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XANTHUS, river of Asia Minor.
Y
YAMA, Hindu god of the Infernal Regions.
YEAR, THE
YGDRASIL, great ash-tree, supposed by Norse mythology to support the universe.
YMIR, giant, slain by Odin.
YNYWL, Earl, host of Geraint, father of Enid.
YORK, Britain.
YSERONE, niece of Arthur, mother of Caradoc.
YSPA DA DEN PEN'KAWR, father of Olwen.
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ZENDAVESTA, Persian sacred Scriptures.
ZEPHYRUS, god of the South wind.
ZERBINO, a knight, son of the king of Scotland.
ZETES, winged warrior, companion of Theseus.
ZETHUS, son of Jupiter and Antiope, brother of Amphion. See Dirce.
ZEUS, See JUPITER.
ZOROASTER, founder of the Persian religion, which was dominant in Western Asia from about 550 BC to about 650 AD, and is still held by many thousands in Persia and in India