HECTOR DE MARYS', a knight
HECUBA, wife of Priam, king of Troy, to whom she bore Hector,
Paris, and many other children
HEGIRA, flight of Mahomet from Mecca to Medina (622 AD), era from which Mahometans reckon time, as we do from the birth of Christ
HEIDRUN, she goat, furnishing mead for slain heroes in Valhalla
HEIMDALL, watchman of the gods
HEL, the lower world of Scandinavia, to which were consigned those who had not died in battle
HELA (Death), the daughter of Loki and the mistress of the
Scandinavian Hel
HELEN, daughter of Jupiter and Leda, wife of Menelaus, carried off by Paris and cause of the Trojan War
HELENUS, son of Priam and Hecuba, celebrated for his prophetic powers
HELIADES, sisters of Phaeton