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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai (/ ˈ m ɔɪ r aɪ,-r iː /)—often known in English as the Fates—were the personifications of destiny. They were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter), and Atropos (the inevitable, a metaphor for death). Their Roman equivalent is the Parcae. [1]
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Personifications of abstract concepts appeared frequently in Greek art and poetry, [36] though many were also venerated in cult, with some being worshipped as early as the 6th century BC. [37] Groups or societies of deities could be purely mythological in importance, such as the Titans , or they could be the subject of significant worship, such ...
Persephone, Greek Goddess of Spring. Her festival or the day she returns to her mother Demeter from the Underworld is on 3rd of April. Many fertility deities are also associated with spring; In Roman mythology, Flora was a Sabine-derived goddess of flowers [1] and of the season of spring [2]
In Greek mythology, Aergia (/ eɪ ˈ ɜːr dʒ ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἀεργία, 'inactivity') [1] is the personification of sloth, idleness, indolence and laziness.She is the translation of the Latin Socordia, or Ignavia: the name was translated into Greek because Hyginus mentioned her being based on a Greek source, and thus she can be considered as both a Greek and Roman goddess.
In Greek mythology, Hedylogos (Ancient Greek: Ἡδυλόγος, romanized: Hēdylógos, lit. 'sweet-voiced, flattering') is the god and personification of sweet-talk and flattery. He was part of Aphrodite 's procession, and one of the seven Erotes , a group of winged love deities, along with Eros , Anteros , Hermaphroditus , Himeros , Hymen ...
In Greek mythology, the Phonoi (Ancient Greek: Φόνοι, lit. 'Murders, Slaughterings', from the plural of φόνος) [1] are collectively the personification of murder. In Hesiod's Theogony, the Phonoi are listed among the children of Eris (Strife). [2]