Minor Gods Flashcards

(61 cards)

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Achelous

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The river god of the eponymous river

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Adonis

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God of beauty and desire

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Adrestia

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Deity of revolt and equilibrium between good and evil

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Agathodaemon

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Spirit of vineyards and fields, providing luck, health and wisdom

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Aglaea

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Represents beauty, splendour and glory

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Algea

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Personifications of sorrow
Lype, personification of pain, grief and distress
Ania, personification of distress, sorrow and boredom
Achus, personification of anguish

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Alpheus

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River god of the eponymous river

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Anteros

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Represents requited love and punishing those who were not interested in love or not returning other people’s love

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Aristaeus

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Protector and creator of various arts

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Asopus

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the name given to four different river gods that protected four respective rivers in Greece

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Astraea

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Goddess of innocence

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Ate

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Goddess of mischief and ruin

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Atropos

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One of the three fates

Decided how each human died, and held the shears used to cut the thread of life

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Caerus

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Personification of opportunities and favourable moments

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Calypso

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a nymph who captured Odysseus for many years, before he finally managed to escape. She lived on the mythical island of Ogygia.

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Castalia

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A nymph that was transformed into a fountain

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Cephissus

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A river god

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Clotho

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One of the three fates
Spun the thread of life
Decided when a person would be born or killed or other important decisions

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Clytie

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An oceanid

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Daphne

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A naiad nymph

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Dike

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Goddess of justice and moral order

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Dysnomia

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Spirit of lawlessness

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Echo

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A mountain nymph. Cursed to only be able to repeat the last words that another person just said

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Eirene

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Personification of peace

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Elpis
Personification of hope
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E deis
Wife of king Aeacus of Aegina
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Euphrosyne
One of the three graces
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Graeae
Three sisters that shared one eye and one tooth among them. Deino (dread) Enyo (horror) Pemphredo (alarm)
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Hermaphroditus
Blended together with salmacis and became a creature of two sexes
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Hesperides
Nymphs of the sunset
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Hesperus
Personification of the evening star
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Horkos
Personification of the curse that would befall upon any person that broke an oath they had taken.
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Hyades
Nymphs that brought rain
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Hyades
Archer who was killed by his prey. After his death he was transformed into the constellation Aquarius
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Hygeia
Goddess of good health, cleanliness and hygiene.
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Iasion
Started the rituals on the island of samothrace
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Lachesis
One of the fates | Measures the thread of life (responsible for deciding how much life everything has)
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Lethe
One of the five rivers of the underworld | Whoever drank from the river forgot everything
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Limos
Goddess of starvation and famine
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Makhai
Spirits of battle. Personifications of wrong doings or negative situations such as pain, fights, murder, lies and forgetfulness
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Melinoe
Nymph responsible for bringing nightmares and madness
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Nephele
Cloud nymph.
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Nilus
God of the river Nile
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Nysiads
Oceanid nymphs
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Oenone
Nymph of the mountains
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Peneus
A river god
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Pheme
Goddess of fame
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Phosphorus
Personification of the morning star
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Phthonus
Personification of envy
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Ploutos
God of wealth
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Priapus
Minor fertility god. | Protector of livestock and fruit plants
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Pseudologoi
Personifications of lies
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Psyche
a mortal woman who was turned into the goddess of the soul
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Rhode
the sea nymph and protector goddess of the island of Rhodes
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Scamander
Personification of the eponymous river
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Syrinx
a nymph in Greek mythology, who followed the goddess Artemis
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Telesto
Personification of the divine blessing
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Thalia
One of the three graces | Goddess of festivity
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Thaumas
A sea deity
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Thetis
A sea nymph
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Zagreus
A minor god, usually conflated with the god of wine