Goddesses
Divine females withing Greek mythology
Adephagia
Origin: Greek
Pronounced: A-Dih-Fay-Jee-Ah
Name Meaning: Gluttony
Description: Goddess of gluttony. She was worshiped mainly for agricultural bounty rather than self-indulgence, and was worshiped along side Demeter.
She has a temple on the island of Sicily
Origin: Greek
Pronounced: A-Dih-Fay-Jee-Ah
Name Meaning: Gluttony
Description: Goddess of gluttony. She was worshiped mainly for agricultural bounty rather than self-indulgence, and was worshiped along side Demeter.
She has a temple on the island of Sicily
The Algea
Pronounced:
Origin: Greek
Parents: Eris
Description: Goddesses of suffering. The Algea are referred to as being "full of weeping,” and they governed suffering of both body and mind.
There are three:
Pronounced:
Origin: Greek
Parents: Eris
Description: Goddesses of suffering. The Algea are referred to as being "full of weeping,” and they governed suffering of both body and mind.
There are three:
- Akhos (“distress”)
- Ania (“grief”)
- and Lupe (“pain”).
Amphilogiai
Origin: Greek
Pronounced:
Mother:Eris
Description: Female spirit of Disputes, Debates & Contention
Origin: Greek
Pronounced:
Mother:Eris
Description: Female spirit of Disputes, Debates & Contention
Apate
Origin: Greek
Pronounced: Ah-Pay-T
Parents: Nyx
Description: Goddess and Personification of Deceit. She was one of the evil spirits released from Pandora's box.
Origin: Greek
Pronounced: Ah-Pay-T
Parents: Nyx
Description: Goddess and Personification of Deceit. She was one of the evil spirits released from Pandora's box.
Astrape
Origin: Greek
Pronounced:
Description: goddess of lighting was Astrape. She was a handmaiden of Zeus.
Origin: Greek
Pronounced:
Description: goddess of lighting was Astrape. She was a handmaiden of Zeus.
Aura
Origin: Greek/ Roman
Parents: Lelautos and Periboia
Description: Goddess of the breeze ( A titan) and fresh cool air of early morning.
Two stories of her rape
Origin: Greek/ Roman
Parents: Lelautos and Periboia
Description: Goddess of the breeze ( A titan) and fresh cool air of early morning.
Two stories of her rape
- She was a virgin huntress, who was excessively proud of her maiden hood. In her hubris she dared to compare her body with that of the goddess Artemis, Claiming that the goddess was to womanly in form to be a true virgin. Artemis sought out nemesis ( Retribution) to avenge her dignity and as punishment aura suffered rape at the hands of Dionysus. This crime drove her to madness and in her fury she became a ruthless slayer of men, when her twins were born, aura swallowed one whole, whilst the second one was snatched to safety by Artemis. Zeus then transformed her into a stream.
- She was one of Artemis companions, she was beloved by Dionysus but fled him till he had Aphrodite make her fall in love with him. She mothered his twin boys but became mad and ripped the first boy apart and dumped the pieces in to the sea.
Calypso
Pronounced: Ka-lip-so
Origin: Greek
Parents: Atlas
Symbol: Dolphin
Name Meaning: To cover, conceal, hide, deceive
Description: A goddess/ Nymph who lived on the island ogygia, most famous for keeping odysseys trapped on her island for seven years trying to make him her immortal husband. Athena asked Zeus to order his release, and it was granted. Said to be a lovely seductress.
Described to be a kind and sweet minor goddess who was cursed to stay on her island forever by the gods because she supported her father, atlas, in the first war. She was also cursed to have wounded hero's Wash on to her island and they'd always be people she'd fall in love with but they could not stay.
Said to have caramel colored hair, Smell of cinnamon, braided over shoulder, dark almond shaped eyes, milky face that seemed timeless. 15 or 16 in age, white sleeveless Greek dress with low Circular neckline trimmed in gold. Peach Colored complexion, with pouty lips.
She is Calypso, the sea nymph, the daughter of the Titan, Atlas. She lived on a beautiful island, so beautiful that even the gods themselves were stunned by it. It was on this island that Odysseus was shipwrecked during his travels and Calypso tended his wounds and fell in love with him, offering him immortal life and love. She kept him on the island for seven years and Odysseus must have made the best of things as they had two children
Pronounced: Ka-lip-so
Origin: Greek
Parents: Atlas
Symbol: Dolphin
Name Meaning: To cover, conceal, hide, deceive
Description: A goddess/ Nymph who lived on the island ogygia, most famous for keeping odysseys trapped on her island for seven years trying to make him her immortal husband. Athena asked Zeus to order his release, and it was granted. Said to be a lovely seductress.
Described to be a kind and sweet minor goddess who was cursed to stay on her island forever by the gods because she supported her father, atlas, in the first war. She was also cursed to have wounded hero's Wash on to her island and they'd always be people she'd fall in love with but they could not stay.
Said to have caramel colored hair, Smell of cinnamon, braided over shoulder, dark almond shaped eyes, milky face that seemed timeless. 15 or 16 in age, white sleeveless Greek dress with low Circular neckline trimmed in gold. Peach Colored complexion, with pouty lips.
She is Calypso, the sea nymph, the daughter of the Titan, Atlas. She lived on a beautiful island, so beautiful that even the gods themselves were stunned by it. It was on this island that Odysseus was shipwrecked during his travels and Calypso tended his wounds and fell in love with him, offering him immortal life and love. She kept him on the island for seven years and Odysseus must have made the best of things as they had two children
Eirene
Origin: Greek
Pronounced: Eye- re-n
Name Meaning: Peace.
Description: She is the goddess of Eternal Peace (Hope). she has a diplomatic nature. Her name also often appears as Irene.
Origin: Greek
Pronounced: Eye- re-n
Name Meaning: Peace.
Description: She is the goddess of Eternal Peace (Hope). she has a diplomatic nature. Her name also often appears as Irene.
Eris
Pronounced: Air-is
Origin: Greek
Symbol: Golden apple of Discord
Name Meaning: Discord, Stife
Greek opposite: Harmonia
Parents: either Nyx or Zeus and Hera.
Siblings: Ares, Enyo, Hephaestus, Hebe. Or Thantos, Hypnos, Keres
Children: Dysnomios (Lawlessness) Disruptor of civil order, Eumomia ( Ender of strife), Ate(Ruin/Folly), Lethe (Forgetfulness), Limos (Famine), Algos (Pains/Sorrows), Hysminai ( Fightings/Combats), Makhai (Battles), Phonoi (Murders/Slaughterings), Androktasiai (Manslaughters), Neikea (Quarrels) , Pseudologoi (Lies/Falsehoods), Amphilogiai (Disputes), Horkos (Oath)
Roman counterpart: Discordia
Latin counterpart: Concordia
Description: Goddess of chaos, Strife, and discord. She is a dark, winged version of Athena. It was thought to be equated to Enye, the war goddess. The religion Discordianism is named after her. Stole Hera's Golden apples of immortality and turned it into sour apple of discord.
Two Forms of Eris:
Tale 2: Another story of Eris includes Hera, and the love of Polytekhnos and Aedon. They claimed to love each other more than Hera and Zeus were in love. This angered Hera, so she sent Eris to rack discord upon them. Polytekhnos was finishing off a chariot board, and Aedon a web she had been weaving. Eris said to them, "Whosoever finishes thine task last shall have to present the other with a female servant!" Aedon won. But Polytekhnos was not happy by his defeat, so he came to Khelidon, Aedon's sister, and raped her. He then disguised her as a slave, presenting her to Aedon. When Aedon discovered this was indeed her sister, she chopped up Polytekhnos' son and fed him to Polytekhnos. The gods were not pleased, so they turned them all into birds.
The classic Fairy Tale Sleeping Beauty is partly inspired by Eris's role in the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. Like Eris, a malevolent fairy curses a princess after not being invited to the princess' christening
Pronounced: Air-is
Origin: Greek
Symbol: Golden apple of Discord
Name Meaning: Discord, Stife
Greek opposite: Harmonia
Parents: either Nyx or Zeus and Hera.
Siblings: Ares, Enyo, Hephaestus, Hebe. Or Thantos, Hypnos, Keres
Children: Dysnomios (Lawlessness) Disruptor of civil order, Eumomia ( Ender of strife), Ate(Ruin/Folly), Lethe (Forgetfulness), Limos (Famine), Algos (Pains/Sorrows), Hysminai ( Fightings/Combats), Makhai (Battles), Phonoi (Murders/Slaughterings), Androktasiai (Manslaughters), Neikea (Quarrels) , Pseudologoi (Lies/Falsehoods), Amphilogiai (Disputes), Horkos (Oath)
Roman counterpart: Discordia
Latin counterpart: Concordia
Description: Goddess of chaos, Strife, and discord. She is a dark, winged version of Athena. It was thought to be equated to Enye, the war goddess. The religion Discordianism is named after her. Stole Hera's Golden apples of immortality and turned it into sour apple of discord.
Two Forms of Eris:
- Child of Zeus and Hera: She fosters evil war and battle, and being cruel. Men fear her.
- Child of Nyx: She is the eldest daughter. She is kinder to men. She makes those who are lazy to work, for need to be succssesful like their neighbor. He works hard and stifes to do better. This Strife is wholesome for men. And potter is angry with potter, and craftsman with craftsman, and beggar is jealous of beggar, and minstrel of minstrel.
Tale 2: Another story of Eris includes Hera, and the love of Polytekhnos and Aedon. They claimed to love each other more than Hera and Zeus were in love. This angered Hera, so she sent Eris to rack discord upon them. Polytekhnos was finishing off a chariot board, and Aedon a web she had been weaving. Eris said to them, "Whosoever finishes thine task last shall have to present the other with a female servant!" Aedon won. But Polytekhnos was not happy by his defeat, so he came to Khelidon, Aedon's sister, and raped her. He then disguised her as a slave, presenting her to Aedon. When Aedon discovered this was indeed her sister, she chopped up Polytekhnos' son and fed him to Polytekhnos. The gods were not pleased, so they turned them all into birds.
The classic Fairy Tale Sleeping Beauty is partly inspired by Eris's role in the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. Like Eris, a malevolent fairy curses a princess after not being invited to the princess' christening
Furies
Pronounced:
Origin: Roman
Name Meaning: The Avengers
Parents: Uranus and Gaea
Description: 3 goddesses of vengeance and justice
They have snakes for hair and blood dripping from eyes. They are older than any Olympian, they are crones with dog heads, coal black bodies and bat wings. When not punishing the living, they were punishing the damned in the underworld. they were born from the blood of Uranus. they carry torches, whips, and cups of poison to punish with. They also appear as storm clouds or swarm of insects. They are not seen as evil, they protect the innocent and good doers.
Pronounced:
Origin: Roman
Name Meaning: The Avengers
Parents: Uranus and Gaea
Description: 3 goddesses of vengeance and justice
- Tisiphone ( Avenger of murder)
- Megaera ( The Jealous)
- Alecto( Constant Anger)
They have snakes for hair and blood dripping from eyes. They are older than any Olympian, they are crones with dog heads, coal black bodies and bat wings. When not punishing the living, they were punishing the damned in the underworld. they were born from the blood of Uranus. they carry torches, whips, and cups of poison to punish with. They also appear as storm clouds or swarm of insects. They are not seen as evil, they protect the innocent and good doers.