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gods and monsters
gods and goddesses also monsters
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Achelois | One of the moon goddesses. |
| Achelous | The patron god of the Achelous river. |
| Aeolus(a.k.a. Aeolos, Aiolos, Aiolus, Eolus) | God of air and the winds |
| Aether(a.k.a. Aither, Akmon, Ether) | God of light and the atmosphere. |
| Alastor | God of family feuds |
| Alcyone | One of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione |
| Alectrona | Early Greek goddess of the sun |
| Amphitrite(a.k.a. Salacia) | The wife of Poseidon and a Nereid. |
| Antheia | Goddess of gardens, flowers, swamps, and marshes. |
| Aphaea (a.k.a. Aphaia) | A Greek goddess who was worshipped exclusively at a single sanctuary on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf |
| Aphrodite - (a.k.a. Anadyomene, Turan, Venus) | Goddess of love and beauty |
| Apollo - (a.k.a. Apollon, Apulu, Phoebus) | God of the sun, music, healing, and herding. |
| Ares - (a.k.a. Enyalius, Mars, Aries) | God of chaotic war. |
| Aristaeus - (a.k.a. Aristaios) | Patron god of animal husbandry, bee-keeping, and fruit trees. |
| Artemis - (a.k.a. Agrotora, Amarynthia, Cynthia, Kourotrophos, Locheia, Orthia, Phoebe, Potnia Theron) | Goddess of the moon, hunting, and nursing. |
| Asclepius - (a.k.a. Aesculapius, Asklepios) | God of health and medicine. |
| Astraea - The Star Maiden | a goddess of justice, included in Virgo and Libra mythologies. |
| Até | Goddess of mischief. |
| Athena - (a.k.a. Asana, Athene, Minerva, Menerva) | Goddess of wisdom, poetry, art, and the strategic side of war. |
| Atlas | The Primordial Titan who carried the world on his back. |
| Atropos - (a.k.a. Aisa, Morta) One of The Fates | She cut the thread of life and chose the manner of a persons death. |
| Attis | The (minor) god of rebirth. |
| Bia | The goddess of force. |
| Boreas(a.k.a. Aquilo, Aquilon) | The North Wind. One of the Anemoi (wind gods). |
| Brizo | Protector of Mariners. |
| Caerus(a.k.a. Kairos, Occasio, Tempus) | The (minor) god of luck and opportunity. |
| Calliope | One of the Muses. Represented epic poetry. |
| Calypso - (a.k.a. Kalypso) | The sea nymph who held Odysseus prisoner for seven years. |
| Castor - (a.k.a. Castore, Kastor) | One of the twins who represent Gemini. |
| Clio | One of the Muses. She represented History. |
| Demeter - (a.k.a. Ceres, Demetra, Tvath) | Goddess of the harvest. |
| Clotho - (a.k.a. Nona) | One of the Fates - Spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. |
| Dionysus - (a.k.a. Bacchus, Dionysos, Liber) | God of wine and pleasure. |
| Hades - (a.k.a. Aita, Dis Pater, Haidou, Orcus, Plouton, Pluto) | God of the Dead, King of the Underworld. |
| Hephaestus - (a.k.a. Hephaistos, Vulcan, Sethlans, Mulciber) | God of fire and blacksmithing who created weapons for the gods. |
| Hera - (a.k.a. Juno, Uni) | Goddess of goddesses, women, and marriage and wife of Zeus. |
| Heracles - (a.k.a. Herakles, Hercules, Hercle) | An immortal hero of many Greek legends, the strongest man on Earth. |
| Hermes - (a.k.a. Pyschopompus, Mercury, Turms) | God of commerce and travel, and messenger of the gods. |
| Iris | Goddess of rainbows. |
| Khione | The goddess of snow and daughter of the North Wind (Boreas). |
| Morpheus | God of dreams and sleep. |
| Pan - (a.k.a. Faunus, Inuus) | God of woods, fields, and flocks. Also a Satyr. |
| Nike - (a.k.a. Victoria, Nice) | Goddess of victory. |
| Persephone - (a.k.a. Persephassa, Persipina, Persipnei, Persephatta, Proserpina, Kore, Kora, Libera) | Goddess of the Spring who lives off-season in the Underworld. |
| Poseidon - (a.k.a. Neptune, Nethuns, Neptunus) | God of the sea |
| Selene - (a.k.a. Luna) | Goddess of the Moon and the 'mother' of vampires. |
| Zeus - (a.k.a. Dias, Jupiter, Tinia, Jove, Jovis Pater) | Leader of the Olympic gods, and god of lightning, thunder, and the heavens. |
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