Palladis Tamia the Latin genitive of "Pallas," another name for the goddess Athena, who in Greek mythology was the goddess of wisdom and statecraft. Thus, "Palladis Tamia" becomes the "dispenser" or "treasurer" of Pallas Athena, or "wisdom". "Palladis Tamia" was the second in a series of four volumes of short pithy sayings with the generic title of "Wits Commonwealth", the first of which was "Politeuphuia: Wits Commonwealth" (1597), compiled by John Bodenham or by Nicholas Ling, the publisher. The third volume was "Wits Theater of the Little World" (1599), dedicated to Bodenham and variously credited to him, Robert Allott, or Ling, and
Twins in mythology upon. However, other cultures attribute the outcome of twins to superior virility of the father. In various mythologies, twins often represent the dualistic nature of the universe. In Greek mythology, twins Apollo and Artemis, are the sun god and moon goddess, respectively. Similar forms of higher beings are reflected throughout different mythologies, as twin brothers Kuat and Iae represent the sun and moon in the Xingu mythology of Brazil. Egyptian God, Geb, and his twin sister, Nut, represented the binary nature of the world, with Geb being the God of the Earth, and Nut being the Goddess of the sky.