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Gods and Goddesses A-Z

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Achelois -  One of the moon goddesses.

Achelous - The patron god of the Achelous river.

Aeolus - (Aeolos, Aiolos, Aiolus, Eolus) Aeolus is the God of air and all four wind gods.

Aether - (Aither, Akmon, Ether) Aether is the God of light and the atmosphere.

Alastor - The God of family feuds.

Alcyone - One of the seven Daughters of Atlas (the titan General) and Pleione.

Alectrona - The Early greek Goddess of the sun.

Amphitrite - (Salacia) A nereid (A sea spirit) and the wife of Poseidon.

Antheia - Goddess of gardens, flowers, swamps and marshes.

Aphaea- (Aphaia) A Greek Goddess who was worshiped on one island called Aegina in the Sacronic Golf.

Aphrodite - (Anadyomene, Turan and Venus) Aphrodite is the Goddess of Love and Beauty. Her "Father" is Ouranos and she is husband to Hephaestus the God of Blacksmiths and fire but she loves Ares the God of war.

Apollo - (Apollon, Apulu, Phoebus) God of the sun, music, healing, Archery and herding. He is the son of Zeus (The King of the Gods) and Theto a Titan. He has a twin sister called Artemis.

Ares - (Enyalius, Mars and Aries) The God of Chaotic war. Aphrodite is "secretly" in love with him behind Hephaetus back.  He is the son of Zeus and Hera, the King and Queen of the Gods.

Aristaeus - (Aristaios) Patron God of Animal Husbandry, Bee keeping and Fruit trees.

Artemis - (Agrotora, Amarynthia, Cynthia, Kourotrophos, Locheia, Ortheia, Phoebe, Potnia Theron) Artemis is the Goddess of the moon, hunting and nursing. She is the sister of Apollo and daughter of Zeus and Theto.

Asclepius - (Aesculapius, Asklepios) He is the God of medicine and Health.

Astraea - The Star maiden - a goddess of Justice, included in the Virgo and Libra mythologies.

Até - Goddess of Mischief

Athena - ( Asana, Athene, Minerva, Menerva ) Goddess of Wisdom, poetry, art and the strategic side of war.

Atlas - The titan General who got punished for being on the titan side in the titan war and had to hold up the weight of the sky.

Atropos - (Aisa,Morta) One of the fates ( three woman who shape everyone's destinies) - She cuts the thread of life and chooses how someone dies,

Attis - The minor God of Rebirth.

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Bia - The Goddess of Force

Boreas - (Aquilo, Aquilon) The North wind. One of the wind gods.]

Brizo - Protector of Mariners.

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Caerus - (Kairos, occasio, Tempus) A minor god of luck and oppurtunity.

Calliope - One of the nine muses (goddesses who oversee all arts)

Calypso - (Kalypso) The famous sea nymph who held Odysseus on her island for seven years (varied throughout the stories).

Castor - (Castore, Kastor) One of the twins who together represent the constellation Gemini.

Celaeno - The name of a wife of Poseidon. 

Cerus - A bull that Persephone tamed and eventually became the constellation Taurus.

Ceto - (Keto) A sea monster goddess.

Chaos - (Khaos) The nothingness that everything came from. 

Charon - (Charun) The ferryman of hades. The dead would have to pay him if they wanted him to get them across the River styx.

Chronos - (Chronos, Khronos) God of time.

Circe - (Kirke) A goddess who turns her enemies into beasts.

Clio - One of the muses (nine woman who oversee all arts and science). She represents History.

Clotho - (Nona) One of the fates (three woman who shape everyone's fates). She spins the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle.

Crios  - The crab who protected some sea nymphs. Became the constellation cancer.

Cronus - (Kronos, Cronos, Saturn) Titan god of time. King of the titans.

Cybele - (Agdistis, Magna Mater, Meter, Meter Oreie) Goddess of caverns, mountains, nature and wild animals.

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Demeter - (Ceres, Demetra, Tvath) Goddess of Harvest and Agriculture.

Dinlas - Guardian of the ancient city of lamark, where wounded heroes would heal after battle.

Dionysus - (Bacchus, Dionysos, Liber) God of Wine.

Doris - A sea nymph who is the mother of all Nereids

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Eileithyia - (Eileithyiai, EMilitia Eilythia, Eleuthia, Ilithia, Ilithyia, Lucina) Goddess of childbirth.
Eireisone - The deity who embodied the sacred olive branch.

Electra - (Atlantis) One of the seven Pleiades (Seven daughters of Atlas the Titan general).

Elpis - (Spes) The spirit of hope.
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Enyo - (Bellona) A goddess of war. More worshipped by Romans.

Eos - (Aurora, Eosphorus, Mater Matuta, Thesan) Goddess of Dawn.

Erato - One of the muses (Nine goddesses who overlooked all the arts and science) - represents Lyrics/Love poetry.

Erebus - (Erebos) God of Darkness.

Eris - (Discordia) Goddess of Strife.

Eros - (Amor, Cupid, Eleutherios)- God of love, procreation, and sexual desire.

Eurus - (Euros, Vulturnus) The east wind - One of the four Anemoi (Wind gods).

Euterpe - One of the muses (Nine goddesses who oversee all arts and science) - represents Music Lyrics/ Poetry.

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Gaia - (Cell, Gaea, terra) Goddess of the Earth. also known as Mother Earth.

Glaucus - (Glass, Glaukos) A fisherman who got turned into an immortal, he became a god of the sea.

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Hades - (Aita, Dis Pater, Haidou, Orcus, Plouton, Pluto) God of the Dead, King of the Underworld.

Harmonia - (Concordia) Goddess of Harmony and Concord.

Hebe - (Juventas) Goddess of youth.

Hecate - (Hekat, Hekate, Trivia) Goddess of magic, Witchcraft and Necromancy.

Helios - (Sol) A titan, also the previous god of the sun before Apollo.

Hemera - (Amar, Dies, Hemere) Goddess of Daylight.\

Hephaestus - (Hephaistos, Vulcan, Sethlans, Mulciber) God of fire and blacksmiths who created weapons for the gods.

Heracles -(Herakles, Hercules, Hercle) An immortal hero of many Greek legends, the strongest man on earth.

Hermes -  (Pyschopompus, Mecury, Turms) God of Travel, Thievery, Commerce, trade and sport. Messenger of the Gods.

Hesperus - ( Hesperos, Vesper) The evening star.

Hestia - (Vesta) Greek goddess of the home and fertility.

Hygea - (Hygieia, Salus) Goddess of cleanliness and hygeine.

Hymenaios - (Hymenaeus, Hymen) God of Weddings.

Hypnos - (Somnus) God of sleep.

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Iris - Goddess of Rainbows.

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Khione - The goddess of snow and daughter of the North wind (Boreas).

Kotys - (Cotys, Cottyto, Cottytus) A minor wine goddess whose celebrations where wild and crazy.

Kratos - A god of strength and power.

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Lacheses - (Decima) One of the fates (three woman who shape everyone's fates) She measures the thread of life with her rod.

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Maia - (Mya, Fauna, Maia Maiestas, Bono dea) One of the seven Pleiades (Daughter of the Titan General Atlas), Goddess of fields.

Mania - (Manea) Goddess of Insanity.

Melpomene - One of the muses (nine woman who oversee all arts and science) Represents tragedy.

Merope - One of the seven Pleiades (The seven daughters of the titan General Atlas) married to king Sisphyos.

Metis - Titan goddess of wisdom.

Momus - (Momos) God of Satire, writers and poets.

Morpheus - God of dreams and sleep.

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Nemesis - (Rhamnousia, Invidia) Goddess of retribution or vengeance.

Nereus - (Phorcys, Phorkys) Titan god who is the father of the nerieds. God of the sea before Poseidon.

Nike - (Victoria) Goddess of Victory.

Notus - (Austus) The south wind. One of the four wind gods.

Nyx - (Nox) Goddess of night.

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Oceanus - Titan god of the ocean.

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Pallas - A giant who was the ancient Giant god of war.

Pan - (Faunus, inuus) God of life. Appears as a satyr (half human half goat)

Peitha - (Peitho, Suadela) Goddess of persuasion.

Persephone - (Persephassa, Persipina, Persipnei, Persephatta, Proserpine, Kore, Kora, Libera) Goddess of spring who lives half the year in the underworld with her husband Hades. She is queen of the underworld.

Pheme - (Fama) Goddess of fame and gossip.

Phosphorus - The morning star.

Plutus - God of wealth.

Pollux - (Polydeuces) One of the twins who represent the constellation sign Gemini.

Polyhymnia - One of the Muses - represents sacred poetry and geomtry.

Pontus - (Pontos) Ancient primordial god of the sea.

Poseidon - (Neptune, Nethuns, Neptunus) God of the sea and earthshakes.

Priapus - (Mutinus, Mutunus) A minor god of gardens and fertility. Best known for having a large private part.

Pricus - The immortal father of sea goats, made into the constellation Capricorn.

Proteus - A early sea god before poseiodon.

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Rhea - (Cybele) Goddess of motherhood.'

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Selene - (Luna) Titan Goddess of the moon and the mother of vampires.

Sterope - (Asterope) One of the seven pleiades, who bore a child of Ares.

Styx - A naiad who aided Zeus in the Titan war.

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Tartarus - (Tartaros, Tartarizo) God of the depths of the underworld - the spirit of the pit which monsters go when they die.

Taygete - (Taygeti, Taigeti) One of the seven pleiades, a mountain nymph.

Terpsichore - One of the muses - represents Dancing.

Thalia - One of the muses - reprensents comedy.

Thanatos - (Mors) God of death.

Themis - Ancient goddess of divine order, law and custom.

Thetis - Leader of the Nereids, a shapesihfter and a prophet.

Triton - Poseidon's greatest son and heir to Poseidon throne.

Tyche - (Fortuna, Nortia) Goddess of fortune and prosperity.

Typhon - (Typhaon, Typhoeus, Typhus) God of Monsters, storms and volcanoes. Challenged the gods for olympus and only Zeus stood up to him but still lost. Eventually he was defeated.

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Urania - One of the muses -  represented Astronomy and Astrology.

Ouranos - (Uranus, Caelus) Primordial god of the sky and the heavens. Father of the titans. 

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Zelus - The god of Zeal, rivalry and jealousy.

Zephyrus - (Zephyros, Favonius, Zephyr) The west wind. One of the wind gods.

Zeus - (Dias, Jupiter, Tinia, Jove, Jovis Pater) Leader of the Olympic Gods, and god of lightning, thunder and the heavens.

Profiles of Major Greek Gods and Goddesses

Hestia 

Hestia is the first born Olympian. Hestia means hearth or fireside. She is the eldest child of Kronos and Rhea but the other five think of her as the youngest because she came out of Kronos stomach last. She is the Greek goddess of the hearth, home, the right ordering of domesticity and family. She has always been giving sacrifices first because the family around the hearth has to thank her for gifting them with family and home. now i'm feeling like some farming.

Features: Hestia usually appears as a 13 year-old girl with a brown cloak and light brown hair and a gentle fire in her eyes (literally).
Symbol: Donkey, crane, fire, flames and pig















Demeter
Demeter was the second born olympian. Demeter was one of the quiet goddesses.She always tried to stay away from her "gross" brothers who wanted to marry her because she didn't want any of it. She liked being herself and wandering the corn fields and making sure it was all working out. But eventually Zeus found her. She tried to escape so she turned into a cow and hid in a herd. But she forgot Zeus could do that too. He turned into a bull and cornered her. Basically what ended up happening was that Demeter ended up pregnant. That's how Persephone got into her life. A lot of the time the greeks would underestimate her and she would bite back. When Hades stole her daughter Persephone, she stopped all the crops from growing and the mortals starved. Just goes to show not to underestimate her but eventually Hades agreed to let Persephone spend half the year withHades and half with her. Enough about cereal I think I want a partner in marriage.

Features: Green or gold dresses with dark hair.
Symbols: Torch, Corn plant
Roman name: Ceres

Hera

She is the third born Olympian. Hera is the Goddess of Marriage, which is funny because she is married to a guy who has the most affairs in the Olympian family, Zeus. She is queen of the gods and hates nearly all demigod heroes. Her least favourite in history is the mighty Heracles (Hercules). She causes a lot of trouble to her husbands children but if you asked me she shouldn't be angry at them, she should be mad at her husband. Also once she and some other gods tried to overthrow Zeus so that the Olympian council would be equal. And now we go from marriage to death.


Features:Usually appears as a beautiful middle
aged woman with a greek dress and silver crown. She had dark hair and often turned into a bird.
Symbols: Pomegranate, Cow and Peacock.
Roman Name: Juno

Hades:

The first born male Olympian and fourth youngest of the six. Once he and his brothers Poseidon and Zeus killed their father Kronos, they drew lot's to see who got what place. Zeus got the sky, Poseidon the sea and Hades got the "worst" role. He became the god of the underworld. He was always treated as the outsider of the olympian family because the others find him creepy and dark. He stayed in Erebos (The Underworld in Greek) but soon enough that changed to Hades. He also got given the Helmet of Darkness as a gift from the Cyclopses and the hundred-handed ones so he could help defeat Kronos. He could turn into darkness and corrupt people's mind with fear with one look  Now I'll tell you the myth of how he got his wife. I told you a lot about this earlier in Demeter's chapter but I didn't tell you why she ended up staying not fully. So once she was caught by Hades he took her to his palace in the underworld and didn't let her leave. She hated him but she couldn't do anything about it. One day she was wandering around when she stumbled into his garden. She was mind blown. It was beautiful. There were millions of glowing plants and it also had all her favorites. Then she saw the pomegranate tree. That was her favorite fruit. "Would you like one ma'am" She turned around to see a minion. "Um well it sure looks delicious," Persephone said. After a while of nonstop thinking about the delicious fruit she gave in and took the ripest one. She bit into it and loved it but what she forgot is that when you eat fruit in the underworld you can't leave. Then Hades entered and he saw her eating it and said. "You realise you can't leave now". She dropped it in horrror. The Hermes arrived to tell Hades he must give her back. He said she can't because she ate the fruit. Eventually, they made and agreement that she can spend half the year with her mother Demeter and half with Hades and she eventually loved him... I think. That's a bit information about Hades for you death lovers and next up we'll have a nice time at the beach.

Features: Hades usually appears as an older man with slick black hair, pale skin and an evil smile. He has a black cloak made from souls and the helm of darkness which basically appears however you imagine it put I wouldn't advise you to imagine ponies.

Symbol: Helmet of Darkness, Cerberus, cornucopia, sceptre, narcissus.

Roman name: Pluto



Poseidon
Poseidon is the second born son of Kronos and Rhea and fifth sibling. He was always the middle child which really annoyed him. He was constantly asked "Are you as powerful as Zeus"? or "Are you as dark as Hades"? It really annoys a guy. But that's not to say he's not powerful. Poseidon was the second most powerful god of the Olympians and he was sometimes called the earthshaker. Here's a myth about him for you people. Not long after the Olympians defeated the titans, Poseidon loved Demeter. She asked him to impress her so one day he wandered along the beach thinking and as he watched the waves roll in and the sea foam retreating he thought of something. He then created horses out of sea foam but by the time he was done, his love for Demeter was gone and he loved his new creatures