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Major Divinities






Divinities
short description

Aphrodite

Goddess of the tender passions.

Apollo

Music, prophecy and healing.

Ares

God of war.

Artemis

Goddess of hunters.

Asclepius

God of medicine.

Athena

Goddess of warriors. industries and prudent intelligence.

CHARITES

Goddesses of love in the retinue of Aphrodite.

Cybele

The mother of the gods, identified with Rhea 1 (see this one).

Demeter

Goddess of fertility.

Dione 1

A Titaness or one of the OCEANIDS.

Dionysus 2

God of the vine.

Ganymedes

Cup-bearer in Olympus.

Hades

Ruler of the Underworld.

Hebe

Cup-bearer in Olympus.

Hecate

Goddess of the crossroads.

Hephaestus

The smith of Heaven.

Hera

Queen of Heaven.

Hermes

Messenger of Heaven.

Hestia

Goddess of the hearth.

HORAE

Wardens of heaven.

Iris 1

The rainbow, heavenly messenger.

Leto

Goddess living in Olympus.

MUSES

Goddesses of poetic inspiration.

OLYMPIANS

Gods living in Mount Olympus (individually included in this list).

Persephone

Queen of the Underworld.

Phanes 1

The first born and eternal god.

Poseidon

Ruler of the sea.

Tartarus

Being and cosmic place beneath the earth.

Themis

Divinity of the law.

TITANS

Divinities who ruled before the OLYMPIANS (see TITANS for those not included in this list).

Zeus

Ruler of Heaven.


Sources
Abbreviations

See the linked characters above.




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