AEGISTHUS In Greek mythology, son of Pelopia and THYESTES. Aegisthus became the lover of CLYTEMNESTRA, the wife of King AGAMEMNON, after the king had gone off to the TROJAN WAR. Aegisthus and
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 spirits are officially classified as Olympians. They were considered the official ruling pantheon of Greece.
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 the ferryman or even just a psychopomp,
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 of life and death. Charon is the
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 Charites are: • Aglaia: “The Wonderful” •
Calypso – She Who Conceals Calypso (from kalyptein, “to hide” or “to conceal”) is a nymph and pre-Olympian goddess of Greek mythology, associated with concealment, seduction, isolation, and the liminal boundary between
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 of correct Delphic prophecies have survived history.
Boreas : The Devouring One Boreas, the North Wind, is the spirit of winter. Son of Eos and Astraios, he is an aggressive spirit with a violent temper and a history of
Bia : Force ORIGIN: Greece Bia and her siblings, Kratos (Strength), Zelos (Zeal), and Nike (Victory), children of Styx and Pallas, serve as Zeus’ enforcers. (This is not the same Pallas as
Bendis ALSO KNOWN AS: Bendida ORIGIN: Thrace; Dacia; Scythia Bendis is so primordial her origins are lost in the mists of time. Thracian immigrants brought her to Greece, where she became very
Either Princess Myrrha or her father, king of Assyria or a Phoenician kingdom, aggravated Aphrodite. As punishment, she compelled Myrrha to conceive an incestuous passion for her father. Myrrha plied her father
Muses ORIGIN: Greece Their mother is Mnemosyne, Goddess of Memory. Their father is Zeus, chief of the Greek gods. The Muses are nine-tuplets, born from their parents’ nine-day ritual marriage at the
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