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Deities Index

Primordials

 
  • Chaos
  • Gaia
  • Ouranous
  • Original Titans

      The 12-member pantheon of Titans provided an age of divine leadership between the reigns of Ouranous and Zeus. After Zeus rose up against his father, Zeus, many of the Titans battled the Olympian gods and their allies in a war called the Titanomachy. This war ended with Zeus on top of the world and his enemies cast into the prison of Tartarus.  
    Okeanos
    Ruler of the World-Encircling River, Titan of the Ocean, Water, and Water Bodies, overseer of the rising and setting of Heavenly Bodies
    Hyperion
    Titan of Light, Fire, the Sun, Sight, the Moon and the Dawn, Master of Day and Night
    Krios
    Titan of the Stars, Constellations and the Winds, Regulator of the Seasons
    Koios
    Titan of Clairvoyance, Prophecy, Foresight and Intelligence, Measured Time
    Iapetos
    Titan of Mortality, Lifespan and Death, Presumably ruled the Underworld before Hades, Ancestor of Humans
    Kronos
    Deposed Ruler of the Cosmos, Titan of Destructive Time, Harvest, Justice, Fate and Evil
    Mnemosyne
    Titaness of Memory and Scripts, Mother of the Muses by Zeus
    Tethys
    Titaness of the Sea and Water, Mother of the Oceanids by Oceanus
    Theia
    Titaness of Sight and Luster, Mother of the Sun, Moon, and Dawn by Hyperion
    Phoibe
    Titaness of Mystery and Prophecy, Consort of Koios, First patron deity of Delphi
    Rhea
    Deposed Queen of the Titans and Consort of Kronos, Mother of the six Elder Olympians, Titaness of Fertility and Motherhood
    Themis
    Titaness of Justice and Divine Law, Former Consort of Zeus
     

    Titanic Offspring

      Pairings of the initial six male titans and six female titanesses.  

    Olympians

      The Council of Gods who run the cosmos under the kingship of Zeus. Starting with five of the six Kronosides, the council expanded to 12 in number, requiring Hestia to step down in order to include Dionysus.  
    Zeus
    King of the Gods with dominion over lightning, thunder, and justice
    Poseidon
    King of the Sea and also the god of horses and earthquakes
    Hestia
    Goddess of the Hearth
    Hera
    Queen of the Gods with dominion over marriage
    Demeter
    Goddess of Agriculture
    Aphrodite
    Goddess of Love, Beauty, and Pleasure
    Ares
    God of War in its spontaneous and offensive aspects
    Artemis
    Goddess of the hunt, of unmarried women, of wild animals, with an affinity for the moon
    Apollo
    God of light, of prophecy, of health and disease, and of music, with an affinity for the sun
    Athena
    Goddess of War in its strategic and defensive aspects, as well as wisdom and crafts
    Hermes
    God of Messengers, Merchants, Gamblers, Thieves, and the journey of newly departed souls to the Underworld
    Hephaestus
    God of the Forge
    Dionysus
    God of Wine, altered states of consciousness, philosophical exploration, and theater
     

    Gods of the Sea

     
    Poseidon
    King of the Sea and also the god of horses and earthquakes
       

    Gods of the Underworld

     
  • Hades
  • Persephone
  • Musai (Muses)

     
    Calliope
    Muse of epic poetry
    Clio
    Muse of history
    Euterpe
    Muse of music
    Erato
    Muse of lyric poetry
    Melpomene
    Muse of tragedy
    Polyhymnia
    Muse of hymns
    Terpsichore
    Muse of dance
    Thalia
    Muse of comedy
    Urania
    Muse of astronomy
     

    Hesperides

      Three Nymphs of Evening, daughters of Atlas and Hespersis, have been charged by Hera with tending her private garden, including its centerpiece, a tree of golden apples. The three sometimes called the Atlantides after their father, Atlas.  
  • Aigle
  • Erytheis
  • Hespere
  • Mortals Granted Godhood

     
    Heracles
    God of Strength

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