By: Keitha (FireWind)
Posted: July 17th/99
FESTIVALS & SABBATS:
Beltane: BEL-tayn
Imbolc: IM-bolc
Lammas: LA-mas
Litha: LIH-tha
Mabon: MA-bon
Ostara: o-STAR-ra
Samhain: SOW-in (as in "cow"), or sometimes sew-WIN
Saturnalia: sat-er-nay-lee-ah
Yule: yool
GENERAL WORDS:
Athame: AH-tha-may or ah-THA-may
Besom: BEH-som
Centaurs: sen-torz
Cornucopia: corn-oh-coh-pee-a
Coven: CUH-ven
Deosil: JIH-sel (yes, that's right)
Elysium: i-liz-ee-um
Fauns: fonz
Harpies: harp-eez
Lethe: leeth-ee
Hesperides: hes-per-ah-deez
Mead: meed
Nibbelungs: nee-buh-loonz
Styx: sticks
Widdershins: WID-der-shins or VID-der-shins
COMMON DEITIES AND PEOPLE:
Andromeda: an-drom-e-da
Aphrodite: af-ro-die-tee
Apollo: a-pol-low
Arachne: ah-rack-nee
Ares: er-eez
Ariadne: ar-ee-ad-nee
Astarte: as-tar-tee
Bacchus: bak-us
Balder: ball-der
Banshee: ban-shee
Bellerophon: bel-er-oh-fon
Beowulf: bay-oh-woolf
Brigit: bridge-it
Calliope: ca-lie-oh-pee
Cassiopeia: cass-ee-oh-pee-a
Cerberus: ser-ber-us
Ceres: sir-eez
Charon: cer-un
Chimera: ci-mir-a
Chronos: kroh-nos
Circe: sir-see
Clio: clee-oh
Cronus: croh-nus
Cuchulain: koo-kool-in
Cybele: sib-uh-lee
Cynthia: sinth-ee-ah
Dagda: dag-dah
Danae: dan-uh-ee
Delphi: dell-fee
Demeter: dee-mee-ter
Diana: dee-ah-nah/die-ah-nah
Dido: die-doh
Dionysus: die-ohn-eye-sus
Endymion: en-dim-ee-un
Euripides: yoo-rip-uh-deez
Europa: yoo-roh-pa
Eurydice: yoo-rid-uh-see
Fianna: fee-ahn-ah
Flora: flor-ah
Freya: fray-ah
Gaia/Gaea: ga-ee-ah/jee-ah
Ganymede: gan-uh-meed
Hades: hay-deez
Hecate: heck-ah-tee
Hermes: her-meez
Hestia: hes-tee-ah
Janus: jay-nus
Jove: joh-v
Juno: jew-no
Latona: lah-toh-nah
Lavinia: lah-vin-ee-ah
Leda: lee-dah
Lleu: lee-oo
Loki: loh-kee
Maia: may-ah
Minerva: min-ner-vah
Minos: m-eye-nos
Morrigu: mor-ri-goo
Orestes: o-rest-eez
Orpheus: or-fee-yoos
Palinurus: pal-in-yoo-rus
Perseus: per-soos
Pleiades: plee-uh-deez
Prometheus: proh-mee-thoos
Proserpina: prose-er-pee-na
Proteus: proh-tus
Rhea: ree-uh
Sabine: sah-been
Sappho: sah-foh
Semele: sem-uh-lee
Sibyl: sib-l
Syrinx: si-rinks
Thethys: teth-is
Thalia: thay-lee-ah
Urania: yoo-ray-nee-ah