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Thalassa (/ θ ə ˈ l æ s ə /; Ancient Greek: Θάλασσα, romanized: Thálassa, lit. 'sea'; [2] Attic Greek: Θάλαττα, Thálatta [3]) was the general word for 'sea' and for its divine female personification in Greek mythology. The word may have been of Pre-Greek origin [4] and connected to the name of the Mesopotamian primordial ...
[4] Criosphinx: a creature with the head of a ram and the body of a lion. [4] Hieracosphinx: a creature with the head of a hawk and the body of a lion. [4] Stymphalian birds: man-eating birds with beaks of bronze and sharp metallic feathers they could launch at their victims. Tarandos: a rare animal with the size of an ox and the head of a deer.
In ancient Greek religion, Hera (/ ˈ h ɛr ə, ˈ h ɪər ə /; Ancient Greek: Ἥρα, romanized: Hḗrā; Ἥρη, Hḗrē in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth.
Early accounts gave her a primal origin, said to be the eldest daughter of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky). [4] She is thus the sister of the Titans (Oceanus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Coeus, Themis, Rhea, Phoebe, Tethys, Mnemosyne, Cronus, and sometimes of Dione), the Cyclopes, the Hecatoncheires, the Giants, the Meliae, the Erinyes, and is the half-sister of Aphrodite (in some versions ...
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Aceso or Akeso (Ancient Greek: Ἀκεσώ, romanized: Akesó, lit. 'healing one' [ 1 ] ) was the Greek goddess of well-being and the healing process worshipped in Athens and Epidauros . [ 2 ]
Hecate (/ ˈ h ɛ k ə t i / HEK-ə-tee; [4] Ancient Greek: Ἑκάτη) [a] is a goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, most often shown holding a pair of torches, a key, or snakes, or accompanied by dogs, [5] and in later periods depicted as three-formed or triple-bodied.