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My Mythology Page |
"The depth of your mythology is the extent of your effectiveness."
- John Maxwell (1512-1583)
This Mythology Page is dedicated to ancient and modern mythology, which I love. So, here you can learn about the different kinds of mythology or anything else. I could only do some of the many choices of mythology, so my apologies if I don't have certain ones. Also, I have only the gods and goddesses, not any human characters in mythology. It's just that if I did do that it would have been long lists of characters. |
Greek Mythology: Gods & Goddesses |
The Goddess Artemis hunting.
Athena: Goddess of Wisdom and War, daughter of Zeus. She was a virgin goddess and favorite daughter of Zeus.
Artemis: Goddess of the Moon, Child Birth, Wild Animals, and the Hunt. Her twin brother was Apollo, and her parents were Zeus and Leto. She was a virgin goddess. Known as Selene.
Apollo: God of the Sun, Music, Prophecy, Medicine, and Hunting. His twin sister was Artemis, and his parents were Zeus and Leto. Known as Helios.
Ares: God of War, son of Zeus and Hera. He was very much hated.
Hades: God of the Underworld and King of the Dead, brother of Zeus. He is mostly known because of his abduction of Persephone to make her his wife. Yeah, that's like the only myth he's basically in.
Persephone: Goddess of the Underworld, wife of Hades, and daughter of Zeus and Demeter. She was a virgin goddess before she was abducted by Hades.
Hera: Queen of the Gods, wife of Zeus. She was always jealsous of Zeus's lovers.
Zeus: King of the Gods, he had many lovers and children.
Aphrodite: Goddess of Love and Passion. She doesn't have parents in some myths or she is the daughter of Zeus in other myths, and she is the wife of Hephaestus.
Demeter: Goddess of Harvest, elder sister of Zeus and mother of Persephone.
Poseidon: God of the Seas, brother of Zeus. He married Amphitrite, a granddaughter of the Titon Oceanus.
Hermes: He is Zeus's messenger, the son of Zeus and Maia.
Eos: Goddess of Dawn, sister of Helios and Selene.
Eros: More knownly as Cupid, God of Love. Sometimes he was the son of Zeus and Aphrodite or Ares and Aphrodite.
Hephaestus: God of fire and the forge, patron god of smiths and weavers. He was the son of Zeus and Hera, and husband of Aphrodite.
Hestia: Goddess of the Hearth, sister of Zeus. She was another virgin goddess.
The Muses: The daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. There are 9 Muses, each with her own specialty. Clio (History), Urania (Astronmy), Melpomene (Tragedy), Thalia (Comedy), Terpsichore (Dance), Calliope (Epic Poetry), Erato (Love Poetry), Polyhymnia (Songs to the Gods), and Euterpe (Lyric Poetry).
The Fates: There are three Fates, who decide the fate of every mortal. Clotho, the spinner, who spins the thread of life. Lachesis, the measurer, who choses the lot in life one will have and measures off how long it is to be. Atropos, she who can not be turn, who at death with her shears cuts the tread of life.
The Furies: Also known as The Erinnyes, punish crime. They persue wrong doers relentlessly, until death, often driving them to suicide. There are three Erinnyes, Tisiphone, Megaera, and Alecto.
The Graces: They are the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome. They sung and danced for the gods on Olympus. There are three Graces: Aglaia (Splendor), Euphrosyne (Mirth), and Thalia (Good Cheer).
Eris: Goddess of Contention, daughter of Zeus and Hera, and the twin sister of Ares. She often rode in her chariot besides Ares in a battle.
(More to come later).
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Egyptian Mythology: Gods & Goddesses |

The Goddess Ma'at.
Isis: Mother Goddess. Daughter of Nut and Geb. Wife and sister of Osiris and mother of Horus...
Hathor: Hathor as the royal goddess and was a protective goddess. She was also the goddess of love and joy, mistress of song and dance. She was the wife of Horus. Sometimes known as Sekhmet.
Horus: There was 20 differnet gods who were considered Horus. Horus was the son of Osiris and Isis.
Ra (Re): This Sun God was the supreme god to the Egyptians. Ra was sometimes known as Atum.
Bastet (Bast): Goddess of Cats. She was one of the daughters of Ra.
Seth (Set): God of Choas. Son of Nut and Geb, husband of Nephthys and father of Anubis.
Osiris: Osiris was the God of the Dead, and Ruler of the Underworld. Son of Nut and Geb. Osiris was the brother/husband of Isis, and the brother of Nephthys and Seth. He was also the father of Horus.
Amun: Amun and Ra merged and became Amun-Ra, and is sometimes known as the God of War. He was one of the most powerful gods in Ancient Egypt.
Ma'at (Maat): A goddess and the Ancient Egyptian spiritual ideal. She was the Goddess of Order, truth, justice and harmony. Ma'at was the daughter of the sun god Ra.
Anubis: This jackal-headed god looked after the dead, and was in charge of the important task of mummification.
Hapy: God of the Nile (God of the annual Nile flood, the Inundation).
Atum: Self-created creator of the Universe, in other words another creator god. The ancient Egyptians believed that Atum was the first god to exist on earth.
Min: God of Fertility and sexuality, and protected travelers.
Taweret: Goddess of Childbirth. She was the wife of the god Bes.
Bes: This god oversaw childbirth, supervised women's beauty retuals, protected people from dangerous beasts, banished evil spirits, sent sweet dreams, and liked dancing, music, and fighting. Bes was the husband of Taweret.
Nephthys: Twin Goddess of Mourning with Isis. Daughter of Nut and Geb. Twin sister of Seth and younger sister of Isis and Osiris.
Nun: He was the Waters of Choas in Egyptian myth.
Seshat: Goddess of Writing and Measurement.
Shu: The God of Air. Shu held up the figure of Nut so that the earth and the sky were separated.
Sobek: He was a Nile God. Sobek was connected with the Nile, and protected the king.
Khnum: A creator god, and a god of the innundation.
Khepri: A god of Creation, the movement of the sun, and rebirth.
Ra-Horakhty: Ra-Horakhty was a combination of the gods Horus and Ra. Horus was a god of the sky, and Ra was the god of the sun. Thus, Ra-Horakhty was thought of as the god of the rising sun.
Ptah: The god of Craftsman.
Geb: The god of the Earth. Geb was the husband and brother of the sky goddess Nut. He was also the father of Osiris, Isis, Nepthys and Seth.
Aten: A form of the sun god Ra. During the reign of Akhenaten, the Aten was made the 'king' of the gods.
Tefnut: The goddess of moisture, clouds, and was often associated with the moon.
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Norse Mythology: Gods & Goddesses |
The Goddess Freya.
Odin: God of the Vikings, and he also had many functions including being a god of war, poetry, wisdom, and death.
Frey: God of weather and fertility. He was the son of Njord and Njord's sister (mayhaps Ingun), and the brother of Freya. His step-mother was Skadi.
Freya: Goddess of fertility and war, and sometimes goddess of love. She was the daughter of Njord, and the twin sister of Frey.
Loki: The famous trickster god was known as the Father of Lies.
Idunn (Idun): Goddess of youth, her name means "The Rejuvenating One".
Thor: Norse God of thunder and the strongest of Norse Gods.
Tyr: This Norse War God ruled over battles and sorted out matters of law and order.
Hel: She is the goddess of the underworld. She's the daughter of Loki and the giant Angurboda.
Skadi: The Goddess of skis or snow shoes. She was the daughter of the giant Thiazi.
Frigg: Mother Goddess and Goddess of marriage. She was the wife of Odin.
Bragi: God of poetry,son of Odin and the giantess Gunlod. He was married to Idun and he had runes cut on his tounge.
Gefjon: Goddess of virgins and She was also a fertility goddess.
Ull: God of archery, the hunt, skiers and snowshoes; basically a male Skadi.
Ran: Sea goddess of storms. She collects drowned people in her net. She was the wife of Aegir.
Valkyries: Maidens who chose which warriors on a battlefield would be slain. They also served mead in Valhalla.
Forset: God of justice. Son of Balder and Nanna.
Balder: Aesir god, son of Odin and Frigg, husband of Nanna, father of Forseti.
Hod: Son of Odin. Blind god of winter who kills his brother Balder and is in turn killed by his brother Vali.
Nanna: Wife of Balder and mother of Forseti. Moon goddess.
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Celtic Mythology: Gods & Goddesses |
The goddess(es) Bridget.
Note: Celtic mythology isn't like other mythology, not just one county like Greece. The Celts were England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. So, of course Celtic mythology is going to have a lot more gods and goddesses, I'll do my best to add the ones I can.
Epona: Goddess of horses and fertility.
Dana: Celtic Mother Goddess. Her children were the Tuatha de Danann.
Angus Og: Irish god of youth, love, and beauty. Also spelt as Aonghus.
Aine: Goddess of love and fertility; also known as the Fairy Queen of Munster.
Cernunnos: God of animals, the hunt, and fertility.
Boann: Was an Irish water and fertility goddess.
Bodbh: One of three aspects of the Queen/Goddess, the Morrigan.
Morrigan: Great Queen, goddess of war and battle
An Dagda: The Good God.
Anu: Mother goddess of Ireland and mother of all major gods and goddesses of the pantheon (also known as the Tuatha de Dannan). She was also known as a Goddess of prosperity and abundance.
Brigid (Brigit): 3 Irish Goddesses. 1 was the goddess of learning, wisdom, and poetry; the 2nd was goddess of healing and fertility, the 3rd was the protected craft and metalworkers.
Lugh: A god of craftsmanship or a solar deity.
Airmi: A goddess of witchcraft and herbal lore.
Clota: Popular Scottish goddess of the River Clyde.
Ardwinna: Goddess of forests and hunting.
Arnamentia: Goddess of spring waters, healing and purification.
Ogmios: God of eloquence.
Arawn: God of the underworld.
Lir: Irish sea god traveled his watery kingdom in a self-sailing boat. His second wife turned his 4 children into swans
Medb (Maeve): Goddess of Connacht and Leinster. She had many husbands as well.
Ceridwen: Probably originally a corn goddess.
Camulos: British god of war.
(More Coming Soon.)
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Hindu Mythology: Gods & Goddesses |
The Devi (Goddess) Gayatri.
Note: Hindu mythology also has a lot of gods and goddesses, so I'll do my best with adding the ones I can.
Shiva: God of dance, destruction, and...
Devi: The Divine Mother of the Hindu culture, her name means "Goddess." She has many names and forms.
Indra: Supreme ruler of the gods: the god of war, the god of thunder and storms.
Sita: Sita was an incarnation of Lakshmi or Sri. Personified goddess of the female principle of fertility.
Kali: Kali ("the black one") is the Hindu mother goddess, symbol of dissolution and destruction. She destroys ignorance, maintains the world order, and blesses and frees those who strive for the knowledge of God.
Krishna: The eighth avatar or reincarnation of the god Vishnu.
Lakshmi: Goddess of wealth, good fortune, and beauty. Wife of the god Vishnu. Also known as Sri.
Saraswathi: Goddess of wisdom. Wife of the god Brahma.
Brahma: The God of creation.
Vishnu: The God of maintenance.
Agni: The God of fire, the messenger of the gods, the acceptor of sacrifice.
Sura: he is the special god who dwelt in the body of the sun. Surya is described as the husband of dawn, as well as her son.
Ashta-Dikpalas: Gods ruling the eight sides i.e., East, Southeast, South, Southwest West, Northwest, North and Northeast. They are Indra (East), Agni (Southeast), Yama (South), Nirrith (Southwest), Varuna (West), Kubera (North) and Eesana (Northeast).
Bharat Mata: A modern Hindu mother goddess.
Dharma: A Hindu god, the personification of the divine inner 'law' (dharma).
Rudra: In ancient Vedic myth, Rudra ("howler") is the malignant god of storm and wind, and is also considered to have been the god of death.
Shasti: A Hindu protective goddess of children.
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Native American Mythology: Gods & Goddesses |
Note: Once again, Native American mythology also has a lot of gods and goddesses. So, I'll try to do my best on adding them.
Awonawilona (Pueblo Indians): The Supreme God, the Creator of All.
(More Coming Soon.)
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