The Lesser Gods and Creatures of Mythical Greece

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The Lesser Gods and Creatures of Mythical Greece

DIONYSUS (Roman Name: Bacchus) The Only God with a Mortal Parent Son of Zeus and a Mortal Woman In Fact, Zeus Gave Birth to Him God of the Vine and Wine He is a Two-Sided God: Gentle Planter/Violent Partier Counterpart to Demeter Opposite of Apollo Final God to be Added

EROS (Roman Name: Cupid) The Son of Aphrodite He Has Two Types of Arrows One Type Causes Intense Infatuation The Other Hardens the Heart Very Mischievous Likes to Cause Trouble To the Greeks, Eros was a Teenaged Boy To the Romans, Cupid was a Young Boy with Wings

PAN God of the Woodlands and Shepherds Son of Hermes and a nymph For Fun He Enjoyed Chasing the Woodland Nymphs and Seducing Them Plays the Reed Pipes His Pipes were made from a Transformed Nymph He Once Loved The Word “Panic” Comes from Him

the FATES Three Entities Who Control the Birth, Life and Death of Every Human Being Described as Three Old Hags at a Spinning Wheel One Spins the Thread of Life One Measures Out its Length And the Third Cuts it Loose Not to be confused with the Gray Sisters, Three Old Women Who All Share an Eye

the ERINYES (Roman Name: the Furies) Beings Who Were Born from the Blood of Uranus Their Job is to Torment Men and Women who Murder a Family Member They Live in Hades Appear in the Dreams and Visions of Those They Persecute, Eventually Driving Them Insane

CENTAURS Half-Man, Half-Horse Creatures Most of Them Were Very Savage and Brutal CHIRON was the Most Famous Centaur He was Raised by Apollo and Artemis and Learned to be Wise Trained Many Heroes of Greece After his Death, Zeus Placed him among the Stars

KING AEOLUS CHARYBDIS Lord of the Winds Assists Odysseus on his Journey CHARYBDIS (KUH-RIB-DIS) Gigantic Whirpool that Sucks Ships Down to their Doom

She was once a beautiful nymph SCYLLA (SILL-UH) A Many-Headed Monster that Lives Attached to a Rock in the Middle of the Ocean She was once a beautiful nymph THE MUSES Nine Eternal Creatures that Inspire Every Form of Art An Artist Would Invoke the Aid of a Muse Before He or She Began His or Her Work

The Winged Horse that Sprang from the Blood of Medusa PEGASUS The Winged Horse that Sprang from the Blood of Medusa Tamed by Bellerophon (Not Heracles)

Foul Beasts with the Head of a Woman and the Body of a Bird HARPIES Foul Beasts with the Head of a Woman and the Body of a Bird Called the Hounds of Zeus Everything They Touch Becomes Foul

Drives his Glowing Chariot Across the Sky Every Day HELIOS The God of the Sun Drives his Glowing Chariot Across the Sky Every Day Not to be Confused with Apollo

The Secondary Messenger of the Gods IRIS Goddess of the Rainbow The Secondary Messenger of the Gods

Naiads = Spirits of the Rivers and Oceans NYMPHS The Spirits of Nature Dryads = Tree Spirits Naiads = Spirits of the Rivers and Oceans

The Three-Headed Hell Hound of the Underworld CERBERUS The Three-Headed Hell Hound of the Underworld CHARON The Aged Boatman of the Underworld

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