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(Most of the gods and goddesses had Roman equivalents.)
See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatures.
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See also:List of Greek mythological characters, List of Greek mythological characters - Greek mythological characters, List of Greek mythological characters - Immortals, List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus, List of Greek mythological characters - Other deities, List of Greek mythological characters - Primeval gods, List of Greek mythological characters - Titans, List of Greek mythological characters - The Hundred-Handed, List of Greek mythological characters - Cyclopes, List of Greek mythological characters - River gods, List of Greek mythological characters - Nymphs, List of Greek mythological characters - Giants, List of Greek mythological characters - Mortals, List of Greek mythological characters - A-B, List of Greek mythological characters - C-G, List of Greek mythological characters - H-L, List of Greek mythological characters - M-P, List of Greek mythological characters - R-Z Read more here: » List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - List of Greek mythological characters - Greek mythological characters |
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - List of Greek mythological characters - Immortals
List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus.
Aphrodite - Goddess of beauty and Love
Apollo - God of healing, light, and poetry, patron of scribes
Arês - God of war
Artemis - Goddess of the hunt and the moon
Athena - Goddess of wisdom, strategy, and war, Zeus's favorite daughter
Dêmêtêr - Goddess of agriculture
Hephaestus (Hepháistos) - God of fire and the forge
Hêra - Goddess of marriage, wife of Zeus
Hermê ...
See also:List of Greek mythological characters, List of Greek mythological characters - Greek mythological characters, List of Greek mythological characters - Immortals, List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus, List of Greek mythological characters - Other deities, List of Greek mythological characters - Primeval gods, List of Greek mythological characters - Titans, List of Greek mythological characters - The Hundred-Handed, List of Greek mythological characters - Cyclopes, List of Greek mythological characters - River gods, List of Greek mythological characters - Nymphs, List of Greek mythological characters - Giants, List of Greek mythological characters - Mortals, List of Greek mythological characters - A-B, List of Greek mythological characters - C-G, List of Greek mythological characters - H-L, List of Greek mythological characters - M-P, List of Greek mythological characters - R-Z Read more here: » List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - List of Greek mythological characters - Immortals |
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology The general issues in studying myths are discussed in the mythography article. While all cultures throughout the world have their own myths, the term mythology is a Greek coinage and had a specialized meaning within Greek culture.
The Greek term muthologia is a compound of two smaller words:
muthos — which in Homeric Greek means roughly "a ritualized speech act", as of a chieftain at an assembly, or of a poet or priest.
logos — which in cla ...
See also:Greek mythology, Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology, Greek mythology - An overview, Greek mythology - The age of gods, Greek mythology - The age of gods and men, Greek mythology - The age of heroes, Greek mythology - Theories of origin, Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths?, Greek mythology - Hellenistic rationalism, Greek mythology - Syncretizing trends, Greek mythology - Belles and Beaus of Greek Mythology, Greek mythology - Modern interpreters, Greek mythology - Greek cosmology, Greek mythology - Related subjects, Greek mythology - Sources Read more here: » Greek mythology: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology |
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - An overview The scope of Greek mythology is enormous. It extends from the horrific crimes of the early gods and the bloody wars of Troy and Thebes, to the childhood pranks of Hermes and the touching grief of Demeter for Persephone. The legions of gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, monsters, daemons, nymphs, satyrs, and centaurs that one encounters in traversing this vast landscape are beyond count.
Greek mythology has an approximate internal chronology. While contradictions in the material make an absolute timeline impossible, it breaks down roug ...
See also:Greek mythology, Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology, Greek mythology - An overview, Greek mythology - The age of gods, Greek mythology - The age of gods and men, Greek mythology - The age of heroes, Greek mythology - Theories of origin, Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths?, Greek mythology - Hellenistic rationalism, Greek mythology - Syncretizing trends, Greek mythology - Belles and Beaus of Greek Mythology, Greek mythology - Modern interpreters, Greek mythology - Greek cosmology, Greek mythology - Related subjects, Greek mythology - Sources Read more here: » Greek mythology: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - An overview |
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia - Twelve Olympians The Twelve Olympians, also known as the Dodekatheon (Greek: δωδεκα, dodeka, "twelve" + θεον, theon, "of the gods"), in Greek religion, were the principal gods of the Greek pantheon, residing atop Mount Olympus. There were, at various times, fourteen different gods recognized as Olympians, though never more than twelve at one time.
Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, and Artemis are always considered Olympians. Hestia, Demeter, Dionysus, and Hades are the variable gods among the T ...
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths? "Our own myths we call reality" is one of the axioms with which Carl A.P. Ruck and Danny Staples commence The World of Classical Myth; to the Greeks, mythology was a part of their history; few ever doubted that there was truth behind the account of the Trojan War in the Iliad and Odyssey. The Greeks used myth to explain natural phenomena, cultural variations, traditional enmities, and friendships. It was a source of pri ...
See also:Greek mythology, Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology, Greek mythology - An overview, Greek mythology - The age of gods, Greek mythology - The age of gods and men, Greek mythology - The age of heroes, Greek mythology - Theories of origin, Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths?, Greek mythology - Hellenistic rationalism, Greek mythology - Syncretizing trends, Greek mythology - Belles and Beaus of Greek Mythology, Greek mythology - Modern interpreters, Greek mythology - Greek cosmology, Greek mythology - Related subjects, Greek mythology - Sources Read more here: » Greek mythology: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths? |
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - Theories of origin In antiquity, authors like Herodotus speculated that the Greeks had borrowed their gods wholesale from the Egyptians. Later, Christian writers would attempt to explain Hellenic paganism as a degeneration of Biblical religion. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, however, the sciences of archaeology and linguistics were brought to bear on the origins of Greek mythology.
To begin with, extant literary sources indicate that the ancient Greeks used the word Αιθιοπία to refer to a peoples:
whom they considered sacred, favored by the gods, and
li ...
See also:Greek mythology, Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology, Greek mythology - An overview, Greek mythology - The age of gods, Greek mythology - The age of gods and men, Greek mythology - The age of heroes, Greek mythology - Theories of origin, Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths?, Greek mythology - Hellenistic rationalism, Greek mythology - Syncretizing trends, Greek mythology - Belles and Beaus of Greek Mythology, Greek mythology - Modern interpreters, Greek mythology - Greek cosmology, Greek mythology - Related subjects, Greek mythology - Sources Read more here: » Greek mythology: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - Theories of origin |
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - An overview The span of stories and characters in Greek mythology is incredibly far-reaching. Events ranging from the atrocities of the early gods to the brutal wars of Troy and Thebes, from the youthful pranks of Hermes to the heartfelt grief of Demeter for Persephone are related in detail. The number of gods, goddesses, heroes, heroines, monsters, daemons, nymphs, satyrs, and centaurs waiting to be discovered by anyone interested enough to delve into the myths ...
See also:Greek mythology, Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology, Greek mythology - An overview, Greek mythology - The age of gods, Greek mythology - The age of gods and men, Greek mythology - The age of heroes, Greek mythology - Theories of origin, Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths?, Greek mythology - Hellenistic rationalism, Greek mythology - Syncretizing trends, Greek mythology - Modern interpreters, Greek mythology - Greek cosmology, Greek mythology - Related subjects, Greek mythology - Sources Read more here: » Greek mythology: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - An overview |
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology The general issues in studying myths are discussed in the mythography article. While all cultures throughout the world have their own myths, the term mythology is a Greek coinage and had a specialized meaning within Greek culture.
The Greek term mythologia is a compound of two smaller words:
mythos — which in Homeric Greek means roughly "a ritualized speech act", as of a chieftain at an assembly, or of a poet or priest.
logos — which in cla ...
See also:Greek mythology, Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology, Greek mythology - An overview, Greek mythology - The age of gods, Greek mythology - The age of gods and men, Greek mythology - The age of heroes, Greek mythology - Theories of origin, Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths?, Greek mythology - Hellenistic rationalism, Greek mythology - Syncretizing trends, Greek mythology - Modern interpreters, Greek mythology - Greek cosmology, Greek mythology - Related subjects, Greek mythology - Sources Read more here: » Greek mythology: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology |
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - Theories of origin In antiquity, historians such as Herodotus theorized that the Greek gods had been stolen directly from the Egyptians. Later on, Christian writers tried to explain Hellenic paganism through degeneration of Biblical religion. Since then, the sciences of archaeology and linguistics have been applied to the origins of Greek mythology with some interesting results.
To begin with, extant literary sources indicate that the ancient Greeks used the word Αιθιοπία to refer to a peoples:
whom they considered sacred, favored by the gods, and
li ...
See also:Greek mythology, Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology, Greek mythology - An overview, Greek mythology - The age of gods, Greek mythology - The age of gods and men, Greek mythology - The age of heroes, Greek mythology - Theories of origin, Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths?, Greek mythology - Hellenistic rationalism, Greek mythology - Syncretizing trends, Greek mythology - Modern interpreters, Greek mythology - Greek cosmology, Greek mythology - Related subjects, Greek mythology - Sources Read more here: » Greek mythology: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - Theories of origin |
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths? "Our own myths we call reality" is one of the axioms with which Carl A.P. Ruck and Danny Staples commence The World of Classical Myth; to the Greeks, mythology was a part of their history; few ever doubted that there was truth behind the account of the Trojan War in the Iliad and Odyssey. The Greeks used myth to explain natural phenomena, cultural variations, traditional enmities, and friendships. It was a source of pri ...
See also:Greek mythology, Greek mythology - Nature and sources of Greek mythology, Greek mythology - An overview, Greek mythology - The age of gods, Greek mythology - The age of gods and men, Greek mythology - The age of heroes, Greek mythology - Theories of origin, Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths?, Greek mythology - Hellenistic rationalism, Greek mythology - Syncretizing trends, Greek mythology - Modern interpreters, Greek mythology - Greek cosmology, Greek mythology - Related subjects, Greek mythology - Sources Read more here: » Greek mythology: Encyclopedia II - Greek mythology - Did the Greeks believe their myths? |
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - Death personification - Death in mythological portrayals Main article: death deity
Several mythologies had gods who embodied Death or aspects of Death:
Ankou (Breton)
Izanami (Shinto)
Mictlantecuhtli (Aztec)
The Morrigan (Irish/Celtic)
Mors (Roman)
Mot (Canaanite)
Odin (Norse)
Osiris (Egyptian)
Anpu (Egyptian)
Shemal (Semitic)
Sielulintu (Finnish)
Thanatos (Greek)
Yama (Hinduism)
Yan Luo (Chinese)
Razgriz (Russ ...
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - Death personification - Death in mythological portrayals Main article: death deity
Several mythologies had gods who embodied Death or aspects of Death:
Ankou (Breton)
Izanami (Shinto)
Mictlantecuhtli (Aztec)
The Morrigan (Irish/Celtic)
Mors (Roman)
Mot (Canaanite)
Odin (Norse)
Osiris (Egyptian)
Anpu (Egyptian)
Shemal (Semitic)
Sielulintu, Kalma, Surma (Finnish)
Thanatos (Greek)
Yama (Hinduism)
Yan Luo (Chinese)
Razgriz (Russ ...
See also:Death personification, Death personification - Death in mythological portrayals, Death personification - In India, Death personification - In Japan, Death personification - Death angels in religion, Death personification - Form and functions, Death personification - Identical with Satan, Death personification - Scholars and the Angel of Death, Death personification - In Judaism, Death personification - In Islam, Death personification - In Mexico, Death personification - Death as a fictional character, Death personification - List of works using Death as a fictional character, Death personification - Death in popular fiction, Death personification - Movies, Death personification - Television, Death personification - Literature, Death personification - Comics, Death personification - Computer and video games, Death personification - Bibliography Read more here: » Death personification: Encyclopedia II - Death personification - Death in mythological portrayals |
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| | | | List of Greek mythological characters: Encyclopedia II - List of human anatomical parts named after people - Alphabetical list For clarity entries are listed by the name of the person associated with them, so Loop of Henle is listed under H not L.
List of human anatomical parts named after people - A.
Achilles' tendon – Achilles, Greek mythological character
Adam's apple – Adam, Biblical character
Alcock's canal (pudendal canal)
Artery of Adamkiewicz
Auerbach's plexus
List of human anatomical parts named after people - B.
Bachmann's bund ...
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