."}, "https://codexery.com/languages-and-writing-systems/e/languages-and-writing-systems/sanskrit/": {"t": "Sanskrit", "s": "The classical language of South Asian religion, philosophy, and culture."}, "https://codexery.com/sacred-languages/e/sacred-languages/avestan/": {"t": "Avestan", "s": "Sacred language of Zoroastrianism, preserved in the Avesta."}, "https://codexery.com/divine-twins/e/divine-twins/a-vieniai/": {"t": "Ašvieniai", "s": "Divine twin horses pulling the sun chariot."}, "https://codexery.com/divine-twins/e/divine-twins/dieva-d-li/": {"t": "Dieva Dēli", "s": "Heavenly sons of Dievs in Latvian mythology."}, 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