Meaning: God of fruits of the earth, vegetation, and rebirth Description: He’s a minor god known to be the consort of Cybele (the Earth goddess). Boreas Origin: Greek Meaning: God of the cold north wind Variations/Synonyms: Bringer of winter Description: He’s an Anemoi (wind god...
Demeter, the Greek goddess of grain, agriculture, and the harvest, growth and nourishment, was Zeus's sister and Persephone's mother. Variation Demetria is the full name of actress Demi Moore. Though familiar, Demeter is not one of theGreek goddess namesthat's finding widespread modern favor....
Evander was a migrant from Pallantium, Arcadia, who settled down in Italy, where he founded the town Pallention. Evander is also the son of goddess Carmentis and god Hermes. We like how Evander sounds — it puts a spin on the usual Evan. In ancient Norse, it translates to “bow warr...
Hermes (Mercury): god of travel, hospitality and trade and Zeus’s personal messenger Poseidon (Neptune): god of the sea Other gods and goddesses sometimes included in the roster of Olympians are: Hades (Pluto): god of the underworld Hestia (Vesta): goddess of home and family Eros (Cupid...
Hera is the queen of all the gods,protector of the family and of marriage, she is the youngest daughter of the union of the God Cronos with her sister the Goddess Rhea and therefore sister of the God Zeus, whose wife she was also. ...
Atropos - (a.k.a. Aisa, Morta) One of The Fates - She cut the thread of life and chose the manner of a persons death.Attis - The (minor) god of rebirth.List of Greek Gods and Goddesses - BBia - The goddess of force.Boreas - (a.k.a. Aquilo, Aquilon) The North Wind. One...
The goddess of agriculture, horticulture, grain and harvest. Διόνυσος (Diónysos) Dionysus The god of wine, parties and festivals, madness, chaos, drunkenness and pleasure at forever young. ᾍδης (Hádēs) Hades King of the Underworld and god of the dead and the hidden we...
Aphrodite, the goddess of the pleasant completion of eroticism, owes her origin to the Semitic goddess Ishtar-Astarte. Her Greek name is linked to the myth of her birth in the foam of the sea of Cyprus. Hermes, messenger god and soul carrier, was the pre-eminent person responsible for tra...
is used more often in the US these days. Selene is the Greek goddess of the moon, sister of Helios the sun god. Selene is also sometimes called Cynthia and Phoebe. The name may be related to the word selas, which means light, and is one of the loveliest of theGreek goddess names. ...
It's about time we had a list just for Greek goddess names. In Greek mythology a goddess was just as important as a god - sometimes more so. The Greek goddesses covered everything from fertility to death and from poetry to war.