To speak of Greek and Roman mythology is to speak of the same gods whose names were simply changed, so that they would be Latinized. We know these gods adopted from Greek culture as Greco-Roman mythologyand it is this in particular that we are going to refer to from now on. Let’s l...
Cerberus,hellhound- (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon Charon- (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades Chimaera,Chimera- (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster...
Sokrates (Socrates) : Let us inquire what thought men had in giving them [the gods] their names . . . The first men who gave names [to the gods] were no ordinary persons, but high thinkers and great talkers . . . But why should you not tell of another kind of gods, such as sun...
Artemis was a daughter of Zeus, King of the Gods, and the Titaness Leto and the twin-sister of the god Apollon (Apollo). Her mother was hounded by Zeus' jealous wife Hera throughout her pregnancy and was forced to wander the world in search of safe refuge. She was the first of the...
Unlike most of the other female gods, who tended to have a fairly limited number of lovers, Aphrodite was known for her many mortal and immortal lovers. She was known for her jealous nature; while she was very generous to her worshipers, she was spiteful to those who denied her. ...
for night and day, light and dark, heat and cold, male and female, war and peace, good and bad, life and death. The creation myths of ancient cultures reflect this eternal battle of seeming opposites. Many surviving objects feature twin gods and goddesses; a major theme across all ...
Greek Mythology Names that Make Cool Dog Names Source: @chaos_thedog / IG Chaosis one of the first Greek titan gods. Cadmusis the founder of Thebes. Pegasusis a white-winged stallion son of Poseidon, the god of the sea. Adonisis the beautiful young man with whom Aphrodite fell in love...
Prometheus was a titan, but a friend of the gods. He not only created mortals, but loved them unconditionally, and eventually went against the wishes of Zeus (the king of the gods) and introduced fire to man kind. In doing so, he greatly angered Zeus and his punishment was to be chain...
Pandora is a woman who was made by all of the Gods, and given a box that she was instructed not to open. But, the Gods also installed curiosity in the poor girl, and once she was placed on Earth, what could she do but open the box. All at once all of these nasties flew out ...
The Iranic, Judeo-Christian, or Greek gods in that area might be willing to help thanks to the Buddha’s request. I could see this leading to some comical inter-faith drama: Foreign god: “Monkey Man, you have no power over us in this region!” Sun Wukong: “Oh, really? Let me...