From Chaos and Love came the original gods {Greek and Roman gods} {gods, Greek and Roman}. Male Heaven or Sky was Uranus or Ouranos. Female Earth was Gaea or Gaia. Uranus and Gaea made the Titans, including Cronus and Rhea.
From Cronus and Rhea came the Gods: female Hestia (Greek) or Vesta (Roman), female Demeter (Greek) or Ceres (Roman), male Dis or Hades (Greek) or Pluto (Roman), male Poseidon (Greek) or Neptune (Roman), male Zeus (Greek) or Jupiter (Roman), and female Hera (Greek) or Juno (Roman).
Hera and Zeus produced male Hephaestus (Greek) or Vulcan (Roman), male Ares (Greek) or Mars (Roman), female Aphrodite (Greek) or Venus (Roman), male Hermes (Greek) or Mercury (Roman), female Artemis (Greek) or Diana (Roman), female Athena (Greek) or Minerva (Roman), and male Apollo or Apollon.
Twelve gods {Twelve Immortals} dwelt on Mount Olympus: female Demeter (Greek) or Ceres (Roman), male Poseidon (Greek) or Neptune (Roman), male Zeus (Greek) or Jupiter (Roman), female Hera (Greek) or Juno (Roman), male Hephaestus (Greek) or Vulcan (Roman), male Ares (Greek) or Mars (Roman), female Aphrodite (Greek) or Venus (Roman), male Hermes (Greek) or Mercury (Roman), female Artemis (Greek) or Diana (Roman), female Athena (Greek) or Minerva (Roman), male Apollo or Apollon, first female Hestia (Greek) or Vesta (Roman) and then male Dionysius (Greek) or Bacchus (Roman).
king of the winds {Aeolus}.
Roman god of medicine {Aesculapius}.
Phoebus Apollo {Apollo} is Greek and Roman god of light, prophecy, truth, healing, archery, and music. His cult was at Delphi and stressed reason, harmony, and justice.
Greek god of War {Ares}. He was Mars in Roman mythology.
Roman god of Vine, Inspiration, and Madness {Bacchus} and son of Jupiter and Semele. He was Dionysius in Greek mythology.
Roman god of Love {Cupid} is a baby with bow and arrow. He was Eros in Greek mythology.
Greek god of Vine, Inspiration, and Madness {Dionysius} and son of Zeus and Semele. Cult of Dionysius was about nature, ecstasy, and passion. Women Maenads participated in winter rituals. He was Bacchus in Roman mythology.
Greek god of Love {Eros}. He was Cupid in Roman mythology.
king of underworld or underworld itself {Hades}. He was Pluto in Roman mythology.
Greek messenger god {Hermes}, god of commerce and markets and guide of the dead, is thieving, shrewd, and cunning. He was Mercury in Roman mythology.
God of good beginnings {Janus} has two faces.
Supreme Roman god {Jove} {Jupiter, Roman god} is king of sky, rain, and storm clouds. He had many children. He was Zeus in Greek mythology.
Roman household gods {Lares} are ancestor spirits.
Roman god of war {Mars, Roman god}. He was Ares in Greek mythology.
Roman messenger god {Mercury, Roman god}, god of commerce and markets and guide of the dead, is thieving, shrewd, and cunning. He was Hermes in Greek mythology.
god of sleep {Morpheus}.
Roman ruler {Neptune, Roman god} of sea loved horses and carried trident. He was Poseidon in Greek mythology.
Merry, noisy god {Pan, god} with goat horns and feet, lived in wild places and played reed pipe.
king of underworld {Pluto, Greek god}. He was Hades in Greek mythology.
Greek ruler {Poseidon} of sea gave horses to men and carried trident. He was Neptune in Roman mythology.
God {Proteus} foretold the future and changed his shape.
Roman sun god {Sol} and Greek sun god {Helios}.
god of boundaries {Terminus}.
sea god {Triton}.
God {Vulcan} of fire is an armorer and smith and is ugly, lame, kindly, and peace-loving. He was Hephaestus in Greek mythology.
Supreme Greek god {Zeus} is king of sky, rain, and storm clouds. He had many children. He was Jupiter in Roman mythology.
Greek goddess {Aphrodite} of love and beauty was mother of Eros. She loved Adonis. She was Venus in Roman mythology.
Greek goddess of moon, hunt, wild animals, and darkness {Artemis}. She was Diana in Roman mythology.
Greek goddess {Astraea} of justice helped men in Golden Age.
Greek goddess of mischief {Ate}.
Pallas Athena {Athena} is Greek goddess of city, civilization, handicraft, agriculture, wisdom, and justice. She was goddess of Athens, with temples on Acropolis. She was Minerva in Roman mythology.
Greek goddess of the dawn {Aurora}.
Roman goddess of corn and harvests {Ceres}. She was Demeter in Greek mythology.
goddess of history {Clio}.
Greek goddess of corn and harvests {Demeter}. She was Ceres in Roman mythology.
Roman goddess of Moon, hunt, wild things, and darkness {Diana}. She was Artemis in Greek mythology.
Zeus' wife {Hera} is Greek goddess of marriage. She was Juno in Roman mythology. Hera is courage.
Roman goddess of marriage {Juno} is Jupiter's wife. She was Hera in Greek mythology.
Roman goddess of city, civilization, handicraft, agriculture, and wisdom {Minerva}. She was Athena in Greek mythology.
goddess of righteous anger {Nemesis}.
Greek goddess of victory {Nike}.
Girl {Psyche, Roman goddess} loved by Cupid became goddess of the soul.
Roman goddess {Venus, Roman goddess} of love and beauty and mother of Eros loved Adonis. She was Aphrodite in Greek mythology.
Roman virgin goddess {Vesta} of hearth, home, and family. She was Hestia in Greek mythology.
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