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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 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 ...
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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. Key: Dotted lines show a marriage or affair. Key: Solid lines show children.
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 ...
Demeter's absence caused the death of crops, livestock, and eventually of the people who depended on them (later Arcadian tradition held that it was both her rage at Poseidon and her loss of her daughter caused the famine, merging the two myths). [27] Demeter washed away her anger in the River Ladon, becoming Demeter Lousia, the "bathed Demeter ...
Rhapso (Ραψώ), minor goddess or nymph whose name apparently refers to sewing; Sosipolis (god), a native god at Elis, son of the goddess Eileithyia; Syceus (Συκεύς), god whom Gaia turned into a fig tree to help him escape from Zeus. Titan (Τιτὰν), god of the calendar of the seasons, brother of Helios, usually just Helios himself.
A statue of Neptune in the city of Bristol.. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and the brother of Zeus, Hades, Hera, Hestia and Demeter.Beckoned by the curse of Polyphemus, his one-eyed giant son, he attempts to make Odysseus' journey home much harder than it actually needs to be.
Olympian Gods Ares and Aphrodite as seen in the Xena episode "The Quill Is Mightier..." Aphrodite (portrayed by Alexandra Tydings) - Aphrodite is the Greek Goddess of Love and child of Zeus and Dione. She is the half-sister of Hercules and other gods. Doesn't care about exposing her lingerie. Her son is Cupid (AKA Eros), the God of Love.