Gods and Goddesses

GREEK DESCRIPTION ROMAN
1 Asclepius God of medicine and healing. Aesculapius
2 Boreas God of the North Wind who lived in Thrace Aquilo
3 Eos The Greek personification of the dawn Aurora
4 Notus The god of the South Wind Auster
5 Dionysus God of wine, agriculture, and fertility of nature Bacchus
6 Enyo A Greek goddess of war and waster of cities Bellona
7 Demeter The Greek earth goddess par excellence, who brings forth the fruits of the earth, particularly the various grains Ceres
8 Eros God of love and sexual desire Cupid (Amor)
9 Lachesis The Disposer, one of the three Moirae Decima
10 Eris Goddess of discord and strife Discordia
11 Pheme Goddess of fame and report, the daughter of Gaia Fama
12 Satyr Satyrs are deities of the woods and mountains Faun
13 Pan God of shepherds and flocks Faunus
14 Zephyrus God of the west wind, believed to live in a cave on Thrace Favonius
15 Chloris Goddess of flowers, and the personification of spring Flora
16 Tyche Goddess, originally of fortune and chance, and then of prosperity Fortuna
17 Charites (Graces) Personifications of charm and beauty in nature and in human life Gratiae
18 Themis Personification of divine right order of things as sanctioned by custom and law Justitia
19 Hebe Goddess of youth, and the daughter of Zeus and Hera Juventas
20 Leto Daughter of the Titans Phoebe and Coeus Latona
21 Selene The moon goddess, is known for her countless love affairs Luna
22 Atropos One of the three Moirae, the Fates, the female deities who supervised fate rather than determine it Morta
23 Ananke Mother of the Moirae or Fates and is the personfication of (unalterable) necessity or the force of destiny Necessitas
24 Clotho Youngest of the three Fates, but one of the oldest goddesses Nona
25 Moirae (Fates) Goddesses who controlled the destiny of everyone from the time they were born to the time they died Parcae
26 Irene Goddess of peace and wealth Pax
27 Persephone Goddess of the underworld in Greek... [continues]

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