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Any species in in family Tarsiidae and genus Tarsius. \nSmall, nocturnal, tree-dwelling. Best primates at leaping because of\na specialized tarsus (ankle bone). Long legs, feet, and tails. Large\neyes. Councillor of the Ayuntamiento in charge of architecture and\nengineering.\n\nTartaros. In Greek mythology one of the five gods who came into\nexistence at the time the universe formed out of Chaos (the others\nwere Gaia (Earth), Eros (Sexual Love, Procreation), Nyx (Night), and\nErebos(Darkness)). The meaning of his name is not known, and the word\ndoesn't seem to be Greek in origin. In some legends Tartaros had a\ndifferent origin. Sometimes he is said to be the father of Typhon and\nothers with Gaia, and the the father of the eagle that tortured\nPrometheus, and Thanatos (Death) and the giants (some of these he\nmight have fathered with Nyx). God of the deepest part of the\nunderworld. Also the name of that location. The place Tartaros (or\nTartara in the plural, which is also used) was as far below Haidou\n(Hades, the \"upper\" portion of the underworld) as Earth was below\nHeaven. It would supposedly take nine days to fall to Tartaros. It\nwas the land of absolute darkness, sometimes said to be surrounded by\na wall of bronze, brass, or iron, and also sometimes by one of the\nrivers of Hadou. Tartaros was used by the gods as a prison for their\nenemies, and as a place to punish the worst sinners (Haidou is not a\nplace of torment, just imprisonment and unconciousness). Zeus\nimprisoned the Titans (the earlier generation of gods, the parents and\nrelatives of the new gods) here, and had them guarded by the loyal\nHekatonchires (the Hundred-armed giants). Supposedly Hemera (Day)\nlived here during the night and came out onto the Earth at night when\nher mother Nyx entered there. It later became thought of as a section\nof Haidou, or of the name of Haidou itself. After it was a name of\nHaidou, it became a name of Hades as well (the names of people and\ntheir realms tend to come together in Greek myths, especially Hades,\nwho has no real name, because it would be unlucky to say it). Erebos\nalso is also often used for Tartaros or Haidou. Major god. One of the\nNine and of the Seven. God of darkness, night, crime, and commerce. \nAssociated with owls, bats, moles, and black animals. Patron of the\nthird day of the week. Supposed son of Typhon and Echidna. Blind.\n\nTeasel. Any species of genus Dipsacus, especially Dipsacus fullonum\nor Dipsacus sylvestris. Girl at the palaestra. Attacked by an inhumu.\n\nThelxiepeia. Greek for enchanting speech. In Greek mythology was one\nof the Seirenes (Sirens). Thelxiepeia was only given as the name of\none of them when the source said there were either two or four\nSeirenes (when there were two named, they were Thelxiepeia and\nHimeropa (Gentle Voice); when three they were Leucosia (White One),\nLigeia (Shrill), and Parthenope (Maiden Voice); when they were four\nthey were Thelxiepeia, Aglaopheme (Lovely Speech), Peisinoe\n(Persuasive), and Molpe (Song). Their parentage was disputed in\nmyths, usually they were the daughters of one of the Mousai (Muses)\nand either Phorcys or Acheloos. For more information on the Seirenes\nsee the entry on Molpe. Major goddess. One of the Nine and of the\nSeven. Goddess of learning, magic, mysticism, and poison. Associated\nwith poultry, deer, apes, and monkeys. Patroness of the fifth day of\nthe week. Supposed child of Typhon and Echidna. Apparently was a\nwitch, a drug-addict, and poisoner.\n\nThetis. In Greek mythology one of the Nereides (Sea Nymphs of the\nMediterranean), the fifty daughters of Nereus (sea god son of Gaia and\nPontos (Sea)) and Doris (Doris was one of the Oceanides (Water\nNymphs), the three thousand daughters of Oceanos and his siter\nTethys). Thetis was raised by Hera on Mount Olympos. She loved Hera\n(like a mother, apparently), but saved her son Hephaistos when Hera\ncast him off the Mount for being lame. Thetis also felt she had to go\nagainst Hera when she, Poseidon, and Athena attempted to overthrow\nZeus. She went to Tartaros and told Briareos, one of the\nHekatonchires, who rescued Zeus. She was very beautiful, and both Zeus\nand Poseidon wanted to marry her. Prometheus, however, knew from his\nmother Themis (don't confuse these two) that Thetis' son would be\ngreater than his father. Prometheus was able to get Zeus to free him\nfor giving him this information (and thus ending the chain of\nson-overthrowing-father that began with Cronos castrating his father\nOuranos (Uranus) and then with Zeus imprisoning his father Cronos in\nTartaros). The gods decided to avoid disaster by marrying Thetis to a\nmortal, and chose Peleos, the king of Phthia. Thetis didn't want to\nmarry him, however, and he had to catch her in a cave on the coast of\nMagnesia. He held on to her until she agreed to marry him, even\nthough she took on monstrous forms. At the wedding all the gods were\ninvited except for Eris (Strife), who was felt to be bad luck. Eris\nwas the daughter of Nyx and first wife of Zeus, so she felt important\nenough to attend, and got angry. She came anyway and threw a golden\napple among the guests inscribed \"for the fairest.\" Hera, Aphrodite,\nand Athena all claimed it, and this began the events leading to the\nTrojan War. Thetis eventually bore Achilles to Peleos. There are\nmany conflicting myths about how Achilles became invulnerable, and\nwhat Thetis and Peleos did after that. Later she saved the Argo, on\nwhich Peleos was sailing, and helped Achilles all she could until he\nwas killed. Minor goddess. Goddess of lost travelers. Leads\nsacrifices to Scylla. The Whorl theology that she leads ships to be\nsunk is the exact opposite of what the Greek Thetis did to the Argo,\nand the many other lives she saved.\n\nThyone. Her name is probably not Greek, but if it is, it means\nraging, storming. In Greek mythology this was the name taken by\nSemele upon becoming a god. This is probably because of the joining\nof two different goddesses with similar appearances or functions into\none in Greece (Semele is a Thracian name). The name Semele probably\nmeans earth in a non-Greek language. Zeus took on mortal guise to\nbecome the lover of Semele, and she conceived Dionysos (Diounsis in\nThrace). Hera was jealous and appeared in disguise to Semele. She\nsaid that Zeus' claim to be a god might be false, and that Semele\nshould ask Zeus to appear to her in his godly form to prove it. When\nhe did, she died. Zeus saved Dionysos by cutting open his thigh,\nplacing Dionysos within, and incubating him there until his birth. \nWhen Dionysos grew up, he took Semele out of the underworld and onto\nMt. Olympos, where she became a goddess and called herself Thyone. \nMinor goddess. Invoked by those who tell fortunes by throwing wine. \nThyone's son Dionysos was god of wine, and this is probably the\nconnection to her function. There seem to be many gods in the Whorl\nwith the first letters th, plus Typhon and Tartaros.\n\nTick. Any species of superfamily Ixodoidea. Larger than mites, suck\nblood, parasitic, carry disease, six legs, no outer segmentation. A\ncatachrest.\n\nTiger. Panthera tigris. The largest of the great cats. Black\nstripes. Nocturnal, shy. Lieutenant under Oosik.\n\nTiti. Any species of genus Callicebus. Small South American monkeys\nwith hairy tails. Also the blue-footed petrel (Pterodroma cookii). \nAlso a tree (Cyrillaceae Cliftonia monophylla) with white flowers. One\nof Spider's spycatchers. Titi can be either a plant or animal, and\nTiti is a transvestite.\n\nTrematode. Greek for pierced with holes. Any species of class\nTrematoda. They are flukes and parasitic flatworms. They have\nadhesive suckers. A cuticle of chitin covers the body instead of\nskin. Vironese Commissioner in charge of ceremony, protocal, and\ndiplomacy. Government officials don't seem to have very complementary\nnames in Viron.\n\nTrotter. A horse used in racing. Owner of a bar.\n\nTussah. An Oriental silkworm, the larva of the moth Antheraea paphia\nor Antheraea mylitta producing a brown silk. Also the fabric produced\nby these worms. Calde of Viron. Assassinated by the Ayuntamiento. \nAlso Patera Tussah, a black mechanic.\n\nTyphon. Greek for smoking one (if the name is Greek). In Greek\nmythology, Gaia became angry at Zeus either after he imprisoned the\nTyphons or defeated the Giants (both of these groups were children of\nGaia). She mated with Tartaros and bore Typhon (also called Typhoeus;\nsometimes they are regarded as two different beings, Typhon being the\nchild of Typhoeus and Echidna or vice versa). Typhon had a hundred\nheads that looked like snakes. Each had fiery eyes (or breathed fire)\nand smoke in its own voice, each different and terrible. Typhon\nattacked Zeus, who fought him with thunderbolts. During this fight,\nsome stories say the other gods fled to Egypt and disguised themselves\nas animals. Typhon took Zeus' sickle and cut out his sinews. He gave\nthe sinews (along with Zeus) to Delphyne (Wombed One) to guard. \nDelphyne is probably another name for Echidna, since they seem\nidentical and Echidna is more associated with the womb than stories\nusing the name Delphyne. Hermes rescued Zeus, who got more\nthunderbolts and attacked Typhon again. Typhon sought help from the\nMoirai (Fates), who said he should eat the food of mortals to gain\nstrength. This actually weakened him, and Zeus shed his blood on Mt.\nHaimos (haima is Greek for blood) and threw Sicily on top of him,\nwhere he created Mt. Etna with his fiery breath. In other stories\nTyphon was sent down to Tartaros, and became father of the harmful\nwinds. The Egyptians associated Typhon with Set. Typhon mated with\nthe Echidna (who is his sister in some stories) and became the father\nof many monsters. Typhon was the Monarch of Urth and many other\nplanets. He had the Whorl built. He took the name Pas to use on the\nWhorl, where he simulated himself on computers.\n\nprion" } ] } ] }