Primordial sea monster goddess, the daughter of Gaia and Pontus and mother of sea monsters. Said to be the mother of the sea god’s children Lycus and Nycteus Ceto One of the Pleiades, and a wife of Poseidon. Generally said to be the daughter of the Titan Atlas. Sea nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia, where she detained Odysseus for several years. One of the Muses, the muse of epic poetry, daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne and the wisest of the Muses. BrizoĪncient Greek prophet goddess who was known as the protector of mariners, sailors, and fishermen. The goddess of force and raw energy, daughter of Pallas and Styx, and sister of Nike, Kratos, and Zelus. Atropos chose the mechanism of death and ended the life of each mortal by cutting their thread. AtroposĮldest of the three Moirai, goddesses of fate and destiny (also known as The Fates).

Daughter of Zeus and born from his forehead fully grown, wearing battle armour. Goddess of wisdom, poetry, art, and war strategy. Greek goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly. Known as the “Star Maiden”, daughter of either Zeus and Themis, or of Astraeus and Eos and associated with the Greek goddess of justice, Dike. Virginal goddess of the hunt and twin sister of Apollo. Goddess of love and beauty and married to Hephaestus. AphaeaĪ Greek goddess who was worshipped almost exclusively at a single sanctuary on the island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf. Goddess of gardens, flowers, swamps, and marshes. Greek goddess of the sea, wife of Poseidon and a Nereid.

AlectronaĪn early Greek goddess of the sun, daughter of Helios and Rhode, and possibly goddess of the morning. She bore several children with the god Poseidon. One of the seven, Pleiades and daughter of Atlas and Pleione. AcheloisĪ minor moon goddess whose name means “she who washes away pain”. This page is a list of the Greek goddesses of ancient mythology and will be continually updated with additions, corrections and more information on each of the goddesses.

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