Mythology

Polednice: Bohemian Folklore. Midday female spirits who fly about in the fields and
woods, and steal little children who have been inadvertently left alone by their mothers
in their dwellings. (GROHMANN.)
Polednicek: Bohemian Folklore. A little boy dressed in a white shirt who, at midday,
passes from the forest into the field and punishes those whom he finds doing damage
there. He sometimes leads people astray. cf. Ignis Fatuus.
Polevoy: The Russian name for the Polednice.
Pollux: Rom. Myth. One of the Dioscuri. Castor and Pollux were said to have been
hatched out of an egg.
Poludnitsa: Polish Folklore. A spirit who walks abroad among cornfields, usually during
the midday interval, and kills or infects anyone who cannot answer her questions or
solve her riddles satisfactorily. cf. Sphinx.
Poludnitza: A Russian name for the Polednice.
Polymnia: Gr Myth. The Muse of lyric poetry. She is represented in an attitude of meditation.
Polynices: Gr. Myth. Son of OEdipus. He was slain in the war against his brother
Eteocles and his uncle Creon for the possession of Thebes.
Polypheme: A Cyclop, a gigantic giant who fed on human flesh and whose only eye
was blinded by Ulysses. (HOMER. Odyssey IX.)
Pomona: Rom. Myth. A goddess of fruits and gardens.
Poodle: A black poodle is seen on the graves of priests and clergymen who have not
been true to the Faith. (Franken. –WUTTKE, p. 219.)
Pooka: Irish Folklore. A hobgoblin or a malicious sprite, generally believed to be the
spirit of an animal.
"Irish superstition makes the Phooka palpable to the touch. To its agency the peasantry
usually ascribe accidental falls."-T. CROFTON CROKER, Fairy Legends (1825).
Pool of Heaven: Chin. Myth. A dark and great ocean in the North, the dwelling of the
fish called Khwan. (Writings of Kwang-tse, Bk. I, pt. I, 3.)
Poppy: Poppy seeds are used to determine the sex of a baby (q.v.)
Porcupine: When porcupines are hunted or annoyed, they shoot out their quills in
anger.

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