Hec´u-ba, wife of Priam, king of Troy, to whom she bore Hector, Paris, and many other children, [223], [224], [226], [232].

He-gi´ra, flight of Mahomet from Mecca to Medina (622 a.d.), era from which Mahometans reckon time, as we do from the birth of Christ, [647]-[648].

Heid´run, she-goat, furnishing mead for slain heroes in Valhalla, [331].

Heim´dall, watchman of the gods, [332], [347], [349].

Hel, the lower world of Scandinavia, to which were consigned those who had not died in battle, [345].

He´la (Death), the daughter of Loki and the mistress of the Scandinavian Hel, [332], [344], [345], [349].

Hel´en, daughter of Jupiter and Leda; wife of Menelaus; carried off by Paris and cause of the Trojan War, [77], [153], [158], [212], [223], [229], [232], [233], [424].

Hel´e-nus, son of Priam and Hecuba, celebrated for his prophetic powers, [260], [261], [379].

He-li´a-des, sisters of Phaëton, [45].

Hel´i-con, Mount, in Greece, residence of Apollo and the Muses, with fountains of poetic inspiration, Aganippe and Hippocrene, [43], [124].