Mythology canon information
Zeus -God of the sky, thunder, king of the greek gods. Traditional partner/husband of Hera. They have many children together. Known for shape shifting in order to cheat with other women as men they desired, including their husband and has many illegimate demi-god children .pb George Clooney, Semi-negotiable Hera -Goddess of marriage, family, women and childbirth. Queen of the greek gods.Traditional partner/wife of Zeus. Known for being jealous of Zeus’ cheating and demi-god children. pb Angelina Jolie, semi-negotiable Eros -God of love and sex. Son of Ares and Aphrodite. Consort was pysche. pb Theo James, semi-negotiable Poisedon - God of the seas, storms, horses, and earthquakes. King of the Sea. Husband of Amphitrite. Consort of Amphitrite, Aphrodite, and Demeter. pb Lee Pace, semi-negotiable Hades- God of the dead and the king of the Underworld. Consort of Persphone. Persphone/Kore - Goddess of the underworld, springtime, and flower. Consort of Hades. Daughter of Demeter and Zeus. pb Alexandra Daddario, semi-negotiable Pan - God of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of moutains wild, rustic music and improtus and companions of nymphs. Consort of Syrinx, Echo, and Pitys. Son of Hermes and Driope. Aphrodite- Goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. Consort of Hephaestus, Ares, Poseidon, Hermes, Dionysus, Adonis, and Anchises. Said to be born from the severed genitals of Uranus. Amphitrite - The goddess of the sea, wife of Poseidon, one of 100 daughters (the nereids) of Nereus and Doris. Was picked by Poseidon as his wife instead of any of her sisters after performing a dance on the isle of Naxos.
Apollo - God of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the sun and light, poetry, and more. Twin sister to Artemis, goddess of the hunt. Son of Zeus and Leto. Known for having bad luck in the romance department. Ares - God of physical or violent and untamed aspect of war and the personification of sheer brutality. Son of Zeus and Hera. Consort of Aphrodite. pb Joe Manganiello, semi- negotiable Artemis- Goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the moon, and chasisty. Daughter of Zeus and Leto. Twin sister to Apollo. Athena -Goddess of war, wisdom, intellect, handicraft, warfare, and protector of cities. Zeus alone was her parent. Demeter - Goddess of agriculture, and the harvest, presiding over grains and fertility on earth. Daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Consort of Iaion, Zeus, and Poseidon. Dionysus- God of grape-harvest, winemaking and wine, of fertility, orchards and fruit, vegetation, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity and threatre. Zeus and Semele. His consort was Ariadne. Hephaestus- God of blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes. Son of Zeus and Hera.Consort of Aphrodite and Aglaea. Hermes - God of travelers, thieves, merchants, orators, and the protector of human heralds. Known for his winged sandals and has acting as a soul guide to help souls to get to the afterlife. Zeus and Maia Hestia - virgin Goddess of the hearth, the right ordering of domesticity, the family, the home, and the state. Daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Nyx - Goddess of the night personified. Pb Katie McGrath. Long time partner of Erebus, has many children with him. Pb Katie McGrath, semi-negotiable. Erebus - God of personified Darkness. Long time partner of Nyx, they have many children together, Hermera- Goddess that is day personified. Daughter of Nyx and Erebus. Aether - God who is brightness personified. Daughter of Nyx and Erebus. Moros - God of mortals impending doom personified. Son of Nyx and Erebus. The Keres- Powerful Goddess death spirits who are violent death personified, who waited for these deaths and feasted on it, the sisters of Thanatos the God of peace death, and the fates who were known formerly as the Moirai, who each had a in the setting of births, lives, and deaths. Daughters of Nyx and Erebus. Momus - God who is satire and mockery personified, name means blames, is credited for in part starting the Trojan war. Was expelled from mount Olympus at some point long ago. Twin brother of Oizys. Oizys- Goddess of misery, anxiety, grief, and depression. Twin sister to Momus and younger sister of Hermera. Son of Nyx and Erebus Hesperides - The nymphs of the evening and the golden light of sunset aka “daughter of the evenings” or “Nymphs of the west”. Daughters of Nyx and Erebus. Nemesis - Goddess of Retribution against those who succumb to hubris (Arrogance against the Gods). Daughter of Nyx and Erebus. Apate- Goddess who was deceit personified. The Daughter of Nyx and Erebus.. Philotes - Minor Goddess of friendship, affection, and sex. Daughter of Nyx and Erebus. Geras - God of Old age personified. Son of Nyx and Erebus. Eris - Goddes who is Strife and Discord personified. Daughter of Nyx and Erebus. Thanatos - God of peaceful death personified. Son of Nyx and Erebus.Twin brother of Hypnos the god of sleep personified. Brother of The Keres and the Moirai. Hypnos. God of sleep, personified. Twin brother of Thanatos the God of personified peaceful death.Son of Nyx and Erebus. Consort of Pasithea. Oneiros - the Brothers of Hypnos and the symbols of dreams personified. Hebe- Goddess of youth or prime of life. Daughter of Zeus and Hera. Consort of Heracles. Iris - Goddess of messengers and the rainbow personified. Daughter of Thaumas and Electra. Consort of Zephyrus. Hecate - Goddess of magic, witchcraft, crossroads, entrace-ways, night, light, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, ghosts, necromancy, and sorcery. Daughter of Perses and Asteria. Nike- Goddess who personified victory. Daughter of Pallas and Styx. Tyche - Goddess of good luck and fortune of a city and its destiny. Daughter of Aphrodite and Zeus. Enyo - Goddess of war, destruction, and devastation. Responsible for orchestrating the destruction of cities, and often accompanies Ares into battle. Daughter of Zeus and Hera. Consort of Ares. Thallo - The goddess of spring, buds and blooms, a protector of youth, one of the first triad of the horae. Daughter of Aphrodite and Zeus. Auxo- the goddess of the season of summer, she is the protector of vegetation and plants, and growth and fertility. Daughter of Aphrodite and Zeus. One of the first triad of the horae. Carpo- Goddess of autumn, ripening, and harvesting, as well as guarding the way to mount Olympus and letting back the clouds surrounding the mountain if one of the gods left. She was an attendant to Persephone, Aphrodite and Hera, and was also associated Dionysus, Apollo, and Pan. Dike- The goddess of moral justice. She ruled over human justice, as her mother themis ruled over divine justice. Daughter of Zeus and Themis. One of the second triad of the horae. Eunomia - the goddess of law and legislation. Daughter of Zeus and Themis. One of the second triad of the horae. Eirene - Goddess of peace personified. Daughter of Zeus and Themis. One of second triad of the Horae. Pherusa - Goddess of Substance and farm estates. One of the third triad of the Horae. Euporie- Goddess of Abundance. One of the third triad of the Horae. Orthosie - Goddess of Propertity. One of the third tiad of the Horae. Eiar - Goddess of spring personified. One of the four seasonal personified Horae. Theros - Goddess of Summer personified. One of the four seasonal personified Horae. \
Phithnoporon Goddess of Autumn personified. One of the four seasonal personified Horae. Kheimon - Goddess of Winter personified. One of the four seasonal personified Horae. Euomia- Goddess of honesty and the truth Priapus - God of fertility, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male genitalia. Son of Aphrodite and Dionysus. Thalia - muse of comedy (play and story) and idyllic poetry. Daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. The Eighth born of the nine muses. She and Apollo were the parents of the Corbantes. Represented with a crown of ivy, wearing boots and holding a comic s also hold a mask in her hand. Many of her statues also hold a bugle and a trumpet or occasionally a shepherd’s staff. Melpomene - muse of tragedy (play and story), her name means “to celebrate with dance and song” she is often represented with a tragic mask and wearing the cot humus, boots traditionally worn by tragic actors. Often, she also holds a knife or club in one hand and the tragic mask in the other. Daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Sister of the other eight muses. The mother of several of the sirens, the divine handmaidens of Kore (Persephone) who were cursed by her mother, Demeter, when they could not prevent the kidnapping of Kore by Hades. Erato - muse of love poetry. The name would mean “desired” or “lovely”. Daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Sister of the other muses. Shown with a wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre, or a kithara, a musical instrument often associated with Apollo. Polymnia - muse of hymns and sacred poetry. Her name means ‘praise. She is depicted as very serious, pensive and meditative, and often holding a finger to her mouth, dressed in a long cloak and veil and resting her elbow on a pillar. Daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Sister of the other muses. Ourania - muse of astronomy. Daughter of Zeus and Mnemosynne. Great granddaughter of Uranus. Mother of the musician, Linus with Apollo. The eldest of the muses. Inherited the majesty and power of Zeus and the beauty and grace of her mother Mnemosyne. Urania is represented in a cloak embroidered with stars and keeps her eyes and attention focused on the Heavens. Shown with a celestian globe to which she points with a small staff. She is known to be able to foretell the future by the arrangement of the stars. Calliope - muse of epic poetry and eloquence. Daughter of Zeus and Mnemosynne. Has the son, Orpheus with King Oeagrus. The wisest of all the muses and the most assertive. Calliope married King Oeagrus in Pimpleia, which was a town near Mount Olympus. Usually shown with a writing tablet in her hand. Sometimes depicted as carrying a roll of paper or a book, or wearing a gold crown.
Eutrepe - Muse who presided over music. Called the "Giver of delight" by ancient poets. Daughter of Zeus and Mnemosynne. Close with her other muse sisters. Often lived on Mount Olympus with some of her sisters on Mt. Olympus where she and her sisters gave inspiration to the gods. Several musical intrusments are thought to be inspired to be created by her, or have been directly made by her. Her symbol is the double flute.
Terpsichore - Muse of dance, her name directly means 'of or relating to dance'. Is close with her other muse sisters. Usually depicted sitting down, holding a lyre, and accompanying the dancers choirs with her music. Said, in ancient times to have been the mother of some sirens by the river-god Achelous. She also had a Thracian king named Biston with Ares, and with another river-god named Strymon she had a Thracian king by Rhesus.
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