“Cardea was the Roman goddess of the hinge ... The noble companion of Gilgamesh in the eponymous epic from Sumerian mythology. Ótr – The shape-shifting dwarf of Norse mythology who spent ...

The Roman goddess of doorways and transitions won out. By Remy Tumin For thousands of years, Cardea has been known as the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions, a guardian of thresholds.

It is thus only fitting for a goddess to be named for none other than the door hinge: Cardea. And now ... serpent-like dragon in Filipino mythology that's said to cause eclipses and earthquakes ...

I decided to do some research on Greco-Roman mythology and after reading several names, I landed on Cardea," said Chilcutt, a sophomore from Douglasville, Georgia, majoring in accounting and finance.

Cardea is a companion of the Earth and was ... a Sumerian epic), Ótr (after a shape-shifting dwarf from Norwegian mythology), Tarriaksuk (after Inuit legends) and Tecciztecatl (after the Aztec ...

I decided to do some research on Greco-Roman mythology and after reading several names, I landed on Cardea," Chilcutt told UGA. "I chose her not only for her name but what she represents ...

Cardea was up against six other finalists in the 2004 GU9 name contest, each of which has an equally rich history. There was "Bakunawa," in reference to a moon-eating, serpent-like dragon in Filipino ...