| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Aeacoc" | Greek / Roman | A chthonic underworld god & 1 of the 3 gods of Hades |
| God name "Agnostos Theos" | Greek | Unknown gods who were always worshipped as a group Greek |
| God name "Aigipan" | Greek | One of the rustic gods known as Panes, son of Aix and Zeus and a companion of Pan, with whom he is sometimes identified, and Dionysus. |
| Goddess name "Alkonost" | Greek | The bird of Paradise in Slavic mythology. It has the body of a bird with the face of a woman. The name Alkonost came from the name of Greek demi-goddess Alcyone transformed by gods into a kingfisher. |
| God name "Aloadae/ Aloidae" | Greek | they were 54 ft. tall and warred with the gods, they lost |
| God name "Ambrosia" | Greek | In ancient mythology, Ambrosia is sometimes the food, sometimes the drink, of the gods. The word has generally been derived from Greek a- ("not") and mbrotos ("mortal"); hence the food or drink of the immortals. Thetis anointed the infant Achilles with ambrosia and påśśed the child through the fire to make him immortal - a familiar Phoenician custom - but Peleus, appalled, stopped her. |
| God name "Apollo" | Greek | God of hunting and healing. One of the great divinities of the Greeks, was, according to Homer, the son of Zeus and Leto. Hesiod (Theogony of Hesiod 918) states the same, and adds, that Apollo's sister was Artemis. Neither of the two poets suggests anything in regard to the birth-place of the god, unless we take "born in Lycia," which, however, according to others, would only mean "born of or in light." Apollo is one of the few Greek gods who did not sleep with Aphrodite |
| Goddess name "Ares" | Greek | God of storms and war. Ares is a lesser known member of the Olympic pantheon of great gods, the son of ZEUS and HERA, who allegedly lived in Thrace. As a warrior god he is contrasted with the more prominent and successful goddess ATHENA who fought and vanquished him in a war between the gods. Although Athena stands for victory in battle through glory and honor, Ares epitomizes the evil and more brutal aspects of warfare. In the eyes of Zeus he is the most hateful of gods. |
| God name "Ares" | Greek | The god of war and one of the great Olympian gods of the Greeks. He is represented as the son of Zeus and Hera. A later tradition, according to which Hera conceived Ares by touching a certain flower, appears to be an imitation of the legend about the birth of Hephaestus, and is related by Ovid. |
| God name "Argonautae" | Greek | The heroes and demigods who, according to the traditions of the Greeks, undertook the first bold maritime expedition to Colchis, a far distant country on the coast of the Euxine, for the purpose of fetching the golden fleeces. They derived their name from the ship Argo, in which the voyage was made, and which was constructed by Argus at the command of Jason, the leader of the Argonauts. |
| God name "Ate" | Greek | According to Hesiod (Theogony), a daughter of Eris, and, according to Homer, of Zeus, was an ancient Greek divinity, who led both gods and men to rash and inconsiderate actions and to suffering. |
| God name "Baetylus" | Greek | The name of a peculiar kind of conical shaped stones, which were erected as symbols of gods in remarkable places, and were from time to time anointed with oil, wine, or blood. Greek |
| God name "Bel" | Babylonian | Signifying "lord" or "master", is a title rather than a genuine name, applied to various gods in Babylonian religion. The feminine form is Belit 'Lady, Mistress'. Bel is represented in Greek and Latin by Belos and Belus respectively. Linguistically Bel is an East Semitic form cognate with Northwest Semitic Baal with the same meaning. |
| God name "Briareos" | Greek | A giant with fifty heads and a hundred hands. Homer says the gods called him Briareos |
| Deities name "Cacodaemons" | Greek | Minor deities, one of whom it was believed was attached to each mortal from his birth as a constant companion and acting as a sort of messenger between the gods and men. |
| God name "Chaos" | Greek | The vacant and infinite space which existed according to the ancient cosmogonies previous to the creation of the world (Theogony 116), and out of which the gods, men, and all things arose. Greek |
| God name "Crionis" | Greek | One of the many river gods |
| Goddess name "Demi-Gods" | Greek | The "half-gods", is used to describe mythological figures or heroes such as Hercules, Achilles, Castor and Pollux, etc. Sons of mortals and gods or goddesses, they raised themselves to the standard of gods by their acts of bravery. |
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This is where you can find out more about culture of ancient Greece, about gods ancient Greeks believed in, about powers those gods were managed and about origin of each god. There were times when there was no The One God and people believed in a number of gods they have created themselves. Each god has his peculiar abilities and powers and each god managed one or another power of nature. Existence of goods is typical for every nation at those times when paganism was typical for every single culture.
Ancient Greeks were not an exception from the rule. There was a number of gods and ancient Greeks passionately believed in those gods. There were temples built in honor of each of gods and there were ceremonies of donating for those gods. The donating was performed in order to please a god and make it kinder towards people. Donating was also a way to ask something from god, something like protection, blessing, help or else. There were gods of winds, gods of water, and gods of fecundity and so on and so forth.
In case if people had some problems they went to a temple and performed their donating for god in order to receive his kindness and help. It was common that people recognized troubles in their lives like wrath of gods. In that case they also made their donating asking a god for forgiveness and protection. Fancy that there were biography created for each god people believed in. they were not just some supernatural powers, they were like people – with their own characters and fortunes.
It is rather interesting to find out more about it as it is a great period of history. In those myths about gods and heroes the mood of century is reflected. Each god is an embodiment of some features and powers. So, people provided each god with some abilities that were peculiar only for that god. They also provided every god with peculiar position in their hierarchy. The entire life and being of ancient people were developed around those gods and their actions. So, there is no way for us to forget about it as it is a significant period of our history, history of humanity.
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