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In Roman mythology, Flora was a Sabine-derived goddess of flowers [1] and of the season of spring [2] Jarylo ( Cyrillic : Ярило or Ярила; Polish : Jaryło ; Croatian : Jura or Juraj ; Serbian : Jarilo ; Slavic : Jarovit ), alternatively Yarylo , Iarilo , or Gerovit , is a Slavic god of vegetation , fertility and springtime .
In Greek mythology, Chione (/ k aɪ ˈ oʊ n iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Χιόνη Khione from χιών chiōn, "snow") [2] was the daughter of Boreas, the god of the north wind, and Orithyia a daughter of Erechtheus, king of Athens. Chione was the sister of Cleopatra (wife of Phineus, king of Thrace) and the Argonauts, Calaïs and Zetes. [3]
In Greek mythology, Chione or Khionê (/ k aɪ ˈ oʊ n iː /; [1] Ancient Greek: Χιόνη, romanized: Khiónē, from χιών, khiṓn, 'snow') may refer to the following women: Chione, daughter of Boreas and mother of Eumolpus by Poseidon. [2] Chione, daughter of Daedalion, and mother of Philammon and Autolycus by Apollo and Hermes ...
Boreas, like the rest of the wind gods, was said to be the son of Eos, the goddess of the dawn, by her husband Astraeus, a minor star-god. [4] He is thus brother to the rest of the Anemoi (the wind gods), the five star-gods and the justice goddess Astraea. Boreas was closely associated with horses, storms, and winter.
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Ice and snow deities (10 P) Pages in category "Winter deities" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Morana (goddess) S. Skaði; T. Tengliu; U.
The Old Norse theonym Ullr derives from a Proto-Germanic (PGmc) form reconstructed as *Wulþuz ('Glory'), which is attested in the compound owlþu-þewaz (ᛟᚹᛚᚦᚢᚦᛖᚹᚨᛉ), meaning either 'servant of Owlþuz' (if interpreted as a theonym), or 'who has glorious servants' (if interpreted as an adjective), found on the Thorsberg chape (3rd c. AD).
The creation of this god appeared in the Aztec myth of creation. Tonatiuh, the sun god, demanded obedience and sacrifice from the other gods before he will move. Enraged at his arrogance, the god of dawn and the planet Venus, Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, shoots an arrow at the sun. However, the dart misses its mark and the sun throws his own back at ...