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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
the first Greek soldier to die at Troy Protogeneia: Πρωτογένεια the name of several mythological figures Prothoenor: Προθοήνωρ one of the Greek leaders in the Trojan War Psophis: Ψῶφις the name of several mythological figures Pterelaos: Πτερέλαος the name of several mythological figures Ptous: Πτῶος
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
Some myths attempted to explain the origins of certain cult practices, [26] while others may have arisen from rituals; [27] myths known throughout Greece can also have differing local versions. [28] Artistic representations allow us to understand how deities were depicted over time from the early archaic period , and works such as vase ...
Ogma, a figure from Irish and Scottish mythology, said to have invented the Ogham alphabet [7] Ceridwen, a figure from Welsh mythology, said to be the keeper of the cauldron of knowledge, mother of transformation and the white lady of inspiration and death.
Proto-Uralic mythology. Komi mythology; Finnic mythology. Estonian mythology; Finnish mythology; Mari mythology; Sami mythology; Germanic mythology. Anglo-Saxon mythology; Continental Germanic mythology; English mythology; Frankish mythology; Norse mythology; Swiss folklore; Scottish mythology; Welsh mythology; Irish mythology. Northern/modern ...
Greek mythology has changed over time to accommodate the evolution of their culture, of which mythology, both overtly and in its unspoken assumptions, is an index of the changes. In Greek mythology's surviving literary forms, as found mostly at the end of the progressive changes, it is inherently political, as Gilbert Cuthbertson (1975) has argued.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 February 2025. This is a list of notable offspring of a deity with a mortal, in mythology and modern fiction. Such entities are sometimes referred to as demigods, although the term "demigod" can also refer to a minor deity, or great mortal hero with god-like valour and skills, who sometimes attains ...