gods

[gingerflaps]

can anyone tell me the names of the gods, eg the god of war, is that zeus? i dont know the word to describe the whole 'thing' but i do like the names and i would like to learn them...thanx

[jno]

here are the Greek and Roman gods - Zeus (Greek) or Jupiter (Roman) was the king of the gods. War god was Mars (Roman) or Aries (Greek). http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/2774/mythgods.html

[spudqueen]

Would the word to describe the whole thing be mythology?

[Whickerman]

You're looking for the names of the various Pantheons

[jno]

pantheon means 'all the gods' so you could talk about the Greek pantheon - though it's a fairly unusual word.

We talk about Greek mythology or Roman mythology as well, but that's not just a list of the gods but all the stories about them. The Greeks and Romans didn't have anything like the Bible - a book listing all the things the gods definitely did - so they tended to accumulate a lot imaginative stories about what they got up to, how they quarrelled with each other or seduced each other (they tended to behave in a rather more human way than the Christian God) or how they interacted with humans. All these are the myths.

There's also Norse mythology, similar but dealing with the gods of the Vikings and other Scandinavians in the Dark Ages. The Greek and Roman gods were often the same people (the Romans came after the Greeks and more or less inherited their gods) but the Norse ones weren't related to either of them.

[Artemis]

Try here

http://www.timelessmyths.com

[Artemis]

Or here

http://www.timelessmyths.com

[Artemis]

Dunno what happened there, I meant or here

http://www.pantheon.org

[jno]

Artemis is a goddess herself as you'll see from the list. so her answer has to come straight from the horse's mouth.

[Narolines]

Wouldn't that be "mare's mouth"? Sorry - too much Soave........

[maddog1]

Greek Name Roman/Latin Name Description
Zeus Jupiter, Jove Lord of the Sky, Gods, and Thunder,
also Rain-god, Cloud-gatherer
Hera Juno Protector of Marriage
Poseidon Neptune Ruler of the Sea
Hades, Polydectes Pluto God of the Underworld and Precious Metals
Libitina Goddess of the Underworld
Pallas Athena Minerva Goddess of the City, Education/Science, and War
Phoebus Apollo Apollo God of Sun, Truth, Music, Healing
Artemis, Orthia, Phoebe Diana Goddess of Wild Things, Hunter-in-Chief
Aphrodite, Anadyomene Venus Goddess of Love and Beauty
Hermes, Pyschopompus Mercury God of Commerce and Market, Zeus' Messenger
Ares Mars God of War
Enyo Bellona Lesser Goddess of War
Hephaestus Vulcan, Mulciber God of the Forge and Fire, Workman to the immortals
Hestia Vesta Goddess of the Hearth and Home; also Fertility(Greek only)
Priapus God of Fertility
Eros Cupid, Amor God of Love
Hymen God of the Wedding Feast
Hebe Goddess of Youth
Juventus God of Youth
Iris Goddess of the Rainbow
Persephone, Kora Persipina, Libera Goddess of Spring [Season], Underworld through Hades
Demeter Ceres Goddess of the Corn, Earth, Harvest
Dionysus, Lycaeus Bacchus, Liber God of the Vine, Wine, Merriment