Category: Greek Mythology

Instead of looking up to the skies for the Creator, look underfoot. Gaia is Earth and Gaia is the Goddess. In the beginning, before anything…

Chelone, a mountain Nymph, objected to the nuptials of Hera and Zeus. Perhaps as a warning to others not to voice objections, Zeus shut her…

Charos Charon abandoned his boat and resumed what may have been his original function: Angel of Death. In modern Greek folklore, Charon is no longer…

Charon ORIGIN: Greece According to classical Greek myth, in order to reach the afterlife in Hades, one must cross a river, the threshold between realms…

The Charites are attendants of Aphrodite and Hermes but are also venerated independently as spirits of creative inspiration, botanical abundance, moisture, and human fertility. The…

Calypso (hider) In Greek mythology, daughter of Atlas and Pleione or of Oceanus and Tethys; sister of Hyas, the Hyades, the Hesperides, Maia, and the…

Delphi Site of the most famous and powerful ORACLE of ancient Greece, located about 100 miles from Athens near the foot of Mount Parnassus. Hundreds…

Boreas : The Devouring One Boreas, the North Wind, is the spirit of winter. Son of Eos and Astraios, he is an aggressive spirit with…

Bia : Force ORIGIN: Greece Bia and her siblings, Kratos (Strength), Zelos (Zeal), and Nike (Victory), children of Styx and Pallas, serve as Zeus’ enforcers.…