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Bronte is mentioned (as Βρονταί, "Thunder") among the figures listed in the proem of the Orphic Hymns, a 2nd- or 3nd-century AD collection of hymns originating from Asia Minor; [7] in spite of this, the collection contains hymns to "Zeus the Thunderbolt" (Zeus Keuranos) and "Zeus of the Lightning" (Zeus Astrapeus) but not "Zeus of the Thunder", with both Thunderbolt and Lightning going ...
God of mortality and father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas. Mnemosyne: Mνημοσύνη (Mnēmosýnē) Goddess of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses. Oceanus: Ὠκεανός (Ōceanós) God of the all-encircling river Oceans around the Earth, the fount of all the Earth's fresh-water. Phoebe: Φοίβη ...
Hu Fengya, God of Thunder of the East; Bing Jiulu, God of Thunder of the South; Rong Yaoling, God of Thunder of the West; Lu Xingmeng, God of Thunder of the North; Sun Zhener, God of Thunder of the Center; Thunder Kings of the Five Regions. Yan Fu, Thunder King of the East; Zhuo Bin, Thunder King of the South; Gao Hui, Thunder King of the West
Zeus (/ zj uː s /, Ancient Greek: Ζεύς) [a] is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach.
Pages in category "Thunder goddesses" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Astrape and Bronte; D.
'divine', also rendered Thea or Thia), also called Euryphaessa (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυφάεσσα, "wide-shining"), is one of the twelve Titans, the children of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus in Greek mythology. She is the Greek goddess of sight and vision, and by extension the goddess who endowed gold, silver, and gems with ...
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 ...
Ceto, goddess of the dangers of the ocean and of sea monsters. Charybdis, a sea monster and spirit of whirlpools and the tide. Cymopoleia, a daughter of Poseidon and goddess of giant storm waves. Doris, goddess of the sea's bounty and wife of Nereus. Dynamene sea nymph and daughter of Nereus, associated with the power and might of ocean waves.