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Terminus
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In Roman mythology a deity who presided over boundaries, the worship of whom was instituted by Numa.
Stool of Repentance
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In Scotland in former times an elevated seat in a church on which for offences against morality people did penance and suffered rebuke.
Teinds
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In Scotland tithes derived from the produce of the land for the maintenance of the clergy.
Sirens
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In the Greek mythology a class of nymphs who were fabled to lure the passing sailor to his ruin by the fascination of their music; Ulysses, when he passed the beach where they were sitting, had his ...
Tethys
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In the Greek mythology a daughter of Uranus and Gaia, wife of Oceanus, and mother of the river-gods.
Tantalus
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In the Greek mythology a Lydian king, who, being admitted from blood relationship to the banquets of the gods, incurred their displeasure by betraying their secrets, and was consigned to the nether ...
Tiresias
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In the Greek mythology a soothsayer, who had been struck blind either by Athena or Hera, but on whom in compensation Zeus had conferred the gift of prophecy, and length of days beyond the ordinary ...
