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Divine Almanac - The Who's Who of Ancient Gods

 

The Divine Almanac

Index of ancient deities, gods in history A - Z.

 

 


 

Amon

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 equivalent is Jupiter.

     
     
     

Andromeda

Andromeda

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.

     
     
     

Aphrodite

Aphrodite

Greek goddess.

Forte: All things sex, love, and beauty.

Wife of Hephaistos.

Roman equivalent is Venus.

     
     
     

Apollo

Apollo

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.

     
     
     

Ares

Ares

Greek god of war.

Roman equivalent is Mars.

     
     
     

Artemis

Artemis

Greek goddess of all hunters.

Roman equivalent is Diana.

Artemis' twin brother was Apollo. Their parents were Zeus and Leto.

     
     
     

Asclepius

Asclepius

Greek god of healing.

Asclepius was the son of Apollo and Princess Coronis.

     
     
     

Athena

Athena

Greek goddess of war and wisdom.

Roman equivalent is Minerva.

Athena's father was Zeus. No mother was necessary as she sprang from Zeus' forehead.

     
     
     

Cronos

Cronos

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.

     
     
     

Deimos

Greek god.

Son of Aphrodite and Ares.

Brother of Phobos.

Line of expertise: Fear and terror.

     
     
     

Demeter

Demeter

Greek goddess.

Daughter of Cronus and Rhea.

Sister and occasional lover of Zeus.

Mother of Persephone.

     
     
     

Diana

Diana

Roman goddess of the hunt.

Greek equivalent is Artemis.

     
     
     

Dionysus

Dionysus

Greek god and wine connoisseur. Hence also an expert on party and ecstasy.

Son of Zeus and Semele.

     
     
     

Eris

Greek goddess.

Sister of Ares.

Forte: All things chaos and discord.

     
     
     

Gaea

Gaea

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.)

     
     
     

Hades

Hades

Greek god, a Titan of the second generation, and the god of the underworld.

Son of Cronus and Rhea.

Husband of Persephone.

     
     
     

Helios

Helios

Greek god of the sun.

Roman equivalent is Apollo.

The Colossus of Rhodes was his.

     
     
     

Hephaistos

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.

     
     
     

Hera

Hera

Chief Greek goddess.

Daughter of Cronus and Rhea.

Sister and wife of Zeus.

Roman equivalent is Juno.

     
     
     

Hermes

Hermes

Greek god of fertility.

Son of Zeus and Maia.

Equivalent of the Roman god Mercury.

Messenger of the gods.

     
     
     

Horus

Horus

Egyptian Falcon god. Also called Hor or Har.

Son of Osiris and Isis.

Arch-rival was Seth.

Greek equivalent is Apollo.

     
     
     

Ishtar

Major goddess of ancient Mesopotamia.

Also called Ianna.

Expertise: Love and War.

Ancient Middle East equivalent is the goddess Astarte.

     
     
     

Isis

Major Egyptian goddess.

Also called Aset or Eset.

Wife of Osiris. Very pretty, very smart, very powerful.

Mother of Horus.

     
     
     

Juno

Juno

Chief Roman goddess.

Greek equivalent is Hera.

     
     
     

Jupiter

Jupiter

Chief god of the Romans

Also called Jove.

Line of expertise: sky and weather

Greek equivalent is Zeus.

     
     
     

Maia

Roman goddess.

     
     
     

Mars

Mars

Major Roman god.

Forte: All things war.

The month of March was named after him.

Greek equivalent is Ares.

     
     
     

Medusa

Medusa

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.

     
     
     

Mercury

Mercury

Roman god.

Forte: All things merchandise and merchants.

Greek equivalent is Hermes.

     
     
     

Neptune

Neptune

Roman god of the sea.

Greek equivalent is Poseidon.

     
     
     

Odin

Odin

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.

     
     
     

Osiris

Osiris

Major Egyptian god.

Husband and brother of Isis.

Father of Horus.

Also brother of Seth and Nephthys.

Greek equivalent is Dionysus.

     
     
     

Pax

Pax - Roman goddess of peace.

Roman goddess of peace.

     
     
     

Pegasus

Pegasus

Horse with wings in Greek mythology.

Pegasus popped from the blood that was shed when Perseus beheaded Medusa.

     
     
     

Persephone

Persephone

Greek goddess.

Daughter of Zeus and Demeter.

Forte: Agriculture.

Wife of Hades, much to her mother's distress.

     
     
     

Perseus

Perseus

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.

     
     
     

Phobos

Greek god.

Son of Aphrodite and Ares.

Brother of Deimos.

     
     
     

Poseidon

Poseidon

Greek god of the sea and all things water.

Son of Cronus and Rhea.

Roman equivalent is Neptune.

     
     
     

Re

Re

Egyptian chief god.

The sun god.

     
     
     

Saturn

Roman god of sowing.

Greek equivalent is Cronus.

The Saturnalia, Saturn's fest, eventually became today's Christmas.

     
     
     

Seth

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.

     
     
     

Tartarus

Greek god of the underworld.

Had a quickie with Gaea (Earth) which produced son Typhon.

     
     
     

Thor

Thor

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.

     
     
     

Titans

Titans

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.

     
     
     

Typhon

Greek god.

Son of Gaea (Earth) and Tartarus (the under world), which was a bad combination.

Forte: Typhoons.

Egyptian equivalent is Seth.

     
     
     

Uranus

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.

     
     
     

Venus

Venus

Goddess of the Romans

Greek equivalent is Aphrodite.

     
     
     

Zeus

Zeus

Chief god of the Greeks

Forte: All things sky and weather

Roman equivalent is Jupiter.

     
     

 

 

 

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