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Major Deities

Name	Description
Aphrodite	Goddess of beauty, love, desire, and pleasure. Husband: Hephaestus Children: Harmonia, Phobos, Deimos, Aeneas Symbols: girdle, myrtle, roses, scallop shell, doves, sparrows Roman Counterpart: Venus
Apollo	God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and archery. Parents: Zeus and Leto Sibling: Artemis Symbols: laurel wreath, bow and arrow, lyre, deer, swans, pythons Roman Counterpart: Sol
Ares	God of courage, war, bloodshed, and violence. Parents: Zeus and Hera Children: Harmonia, Phobos, Deimos Symbols: vultures, venomous snakes, dogs, boars Roman Counterpart: Mars
Artemis	Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, the Moon, and young girls. Parents: Zeus and Leto Sibling: Apollo Symbols: hunting knives, spears, animal pelts, deer, wild animals, bow and arrow Roman Counterpart: Diana
Athena	Goddess of reason, wisdom, intelligence, skill, peace, warfare, strategy, and handicrafts. Parents: Zeus Symbols: olive tree, owls Roman Counterpart: Minerva
Demeter	Goddess of grain, agriculture, harvest, growth, and nourishment. Parents: Cronus and Rhea Siblings: Zeus Children: Persephone Symbols: wheat, torch, cornucopia, winged serpent, lotus, and pigs Roman Counterpart: Ceres
Dionysus	God of wine, fruitfulness, parties, festivals, madness, chaos, drunkenness, vegetation, ecstasy, and the theater. Parents: Zeus and Semele Wife: Ariadne Symbols: thyrsus, drinking cup, grape vine, crown of ivy, satyrs, dolphins, serpents, tigers, donkeys Roman Counterpart: Bacchus
Hades	God of the underworld, the dead, and wealth. Parents: Cronus and Rhea Wife: Persephone Symbols: drinking horn, key, sceptre, Cerberus, screech owl Roman Counterpart: Pluto
Hephaestus	God of fire, metalworking, and crafts. Parents: Zeus and Hera Wife: Aphrodite Symbols: hammer, tongs, anvil, donkey, dog, crane, armor Roman Counterpart: Vulcan
Hera	Goddess of women, marriage, childbirth, heirs, kings, the sky, and empires. Parents: Cronus and Rhea Husband: Zeus Symbols: lotus, veil, heifer, peacock, cuckoo Roman Counterpart: Juno
Hermes	God of boundaries, travel, trade, communication, language, writing, cunnng and thieves, livestock, fertility, music, luck, and deception. Parents: Zeus and Maia Symbols: caduceus, winged sandals, traveler's cap, tortoise Roman Counterpart: Mercury
Hestia	Goddess of the hearth, home, domesticity, chastity, and modesty. Parents: Cronus and Rhea Siblings: Zeus Symbols: the hearth, kettle, sacred fire Roman Counterpart: Vesta
Poseidon	God of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, and earthquakes. Parents: Cronus and Rhea Siblings: Zeus and Hades Symbols: trident, horse, dolphin Roman Counterpart: Neptune
Zeus	God of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice. Parents: Cronus and Rhea Children: might as well be all of them, let's be honest. Symbols: scepter, lightning bolt, eagle, bull Roman Counterpart: Jupiter

Primordial Deities

Name	Description
Achlys	Goddess of poisons. Personification of misery and sadness.
Aether	God of light and the upper atmosphere.
Aion	God of eternity. Personification of cyclical time.
Ananke	Goddess and inevitability, compulsion, and necessity.
Chaos	Personification of nothingness.
Chronos	God of empirical time. Separate from Cronus.
Erebus	God of darkness and shadow. Personification of the void between Earth and the Underworld.
Eros	God of erotic love and attraction.
Gaia	Personification of the Earth. Mother of the Titans.
Hemera	Goddess of day.
Hypnos	Personification of sleep.
Nemesis	Goddess of retribution.
the Nesoi	Goddesses of islands.
Nyx	Goddess of night.
the Ourea	Gods of the mountains.
Pontus	God of the sea. Father of fish and other sea creatures.
Tartarus	God of the deepest part of the Underworld.
Thalassa	Personification of the sea.
Thanatos	God of death. Brother of Hypnos and Moros.
Uranus	God of the heavens. Father of the Titans.

Titans and Titanesses

Name	Description
Asteria	Goddess of nocturnal oracles and falling stars.
Astraeus	God of dusk, stars, planets, and Astrology.
Atlas	God of endurance and astronomy. Son of Iapetus.
Coeus	God of intellect and the axis of heaven. Husband of Phoebe.
Crius	God of constellations. Father of Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses.
Cronus	God of harvests. Personification of destructive time. Leader of the Titans. Father of Zeus and son of Uranus. Not to be confused with Chronos.
Dione	Goddess of oracles.
Eos	Goddess of the dawn.
Epimetheus	God of afterthought. Father of excuses.
Helios	God of the sun. Guardian of oaths.
Hyperion	God of light. Father of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
Iapetus	God of mortality. Father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas.
Leto	Goddess of motherhood. Mother of Artemis and Apollo.
Menoetius	God of violent anger, rash action, and human mortality.
Metis	Goddess of good counsel, advice, planning, cunning, craftiness, and wisdom. Mother of Athena.
Mnemosyne	Goddess of memory and rememberance. Mother of the Nine Muses.
Oceanus	God of all rivers and oceans. Creator of Earth's fresh water.
Pallas	God of warcraft.
Perses	God of destruction.
Phoebe	Goddess of the "bright" intellect and prophecy. Wife of Coeus.
Rhea	Goddess of fertility, motherhood, and the mountain wilds. Wife of Cronus. Mother of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia.
Selene	Goddess of the moon.
Styx	God of the underworld river Styx. Personification of hatred.
Tethys	Goddess of fresh-water. Mother of rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds.
Theia	Goddess of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. Wife of Hyperion. Mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
Themis	Goddess of divine law and order.

Personified Concepts

Name	Description
Achlys	Personification of sadness, misery, and poison.
Adephagia	Spirit of gluttony.
Adikia	Spirit of injustice and wrongdoing.
Aergia	Spirit of idleness, laziness, and sloth.
Agathodaemon	Spirit of the vineyards and grainfields.
Agon	Spirit of contest and competition.
Aidos	Spirit of modesty, reverence, and respect.
Aisa	Personification of fate.
Alala	Spirit of the war cry.
Alastor	Spirit of vengence.
Aletheia	Spirit of truth and sincerity.
the Algea	Spirits of pain and suffering. Achos (trouble), Ania (anguish), and Lupe (pain, grief, sadness).
Alke	Spirit of courage.
Amechania	Spirit of helplessness.
the Amphilogiai	Spirits of disputes, debate, and contention.
Anaideia	Spirit of ruthlessness, shamelessness, and unforgivingness.
the Androktaisiai	Spirits of the fallen on the battlefield.
Angelia	Spirit of messages, tidings, and proclemations.
Apate	Spirit of deceit, guile, fraud, and deception.
Apheleia	Spirit of simplicity.
the Arae	Spirits of curses.
Arete	Spirit of virtue, excellence, goodness, and valor.
Ate	Spirit of delusion, infatuation, blind folly, recklessness, and ruin.
Bia	Personification of force and raw energy.
Caerus	Spirit of opportunity.
Corus	Spirit of surplus and excess.
Deimos	Spirit of fear, dread, and terror.
Dikaiosyne	Spirit of justice and righteousness.
Dike	Spirit of justice, fair judgement, and the rights established by custom and law.
Dolos	Spirit of trickery, cunning deception, craftiness, and treachery.
Dysnomia	Spirit of lawlessness.
Dyssebeia	Spirit of sinfulness and godlessness.
Eirene	Goddess of peace.
Eiresione	Personification of the olive branch.
Ekecheiria	Spirit of truce, armistice, and the ending of hostility.
Eleos	Spirit of mercy, pity, and compassion.
Elpis	Spirit of hope and expectation.
Epiphron	Spirit of good judgement, thoughtfulness, carefulness, and intelligence.
Eris	Spirit of strife, discord, contention, and rivalry.
the Erotes	Anteros - God of requited love. Eros - God of erotic love. Hedylogos - God of sweettalk and flattery. Hermaphroditus - God of unions, androgyny, marriage, sexuality, and fertility. Himeros - God of sexual desire. Hymen - God of marriage ceremonies, feasts, and song. Pothos - God of sexual longing, yearning, and desire.
Eucleia	Spirit of good repute and glory.
Eulabeia	Spirit of caution and discretion.
Eunomia	Goddess of good order and lawful conduct.
Eupheme	Spirit of words of good omen, acclamation, praise, applause, and shouts of triumph.
Eupraxia	Spirit of well-being.
Eusebeia	Spirit of piety, loyalty, duty, and respect.
Euthenia	Spirit of prosperity, abundance, and plenty.
Gelos	Spirit of laughter.
Geras	Spirit of old age.
Harmonia	Goddess of harmony and concord.
Hedone	Spirit of enjoyment and delight.
Heimarmene	Personification of fate and destiny.
Homados	Spirit of battlecries.
Homonoia	Spirit of concord, unanimity, and oneness.
Horkos	Spirit of oaths.
Horme	Spirit of impulse, eagerness, and starting something.
Hybris	Spirit of outrageous behavior.
Hypnos	God of sleep.
the Hysminai	Spirits of fighting and combat.
Ioke	Spirit of pursuit in battle.
Kakia	Spirit of vice and moral evil.
the Keres	Spirits of violent or cruel death.
Koalemos	Spirit of stupidity and foolishness.
Kratos	Spirit of strength, might, power, and sovereign rule.
Kydoimos	Spirit of uproar and hubbub.
Lethe	Spirit of forgetfulness and oblivion.
Limos	Spirit of hunger and starvation.
the Litae	Spirits of prayer.
Lyssa	Spirit of rage, fury, and rabies.
the Machai	Spirits of fighting and combat.
Mania	Spirit of madness, insanity, and frenzy.
the Moirai	Clotho - the spinner of the life thread. Lachesis - the measurer of the life thread. Atropos - the severer of the life thread.
Momus	Spirit of mockery, blame, censure, and criticism.
Moros	Spirit of doom.
the Neikea	Spirits of quarrels, feuds, and grievances.
Nemesis	Goddess of revenge, balance, righteousness, and retribution.
Nike	Goddess of victory.
Nomos	Spirit of law.
Oizys	Spirit of woe and misery.
the Oneiroi	Personifications of dreams.
Palioxis	Spirit of backrush, flight, and retreat from battle.
Peitharchia	Spirit of discipline.
Peitho	Spirit of persuasion and seduction.
Penia	Spirit of poverty and need.
Penthus	Spirit of grief, mourning, and lamentation.
Pepromene	Personification of fate and destiny.
Pheme	Spirit of rumor, report, and gossip.
Philophrosyne	Spirit of friendliness, kindness, and welcome.
Philotes	Spirit of friendship, affection, and sexual intercourse.
Phobos	Spirit of panic, fear, flight response, and retreat.
the Phonoi	Spirits of murder, killing, and slaughter.
Phrike	Spirit of horror and trembling fear.
Phthonus	Spirit of envy and jealousy.
Pistis	Spirit of trust, honesty, and good faith.
Poine	Spirit of retribution, vengence, punishment, and penalty for crimes.
Polemos	Personification of war.
Ponos	Spirit of hard labor and toil.
Poros	Spirit of the means of accomplishing or providing.
Praxidike	Spirit of exacting justice.
Proioxis	Spirit of battlefield pursuit.
Prophasis	Spirit of excuses and pleas.
Ptocheia	Spirit of beggary.
Roma	Personified version of the city of Rome.
Soter	Male personification of safety, preservation, and deliverance from harm.
Soteria	Female personification of safety, preservation, and deliverance from harm.
Sophrosyne	Spirit of moderation, self-control, temperance, restraint, and discretion.
Thanatos	Spirit of death and mortality.
Thrasos	Spirit of boldness.
tyche	Goddess of fortune, chance, providence, and fate.
Zelos	Spirit of eager rivalry, emulation, envy, jealousy, and zeal.

Cthonic Deities

Name	Description
Angelos	Goddess of the underworld. Daughter of Zeus and Hera.
Charon	Ferryman of Hades.
Erebos	God of darkness. Lives in the hallows of the Earth.
the Erinyes	The Furies, Goddesses of retribution. Alecto - the unceasing one. Tisiphone - avenger of murder. Megaera - the jealous one.
Hades	God of the Underworld and all things beneath the Earth.
Hecate	Goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts, and necromancy.
Judges of the Dead	Aiakos - guardian of the keys of Hades. Minos - judge of the final vote. Rhadamanthys - mortal lawmaker and judge of men.
Keuthonymos	An underworld spirit. Father of Menoetes.
Lampades	Torch-bearing underworld nymphs
Macaria	Goddess of blessed death. Daughter of Hades.
Melinoe	Goddess of offerings to the dead, bringer of nightmares and madness. Daughter of Persephone and Zeus.
Menoetes	Hearder of the cattle of Hades in the underworld.
Nyx	Goddess of night.
Persephone	Goddess of the Underworld and spring growth. Wife of Hades.
Rivers of the Underworld	Acheron - the river of woe. Alpheus - the white river. Eridanos - the river of amber. Kokytos - the river of wailing. Lethe - the river of forgetfulness. Phlegethon - the river of fire. Styx - the river of hatred and oaths.
Tartarus	God of the dark, stormy pit of the Underworld.
Thanatos	God of death.
Zagreus	An underworld God. Son of Zeus and Persephone.

Sea Deities

Name	Description
Aegaeon	God of violent sea storms.
Amphitrite	Goddess of the sea. Wife of Poseidon.
Brizo	Patron Goddess of sailors.
Ceto	Goddess of the dangers of the ocean and of sea monsters.
Glaucus	Patron God of fishermen, also and oracle.
Leucothea	Goddess of the sea who aided sailors.
Nereides	Sea nymphs Arethusa - daughter of Nereus who was transformed into a fountain. Dynamene - personification of the might and power of ocean waves. Galene - Goddess of calm seas. Psamathe - Goddess of sand beaches. Thetis - leader of the Nereids. Personification of the spawning of marine life.
Nereus	God of the sea's fish.
Oceanides	Patronesses of bodies of fresh water Idyia - mother of Medea. Metis - first wife of Zeus, mother of Athena. Styx - Goddess of the river Styx.
Oceanus	God of the oceans.
Potamoi	Gods of the rivers and streams of the Earth.
Palaemon	God of the sea who aided sailors.
Phorcys	God of the hidden dangers of the deep sea.
Pontus	Primordial God of the sea. Father of the fish and other sea creatures. Son of Gaia.
Proteus	Prophetic God of the sea. Heardsman of Poseidon's seals.
Poseidon	King of the Seas, Lord of the Sea Gods. God of rivers, flood, drought, earthquakes, and horses.
Tethys	Goddess of the sources of fresh water. Mother of rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds.
Thalassa	Goddess of the sea. Wife of Pontos.
Thaumas	God of the wonders of the sea.
Thoosa	Goddess of swift currents.
Tritones	Fish-tailed spirits who worked with Poseidon.

Sky Deities

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Rustic Deities

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Agricultural Deities

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Health Deities

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Sleep Deities

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Other Deities

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