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The furies are physical embodyment of the ancient gods, typically portrayed as horrific female figures. In mythology they were in charge of punishing those who offended the most basic laws, such as:
1: Blood crimes (against your mother, not necessarily father as male heritage was unknown in ancient times), until the trial of Athens where Apollo forced the furies to accept the married father as blood, in respect for the marriage of Zeus and Hera.
2: Food - any crime involving attacking an individual or group via the food supply (poisoning, burning, etc)
3: Travelers - Guests were sacred and protected by Zeus, to disrespect a traveler or guest was strictly taboo
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What is the Old Norse translation for Fury?
Old Norse: Atla Meaning: "Fury"
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What did the fury mean in greek mythology?
"Fury" is a Roman phrase/wording of Latin.The Greek term would be Erinyes (Murky, Dark, MistyOnes: eêroeis )They were more well known as the Eumenides (Well-Disposed, Kind,Gracious).
What does the fury mean?
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Is the phrase hell hath no fury derived from the ancient olympian goddess Hera?
This is the usual misquotation of a line from William Congreve's The Mourning Bride ( 1697): "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned/ Nor Hell a fury like a woman scorned, " which itself seems to derive from a line in act iv of Colley Cibber's Love's Last Shift (1696): "We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman."
