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The following is a family tree of gods, goddesses, and other divine and semi-divine figures from Ancient Greek mythology and Ancient Greek religion. Chaos
God of forethought and crafty counsel, and creator of mankind. Σελήνη (Selḗnē) Selene: Goddess of the Moon. Στύξ (Stýx) Styx: Goddess of the Underworld river Styx and personification of hatred. Συκεύς (Sykeús) Syceus: God whom Gaia turned into a fig tree to help him escape from Zeus. Τιτὰν (Titan) Titan
Pyrrgus was a mortal man who tried to force the goddess Rhea, so she turned him into stone instead. Serpents: The gods A serpent in Aulis where the entire Greek fleet had gathered devoured nine sparrows and was then turned into stone; Calchas interpreted this to mean that the war against Troy would last ten years. [35]
In Greek mythology, Cinyras (/ ˈ s ɪ n ɪ r ə s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Κινύρας – Kinyras) was a famous hero and king of Cyprus. Accounts vary significantly as to his genealogy and provide a variety of stories concerning him; in many sources he is associated with the cult of Aphrodite on Cyprus, and Adonis , a consort of Aphrodite, is ...
In Greek mythology, the primordial deities are the first generation of gods and goddesses.These deities represented the fundamental forces and physical foundations of the world and were generally not actively worshipped, as they, for the most part, were not given human characteristics; they were instead personifications of places or abstract concepts.
Family tree of the Babylonian gods; E. Template:Eurybia and Crius ... Family tree of the Greek gods; J. Family tree of Japanese deities; K. Kuru family tree; M ...
Fragment of a Hellenistic relief (1st century BC–1st century AD) depicting the twelve Olympians carrying their attributes in procession; from left to right: Hestia (scepter), Hermes (winged cap and staff), Aphrodite (veiled), Ares (helmet and spear), Demeter (scepter and wheat sheaf), Hephaestus (staff), Hera (scepter), Poseidon (trident), Athena (owl and helmet), Zeus (thunderbolt and staff ...
Daphne (/ ˈ d æ f n i /; DAFF-nee; Greek: Δάφνη, Dáphnē, lit. ' laurel '), [1] a figure in Greek mythology, is a naiad, a variety of female nymph associated with fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of freshwater.