Mercury is actually named afterHermes, the winged-helmeted messenger of the gods who moved quickly across the sky at other gods’ command. Hermes was also the god of herds and flocks, communication, language, and writing, which is why he is usually associated with social and talkative Gemini....
Illustrated Introduction to the Greek pantheon of god, including types of gods and individuals. This page links to in depth profiles of each god.
The Cancer is the dimmest of the zodiac signs, and it looks like an upside-down Y. It can be seen during autumn in the southern hemisphere and northern hemisphere in early spring. The myth that goes with this constellation is this: The greek god Zeus had an affair with the queen of ...
OTHER GODS TITANS BESTIARY HEROES MISCELLANY GALLERY TEXTSGreek Mythology >> Star Myths (Constellations) STAR MYTHSThe Greek word for constellations was katasterismoi. Of these, the twelve signs whose paths intersect with the dawn rising of the sun were known as zodiakos (the zodiac) or...
The Cancer constellation, which is also the fourth sign of the zodiac, lays between the constellationsLeo(the lion) andGemini(the twins). It looks similar to an upside Y in the night sky and it can be very difficult to see it with the naked eye because it is so faint. However it is...
It was one of the most important birds in Roman and Italic augury, the practice of reading the will of the gods through watching the sky for signs. The mythological figure named Picus had powers of augury that he retained when he was transformed into a woodpecker; in one tradition, Pi...
My favourite constellation is Cancer, or, the crab. This is my Zodiac sun sign, the zodiac segment the sun was in at the time I was born. The Cancer is the dimmest of the zodiac signs, and it looks like an upside-down Y. It can be seen during autumn in the southern hemisphere and...
With the rise of astrology in the Hellenistic period, the Twelve might influence the fate of the individual apart from the city through their role as the tutelary deities of the signs of the zodiac. The extant monuments attest to the association of the Twelve Gods with certain oriental deities...
For instance, Zeus is the god of the sky, Poseidon is the god of the sea and Hephaistos is the god of fire. They can make themselves invisible to humans and move to any place in a very short time. The gods and goddesses also never get sick and can only be hurt by very unusual ...
Homer describes Helios as giving light both to gods and men: he rises in the east from Oceanus, though not from the river, but from some lake or bog (limnê) formed by Oceanus, rises up into heaven, where he reaches the highest point at noon time, and then he descends, arriving in...