Mythological gods & characters

 

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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