Greek Mythology

List of Greek Gods And Goddesses

LIST OF GREEK GODS AND GODDESSES

— A complete list of the major and minor deities of Greek mythology
• ACHELOIS - One of the moon goddesses.
• ACHELOUS - The patron god of the Achelous river.
• AEOLUS - (a.k.a. Aeolos, Aiolos, Aiolus, Eolus) God of air and the winds.
• AETHER - (a.k.a. Aither, Akmon, Ether) God of light and the atmosphere.
• ALASTOR - God of family feuds.
• ALCYONE - One of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione.
• ALECTRONA - Early Greek goddess of the sun.
• AMPHITRITE - (a.k.a. Salacia) The wife of Poseidon and a Nereid.
• ANTHEIA - Goddess of gardens, flowers, swamps, and marshes.
• APHAEA - (a.k.a. Aphaia) A Greek goddess who was worshipped exclusively at a single sanctuary on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf.
• APHRODITE - (a.k.a. Anadyomene, Turan, Venus) Goddess of love and beauty.
• APOLLO - (a.k.a. Apollon, Apulu, Phoebus) God of the sun, music, healing, and herding.
• ARES - (a.k.a. Enyalius, Mars, Aries) God of chaotic war.
• ARISTAEUS - (a.k.a. Aristaios) Patron god of animal husbandry, bee-keeping, and fruit trees.
• ARTEMIS - (a.k.a. Agrotora, Amarynthia, Cynthia, Kourotrophos, Locheia, Orthia, Phoebe, Potnia Theron) Goddess of the moon, hunting, and nursing.
• ASCLEPIUS - (a.k.a. Aesculapius, Asklepios) God of health and medicine.
• ASTRAEA - The Star Maiden - a goddess of justice, included in Virgo and Libra mythologies.
• ATÉ - Goddess of mischief.
• ATHENA - (a.k.a. Asana, Athene, Minerva, Menerva) Goddess of wisdom, poetry, art, and the strategic side of war.
• ATLAS - The Primordial Titan who carried the weight of the heavens on his back.
• ATROPOS - (a.k.a. Aisa, Morta) One of The Fates - She cut the thread of life and chose the manner of a persons death.
• ATTIS - The (minor) god of rebirth.
• BIA - The goddess of force.
• BOREAS - (a.k.a. Aquilo, Aquilon) The North Wind. One of the Anemoi (wind gods).
• BRIZO - Protector of Mariners.
• CAERUS - (a.k.a. Kairos, Occasio, Tempus) The (minor) god of luck and opportunity.
• CALLIOPE - One of the Muses. Represented epic poetry.
• CALYPSO - (a.k.a. Kalypso) The sea nymph who held Odysseus prisoner for seven years.
• CASTOR - (a.k.a. Castore, Kastor) One of the twins who represent Gemini.
• CELAENO - The name of a wife of Poseidon.
• CERUS - The wild bull tamed by Persephone, made into the Taurus constellation.
• CETO - (a.k.a. Keto) a sea monster goddess who was also the mother of other sea monsters.
• CHAOS - (a.k.a. Khaos) The nothingness that all else sprung from.
• CHARON - (a.k.a. Charun) The Ferryman of Hades. He had to be paid to help one cross the river Styx.
• CHRONOS - (a.k.a. Chronus, Khronos) God of time.
• CIRCE - (a.k.a. Kirke) A goddess who transformed her enemies into beasts.
• CLIO - One of the Muses. She represented History.
• CLOTHO - (a.k.a. Nona) One of the Fates - Spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle.
• CRIOS - The crab who protected the sea nymphs, made into the Cancer constellation.
• CRONUS - (a.k.a. Cronos, Kronos, Saturn) God of agriculture, father of the Titans.
• CYBELE - (a.k.a. Agdistis, Magna Mater, Meter, Meter Oreie) Goddess of caverns, mountains, nature and wild animals.
• DEMETER - (a.k.a. Ceres, Demetra, Tvath) Goddess of the harvest.
• DINLAS - Guardian of the ancient city of Lamark, where wounded heroes could heal after battle.
• DIONYSUS - (a.k.a. Bacchus, Dionysos, Liber) God of wine and pleasure.
• DORIS - A Sea Nymph, mother of the Nereids.
• EILEITHYIA - (a.k.a. Eileithyiai, Eilithia, Eilythia, Eleuthia, Ilithia, Ilithyia, Lucina) Goddess of childbirth.
• EIREISONE - The deity who embodied the sacred ceremonial olive branch.
• ELECTRA - (a.k.a. Atlantis) One of the seven Pleiades.
• ELPIS - (a.k.a. Spes) The spirit of Hope.
• ENYO - (a.k.a. Bellona) A (minor) goddess of war, connected to Eris.
• EOS - (a.k.a. Aurora, Eosphorus, Mater Matuta, Thesan) Goddess of the Dawn.
• ERATO - One of the Muses - represents Lyrics/Love Poetry.
• EREBUS - (a.k.a. Erebos) God of darkness.
• ERIS - (a.k.a. Discordia) Goddess of strife, connected to Enyo.
• EROS - (a.k.a. Amor, Cupid, Eleutherios) God of love, procreation and sexual desire.
• EURUS - (a.k.a. Euros, Vulturnus) The East Wind - One of the Anemoi (wind gods).
• EUTERPE - One of the Muses - represents Music/Lyrics/Poetry.
• GAIA - (a.k.a. Celu, Gaea, Terra) Goddess of the Earth, also known as Mother Earth.
• GLAUCUS - (a.k.a. Glacus, Glaukos) A fisherman turned immortal, turned Argonaut, turned a god of the sea.
• HADES - (a.k.a. Aita, Dis Pater, Haidou, Orcus, Plouton, Pluto) God of the Dead, King of the Underworld.
• HARMONIA - (a.k.a. Concordia) Goddess of Harmony and Concord.
• HEBE - (a.k.a. Juventas) Goddess of youth.
• HECATE - (a.k.a. Hekat, Hekate, Trivia) Goddess of magic, witchcraft, ghosts, and the undead.
• HELIOS - (a.k.a. Sol) God of the Sun.
• HEMERA - (a.k.a. Amar, Dies, Hemere) Goddess of daylight.
• HEPHAESTUS - (a.k.a. Hephaistos, Vulcan, Sethlans, Mulciber) God of fire and blacksmithing who created weapons for the gods.
• HERA - (a.k.a. Juno, Uni) Goddess of goddesses, women, and marriage and wife of Zeus.
• HERACLES - (a.k.a. Herakles, Hercules, Hercle) An immortal hero of many Greek legends, the strongest man on Earth.
• HERMES - (a.k.a. Pyschopompus, Mercury, Turms) God of commerce and travel, and messenger of the gods.
• HESPERUS - (a.k.a. Hesperos, Vesper) The Evening Star.
• HESTIA - (a.k.a. Vesta) Greek goddess of the home and fertility. One of the Hesperides.
• HYGEA - (a.k.a. Hygieia, Salus) Goddess of cleanliness and hygeine.
• HYMENAIOS - (a.k.a. Hymenaeus, Hymen) God of weddings.
• HYPNOS - (a.k.a. Somnus) God of sleep.
• IRIS - Goddess of rainbows.
• KHIONE - The goddess of snow and daughter of the North Wind (Boreas).
• KOTYS - (a.k.a. Cotys, Cottyto, Cottytus) A Dionysian goddess whose celebrations were wild and liscivious.
• KRATOS - A god of strength and power.
• LACHESES - (a.k.a. Decima) One of the Fates. Measured the thread of life with her rod.
• MAIA - (a.k.a. Mya, Fauna, Maia Maiestas, Bono Dea) One of the seven Pleiades, Goddess of fields.
• MANIA - (a.k.a. Mania, Manea) Goddess of insanity and the dead.
• MELPOMENE - One of the Muses - represented Tragedy.
• MEROPE - One of the seven Pleiades, married to king Sisyphos.
• METIS - Titan goddess of wisdom.
• MOMUS - (a.k.a. Momos) God of satire, writers, and poets.
• MORPHEUS - God of dreams and sleep.
• NEMESIS - (a.k.a. Rhamnousia, Invidia) Goddess of retribution (vengeance).
• NEREUS - (a.k.a. Phorcys, Phorkys) Titan God who Fathered the Nereids. God of the Sea before Poseidon.
• NIKE - (a.k.a. Victoria, Nice) Goddess of victory.
• NOTUS - (a.k.a. Auster) The South Wind. One of the Anemoi (wind gods).
• NYX - (a.k.a. Nox) Goddess of night.
• OCEANUS - Titan god of the ocean.
• PALLAS - A giant who was one of the ancient Titan gods of war.
• PAN - (a.k.a. Faunus, Inuus) God of woods, fields, and flocks. Also a Satyr.
• PEITHA - (a.k.a. Peitho, Suadela) Goddess of persuasion.
• PERSEPHONE - (a.k.a. Persephassa, Persipina, Persipnei, Persephatta, Proserpina, Kore, Kora, Libera) Goddess of the Spring who lives off-season in the Underworld.
• PHEME - (a.k.a. Fama) Goddess of fame and gossip.
• PHOSPHORUS - (a.k.a. Phosphor, Lucifer) The Morning Star.
• PLUTUS - God of wealth.
• POLLUX - (a.k.a. Polydeuces) One of the twins who represent Gemini.
• POLYHYMNIA - One of the Muses - represents sacred poetry and geometry.
• PONTUS - (a.k.a. Pontos) Ancient god of the deep sea.
• POSEIDON - (a.k.a. Neptune, Nethuns, Neptunus) God of the sea and earthquakes.
• PRIAPUS - (a.k.a. Priapus, Mutinus, Mutunus) A (minor) god of gardens and fertility, best known for having an enormous penis.
• PRICUS - The immortal father of sea-goats, made into the Capricorn constellation.
• PROTEUS - An early sea god before Poseidon.
• RHEA - (a.k.a. Cybele) Goddess of nature.
• SELENE - (a.k.a. Luna) Goddess of the Moon and the 'mother' of vampires.
• STEROPE - (a.k.a. Asterope) One of the seven Pleiades, who bore a child of Ares.
• STYX - A Naiad who was the first to aid Zeus in the Titan war. (Not to be confused with the river Styx)
• TARTARUS - (a.k.a. Tartaros, Tartarizo) God of the depths of the Underworld - a great storm pit - and the father of Typhon.
• TAYGETE - (a.k.a. Taygeti, Taigeti) One of the seven Pleiades, a mountain nymph.
• TERPSICHORE - One of the Muses - represented Dancing.
• THALIA - One of the Muses - represented Comedy.
• THANATOS - (a.k.a. Mors) God of death.
• THEMIS - Ancient goddess of divine order, law, and custom.
• THETIS - Leader of the Nereids, a shapeshifter, and a prophet.
• TRITON - Trumpeter of the sea and messenger of the deep.
• TYCHE - (a.k.a. Fortuna, Nortia) Goddess of fortune and prosperity.
• TYPHON - (a.k.a. Typhaon, Typhoeus, Typhus) God of monsters, storms, and volcanoes. Challenged Zeus for control of Mount Olympus.
• URANIA - One of the Muses - represented Astronomy and Astrology.
• URANUS - (a.k.a. Ouranos, Caelus) God of the sky and the heavens. Father of the Titans.
• ZELUS - The god of zeal, rivalry, and jealousy.
• ZEPHYRUS - (a.k.a. Zephyros, Favonius, Zephyr) The West Wind. One of the Anemoi (wind gods).
• ZEUS - (a.k.a. Dias, Jupiter, Tinia, Jove, Jovis Pater) Leader of the Olympic gods, and god of lightning, thunder, and the heaven.