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God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, order, justice, King of the Gods and the “Father of Gods and men”. A complete A-Z list of the Greek gods of ancient mythology, their names and the areas of influence they had.
- Dinlas
Dinlas is the Greek god of chaos and hatred, and the son of...
- Achelous
Etruscan Mythology. In Etruscan mythology, Achelous was...
- Caerus
Caerus is the god of opportunity in Greek mythology. He is a...
- Poseidon
Poseidon’s Wife and Children. Poseidon was the husband of...
- Aphrodite
And The Rest… Pothos: God of longing or yearning, often...
- Kratos
The Son of Titans. In many myths, Kratos is referred to as...
- Persephone
Daughter of Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, and Zeus,...
- Artemis
Greek Goddess of the Hunt, Forests and Hills, the Moon,...
- Dinlas
- Medusa Wasn’T The only Woman in Ancient Greece with Snakes For Hair
- Zeus: The Serial Womanizer of Greek Mythology
- Pandora Is The Grandmother of Mankind
- The Story of The First Immortals
- Theseus Was A Bit of A Jerk
- Artemis Held A Grudge and Would Kill Over It
- Ares Had A Soft Side in Greek Mythology
- Hades Wasn’T Such A Monster…Really!
- There Is One Main Mother to The Many Monsters in Greek Mythology
- The Goddess Aphrodite as A Warrior
When you think of Medusa, you immediately picture her horrific hair made of snakes. However, Medusa is wrongly singled out as being the only woman in Greek mythology to look like this. Don’t forget that Medusa was merely the only mortal of the three Gorgon sisters; the other two sisters, Stheno and Euryale, also had reptilian locks.
Zeus was known in his time as much more than the father of the gods. He was also a womanizer, and as such, he fathered many, manyoffspring! He would transform into various animals to fulfill his desires; therefore, his ‘children’ are quite interesting. All in all, he seduced both Demeter and her daughter Persephone—who later married his brother—whi...
Pandora is often mentioned in reference to the infamous box. However, Pandora is actually the grandmother of the human race! It’s not really discussed often; however, Pandora was the wife of Epimetheus and mother to a mortal daughter, Pyrrha. When Pyrrha married her cousin, Deukalion, the gods sent a massive flood to destroy the earth and the morta...
In fact, it all begins with Chaos, Gaia’s (mother Earth) father and Eros (love). It sounds simple enough, but then Gaia gave birth to Ouranos (the sky), the Sea, and the Mountains. It gets complicated, as she then later married Ouranos and gave birth to the Titan Cronus. Cronus married his sister, Rhea, giving birth to the original Olympian immorta...
Despite his reputation for slaying the Minotaur in Crete and managing the difficult exit of the Labyrinth, which cost numerous lives, Theseus also had a tendency to make decisions based on what best served him at the moment. An example is when he took the princess Ariadne from her home on Crete with him when he left the island only to later abandon...
The goddess of hunting is known for her shrewd skills and being the protector of animals. However, while she is known as the goddess of childbirth in Greek mythology, she is also the destroyer of many young women. In fact, she killed six of Niobe’s daughters for insulting her mother, Leo. Clearly you didn’t want to get on her bad side!
Apparently, the god of war had a soft spot: his sister Athena, the goddess of war. Ares obeyed his sister’s orders, as she was also the goddess of defense and righteous battle. This can be seen in the Iliad, when Athena often intervenes to ensure a fair battle, and Ares always bows to her command.
The god of death and the underworld wasn’t really such a bad guy. Specifically, it wasn’t his choice to rule the underworld; he was stuck with the job that no one wanted. Call it bad luck or getting the short end of the stick, but whatever it was, Hades’ fate made him appear to be pure evil. However, this was unfairly so because Hades wasn’t the on...
There might be many monstersin Greek mythology; however, most of them share the same mother, Echidna. She was a relative of Medusa and the wife of Typhon, who happened to be a hundred-headed dragon! Together, they spawned many of the most terrifying and famous monsters of Greek mythology, such as the Nemean lion, Cerberus, Hydra, and Ladon. She was...
The goddess of love and beauty had a hidden side due to her romantic relations with Ares, the god of war. She bore three children from Ares—Eros, Phobos, and Deimos. Surprisingly, there were, therefore, several statutes and other depictions of her found in many port cities, showing Aphrodite armed and in armor, something you wouldn’t expect from th...
Jan 13, 2020 · The vast majority of people in ancient Greece really believed in the Greek gods, but there were some dissenters who questioned traditional ideas about the gods and a few people who were not completely sure about the gods’ existence.
- Poseidon versus the Devil. Poseidon (Neptune), God of the sea, is associated with water, whereas the devil is associated with fire — the exact opposite!
- Hades versus Hell. Hades is the ruler of the Underworld in Greek mythology. Interestingly, the Underworld also goes by the name Hades. In ancient times, Romans and Greeks believed this dark and dingy place was the realm where most souls descended at the time of death.
- The Judgement of Paris versus Adam and Eve. In Greek mythology, Aphrodite, the Goddess of love, promised Paris the love of the world’s most beautiful woman.
- Apollo, God of light, versus Jesus Christ. Apollo, God of light, crowns someone with a laurel wreath as an honorable gesture. Jesus Christ was crucified while wearing a crown of thorns, which the Romans gave him.
- Ashtoreth. Also called Astarte, or Ashtoreth (plural), this goddess of the Canaanites was connected with fertility and motherhood. The worship of Ashtoreth was strong in Sidon.
- Baal. The false god Baal, sometimes called Bel, was the supreme god among the Canaanites, worshipped in many forms, but often as a sun god or storm god.
- Chemosh. Chemosh, the subjugator, was the national god of the Moabites and was also worshipped by the Ammonites. The rites involving this god were also said to be cruel and may have involved human sacrifice.
- Dagon. This god of the Philistines had the body of a fish and a human head and hands on his statues. Dagon was a god of water and grain. Samson, the Hebrew judge, met his death in the temple of Dagon.
In Greek mythology, the figure of Horkos (/ ˈ h ɔːr k ɒ s /; Ancient Greek: Ὅρκος, lit. ' oath ') personifies the curse that will be inflicted on any person who swears a false oath. In Aesop's Fables there is a cautionary tale, numbered 239 in the Perry Index, indicating that retribution is swift where the god is defied.
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