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Amon |
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God of the ancient Egyptians.
Also
spelled Amun, Amen, or Ammon.
King of the gods.
Combined with the sun god Re,
worshipped as one, Amon-Re, but also
revered separately.
Roman
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Andromeda |
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Princess in Greek
mythology.
Very
pretty.
Daughter of King Cepheus and Queen
Cassiope.
Rescued from a sea monster, married, and seven times
impregnated by Perseus. |
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Aphrodite |
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Greek
goddess.
Forte:
All things sex, love, and beauty.
Wife
of Hephaistos.
Roman equivalent is Venus. |
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Apollo |
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Major Greek
god.
Son of
Zeus and Leto. His twin sister was
Artemis.
Roman
equivalent is (more or less) Helios.
Apollo
managed to kill the dragon Pytho,
transformed himself into a dolphin,
and established his private oracle
practice at Delphi.
Apollo's son was Asclepius. |
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Ares |
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Greek
god of war.
Roman
equivalent is Mars. |
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Artemis |
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Greek
goddess of all hunters.
Roman
equivalent is Diana.
Artemis' twin brother was Apollo.
Their parents were Zeus and Leto. |
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Asclepius |
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Greek
god of healing.
Asclepius was the son of Apollo and
Princess Coronis.
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Athena |
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Greek
goddess of war and wisdom.
Roman
equivalent is Minerva.
Athena's father was Zeus. No mother
was necessary as she sprang from
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Cronos |
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Greek
god, a Titan, who cut Uranus' balls
off.
Son of
Uranus and Gaea, which were Heaven
and Earth.
Forte: All things agriculture.
Roman equivalent is Saturn. |
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Deimos |
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Greek
god.
Son of
Aphrodite and Ares.
Brother of Phobos.
Line
of expertise: Fear and terror. |
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Demeter |
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Greek
goddess.
Daughter of Cronus and Rhea.
Sister
and occasional lover of Zeus.
Mother
of Persephone. |
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Diana |
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Roman goddess
of the hunt.
Greek
equivalent is Artemis. |
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Dionysus |
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Greek
god and wine connoisseur. Hence also
an expert on party and ecstasy.
Son of
Zeus and Semele. |
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Eris |
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Greek
goddess.
Sister
of Ares.
Forte:
All things chaos and discord. |
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Gaea |
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Greek
personification of Earth.
Mother
and wife of Uranus, who stood for
Heaven.
One
of their son was Cronus.
Gaea's forte: Dreams, plants, and
young children.
Gaea's and Uranus' children and
their descendants were also called
the Titans.
Egyptian equivalent is Geb (male.) |
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Hades |
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Greek god,
a Titan of the second generation,
and the god of the underworld.
Son of Cronus and Rhea.
Husband of Persephone. |
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Helios |
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Greek god
of the sun.
Roman equivalent is Apollo.
The
Colossus of
Rhodes was his. |
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Hephaistos |
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Also
spelled Hephaestus.
Greek god.
Expertise: Fire. Patron of
craftsmen. The ultimate blacksmith.
Son of
Zeus and Hera. Kicked out of heaven
because he was born lame.
Husband of beautiful Aphrodite.
Egyptian equivalent is Ptah.
Roman
equivalent is Vulcan. |
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Hera |
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Chief
Greek goddess.
Daughter of Cronus and Rhea.
Sister and wife of Zeus.
Roman equivalent is Juno. |
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Hermes |
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Greek god
of fertility.
Son of Zeus and Maia.
Equivalent of the Roman god Mercury.
Messenger of the gods. |
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Horus |
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Egyptian Falcon god. Also called
Hor or Har.
Son of
Osiris and Isis.
Arch-rival was Seth.
Greek
equivalent is Apollo. |
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Ishtar |
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Major
goddess of ancient Mesopotamia.
Also
called Ianna.
Expertise: Love and War.
Ancient Middle East equivalent is
the goddess Astarte. |
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Isis |
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Major
Egyptian goddess.
Also
called Aset or Eset.
Wife
of Osiris. Very pretty, very smart,
very powerful.
Mother
of Horus. |
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Juno |
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Chief
Roman goddess.
Greek
equivalent is Hera. |
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Jupiter |
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Chief
god of the Romans
Also
called Jove.
Line
of expertise:
sky and weather
Greek equivalent is Zeus. |
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Maia |
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Roman goddess. |
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Mars |
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Major
Roman god.
Forte:
All things war.
The
month of March was named after him.
Greek equivalent is Ares. |
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Medusa |
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Evil
figure in Greek mythology.
Strength: Snake hair and wings.
Weakness: Mortal.
One of
the three Gorgons. The other ones
were Stheno and Euryale.
Perseus cut off her head and from
her blood popped Chrysaor and
Pegasus. |
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Mercury |
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Roman
god.
Forte:
All things merchandise and
merchants.
Greek
equivalent is Hermes. |
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Neptune |
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Roman
god of the sea.
Greek
equivalent is Poseidon. |
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Odin |
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Norse
god.
Also
called Woden. Woden's day became
Wednesday.
Forte: War, war heroes, ravens,
wolves, and poets. His horse had 8
legs and was hence at a slight
advantage. |
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Osiris |
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Major
Egyptian god.
Husband and brother of Isis.
Father
of Horus.
Also
brother of Seth and Nephthys.
Greek
equivalent is Dionysus. |
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Pax |
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Roman
goddess of peace. |
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Pegasus |
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Horse
with wings in Greek
mythology.
Pegasus popped from the blood that
was shed when Perseus beheaded
Medusa. |
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Persephone |
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Greek
goddess.
Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.
Forte:
Agriculture.
Wife
of Hades, much to her mother's
distress. |
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Perseus |
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Greek
god.
Son of
Zeus and Danae.
Slayer
of Medusa.
Fell
in love with Andromeda.
Medusa's head came in handy when
Andromeda's uncle Phineus had to be
turned into stone. |
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Phobos |
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Greek
god.
Son of
Aphrodite and Ares.
Brother of Deimos. |
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Poseidon |
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Greek
god of the sea and all things water.
Son of
Cronus and Rhea.
Roman
equivalent is Neptune. |
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Re |
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Egyptian chief god.
The
sun god. |
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Saturn |
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Roman god of
sowing.
Greek
equivalent is Cronus.
The
Saturnalia, Saturn's fest,
eventually became
today's Christmas. |
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Seth |
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Egyptian god.
Expertise: Trouble.
Also
called Setekh, Setesh,
or Set.
Husband and brother of Nephthys.
Also
brother of Osiris and Isis.
Jealous of his brother Osiris, whom
he locked into a box to rot.
Had an
ongoing beef with Horus.
Greek
equivalent is Typhon. |
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Tartarus |
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Greek
god of the underworld.
Had a
quickie with Gaea (Earth) which
produced son Typhon. |
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Thor |
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Major
Germanic god.
Forte:
War and thunder
Preferred weapon: The Hammer, which
was a magic hammer because it
returned like a boomerang.
Thor's day became Thursday. |
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Titans |
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The
Titans were Greek gods.
In
particular, they were the 12
children of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea
(Earth) or any of their descendants.
The
first generation Titans were:
Oceanus, Oceanus, Coeus, Crius,
Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus and
(now the ladies) Thea, Rhea, Themis,
Mnemosyne, Phoebe, and Tethys. |
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Typhon |
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Greek
god.
Son of
Gaea (Earth) and Tartarus (the under
world), which was a bad combination.
Forte: Typhoons.
Egyptian equivalent is Seth. |
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Uranus |
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Ancient Greek's personification of
Heaven.
His
wife was Gaea (Earth.)
Uranus had a run-in with his son
Cronus, who cut off his testicles,
which was gross but while the parts
floated on the sea, they produced a
white foam from which Aphrodite
sprang. Glass half-full, half-empty.
Gaea's and Uranus' children and
their descendants were also called
the Titans.
Egyptian equivalent is the goddess
Nut. |
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Venus |
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Goddess of the Romans
Greek
equivalent is Aphrodite. |
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Zeus |
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Chief
god of the Greeks
Forte:
All things sky and weather
Roman equivalent is Jupiter. |
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