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Codenames is a 2015 party card game designed by Vlaada Chvátil and published by Czech Games Edition. Two teams compete by each having a "spymaster" give one-word clues that can point to multiple words on the board. The other players on the team attempt to guess their team's words while avoiding the words of the other team.
Dazhbog, the regenerating god of the solar fire who rides in the sky. Kresnik, golden fire god who became a hero of Slovenia. Ognyena Maria, fire goddess who assists Perun. Peklenc, god of fire who rules the underworld and its wealth and who judges and punishes the wicked through earthquakes.
In Greek mythology, Anteros ( / ˈæntərɒs /; [ 1] Ancient Greek: Ἀντέρως, romanized : Antérōs) is the god of requited love (literally "love returned" or "counter-love") and also the punisher of those who scorn love and the advances of others, or the avenger of unrequited love. [ 2] He is one of the Erotes .
The novel itself is written in a picaresque Roman style, yet Psyche retains her Greek name even though Eros and Aphrodite are called by their Latin names (Cupid and Venus). Also, Cupid is depicted as a young adult, rather than a fat winged child (putto amorino). [28] The story tells of the quest for love and trust between Eros and Psyche.
Hḗphaistos) is the Greek god of artisans, blacksmiths, carpenters, craftsmen, fire, metallurgy, metalworking, sculpture and volcanoes. [ 1] Hephaestus's Roman counterpart is Vulcan. In Greek mythology, Hephaestus was either the son of Zeus and Hera or he was Hera's parthenogenous child.
Vulcan ( Latin: Vulcanus, in archaically retained spelling also Volcanus, both pronounced [wʊɫˈkaːnʊs]) is the god of fire [ 1] including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking and the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth. He is often depicted with a blacksmith's hammer. [ 2]
Ceres is the only one of Rome's many agricultural deities to be listed among the Dii Consentes, Rome's equivalent to the Twelve Olympians of Greek mythology. The Romans saw her as the counterpart of the Greek goddess Demeter, [ 4] whose mythology was reinterpreted for Ceres in Roman art and literature.
It refers to passionate, romantic, sexual love between any two individuals, Cohen adds. The term comes from Greek mythology, named after Eros, the son of Aphrodite, a.k.a., the goddess of ...