THE A-Z ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GODS AND GODDESSES

 

 

 

BEGINNING LETTER

GREEK NAME

ROMAN NAME

OCCUPATION

A

Aether

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God of Light

Aphrodite

Venus

Goddess of Love and Beauty

Apollo

Pheobus

God of Athletics, Poetry and Medician

Ares

Mars

God of War

Artemis

Diana

Goddess of the hunt

Athena

Pallas

Goddess of education and wisdom

Asclepius

Aesculapius

God of healing and medicine

D

Demeter

Ceres

Goddess of Earth and Harvest

Dionysos

Bacchus

God of Wine/God of Fertility

E

Eos

Aurora

Goddess of Dawn

Erinyes

Fures

God of Justice

Eris

Discordia

Goddess of Discord

Eros

Cupid

The Sexual Urge

G

Gaia

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The Earth Mother

H

Hades

Pluto

God of the Underworld

Hebe

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Goddess of Youth

Hecate

Trivia

Goddess of the Dark/Magic

Hephaestus

Vulcan

God of Forge/Fire

Hera

Juno

Goddess of Marriage/Wife of Zues/Queen of Gods

Hespera

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Goddess of Dusk

Hestia

Vesta

Goddess of the Hearth/Home

Hercules

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God of Strength

Hermes

Mercury

The Messenger

Hygeia

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God of Health

Hypnos

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God of Sleep

I

Iris

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The Rainbow Goddess

M

Morpheus

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God of Dreams

Mors

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God of Death

N

Nemesis

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Goddess of Revenge

Nike

Victory

Goddess of Victory

O

Ouranos

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The Sky

P

Pan

Inuus/Faunus

Son of Hermes/ 1/2 Goat Trickster

Persephone

Proserpina

Unwilling Bride of Hades/Goddess of Spring

Poseidon

Neptune

God of Sea

T

Tartarus

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The Under Earth

Z

Zeus

Jupiter/Jove

Captain of Gods/God of Earth and Sky