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Bookmark or Share- Mage Names - MythopediaMages and their names. A conjurer, a magician, a charmer, a sorcerer, or sorceress—a mage is a broad category that always possesses one key trait: the practice of powerful magic.
- Morrigan – MythopediaAppearing before great battles as the goddess of war, death, and fate, the Morrígan offered prophecy and favor to heroes and gods alike. She was often depicted circling the battlefield in the form of a raven to carry away and eat carrion, though she could also appear as a beautiful woman to seduce powerful men.
- Oedipus - MythopediaThe Fate of Oedipus. What happened to Oedipus after he discovered his crimes was much contested in antiquity. In some traditions, Oedipus was sent into exile by either his brother-in-law (and uncle) Creon or by his own sons, Eteocles and Polyneices. Only his devoted daughter Antigone accompanied him, helping him in his blindness and his old age.
- Nemesis – MythopediaBecause her physical appearance could be generic, Nemesis is most easily distinguished by her symbols and attributes. The symbols of Nemesis represented her role as a goddess of justice and fate: a rod or ell, reins and a bridle, a wheel, scales, and a sword or dagger. Her animal was the griffin, a creature that was part-lion and part-eagle.
- Iliad: Book 22 (Full Text) - MythopediaA god deceived me; Pallas, ’twas thy deed, Death and black fate approach! ’tis I must bleed. No refuge now, no succour from above, Great Jove deserts me, and the son of Jove, Propitious once, and kind! Then welcome fate! ’Tis true I perish, yet I perish great: Yet in a mighty deed I shall expire, Let future ages hear it, and admire!”
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