Hesiod, Theogony 211 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : "And Nyx (Night) bare hateful Moros (Doom) and black Ker (Violent Death) and Thanatos (Death), and she bare Hypnos (Sleep) and the tribe of Oneiroi (Dreams). And again the goddess murky Nyx, ...
Dionysos' grandparents were the Titans Kronos (Cronus) and Rheia, King Kadmos (Cadmus) of Thebes and the goddess Harmonia. He was a great-grandson of Ares and Aphrodite (Harmonia's parents) and also a distant descendant of the god Poseidon. The god's half-brothers and sisters included Herm...
Ares (Mars): god of war Artemis (Diana): goddess of the hunt Athena (Minerva): goddess of wisdom Demeter (Ceres): goddess of agriculture and grain Dionysus (Bacchus): god of wine Hephaestus (Vulcan): god of fire Hermes (Mercury): god of travel, hospitality and trade, Zeus’s ...
The Enuma Elish tells how the god Marduk killed the primeval goddess Tiamat and cut her body into two parts that became the heavens and the earth. Sometimes the first people are made from a god's blood, perhaps mixed with dust or clay. Creation may also involve the slaying of a primal ...
Notos- the god of the South and summer and Eurus- the god of the East and fall Collectively, the wind gods were called the Anemoi or the Aurae. Anemoi was the Greek word for wind. Astraeus, an astrological god of the planets, and Eos, goddess of the dawn, were the parents of the...
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The god Zeus, for example, was conceived of as an eagle, a swan, lightning, and thunder, and the goddess Athena was depicted as an owl or a serpent. These conceptions were subsequently preserved in vestigial form with animal or inanimate objects appearing as attributes or temporary abodes of...
A graphic novel series that focusses on one particular Greek God or Goddesses at a time. Olympians Book 1: Zeus: King of the Gods Olympians Book 2: Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess Olympians Book 3: Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory Olympians Book 4: Hades: Lord of the Dead ...
She’s the daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia. When she died, Andromeda was lifted to the sky by the goddess Athena and became the Andromeda Constellation. Angelina Origin: Greek Meaning: Messenger of God or an angel Variations/Synonyms: Angel, Angela, Angelena, Anjelina, Angeline,...