| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Comus" | Greek | God of banquets, drunkenness and merriment Roman / Greek |
| Goddess name "Cordaca" | Greek | A surname of Artemis in Elis, derived from an indecent dance which the companions of Pelops are said to have performed in honour of the goddess after a victory which they had won. |
| God name "Corydus" | Greek | A surname of Apollo, under which the god had a temple eighty stadia from Corone, on the sea-coast. Greek |
| Goddess name "Coryphaea" | Greek | The goddess who inhabits the summit of the mountain, a surname of Artemis. Greek |
| God name "Cratos" | Greek | God of strength. See KRATOS.... |
| God name "Crionis" | Greek | One of the many river gods |
| God name "Cronos" | Celtic | Minor harvest & Sun god with Greek roots |
| God name "Cronus/ Kronos/ Kronus/ Chronos/ Chronus" | Greek | A god of & Agriculture who became king of the Titans for a while |
| God name "Cupid" | Greek | Eros, Amor, the god of love, viewed as a chubby little boy, armed with bow and arrows, and often with eyes bandaged. Greek |
| Goddess name "Cythereia" | Greek | Or Cythera, Cytherias, different forms of a surname of Aphrodite, derived from the town of Cythera in Crete, or from the island of Cythera, where the goddess was said to have first landed, and where she had a celebrated temple. Greek |
| God name "Daffodil" | Greek / Roman | Or "Lent Lily," was once white; but Persephone, daughter of Demeter, delighted to wander about the flowery meadows of Sicily. One spring, throwing herself on the gråśś, she fell asleep. The god of the Infernal regions, Pluto, fell in love with the beautiful maid, and carried her off for his bride. His touch turned the white flowers to a golden yellow, and some of them fell in Acheron, where they grew luxuriantly; and ever since the flower has been planted on graves. Greek / Roman |
| Goddess name "Danaids" | Greek | The goddesses of fountains & water |
| Goddess name "Danu" | Greek | The Aegean mother goddess |
| Goddess name "Daphne" | Greek | Oracular goddess. A number of oracular shrines were dedicated to her in various places in Asia Minor, including Antiocheia, Mopsuestia (Cilicia), Sura and Patara (Lycia), Telmessos (Caria). Represented by the laurel Dapbne she is linked with the Dapbnepboria festivals honoring APOLLO. Tradition has it that she was changed into the laurel to avoid sexual submission to the god.... |
| God name "Deimos" | Greek | The god of terror & panic |
| 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. |
| Demon name "Demogorgon" | Christian | Often ascribed to Greek mythology, is actually an invention of Christian scholars, imagined as the name of a pagan god or demon, åśśociated with the underworld and envisaged as a powerful primordial being, whose very name had been taboo. |
| Goddess name "Demophon" | Greek | The youngest son of Celeus and Metaneira, who was entrusted to the care of Demeter. He grew up under her without any human food, being fed by the goddess with her own milk, and ambrosia. During the night she used to place him in fire to secure to him eternal youth ; but once she was observed by Metaneira, who disturbed, the goddess by her cries, and the child Demophon was consumed by the flames. Greek |
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