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Aphrodite
- Goddess of love
- marriage, lust, venal love, essence of feminine beauty
- Daughter of Zeus
- Roman-Venus
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Apollo
- sun-god, god of light, cultivated/protected crops, divination and prophecy, music, archer
- Son of Zeus and Leto
- Roman-Apollo
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Ares
- god of war, blind, brutal courage, bloody rage/carnage
- Son of Zeus and Hera
- Roman-Mars
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Artemis
- agriculture, chase, forest, moonlight, archer
- Apollo's twin sister
- Daughter of Zeus and Leto
- Roman-Diana
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Athena
- warrior goddess, arts of peace, prudent intelligence
- born fully armed, from skull of Zeus
- Roman-Minerva
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Charybdis
- whirlpool that swallowed ships
- dwelt in Sicillian sea with Sirens
- Daughter of Poseidon and earth
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Scylla
- once a beautiful woman->monster with 6 ugly heads
- dwelt in Sicilian sea with Sirens
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Cronus
- Son of titans, married his sister Rhea
- 3 daughters (Hestia, Demeter, Hera)
- 3 sons (Poseidon, Hades, Zeus)
- Roman-Saturn
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Demeter
- goddess of earth and underworld, motherhood/fertile, cultivated soil, earth mother
- Daughter of Cronus and Rhea
- Roman-Ceres
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Dionysus
- god of wine and pleasure
- Son of Zeus
- Roman-Bacchus
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Eros
- youngest god, winged child, gracious and rebellious, armed with bow/arrows->fall in love
- Son of Aphrodite
- Roman-Cupid
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Hades
- god of underworld, invisible, buried treasure, agricultural wealth.
- Son of Cronus/Rhea, brother Zeus
- Roman-Pluto
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Helen
woman whose beauty launched 1k ships and began the Trojan war, wife to Menelaus, carried off by love struck Paris
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Hera
- Zeus's wife, feminine existence, marriage, maternity, idealized wife
- Roman-Juno
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Heracles
- not a god but a hero, physical strength, founder of Olympic Games, 12 superhuman labors
- Son of Zeus and mortal woman
- Roman-Hercules
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Hermes
- god of travelers, conducts souls of dead to underworld, commerce and profit, tireless runner, messenger of Zeus
- Son of Zeus and Maia
- Roman-Mercury
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The Muses
- Apollo's habitual companions, goddesses of memory, poetic inspiration
- Clio-history, Euterpe-flute, Thalia-comedy, Melpomene-tragedy, Terpsichore-lyric poetry and dance, Erato-love poetry, Polyhymnia-mimic art, Urania-astronomy, Calliope-epic poetry and eloquence
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Oedipus
- son of King of Thebes, killed his father and married his mom->blindness
- answered riddle of the Sphinx
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Orion
- beautiful giant, hunter, has a dog (Sirius), lives in the sky, constellation
- son of mother eye
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Orpheus
Son of Apollo, played lyre, voyage of Argonauts to find the Golden Fleece
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Pan
- Son of Hermes, not a satyr but half-goat
- shepherd god of woods and pastures, protector of shepherds and flocks
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Pandora
first woman, unleashed terrible afflictions that spread over the earthc
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Persephone
- daughter of Demeter, wife of Hades
- seasons of year, myths of regeneration
- Roman-Proserpina
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Perseus
son of mortal woman and Zeus, not a god but a hero, killed Medusa and killed a sea monster to save Andromeda (princess)
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Poseidon
- god of sea, water, vegetation, fecundity
- son of Cronus
- Roman-Neptune
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Prometheus
created humans from earth and water, titan but allowed to live on Olympus
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Satyrs
Dionysus, elementary spirits of the forests and mountains, Half man/goat, sensual and lascivious
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Sirens
sea monsters with birds bodies and women's heads, sang sweetly to lure travelers then killed them
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Theseus
- not a god but a hero, destroyed the Minotaur on Crete
- son of a mortal woman/man and Poseidon
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Titan
first divine race, ancestors of humans, invention of arts and magic
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Tritons
- strange sea creatures, half men/fish, scales/sharp teeth/claws/fins/forked tails
- Hedonistic and lascivious
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Zeus
- supreme god, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, ruled according to fate and own will
- lived on Mt. Olympus
- Roman-Jupiter
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Balder
- Son of Odin and Frigg
- beautiful, wisest and favorite of gods
- Norse
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Freja
Frey's sister, lived in Folkvang, commander of Valkyries
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Frey
- Njord's son
- peaceful, benevolent, mighty. A Vanir. Lived among the Aesir.
- powerful horse, sword, and golden boar
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Frigg
Aesir. Odin's wife. most revered of goddesses. Friday derived from her name. Posessed great wisdom and foresight. aka Frija
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Gerda
Frey's wife. daughter of a giant
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Heimdall
god of light. ambiguous beginnings of things. Guardian of all the gods.
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Idun
goddess who owned magic apples. gave gods/goddesses eternal youth/immortality
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Jord
earth goddess. Thor's mother
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Kvasir
mingled saliva of 2 races of gods Aesir and Vanir. Surpassed all men in wisdom. Blood mixed with honey->drink->Sage and poet
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Loki
superior demon. handsome and attentive to goddesses. Thor's blood brother. mischievious
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Magni and Modi
Thor's sons. Magni=strength Modi=anger
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Mimir
water demon. Odin's uncle, wise counselor, lived by Yggdrasil (world tree) ash tree in a fountain were all wisdom and knowledge were hidden
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Njord
- a Vanir. peaceful, benevolent, mighty. Greatest of the Vanir.
- provided fields and pastures with sun and rain. god of harvest, game, riches, commerce, and navigation. Guarantor of oaths
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Odin
- Aesir. principal god of Teutonic peoples. Wednesday derived from him= frenzy and fury.
- decided human's fates, handsome and eloquent, magician, god of spiritual life. warlike, but didn't fight, lived in Valhalla
- aka Woden
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Sigmund
hero not a god. mortal descendant of Odin. pulled sword out of tree trunk
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Sigurd
- Sigmund's son, inheritor of his sword
- aka Siegfried
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Skadi
- Njord's wife
- Daughter of a giant
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Thor
- Aesir, god of thunder and war, Thursday comes from him, greatly feared
- chariot wheels=thunder and thunderbolts= fiery weapons
- rude, simple, noble, represented with a hammer
- aka Donan
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Tiw
- sky god, governs battles. spear=sign of judical power, Tuesday derived from him
- aka Tyr
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Valkyries
supernatural women who lived in valhalla. guards/servants to gods, domestic/marital duties
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