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Greek Mythology Lorebook
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Complete guide to Greek primordial gods, Titans, and Olympians
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- #1Primordial goddess of eternal night
Keys: Achlys
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Achlys is the goddess of the eternal night and the first creature that some say existed even before Chaos himself. According to Hesiod, she is the demon of death.
- #2Primordial god of light
Keys: Aether
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Aether is the god of light and the spark of life for every creature. Etymologically, Aether means the highest and purest layer of air.
- #3Primordial god of eternity
Keys: Aion
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Aion is the god of eternity, a ghostly primordial deity who personified the meaning of time (sometimes confused with god Chronos). In Greek, Aion means 'century'. 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 myth, Aion and his companion Ananke wrapped themselves around the cosmic egg and broke it to form the sorted Universe.
- #4Primordial goddess of inevitability
Keys: Ananke
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Ananke is the goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity. She was an inevitable divine force who, with Aion, wrapped around the cosmic egg to form the Universe.
- #5Primordial god of the void
Keys: Chaos
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Chaos is the god of the void and the beginning of all life. According to most versions of Greek myths, Chaos pre-existed all.
- #6Primordial god of time
Keys: Chronos
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Chronos is the god of time. Not to be confused with Aion (god of eternity) or Cronus (the Titan).
- #7Primordial god of darkness
Keys: Erebus
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Erebus is 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.
- #8Primordial god of love
Keys: Eros
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Eros is the primordial god of love and procreation. Not to be confused with Eros, the winged god of desire that appears later in mythology. He symbolizes the driving force that unites everything, giving birth to the rest.
- #9Primordial goddess of earth
Keys: Gaia
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Gaia is 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.
- #10Primordial goddess of day
Keys: Hemera
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Hemera is the goddess of day.
- #11Primordial god of sleep
Keys: Hypnos
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Hypnos is the god of sleep and father of Morpheus.
- #12Primordial goddess of retribution
Keys: Nemesis
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Nemesis is the goddess of retribution.
- #13Primordial goddesses of islands
Keys: Nesoi
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Nesoi are the goddesses of islands.
- #14Primordial goddess of night
Keys: Nyx
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Nyx is 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.
- #15Primordial gods of mountains
Keys: Ourea
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Ourea are the gods of mountains.
- #16Primordial god of the sea
Keys: Pontus
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Pontus is the god of the sea and father of the sea creatures.
- #17Primordial god of the Underworld
Keys: Tartarus
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Tartarus is 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.
- #18Primordial goddess of the sea
Keys: Thalassa
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Thalassa is the goddess of the sea and consort of god Pontus.
- #19Primordial god of death
Keys: Thanatos
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Thanatos is the god of death. He is the twin brother of Hypnos (god of sleep) and lives in the dark Tartarus.
- #20Primordial god of the heavens
Keys: Uranus
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Uranus is the god of the heavens. He soon became ruler of the world and father of the Titans.
- #21Titan god of the harvest
Keys: Cronus
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Cronus is the Titan god of the harvest. Although the youngest of the first twelve Titans, he became the ruler of the world after overthrowing his father, Uranus. He then married his older sister, Rhea.
- #22Titan goddess of fertility
Keys: Rhea
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Rhea is the Titan goddess of fertility and generation. She determines the flow of things and her name literally means 'the one that flows' in Greek.
- #23Titan god of the oceans
Keys: Oceanus
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Oceanus is 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.
- #24Titan goddess of fresh water
Keys: Tethys
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Tethys is the Titan goddess of the rivers and fresh water. She was the wife of Oceanus and the mother of more than 3000 River gods (rivers personified by the Ancient Greeks), the Oceanids (nymphs of springs, streams and fountains) and the Nephelai (nymphs of clouds).
- #25Titan god of light
Keys: Hyperion
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Hyperion is the Titan god of light. His dazzling light shone in all directions. His name means 'the one who goes above the earth' in Greek. He symbolized eternal splendor. He fell in love with his sister, the Titan goddess Theia.
- #26Titan goddess of the aether
Keys: Theia
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Theia is the Titan goddess of the aether. Theia bore the Titan Hyperion three shining children: Helios (the Sun), Eos (the Dawn), and Selene (the Moon).
- #27Titan god of mortal life
Keys: Iapetus
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Iapetus is 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.
- #28Titan god of constellations
Keys: Crius
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Crius is the Titan god of constellations. His name in Greek means 'ram' and it shows his connection with the constellation Aries.
- #29Titan god of intellect
Keys: Coeus
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Coeus is 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.
- #30Titan goddess of prophecy
Keys: Phoebe
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Phoebe is the Titan goddess of prophecy and oracular intellect. Phoebe bore the Titan Coeus two children, Leto and Asteria. The Titaness Leto later copulated with the Olympian god Zeus and bore the Olympians Artemis and Apollo. 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.
- #31Titan goddess of divine law
Keys: Themis
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Themis is 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.
- #32Titan goddess of memory
Keys: Mnemosyne
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Mnemosyne is 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.
- #33Olympian king of gods
Keys: Zeus
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Zeus was recognized as the father of gods and humans. He regulated the celestial phenomena and defined the laws that govern people. He held the lightning bolt with one hand and the scepter with the other, which had an eagle at the top. He was known as the 'Lord of Justice'. People respected and feared him at the same time. He was taking care of the families, keeping vigil in the home of every mortal and protecting strangers and passers-by from evil. Zeus' wife was the goddess Hera, to whom he was not always faithful.
- #34Olympian goddess of agriculture
Keys: Demeter
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Demeter was the Greek goddess of agriculture and protected the trees, plants and grains. She was the first to make the earth fruitful and taught people how to grow wheat, barley and other plants. Demeter is somewhat isolated from the twelve gods in ancient myths because she is an even more ancient goddess herself. According to Greek mythology, Demeter's daughter is Persephone, who was abducted by God Hades and became his wife.
- #35Olympian god of the sea
Keys: Poseidon
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Poseidon was one of the six children of Cronus and Rhea and brother of Zeus. He was allotted the kingdom of the sea but he was also considered the god of horses and earthquakes. This is why he was called 'the earth-shaker'. He rarely lived on Olympus, preferring the depths of the ocean. He was sitting on a famous chariot drawn by immortal horses and holding in his hand the famous trident, forged by the Cyclops.
- #36Olympian god of the Underworld
Keys: Hades
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Hades was the brother of Zeus and Poseidon and the god of the Underworld. He was allotted this kingdom when the three brothers took a draw to decide who will take each of three (heavens, sea and the Underworld). He liked to live in the dark and shadowed world of the dead and was rarely seen on Olympus. He was also known as Pluto. 'Plutos' in Greek means wealth. The Earth is giving us a lot of treasures and since Hades' kingdom is underneath it, the ancient Greeks believed that he was the one delivering the wealth to them.
- #37Olympian goddess of marriage
Keys: Hera
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Goddess Hera was the sister of Zeus, daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea, and at the same time Zeus' wife. Hera symbolized and protected the sacred institution of marriage. She blessed and helped the women in labor. Greek mythology presents Hera as a modest, measured and faithful woman, but at the same time very jealous. Hera had a strong female personality and she was the only one that dared to object to Zeus.
- #38Olympian god of light and music
Keys: Apollo
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Apollo and Artemis were siblings, twins actually, children of Zeus and Leto, a Titan goddess. Apollo is one of the most important and complex Greek gods. He is the god of light, music and poetry, healing and prophecy. He was the one that established the great Oracle of Delphi, which was considered the center of the ancient world. He was the teacher of the nine Muses and when they sang he accompanied them with his famous lyre.
- #39Olympian goddess of hunting
Keys: Artemis
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Artemis, Apollo's twin sister, was the goddess of hunting, wild animals and the wilderness. She spent her time in the woods, accompanied by the Nymphs, hunting, with her bow and arrows. She was a virgin goddess and protector of young girls. She was also worshipped as one of the primary goddesses of childbirth and midwifery, relieving the women in labor from diseases. She was sometimes associated with the goddess of the moon.
- #40Olympian god of war
Keys: Ares
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Ares, the god of war, was the son of the Greek gods Zeus and Hera. He was always followed by two of his faithful sons and followers, the gods Deimos and Phobos. Ares was handsome and strong, young and well-armed. He loved war and battles so he was hated by people and his worship was limited. Only in Sparta he was particularly worshipped and had a statue dedicated to him.
- #41Olympian god of fire and blacksmiths
Keys: Hephaestus
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Hephaestus was the god of fire and blacksmiths. He was born ugly and that is why his mother, the goddess Hera, unable to nourish him, threw him out of Olympus. Since then he has been limping. Hephaestus fell into the sea, where he was picked up by the Nereids and raised by them. Growing up, he became a famous craftsman and set up his workshop on Mount Etna in Sicily. Hephaestus, the god of fire, gave his name to the volcanoes in the Greek language. It was from him that the Titan Prometheus took the fire and gave it to the people.
- #42Olympian god of messengers
Keys: Hermes
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Hermes was the god of wealth, trade, thieves and travelers. He was also known as the Messenger God, being the herald of the Olympians and carrying messages between them. He was the son of Zeus and Maia, daughter of Titan Atlas. He was a clever, inventive and arrogant god. As soon as he was born, Hermes saw a turtle. He took her shell, placed seven strings in it and invented the lyre. Hermes wore winged sandals and held the caduceus, his wand which had two serpents twined around it. He was the one who accompanied the souls of the dead to Hades.
- #43Olympian goddess of wisdom
Keys: Athena
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Athena, according to Greek mythology, was the goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare. Athena was the beloved daughter of Zeus. Her mother was the Titaness Metis, the first wife of Zeus. Later, Zeus began to suffer from headaches and called on Hephaestus to help him. Hephaestus hit the head of Zeus with his hammer and Athena sprang out in full armor. She is always pictured to be armed, never as a child, always a virgin. She won the battle for the patronage of Athens over Poseidon. The Parthenon in Athens is the most famous temple dedicated to her.
- #44Olympian god of wine
Keys: Dionysus
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Although a demi-god, Dionysus managed to win the heart of the gods and his place on Mount Olympus! As a god of wine, viticulture ritual madness and religious ecstasy, he was very beloved among the people and was considered a very important god. He was the son of god Zeus and the mortal Semele. He was the patron god of theater and taught people how to make wine. The Athenians, to honor Dionysus, held a famous celebration, characteristic of his merriment.
- #45Olympian goddess of hearth
Keys: Hestia
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Hestia was the goddess of domestic life, home and hearth, the flame that kept a family's home warm. She was the eldest daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and the eldest sister of Zeus. In the middle of the ancient Greeks' home, there was an altar in her honor. The women of the house had as a responsibility to keep Hestia's flame burning. Goddess Hestia was the first to invent the construction of houses, taught it to people and became the protector of family peace and happiness.
- #46Other goddess of magic
Keys: Hecate
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Hecate is the goddess of magic and necromancy. She was the one that helped the goddess Demeter in search of her daughter. Dogs were closely associated with her. The ancient Greeks believed that when dogs suddenly barked at night, Hecate was passing by.
- #47Other god of winds
Keys: Aeolus
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Aeolus is the god of the winds. He was supervising the eight Wind Gods (each wind direction was personified by ancient Greeks).
- #48Other god of medicine
Keys: Asclepius
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Asclepius is the god of medicine. He was the son of god Apollo who taught him the science of medicine.
- #49Other goddess of discord
Keys: Eris
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Eris is the goddess of jealousy and discord. She was the one that threw the golden apple at the wedding of Thetis and Peleus because they did not invite her. Her action was the starting point that would later lead to the epic Trojan war.
- #50Other god of wilderness
Keys: Pan
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Pan is the god of wild, shepherds and rustic music. He is considered to be one of the oldest Greek gods and was especially beloved among the people.
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