V + 

Vaissyas + 

(Va-isˈsy-as), Hindu caste of agriculturists and traders. + 

Valhalla + 

(Val-halˈla), hall of Odin, heavenly residence of slain heroes. + 

Valkyrie + 

(Val-kyˈrie), armed and mounted warlike virgins, daughters of the gods (Norse), Odin’s messengers, who select slain heroes for Valhalla and serve them at their feasts. + 

Ve + 

(Ve), brother of Odin. + 

Vedas + 

(Veˈdas), Hindu sacred Scriptures. + 

Venedotia + 

(Ven-e-doˈti-a), ancient name for North Wales. + 

Venus + 

(Veˈnus (Aphrodite)), goddess of beauty. + 

Venus de Medici + 

(Veˈnus de Medˈi-ci), famous antique statue in Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy. + 

Verdandi + 

(Ver-danˈdi), the Present, one of the Norns. + 

Vertumnus + 

(Ver-tumˈnus), god of the changing seasons, whose varied appearances won the love of Pomona. + 

Vesta + 

(Vesˈta), daughter of Cronos and Rhea; goddess of the home-fire, or hearth. + 

Vestals + 

(Vesˈtals), virgin priestesses in temple of Vesta. + 

Vesuvius + 

(Ve-suˈvi-us), Mount, volcano near Naples. + 

Villains + 

(Villains), peasants in the feudal scheme. + 

Vigrid + 

(Vigˈrid), final battlefield, with destruction of the gods and their enemies, the sun, the earth, and time itself. + 

Vili + 

(Viˈli), brother of Odin and Ve. + 

Virgil + 

(Virˈgil), celebrated Latin poet. See Aeneid. + 

Virgo + 

(Virˈgo), constellation of the Virgin, representing Astraea, goddess of innocence and purity. + 

Vishnu + 

(Vishˈnu), the Preserver, second of the three chief Hindu gods. + 

Viviane + 

(Vivˈi-ane), lady of magical powers, who allured the sage Merlin and imprisoned him in an enchanted wood. + 

Volscens + 

(Volˈscens), Rutulian troop leader who killed Nisus and Euryalus. + 

Volsunga Saga + 

(Volˈsung-a Saˈga), an Icelandic poem, giving about the same legends as the Nibelungen Lied. + 

Vortigern + 

(Vorˈti-gern), usurping King of Britain, defeated by Pendragon. + 

Vulcan + 

(Vulˈcan) (Greek Haephestus), god of fire and metalworking, with forges under Aetna, husband of Venus. + 

Vyasa + 

(Vy-aˈsa), Hindu sage. + 