Gods + associations

Aphrodite/Venus

• Love

• Beauty

• Pleasure

• Passion

• Sex

• Fertility

• Procreation

• Doves + swans +Apples + Roses + Seashells

Apollo

• Sun

• Light

• Music

• Poetry

• Prophecy

• Healing

• Archery

• Lyre + Bow and arrow + swan + Caduceus

Ares/Mars

• War

• Violence

• Spirit of battle

• Snakes + vultures + Woodpeckers + spears and shields

Artemis/Diana

• The hunt

• Wilderness

• Wild animals

• the Moon

• Bow and arrow + Quiver + Deer + Moon

Athena/Minerva

• Wisdom

• Strategic warfare

• Handicrafts

• Civilisation

• Owls + Olive trees + Spiders + Aegis

Demeter/Ceres

• Harvest

• Fertility

• The earth

• Grain + Fruit + Flowers

Hades/Pluto

• The Underworld

• Precious metals

• The dead

• Wealth

• Helm of darkness + Cornucopia + Mint + Screech owl

Hephaestus/Vulcan

• Blacksmithing

• Fire

• Craftsmanship

• Volcanoes

• Anvil + Hammer + Tongs + Donkeys

Hermes/Mercury

• Travel and roads

• Commerce

• theft

• Messengers

Kronos/Saturn

A very ancient god, the father of many of the others. Cronus or Kronos is known for having swallowed his children, until his youngest child, Zeus, forced him to regurgitate. The Roman version is far more benign. The Saturnalia festival celebrates his pleasant rule. This god is sometimes conflated with Chronos (time).

Persephone/Prosperina

Goddess of the Underworld

Goddess of Spring

Goddess of Vegetation

the pomegranate, the narcissus flower, the underworld, and the concept of spring growth and fertility

Poseidon/Neptune

• sea

• earthquakes

• horse

• trident, fish, horse, bull

Hestia/Vesta

• hearth

• family

• home

• hearth, pig, donkey, fire

Zeus/Jupiter

• king of the gods

• sky

• weather

• Xenia

• kings

• eagle, thunderbolt

Erinyes/Furiae (furies)

The Furies were three sisters who, at the behest of the gods, sought vengeance for wrongs.

Eris/Discordia

The goddess of discord, who caused trouble, especially if you were foolish enough to ignore her.

Eros/Cupid

The god of love and desire.

bow + arrow

Moirae/Parcae (fates)

The goddesses of fate.

Charites/Gratiae

The goddesses of charm and beauty.

Helios/Sol

The sun, titan and great-uncle or cousin of Apollo and Artemis.

Pan/Faunus

Pan was the goat-footed shepherd, the bringer of music, and the god of pastures and woods.

Selene/Luna

The moon, titan and great-aunt or cousin of Apollo and Artemis.

Tyche/Fortuna

The goddess of chance and good fortune.

Iapetus

• titan

• Father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimtheus, Menoetius

• Lord of the west

• mortality

Rhea

• titaness

• motherhood, female fertility, childbirth, generation

Themis

• Titaness

• justice, divine order, law

Oceanus

• Titan

• Father of river gods

• All natural sources of water

Mnemosyne

• Titaness

• Mother of the muses

• Memory, writing, records

• connected to the river Lethe

Asteria

• Titaness

• Mother of Hecate

• Falling stars, nocturnal oracles, divination of dreams

Atlas

• Titan

• father of Calypso

• Fought in the Titano

Astraeus

• Titan

• Stars, dusk

• husband to Eos

Aura

• Minor wind goddess

Clymene

• daughter of Oceanus and Tethys

• Oceanid, married to Iapetus

• Mother of Phaeton

Eos

• Goddess of dawn

• Daughter of Hyperion, sister to Helios and Selene

Epimetheus

• “afterthought” brother of Prometheus

• Accepted Pandoras box as a gift

Hecate

• Witchcraft, Magic, the night, crossroads, necromancy

• toches, keys , snakes, dogs

Prometheus

• Intelligence and foresight

• Stole fire to give to humanity

• As punishment, Zeus had him chained to a rock where an eagle ate his liver daily, which would regenerate overnight.

• freed by Heracles

Tethys

• Titaness

• Fertility of the sea, wisdom, maternal care mother of 3000 river gods and 3000 Oceanids

Horai/Horae

The goddesses of the seasons.

Achlys

the goddess of the eternal night. The first creature that some say existed even before Chaos himself. According to Hesiod

Αether

the god of light. The spark of life for every creature. Etymologically

Αion

the god of eternity. He was a ghostly primordial deity who personified the meaning of time (sometimes he is confused with god Chronos). In Greek Aion means “century”. Although incorporeal

Ananke

the goddess of inevitability

Chaos

the god of the void. He was the beginning of all life. According to most versions of Greek myths

Erebus

the god of darkness and shadow. He symbolizes the silence and the depth of the night together with his sister

Gaia

the goddess of the earth (Mother Earth). She is the mother of all - the primeval mother. At a cosmogenic level

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

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.

Ouranus

the god of the heavens. He soon became ruler of the world and father of the Titans.