![]() The apples were a wedding present from Gaea to the sky-gods Zeus and Hera. The three Hesperides tended the tree of the golden apples on Erythea, the Red Isle, in the western stream of the river Oceanus. The Milky Way was spilt from her breast and most of the other constellations placed in the heavens at her command. HERA The Queen of Heaven and goddess of the air and starry constellations. In the early morn she scattered the mists of her mother Nyx (Lady Night), to reveal the shining light of Aether, the blue sky. Helios drove a fiery chariot drawn by four winged steeds. HELIUS (Helios) The god of the sun whose orb was he wore upon his head as a bright aureole crown. They were the gods of violent storms which they released from the gates of Tartarus. HECATONCHEIRES (Hekatonkheires) Three hundred-armed, fifty-headed giants. They were known as the hounds of Zeus and blamed for the dissappearance of people without a trace. HARPYIAE (Harpyiai) Daemones of whirlwinds and storm gusts. He was originally regarded as being distinct from Hesperus, the god of the evening star.ĮURUS (Euros) The god of the east wind and herald of the autumn season. She heralded the rising of the sun with her rosy brilliance.ĮOSPHORUS (Eosphoros) The god of the dawn-star (the star Venus) seen in the morning skies. Their three brothers, the Hecatoncheires, were the gods of violent storms.ĮOS The winged goddess of the dawn. He was sometimes equated with Cronus, the father of Zeus.ĬYCLOPES (Kyklopes) Three giant sons of Uranus (Heaven) who forged the lightning and thunder of Zeus. She was daughter a daughter of Boreas, god of the wintry north wind.ĬHRONOS The old god of time who turned the wheel of the heavenly constellations. Chaos was the mother of Darkness and Night and of the birds.ĬHIONE (Khione) The goddess of snow. ![]() Below Chaos her lay the flat body of the earth, and above the shining mists of the protogenos Aether. He dwelt in a cave in the mountains of the far northern land of Thrace.ĬHAOS (Khaos) The primeval goddess of the gap between heaven and earth. Homer in the Odyssey seems to suggest that he was released from this labour and appointed keeper of the pillars of heaven, presumably the ones erected by Heracles at the ends of the earth.īOREAS The god of the north wind whose wintry breath brought the cold of winter. They were mostly heroes and creatures who were placed amongst the stars by the gods as reward for some service or, in a handful of cases, as a memorial of their crimes.ĪTLAS A Titan condemned by Zeus to hold the sky aloft upon his shoulders and turn it upon its axis. The other four were Pyroeis (star Mars), Phaenon (star Saturn), Phaethon (star Jupiter) and Stilbon (star Mercury).ĪSTROTHESIAE (Astrothesiai) The spirits or living forms of the heavenly constellations. The leader of these was bright Eosphoros, the god of the dawn-star Venus. He was father of the planets and the four seasonal winds by Eos the dawn.ĪSTRA PLANETI (Astra Planetoi) The gods of the five wandering-stars or planets. At the end of the Titan-war she was stripped of her wings and locked away inside the pit of Tartarus.ĪSTRAEUS (Astraios) The Titan god of the stars. ![]() She was the sister of Iris and the goddess of the lost second rainbow. They were sons of the monster Typhoeus kept locked away inside Tartarus or the floating island of Aeolus to be released only at the command of the gods.ĪRCE (Arke) The messenger of the Titans. ![]() Boreas the north wind was the lord of winter, Zephyros the west was the bringer of spring, Euros the east was the god of autumn, and Notos the south of summer.ĪNEMOI (2) The Daemones of the violent storm-winds. He was conceived of as the substance of light, a layer of bright mist which lay between the dome of heaven and the lower air which surrounded the earth.ĪNEMI (1) (Anemoi) The gods of the four directional winds and the heralds of the four seasons. He was appointed by Zeus to guard the storm winds which he kept locked away inside the floating island of Aeolia, releasing them at the request of the gods to wreak their havoc.ĪETHER (Aither) The primeval god of the shining light of the blue sky. A COMPLETE LIST OF GREEK SKY GODS & GODDESSES SELENE (MOON)ĪEOLUS (Aiolos) The king of the winds. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |