In Greek mytho-historical accounts Cyzicus is presented as the ruler of the Dolionians, a tribe inhabiting the southern shore of the Propontis, and as the eponymous figure who gave his name to the city of Cyzicus. Some summaries and secondary traditions connect the founding population or the eponymous founder with Thessalian migrants, but surviving excerpts leave that detail uncertain and fragmentary. The figure functions within the common Greek practice of linking places and peoples to named founders or rulers, situating a civic identity in legendary genealogy rather than describing divine origin.
No physical description of King Cyzicus is preserved in the provided sources. Ancient summaries identify him relationally and politically — as king of the Dolionians and as the eponymous ancestor of the city of Cyzicus — rather than by bodily traits or iconography.
Sources attribute no supernatural powers to Cyzicus; his described 'abilities' are civic and social: rulership over the Dolionians, association with local foundation/founding traditions, and lending his name to the city. He is treated as a mortal historicized or legendary king within civic-memory narratives rather than as a deity or cultic spirit.
Aethiolas
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Pyttius
Pyttius is attested in the provided sources solely as a human genealogical figure in Greek mytho-historical tradition, named as the father of Amarynceus, a chief of the Eleans. The sources do not present Pyttius as supernatural, nor do they record deeds, cult, appearance, or rituals associated with him.
Cyrene
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Cyric (tradition)
The name "Cyric" appears in disparate, unrelated contexts in the provided sources: as the name of a fictional deity listed in a Dungeons & Dragons deities compilation, as the Latinized personal name 'Cyricus' in a Christian martyr pair (Cyricus and Julitta), and as a modern digital creator/username credited on 3D model assets. The materials do not document a single, coherent folkloric or religious entity named Cyric.
Cytherean
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Cytherus (Kytheros)
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Cyttorak
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Cá Ông (Whale spirit / Whale God)
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Cáo (Hồ ly tinh)
This entry documents the absence of information on the Vietnamese fox spirit "cáo" or "hồ ly tinh" in the supplied source set. The provided materials do not describe this supernatural figure; they instead refer to unrelated entries (the historical Cao Cao, the Chinese surname Cao, and unrelated archived web pages).
Círdan
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Cù Sìth / Cú Sídhe
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Cú Chulainn
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