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The goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity. Χάος (Kháos) Chaos: The personification of nothingness from which all of existence sprang. Depicted as a void. Initially genderless, later on described as female. Χρόνος (Khrónos) Chronos: The god of empirical time, sometimes equated with Aion.
Greek goddesses (28 C, 188 P) H. Women of Hades (1 C, 3 P) ... Pages in category "Women in Greek mythology" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
4.7 Greek. 4.8 Mari. 4.9 Roman. ... A light deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with light and ... goddess of female stars; Citlalatonac, god of male ...
Cassandra or Kassandra (/ k ə ˈ s æ n d r ə /; [2] Ancient Greek: Κασσάνδρα, pronounced, sometimes referred to as Alexandra; Ἀλεξάνδρα) [3] in Greek mythology was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies but never to be believed. In modern usage her name is employed as a ...
Toggle Greek mythology subsection. 21.1 Cappadocian. 21.2 Cretan. 21.3 Minoan. ... This is a list of goddesses, deities regarded as female or mostly feminine in gender.
The name Psyche means "soul" in Greek [5] and was commonly referred to as such in Roman mythology as well, though the direct translation is Anima (Latin word for "soul"). [6] She was born a mortal woman and eventually granted immortality, with beauty that rivaled even Aphrodite, goddess of love. [7]
The Erinyes (/ ɪ ˈ r ɪ n i. iː z / ih-RI-nee-eez; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἐρινύες, sing.: Ἐρινύς Erinys), [2] also known as the Eumenides (Εὐμενίδες, the "Gracious ones") [a] and commonly known in English as the Furies, are chthonic goddesses of vengeance in ancient Greek religion and mythology.
The Greek word mousa is a common noun as well as a type of goddess: it literally means 'art' or 'poetry'. According to Pindar, to "carry a mousa" is 'to excel in the arts'. The word derives from the Indo-European root *men-, which is also the source of Greek Mnemosyne and mania, English mind, mental and monitor, Sanskrit mantra and Avestan ...