VIVIANE, lady of magical powers, who allured the sage Merlin and imprisoned him in an enchanted wood
VOLSCENS, Rutulian troop leader who killed Nisus and Euryalus
VOLSUNG, A SAGA, an Icelandic poem, giving about the same legends as the Nibelungen Lied
VORTIGERN, usurping King of Britain, defeated by Pendragon 390, 397
VULCAN (Greek, Haephestus), god of fire and metal working, with forges under Aetna, husband of Venus
VYA'SA, Hindu sage
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WAIN, the, constellation
WELLGUNDA, one of the Rhine-daughters