Non Olympian Gods and Goddesses
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Iris- the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. She is also known as one of the goddesses of the sea and the sky. Iris links the gods to humanity. She travels with the speed of wind from one end of the world to the other, and into the depths of the sea and the underworld.
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Persephone- the daughter of Zeus and the harvest-goddess Demeter, and queen of the underworld. Homer describes her as the formidable, venerable majestic queen of the shades, who carries into effect the curses of men upon the souls of the dead. Persephone was abducted by Hades, the god-king of the underworld.[2] The myth of her abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation which shoots forth in spring and withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence she is also associated with spring and with the seeds of the fruits of the fields. Similar myths appear in the Orient, in the cults of male gods like Attis, Adonis and Osiris,[3] and in Minoan Crete.
Persephone as a vegetation goddess and her mother Demeter were the central figures of the Eleusinian mysteries that predated the Olympian pantheon, and promised to the initiated a more enjoyable prospect after death. The mystic Persephone is further said to have become by Zeus the mother of Dionysus, Iacchus, or Zagreus. The origins of her cult are uncertain, but it was based on very old agrarian cults of agricultural communities.
Persephone as a vegetation goddess and her mother Demeter were the central figures of the Eleusinian mysteries that predated the Olympian pantheon, and promised to the initiated a more enjoyable prospect after death. The mystic Persephone is further said to have become by Zeus the mother of Dionysus, Iacchus, or Zagreus. The origins of her cult are uncertain, but it was based on very old agrarian cults of agricultural communities.
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The Erotes: a collective of winged gods associated with love and sex in Greek mythology. They are part of Aphrodite's retinue, as well as the goddess' most beloved children, the offspring of herself and the fearsome war god, Ares. They terrorized Olympics with their antics, but none could punish them for fear of their overly doting mother, Aphrodite.
The Erotes are Eros ("Love, Desire"), Anteros ("Love Returned"), Himeros ("Sexual Desire") and Pothos ("Longing"). In some traditions, they also have an especial influence over homoerotic love. Stories of the erotes' mischief or pranks were legendary. The erotes were usually portrayed as nude, handsome, winged youths, attending their beautiful mother, Aphrodite, and carrying out her meddlesome will with their various talents (on both gods and mortals alike).
The Erotes are Eros ("Love, Desire"), Anteros ("Love Returned"), Himeros ("Sexual Desire") and Pothos ("Longing"). In some traditions, they also have an especial influence over homoerotic love. Stories of the erotes' mischief or pranks were legendary. The erotes were usually portrayed as nude, handsome, winged youths, attending their beautiful mother, Aphrodite, and carrying out her meddlesome will with their various talents (on both gods and mortals alike).
Eros was the god of lust, beauty, love, and intercourse; he was also worshiped as a fertility deity... and "was often regarded as the protector of homosexual love between men." Eros was depicted as often carrying a lyre or bow and arrow. He used this arrow to make his targets fall in love. He was also depicted accompanied by dolphins, flutes, roosters, roses, and torches. He was the eldest of the Erotes, and had wings of pure feathers, like a dove or swan. He is believed to be the favorite child of his mother, Aphrodite.
Anteros was the god of requited love, literally "love returned" or "counterpart love". He punished those who scorned love and the advances of others, and was the avenger of unrequited love. Anteros was the second son of Ares and Aphrodite in Greek mythology, and given to his brother Eros as a playmate because the latter was lonely. Physically, Anteros was depicted as similar to Eros in every way, though sometimes with longer hair and butterfly wings. He has been described as armed with either a golden club or arrows of lead.
Himeros ("uncontrollable desire") was the third son of Aphrodite and Ares. Like his brothers, he is depicted with a bow and arrows, to create desire and lust in people. Himeros represented sexual desire or unrequited love. Himeros was identified by his carrying a taenia, a colourful headband worn by athletes.
Pothos ("yearning") was the youngest of Aphrodite's erotes and brother to Himeros, Anteros and Eros. He was part of Aphrodite's retinue, and carried a vine, indicating a connection to wine. Pothos represents extreme longing or yearning, and could create such in those he affected.
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Eris- Greek goddess of chaos, strife and discord, her name being translated into Latin as Discordia. "Discordia" means discord. Her Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Latin counterpart is Concordia. Homer equated her with the war-goddess Enyo, whose Roman counterpart is Bellona. The dwarf planet Eris is named after the goddess, as is the religion Discordianism. (Played by Amaraylis)
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Hestia- Goddess of the hearth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family and the state. In Greek mythology she is a daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Hestia received the first offering at every sacrifice in the household. In the public domain, the hearth of the prytaneum functioned as her official sanctuary. With the establishment of a new colony, flame from Hestia's public hearth in the mother city would be carried to the new settlement. She sat on a plain wooden throne with a white woolen cushion and did not trouble to choose an emblem for herself. Her Roman equivalent is Vesta.
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Hades- Greek god of the underworld. In Greek mythology, Hades is the oldest male child of Cronus and Rhea. According to myth, he and his brothers Zeus and Poseidon defeated the Titans and claimed rulership over the cosmos, ruling the underworld, air, and sea, respectively; the solid earth, long the province of Gaia, was available to all three concurrently. Hades was also called "Plouton" (rich one). He is often pictured with the three-headed dog Cerberus.He is associated with the Helm of Darkness and the bident. Tartarus, a deep, gloomy part of hades used as a dungeon of torment and suffering.
(Played by Satiru)
(Played by Satiru)
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Helios-God of the Sun, brother to Eos and Selene. Helios was imagined as a handsome god crowned with the shining aureole of the Sun, who drove the chariot of the sun across the sky each day to earth-circling Oceanus and through the world-ocean returned to the East at night. With his sister Selene she was said to be the mother of the four Horae, goddesses of the seasons.
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Eos-Goddess of the Dawn, sister to Helios and Selene. Eos consorted with the war god Ares and was thereupon cursed with unsatisfiable sexual desire by Aphrodite. This caused her to abduct a number of handsome young men, most notably Cephalus, Tithonus, Orion and Cleitus. Eos had two sons, Memnon and Emathion. Memnon fought among the Trojans in the Trojan War and was slain. Her image with the dead Memnon across her knees, like Thetis with the dead Achilles are icons that inspired the Christian Pietà. The abduction of Cephalus had special appeal for an Athenian audience because Cephalus was a local boy,[10] and so this myth element appeared frequently in Attic vase-paintings and was exported with them. In the literary myths. Eos kidnapped Cephalus when he was hunting and took him to Syria. The second-century CE traveller Pausanias was informed that the abductor of Cephalus was Hemera, goddess of Day. Although Cephalus was already married to Procris, Eos bore him three sons, including Phaeton and Hesperus, but he then began pining for Procris, causing a disgruntled Eos to return him to her — and put a curse on them. In Hyginus' report, Cephalus accidentally killed Procris some time later after he mistook her for an animal while hunting; in Ovid's Metamorphoses vii, Procris, a jealous wife, was spying on him and heard him singing to the wind, but thought he was serenading his ex-lover Eos.
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Selene-Goddess of the moon, sister to Helios and Eos. She is also known as a deity presiding over the night, ocean tides, magic, childbirth, dew, lunacy, nursing and the months. So by extension, her domain encompasses everything the moon can be connected to. Her great love was Endymion, a shepherd/prince or the king of Elis depending on which version you read. One day while pulling the moon across the sky, she spotted Endymion and fell in love. She asked Zeus to grant him immortality, and Zeus put him into eternal sleep so he may never grow old or die. Together they had fifty daughters called the Menae. They ruled over each of the fifty months that separates each Olympic games. To Zeus she bore three daughters. Pandeia a goddess of youth who was sometimes associated with the brightness of the sun or the full moon. Ersa, goddess of the dew and the nymph/goddess Nemeia. Furthermore the Nemean lion was said to be fathered by Zeus as well. She also had an encounter with the great nature god Pan, who deceived her by wrapping himself in sheepskin and offered her a ride on his back. While they were airborne, he raped her. With her brother Helios she was said to be the mother of the four Horae, goddesses of the seasons. Lastly, Selene was said to have had one mortal child, a son named Mousaios who was a poet.
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Morpheus- The god of dreams, leader of the Oneiroi. Morpheus has the ability to take any human form and appear in dreams. His true semblance is that of a winged daemon, imagery shared with many of his siblings.
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Nyx-One of the oldest gods, the Greek goddess (or personification) of the night. A shadowy figure, Nyx stood at or near the beginning of creation, and was the mother of other personified gods such as Hypnos (Sleep) and Thánatos (Death). Her appearances in mythology are sparse, but reveal her as a figure of exceptional power and beauty. She is found in the shadows of the world and only ever seen in glimpses.
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Nike- Nike was a goddess who personified victory, also known as the Winged Goddess of Victory. The Roman equivalent was Victoria. Depending upon the time of various myths, she was described as the daughter of Pallas (Titan) and Styx (Water),and the sister of Kratos (Strength), Bia (Force), and Zelus (Zeal). Nike and her siblings were close companions of Zeus, the dominant deity of the Greek pantheon. According to classical (later) myth, Styx brought them to Zeus when the god was assembling allies for the Titan War against the older deities. Nike assumed the role of the divine charioteer, a role in which she often is portrayed in Classical Greek art. Nike flew around battlefields rewarding the victors with glory and fame. Nike is seen with wings in most statues and paintings. Most other winged deities in the Greek pantheon had shed their wings by Classical times. Nike is the goddess of strength, speed, and victory. Nike was a very close acquaintance of Athena, and is thought to have stood in Athena's outstretched hand in the statue of Athena located in the Parthenon. Nike is one of the most commonly portrayed figures on Greek coins.
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Nemesis- A goddess who was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods). Another name was Adrasteia, meaning "the inescapable." The Greeks personified vengeful fate as a remorseless goddess: the goddess of revenge. Nemesis has been described as the daughter of Oceanus or Zeus, but according to Hesiod she was a child of Erebus and Nyx. She has also been described as the daughter of Nyx alone. Her cult may have originated at Smyrna. In some metaphysical mythology, Nemesis produced the egg from which hatched two sets of twins: Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra, and the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux. While many myths indicate Zeus and Leda to be the parents of Helen of Troy, the author of the compilation of myth called Bibliotheke notes the possibility of Nemesis being the mother of Helen; Nemesis, to avoid Zeus, turns into a goose, but he turns into a swan and mates with her. Nemesis in her bird form lays an egg that is discovered in the marshes by a shepherd, who passes the egg to Leda. It is in this way that Leda comes to be the mother of Helen of Troy, as she kept the egg in a chest until it hatched. (Played by Biird)
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Hecate or Hekate is a goddess in Greek religion and mythology, most often shown holding two torches or a key and in later periods depicted in triple form. She was variously associated with crossroads, entrance-ways, dogs, light, the moon, magic, witchcraft, knowledge of herbs and poisonous plants, ghosts, necromancy, and sorcery.
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Thanatos was the daemon personification of death. The poet Hesiod established that Thanatos is a son of Nyx (Night) and Erebos (Darkness) and twin of Hypnos (Sleep). "And there the children of dark Night have their dwellings, Sleep and Death, awful gods. The glowing Sun never looks upon them with his beams, neither as he goes up into heaven, nor as he comes down from heaven. And the former of them roams peacefully over the earth and the sea's broad back and is kindly to men; but the other has a heart of iron, and his spirit within him is pitiless as bronze: whomsoever of men he has once seized he holds fast: and he is hateful even to the deathless gods."
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Kratos or Cratus, the god of strength and hatred, is the son of Pallas and Styx and the personification of authority in all its forms. Kratos and his siblings—Nike ("victory"), Bia ("force/violence"), and Zelus ("zeal")—are the winged enforcers of the god Zeus. He is one of the trio that binds the titular Titan, the other two being Hephaestus and Bia. (Played by Anteras)