The cult of the winds and the sun were also very popular. The Moon and Eos, the goddess of dawn, also appear in some myths, while the worship of the Earth in the traditional religion never stopped existing.
The existence of such deities has led to the idea that gods are personifications of natural phenomena and nature itself. The Greeks, for example, considered the rivers gods, children of the great gods. The Nymphs could be found in springs and fountains that were considered sacred places; waters from certain springs were considered fertile, therefore they were related to the ritual bath of the groom before the wedding; newborns were thrown into the water of a specific sacred source to be blessed and have a good life.
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The full list of the Primordial Greek Gods: Achlys : the goddess of the eternal night. The first creature that some say existed even before Chaos himself. According to Hesiod, she is the demon of death. The spark of life for every creature. Etymologically, Aether means the highest and purest layer of air.
He was a ghostly primordial deity who personified the meaning of time sometimes he is confused with god Chronos. Although incorporeal, he was also portrayed as a monster with a snake body and three heads: one human male , one bull and one lion. According to a myth, Aion and his companion, Ananke also with a snake body , wrapped themselves around the cosmic egg and broke it to form the "sorted" Universe earth - sky - sea. Ananke : the goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity.
She was an inevitable divine force. Chaos : the god of the void. He was the beginning of all life. According to most versions of Greek myths, Chaos pre-existed all.
Chronos : the god of time. Not to be confused with Aion god of eternity or Cronus the Titan that we will meet later. Erebus : the god of darkness and shadow. He symbolizes the silence and the depth of the night together with his sister, the goddess Nyx. He is usually represented as a winged, dark and huge being, a duo with Nyx.
Eros : the god of love and procreation. Not to be confused with Eros, the winged god of desire that we will meet later. Gaia : the goddess of the earth Mother Earth. She is the mother of all - the primeval mother. At a cosmogenic level, she symbolizes the material side of the Universe whereas Chaos symbolizes the space of the Universe. Eros symbolizes the driving force that unites everything, giving birth to the rest. Hemera : the goddess of day.
Hypnos : the god of sleep and father of Morpheus. Nemesis : the goddess of retribution. Nesoi : the goddesses of islands. Nyx : the goddess of night. She was a sovereign, primordial and cosmogenic entity, respected and feared by most gods. She is the sister of Erebus, the god of darkness and shadow. Ourea : the gods of mountains.
Pontus : the god of the sea and father of the sea creatures. Tartarus : the god of the darkest and deepest part of the Underworld - the original god of the Underworld. The Underworld was the place where the wicked are imprisoned and tortured eternally after their death. Thalassa : the goddess of the sea and consort of god Pontus. Thanatos : the god of death. He is the twin brother of Hypnos god of sleep and lives in the dark Tartarus. Uranus : the god of the heavens. He soon became ruler of the world and father of the Titans.
How did the Titans become rulers of the world The first Titans were twelve; six male and six female. Cronus : the Titan god of the harvest. Cronus, although the youngest of the first twelve Titans, became the ruler of the world after overthrowing his father, Uranus. He then married his older sister, Rhea. Rhea : the Titan goddess of fertility and generation.
Oceanus : the Titan god of the oceans. He was the eldest son of Uranus and Gaia. His dominion extended in every corner of the Earth and all parts of the horizon. Oceanus was the personification of water and he paired with his sister, the Titaness Tethys.
Tethys : the Titan goddess of the rivers and fresh water. She was the wife of Oceanus and the mother of more than River gods rivers personified by the Ancient Greeks , the Oceanids nymphs of springs, streams and fountains and the Nephelai nymphs of clouds. Hyperion : the Titan god of light.
His dazzling light shone in all directions. He symbolized eternal splendor. He fell in love with his sister, the Titan goddess Theia. Theia : the Titan goddess of the aether. Iapetus : the Titan god of mortal life. He was symbolizing mortality and the mortal life-span. He fathered the Titans Atlas who was responsible for bearing the weight of the heavens on his shoulders , Prometheus who gifted fire to men and Epimetheus who married Pandora, the first mortal woman.
Iapetus was also considered the personification of one of the four pillars that hold the heavens and the earth apart. He represented the pillar of the west, the other three being represented by his brothers Crius, Coeus and Hyperion. The four brothers actively played a role in the dethroning of their father Uranus; as they were all in the four corners of the earth, they held Uranus firmly in place while their brother Cronus castrated him with a sickle.
Crius : the Titan god of constellations. Coeus : the Titan god of intellect. He was also considered the embodiment of the celestial axis around which the heavens revolve. He married his sister, Phoebe. Phoebe : the Titan goddess of prophecy and oracular intellect. Phoebe bore the Titan Coeus two children, Leto and Asteria.
Given that Phoebe symbolized prophetic wisdom just as Coeus represented rational intelligence, the couple may have possibly functioned together as the primal font of all knowledge in the cosmos. Themis : the Titan goddess of divine law and order. She also had the ability to predict the future and thus, she later became one of the Oracles in Delphi. Mnemosyne : the Titan goddess of memory. Mnemosyne was generally regarded as the personification of memory and remembrance.
Later, Zeus slept with Mnemosyne for nine consecutive days, eventually leading to the birth of the nine Muses. In Hesiod's Theogony, the kings and poets were inspired by Mnemosyne and the Muses, thus getting their extraordinary abilities in speech and using powerful words. All the ancient writers appeal to the Muses at the beginning of their work.
Homer asks the Muses both in the Iliad and Odyssey to help him tell the story in the most proper way, and even until today the Muses are symbols of inspiration and artistic creation. Other articles you may like It only takes a minute to sign up.
Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. If there was a diagram with every god in it, that would be cool, but I doubt you can find that, so a number will do I guess. Theoi has a nice family tree-. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Ask Question. She was Zeus's wife and sister; many myths tell of how she sought revenge when Zeus betrayed her with his lovers. Her symbols include the peacock and the cow. See also: A Heavenly Marriage? Hera and Zeus. Poseidon was god of the sea. He was the most powerful god except for his brother, Zeus. He lived in a beautiful palace under the sea and caused earthquakes when he was in a temper.
His symbols include the horse and the trident a three-pronged pitchfork. The sea god features prominently in stories about the Trojan War, due to a grudge he bore against the former king Laomedon of Troy. He is the father of Polyphemus, the cyclops in the Odyssey, and of the demigod Triton. Hades was the god of the underworld and king of the dead. His name is often used interchangeably as that of the Greek underworld.
He was the brother of Zeus and the husband of Persephone , Demeter 's daughter, whom he kidnapped. Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty, and the protector of sailors.
She may have been the daughter of Zeus and the Titan Dione, or she may have risen from the sea on a shell. Her symbols include the myrtle tree and the dove.
See also: Aphrodite. Apollo was the god of music and healing. He was also an archer, and hunted with a silver bow. Apollo was the son of Zeus and the Titan Leto , and the twin of Artemis. His symbols include the laurel tree, the crow, and the dolphin. Apollo is famously the patron of the oracle at Delphi. See also: Night of the Hunters: Artemis and Apollo. Ares was the god of war. He was both cruel and a coward. Ares was the son of Zeus and Hera, but neither of his parents liked him.
His symbols include the vulture and the dog, and he often carried a bloody spear. See also: Hephaestus and Ares. Artemis was the goddess of the hunt and the protector of women in childbirth.
She hunted with silver arrows and loved all wild animals. Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. Her symbols include the cypress tree and the deer. Athena was the goddess of wisdom. She was also skilled in the art of war, and helped heroes such as Odysseus and Hercules. Athena sprang full-grown from the forehead of Zeus, and became his favorite child.
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