TRIPTOL'EMUS, son of Celeus , and who, made great by Ceres, founded her worship in Eleusis TRISTRAM, one of Arthur's knights, husband of Isoude of the White Hands, lover of Isoude the Fair. TRITON, a demi god of the sea, son of Poseidon (Neptune) and Amphitrite TROEZEN, Greek city of Argolis TROJAN WAR TROJANOVA, New Troy, City founded in Britain (See Brutus, and Lud) TROPHONIUS, oracle of, in Boeotia TROUBADOURS, poets and minstrels of Provence, in Southern France TROUVERS', poets and minstrels of Northern France TROY, city in Asia Minor, ruled by King Priam, whose son, Paris, stole away Helen, wife of Menelaus the Greek, resulting in the Trojan War and the destruction of Troy TROY, fall of TURNUS, chief of the Rutulianes in Italy, unsuccessful rival of Aeneas for Lavinia TURPIN, Archbishop of Rheims TURQUINE, Sir, a great knight, foe of Arthur, slain by Sir Launcelot TYPHON, one of the giants who attacked the gods, were defeated, and imprisoned under Mt. Aetna TYR, Norse god of battles TYRE, Phoenician city governed by Dido TYRIANS TYRRHEUS, herdsman of King Turnus in Italy, the slaying of whose daughter's stag aroused war upon Aeneas and his companions U UBERTO, son of Galafron ULYSSES (Greek, Odysseus), hero of the Odyssey UNICORN, fabled animal with a single horn URANIA, one of the Muses, a daughter of Zeus by Mnemosyne URDUR, one of the Norns or Fates of Scandinavia, representing the Past USK, British river UTGARD, abode of the giant Utgard Loki UTGARD LO'KI, King of the Giants (See Skrymir) UTHER (Uther Pendragon), king of Britain and father of Arthur. UWAINE, knight of Arthur's court V VAISSYAS, Hindu caste of agriculturists and traders VALHALLA, hall of Odin, heavenly residence of slain heroes VALKYRIE, armed and mounted warlike virgins, daughters of the gods (Norse), Odin's messengers, who select slain heroes for Valhalla and serve them at their feasts VE, brother of Odin VEDAS, Hindu sacred Scriptures VENEDOTIA, ancient name for North Wales VENUS (Aphrodite), goddess of beauty VENUS DE MEDICI, famous antique statue in Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy VERDANDI, the Present, one of the Norns VERTUMNUS, god of the changing seasons, whose varied appearances won the love of Pomona VESTA, daughter of Cronos and Rhea, goddess of the homefire, or hearth VESTALS, virgin priestesses in temple of Vesta VESUVIUS, Mount, volcano near Naples VILLAINS, peasants in the feudal scheme VIGRID, final battle-field, with destruction of the gods ind their enemies, the sun, the earth, and time itself VILI, brother of Odin and Ve VIRGIL, celebrated Latin poet (See Aeneid) VIRGO, constellation of the Virgin, representing Astraea, goddess of innocence and purity VISHNU, the Preserver, second of the three chief Hindu gods VIVIANE, lady of magical powers, who allured the sage Merlin and imprisoned him in an enchanted wood VOLSCENS, Rutulian troop leader who killed Nisus and Euryalus