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Feb 22, 2022, 8 tweets

A very random thread explaining random mythological and historical names :
1. Favonius
Favonius was a Roman term meaning "favorable". In Roman mythology Favonius is one of the Roman wind gods, its Greece equivalent is Zephyrus. Favonius is actually pronounced as "Fawonius" .

2. Spartacus
Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic, one of the bloodiest rebellion that threatened the Roman rule

Spartacus was an accomplished military leader and a master tactician. He led an army of slaves to fight against their oppressors. Despite early successes his army was eventually defeated by the Roman Legions, the most powerful and effective army of the ancient world.

3. The golden bridle
According to Greek mythology, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, bestowed upon the mortal Bellerophon a golden bridle, which he used to tame Pegasus and defeat the Chimera, a monster that Homer depicted with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail.

4. Ouroboros
The ouroboros is often interpreted as a symbol for eternal cyclic renewal or a cycle of life, death, and rebirth. The skin-sloughing process of snakes symbolizes the transmigration of souls.

5. Yashiori
Yashiori no sake in Japanese mythology is a kind of wine that the cracked head storm God Susanoo used to drunk the giant serpent Orochi before killing it. He brought 8 vases full of Yashiori wine to drunk all 8 heads of the serpent.

6. Astaroth
In demonology, Astaroth is the Great Duke of Hell in the first hierarchy with Beelzebub and Lucifer; he is part of the evil trinity. The name Astaroth is derived from the goddess Astarte, a goddess worshipped in the Ancient Near East.
Istaroth is another name.

Some of these names may related to a certain gacha game I dunno I don't care lol

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