Leto
Leto : The Obscure One; The Hidden One; The Forgotten One ALSO KNOWN AS: Latona (Rome) Mythology books are often dismissive of Leto: she’s portrayed…
Category: Greek Mythology
Leucotheia
Leucotheia : The White Goddess Leucotheia is the sea goddess who, in Homer’s Odyssey, saves Odysseus from drowning. She lent him her veil, which he…
Maia
Maia Queen of May ORIGIN: Greece CLASSIFICATION: Nymph In modern mythology books, especially those oriented toward children, Maia is but a mere footnote: her claim…
Narcissus
Narcissus ORIGIN: Greece The Nymph Echo was deprived of the faculty of speech by Hera, who caught her in flagrante delicto with Zeus. Echo could…
Olympian Spirits
Olympian Spirits ORIGIN: Greece When children are asked to name Greek gods, they are almost always really being asked to name the Olympian pantheon. Twelve…
Oneiroi
Oneiroi The Oneiroi are spirits of dreams. They live in a cave near the borders of Hades. They sleep during the day but emerge at…
Pallas
Pallas Pallas is often used as just another name for Athena, who is also frequently called Pallas-Athena. Pallas was, however, originally a distinct deity, the…
Pan
Pan Greek pastoral deity of flocks and herds, who was half man and half goat, with the legs, horns and beard of a goat. He…
Pasiphae
Pasiphae Wide Shining ORIGIN: Crete An exquisite white bull emerged from the sea—a gift from Poseidon to King Minos of Crete. It was a sign…
Persephone
Persephone’s modern claim to fame is as Hades’ abducted bride. Hades knew Demeter, Persephone’s devoted mother, would never agree to their marriage and so went…