Mythology

Second sight: The power of predicting or prophesying a future event. People having
this power are said to foresee things.
Children born on a Sunday (q.v.) are gifted with the power of second sight.
Seewiesken: In some parts of Germany the water-nixies are called by this name.
(STRACKERJAN, Vol. I, p. 419.)
Sef: Egypt. Myth. The lion-god (q.v.) on the right.
Sekhet: Egypt. Myth. The feminine counterpart of Ptah (q.v.).
Sekhet Hetep: Egypt. Myth. A field of peace.
Selene: Name of an idol or deity, whom the Saracens are represented in mediaeval
romances as worshipping.
Semele: Gr. Myth. An earth goddess, daughter of Cadmus, mother of Dionysus. Zeus
promised to grant any boon she asked for; she begged to be allowed to see him in all
his splendour, and was destroyed by his lightnings. Hence she was called "Keraunia""
thunder-bitten."
Semiramis: A legendary queen of Assyria, to whom is ascribed the building of the
famous hanging gardens.
Semnae: Rom. Myth. One of the Erinyes.
Sennar: Name of a city. According to an Arab legend, it derived its name from a beautiful
woman with teeth glittering like fire, who was found sitting on a river bank by the
founders of the city. (SINNAR-tooth of fire.)
Serp: The Wend name for a Polednicek (q.v.).
Serpent: To dream of a serpent denotes danger, and perhaps prison.
Serpents’ heads give strength to a man, and fidelity to a woman. (HAZLITT, p. 539.)
In Macedonia, it is a bad omen to meet a serpent on going out (ABBOTT, p. 106); in
Lesbos, good. (G. GEORGEAKIS ET LEON PINEAU, Le Folklore de Lesbos, p. 339.)
See Snake.
Set: Egypt. Myth. An evil destiny, brother and slayer of Osiris. He is represented with
the head of a beast with high square ears and a pointed snout. His consort was Ta-urt.
Seven: The number seven is considered unlucky by the Moors. (MEAKIN, The Moors,
p. 354.)
The seventh child of a woman becomes a mara (q.v.). (KUHN UND.SCHWARZ, p. 420;
WOLF, Beitrage, Vol. II, p. 264; MULLENHOF, p. 242; cf. THIERS, Trait des Sup., I,

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