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Overview. Swift Iris, one of the children of the sea gods Thaumas and Electra, was the goddess of the rainbow. Iris was one of the divine messengers of Greek mythology, and was most commonly imagined delivering messages to gods as well as mortals. Over time, the Greeks increasingly came to think of Iris as the loyal servant of Hera, perpetually ...
After Isis escaped from the spinning house, Thoth warned her to evade Set until Horus came of age to challenge him for the throne. Isis, Horus, and seven scorpions (manifestations of the scorpion goddess Serqet) departed immediately. This scepter ornament (663-346 BCE) merges the imagery of Isis with that of the scorpion goddess Serqet.
Eris was the vicious personification of strife, a goddess who delighted in conflict, rivalry, and bloodshed. She was commonly regarded as a daughter of Nyx, “Night” personified, and was a devoted crony (or even sister) of the war god Ares. Though she had no consort, she gave birth on her own to numerous malicious forces, including Ponos ...
As a goddess, Styx can be imagined like most other goddesses: beautiful, dignified, regal. According to Hesiod, She lives apart from the gods in her glorious house vaulted over with great rocks and propped up to heaven all round with silver pillars. But Styx was also a place—one of the rivers of the Underworld, over which the goddess Styx ruled.
Osiris was the first child of the sky goddess Nut and the earth god Geb. His siblings included Horus the Elder, Set, Isis, Nephthys. Osiris had several notable children. He famously fathered Horus the Younger with his sister/wife Isis following his resurrection, and unwittingly sired Anubis with Nephthys.
Brigid, or the Exalted One, was the Irish goddess of spring, fertility, and life. Beloved by poets, she was the master of both healing and smithing. Her holiday, Imbolc, was held on February 1st and marked the midpoint of winter. Many of Ireland’s wells and waterways were devoted to her. As a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Brigid was the ...
The gods deliberate about the redemption of Hector’s body. Jupiter sends Thetis to Achilles, to dispose him for the restoring it, and Iris to Priam, to encourage him to go in person and treat for it. The old king, notwithstanding the remonstrances of his queen, makes ready for the journey, to which he is encouraged by an omen from Jupiter.
Nemesis was a goddess and personified moral agent, the spirit of “retribution.”. She represented the punishments suffered by those who committed injustice, those who violated the established laws, or those guilty of hybris against the gods. But Nemesis could also represent more destructive anger and vengeance.
TO DEMETER. (1–3) I begin to sing of rich-haired Demeter, awful goddess—of her and her trim-ankled daughter whom Aidoneus rapt away, given to him by all-seeing Zeus the loud-thunderer. (4–18) Apart from Demeter, lady of the golden sword and glorious fruits, she was playing with the deep-bosomed daughters of Oceanus and gathering flowers ...
Some Oceanids, like Doris or Dione, lived with their divine consorts; others, like Perse, lived with their mortal consorts; one of the Oceanids, Styx, was revered as an Underworld goddess through the dreaded river to which she gave her name; and so on. Charon Ferrying Souls across the River Styx by Alexander Litovchenko (1861). The Styx, one of ...