Mythological gods & characters

 

For use as server names

 

Greek Gods

 

Greek Name

Used

Roman Name

Used

Role in Mythology

Aphrodite

y

Venus

y

Goddess of beauty and sexual desire (Roman mythology:Goddess of Gardens and fields)

Apollo

y

Apollo

y

God of prophecy, medicine, and archery (late greek/Roman mythology:God of sun)

Ares

y

Mars

y

God of war

Artemis

y

Diana

y

Goddess of the hunt (late Greek/Roman mythology:Goddessb of moon)

Athena

y

Minerva

 

Goddess of arts and crafts, and war; Helper of the heroes (late greek and roman mythology:Goddess of wisdom)

Cronus

y

Saturn

y

God of the sky; Ruler of the Titans (Roman mythology:God of agriculture)

Demeter

 

Ceres

y

Goddess of grain

Dionysus

y

Bacchus

y

God of wine and vegetation

Eros

y

Cupid

 

God of love

Gaea

y

Terra

y

Mother earth

Hephastus

 

Vulcan

y

God of fire; blacksmith of the gods (built the 1st robot KB)

Hera

y

Juno

y

Goddess of marriage and childbirth; Protector of married women; Queen of the gods

Hermes

y

Mercury

y

Messenger of the gods; Protectors of travelers, thieves, and merchants

Hestia

y

Vesta

y

Guardian of the home, Hestia was the eldest daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. The Greek goddess of the hearth.

Hypnos

 

Somnus

y

God of sleep

Hades

y

Pluto

y

God of the underworld; Lord of the dead

Nemesis

y

 

 

Retribution or Divine Vengeance

Nike

y

 

 

Victory

Pan

y

 

 

god of woods and fields, of flocks and shepherds, dwelt in grottos, wandered on the mountains and in valleys, and amused himself with the chase or in leading the dances of the nymphs.

Persephone

 

Proserpina

 

Maidens, Underworld

Poseidon

y

Neptune

y

God of the sea and earthquakes

Proteus

 

 

 

God able to change shape & predict future

Rhea

y

Ops

NA

Wife of Cronus/Saturn; Mother Goddess

Uranus

y

Uranus

y

God of the sky; Father of the Titans

Zeus

y

Jupiter

y

Ruler of the Gods

 


 

Greek mythic characters

 

Greek Name

Used

Roman name

Used

Role in Mythology

Gorgon

 

 

 

 

Odysseus

 

Ulyses

 

 

Medussa

 

 

 

 

Cerberus

y

Kerbos??

 

Hades' guard dog

Charon

 

 

 

 

Chimera

 

 

 

 

Pegasus

 

 

 

When Perseus cut off Medusa's head, the blood sinking into the earth produced the winged horse Pegasus

Argus

 

 

 

a hundred-eyed monster from Greek mythology.

Hercules heracles

 

 

 

 

Orpheus??

 

 

 

 

Perseus

 

 

 

 

Atlas

y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Scandanavian mythology

 

Norse Name

Used

Role in Mythology

Odin

 

 

Thor

Y

 

Loci

 

 

 

 

 

 

Web sites

 

http://www.loggia.com/myth/pan.html

http://www.mythweb.com/encyc/index.html

http://www.bartleby.com/181/            Bullfinch

http://www.mythweb.com/odyssey/


 

Germanic / Teutonic mythology

 

Germanic Name

Used

Role in Mythology

AKA

Notes

 

 

 

 

 

Baldur

 

God of light

Balder

Son of Odin. Wise, courageous, handsome,. Killed with Mistletoe by the blind god Hoder.

Beowulf

 

 

 

Hero - mortal

Donar

 

Hammer/thunder god 

 

Associated with storms.

Fenrir

 

Monstrous wolf

 

 

Freyr

 

Fertility god

Fro

He is a friendly, kind deity

Frigga

 

Household, farming, etc.

Freya

Wife of Wodan. Administers oaths & knows destinies.

Hadu

 

War god

 

 

Heimdall

 

 

 

Guardian of the gods, guarding the rainbow bridge to heaven (Bifrost)

Hel

 

Lady of the realm of the dead

 

 

Hildebrand

 

 

 

Magician & champion

Hymir

 

giant

 

 

Loki

 

Instigator of misfortune & god of fire

Lodur

Malicious nature, cunning, treachery, trickster. Was bounds to rocks till the end of the earth (Ragnarok).

Nerthus

 

Mother earth

 

 

Saxnot

 

Sword god

 

 

Siegfried

 

 

Sigurd

Dragon slayer

Sleipnir

 

 

 

8 legged stead of Odin

Surt

 

 

 

Fire giant

Tiwaz

 

 

 

Equivalent of Mars.

Wodan

 

Spear god

 

Associated with the air.

Ziu

 

God of war

Tyr

One handed, because the wolf Fenrir in whose jaws he placed his right hand as a pledge, tore it off at the elbow.

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Web sites

 

http://members.netnormal.com/library/grimm_3.htm

 

http://tgp.teletubbies.net/webstore6/virgin/7/vi03k8200/gods.htm

 

http://www.bartleby.com/181/