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Gods and Goddess

There are heaps of Gods and Goddesses that help us in our daily life, to help you understand why there are heaps of them I will list them below. Some of these God and Goddesses are not proven just yet but when you as a person have beliefs there is such power in them as such as witchcraft working with spells.

-Greek/Roman Gods

Greek Names/ Roman Names/ Their Roles

Zeus Jupiter King Of Gods

- Zeus was the first of the  and a very imposing figure. Often referred to as the "Father of Gods and men", he is a sky god who controls lightning (often using it as a weapon) and thunder. Zeus is king of Mount Olympus, the home of Greek gods, where he rules the world and imposes his will onto gods and mortals alike.

Hera Juno Goddess Of Marriage

-Hera is the Queen of the  and is the wife and sister of  in the Olympian pantheon. She is known for being the Goddess of Marriage & Birth. Despite being the Goddess of Marriage, she was known to be jealous and vengeful towards the many lovers and offspring of her husband Zeus.

Poseidon Neptune God Of The Sea

-Poseidon was god of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses and is considered one of the most bad-tempered, moody and greedy Olympian gods. He was known to be vengeful when insulted.

Cronus Saturn Youngest son of Uranus, Father of Zeus

-Cronus is possibly the most famous of the  as he was the King and leader of his brothers fighting against Uranus and eventually the . Born of Uranus and , he was the wiliest and youngest of their offspring and perhaps the most powerful. Cronus would gain by power by overthrowing his father and eventually lose it by being beaten by his son .

Aphrodite Venus Goddess of Love

-Aphrodite is the Goddess of Love and Beauty and according to Hesiod's , she was born from the foam in the waters of Paphos, on the island of Cyprus. She supposedly arose from the foam when the Titan Cronus slew his father Uranus and threw his genitals into the sea.

However, according to Homer, in Iliad, Aphrodite may instead be the daughter of and Dione. As with so many Greek deities, there are many stories about the origins of the gods.

Many gods believed that her beauty was such that their rivalry over her would spark a war of the gods. Because of this, Zeus married Aphrodite to  – he wasn't seen as a threat because of his ugliness and deformity.

Hades Pluto God of the Underworld

-Hades was the god of the underworld and the name eventually came to also describe the home of the dead as well. He was the oldest male child of  and Rhea. Hades and his brothers  and  defeated their father and the  to end their reign, claiming rulership over the cosmos. They agreed to split their rule with Zeus becoming god of the skies, Poseidon god of the sea and Hades god of the underworld. He was later known to the Greeks as Plouton, which the  pluralized to Pluto. The god of the underworld was married to , the daughter of , whom he obtained through deception after abducting her to the underworld and giving her the forbidden fruit pomegranate, forcing her to remain in the underworld with him for one third of each year.

Hephaestus Vulcan God of the Forge

-Hephaestus was the god of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges and the art of sculpture. He was the son of  and  and married to  by Zeus to prevent a war of the gods fighting for her hand. He was a smithing god, making all of the weapons for Olympus and acting as a blacksmith for the gods.