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Greek and Roman gods

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 Immortals

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).

Aeolus

king of the winds {Aeolus}.

Aesculapius

Roman god of medicine {Aesculapius}.

Apollo god

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.

Ares

Greek god of War {Ares}. He was Mars in Roman mythology.

Bacchus

Roman god of Vine, Inspiration, and Madness {Bacchus} and son of Jupiter and Semele. He was Dionysius in Greek mythology.

Cupid

Roman god of Love {Cupid} is a baby with bow and arrow. He was Eros in Greek mythology.

Dionysius god

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.

Eros myth

Greek god of Love {Eros}. He was Cupid in Roman mythology.

Hades

king of underworld or underworld itself {Hades}. He was Pluto in Roman mythology.

Hermes god

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.

Janus

God of good beginnings {Janus} has two faces.

Jupiter god

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.

Lares

Roman household gods {Lares} are ancestor spirits.

Mars god

Roman god of war {Mars, Roman god}. He was Ares in Greek mythology.

Mercury god

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.

Morpheus

god of sleep {Morpheus}.

Neptune god

Roman ruler {Neptune, Roman god} of sea loved horses and carried trident. He was Poseidon in Greek mythology.

Pan god

Merry, noisy god {Pan, god} with goat horns and feet, lived in wild places and played reed pipe.

Pluto god

king of underworld {Pluto, Greek god}. He was Hades in Greek mythology.

Poseidon god

Greek ruler {Poseidon} of sea gave horses to men and carried trident. He was Neptune in Roman mythology.

Proteus

God {Proteus} foretold the future and changed his shape.

Sol myth

Roman sun god {Sol} and Greek sun god {Helios}.

Terminus myth

god of boundaries {Terminus}.

Triton myth

sea god {Triton}.

Vulcan

God {Vulcan} of fire is an armorer and smith and is ugly, lame, kindly, and peace-loving. He was Hephaestus in Greek mythology.

Zeus god

Supreme Greek god {Zeus} is king of sky, rain, and storm clouds. He had many children. He was Jupiter in Roman mythology.

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Aphrodite

Greek goddess {Aphrodite} of love and beauty was mother of Eros. She loved Adonis. She was Venus in Roman mythology.

Artemis goddess

Greek goddess of moon, hunt, wild animals, and darkness {Artemis}. She was Diana in Roman mythology.

Astraea

Greek goddess {Astraea} of justice helped men in Golden Age.

Ate

Greek goddess of mischief {Ate}.

Athena

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.

Aurora myth

Greek goddess of the dawn {Aurora}.

Ceres

Roman goddess of corn and harvests {Ceres}. She was Demeter in Greek mythology.

Clio

goddess of history {Clio}.

Demeter

Greek goddess of corn and harvests {Demeter}. She was Ceres in Roman mythology.

Diana

Roman goddess of Moon, hunt, wild things, and darkness {Diana}. She was Artemis in Greek mythology.

Hera

Zeus' wife {Hera} is Greek goddess of marriage. She was Juno in Roman mythology. Hera is courage.

Juno

Roman goddess of marriage {Juno} is Jupiter's wife. She was Hera in Greek mythology.

Minerva

Roman goddess of city, civilization, handicraft, agriculture, and wisdom {Minerva}. She was Athena in Greek mythology.

Nemesis myth

goddess of righteous anger {Nemesis}.

Nike goddess

Greek goddess of victory {Nike}.

Psyche myth

Girl {Psyche, Roman goddess} loved by Cupid became goddess of the soul.

Venus god

Roman goddess {Venus, Roman goddess} of love and beauty and mother of Eros loved Adonis. She was Aphrodite in Greek mythology.

Vesta

Roman virgin goddess {Vesta} of hearth, home, and family. She was Hestia in Greek mythology.

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