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Hyeʹnas

were worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. Pliny says that a certain stone, called the “hyænia,” found in the eye of the creature, being placed under the tongue, imparts the gift of prophecy (xxxvii. 60).

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Hutchinsonians
Hutin
Hutkin
Huzza!
Huzzy
Hvergelmer
Hyacinth
Hyades
Hybla
Hydra
Hyenas
Hygeia
Hyksos
Hylas
Hylech (in Astrology)
Hymen
Hymer
Hymettus
Hymn Tunes
Hymnus Eucharisticus
Hyperboreans