Olympian gods:

  • Aphrodite (Ἀφροδίτη)
    • goddess of: love, beauty, desire, fertility
    • symbols: rose, scallop shell, myrtle wreath
    • animal: dove
  • Apollo (Ἀπόλλων)
    • god of: music, healing, plague, prophecies, poetry, archery
    • symbols: laurel wreath, bow, and quiver, raven, lyre
    • animals: dolphins, roe deer, swans, cicadas, hawks, ravens, crows, snakes
  • Ares (Ἄρης)
    • god of: war, bloodlust, violence, manly courage, civil order
    • symbols: golden armour, bronze-tipped spear
    • animals: vulture, venomous snakes, alligators, dogs
  • Artemis (Ἄρτεμις)
    • goddess of: hunt, wilderness, animals, childbirth, moon, plague
    • symbols: bow, hunting spears, animal pelts
    • animals: deer, bears, wild boars
  • Athena (Ἀθηνᾶ)
    • goddess of: wisdom, warfare, battle strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts, reason
    • symbols: crested helm, armed with shield, a spear
    • animals: owl
  • Demeter (Δημήτηρ)
    • goddess of: agriculture, horticulture, grain, harvest
    • symbols: Cornucopia, wheat-ears, the winged serpent, the lotus staff
    • animals: snakes, pigs
  • Dionysus (Διόνυσος)
    • god of: wine, parties and festivals, madness, drunkenness, pleasure
    • symbols: thyrsus, drinking cup, grape vine, crown of ivy
    • animals: dolphins, serpents, tigers, donkeys
  • Hades (ᾍδης)
    • god of: the dead and the hidden wealth of the Earth, king of the underworld
    • symbols: the key of Hades, the Helm of Darkness, the three-headed dog, Cerberus
    • animals: screech owl
  • Hephaestus (Ἥφαιστος)
    • god of: fire, metalworking, stonemasonry, sculpture, volcanism
    • symbols: hammer, tongs, anvil
    • animals: donkey, the guard dog, the crane
  • Hera (Ἥρα)
    • goddess (queen) of: marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings, empires
    • symbols: crown, veil, lotus-tipped staff
    • animals: heifer, the lion, the peacock, the cuckoo
  • Hermes (Ἡρμῆς)
    • god of: travel, messengers, trade, thievery, cunning wiles, language, writing, diplomacy, athletics, animal husbandry
    • symbols: herald's wand, winged sandals, traveler's cap
    • animals: tortoise, hawk, ram
  • Hestia (Ἑστία)
    • goddess of: hearth, home cooking
    • symbols: hearth, kettle
    • animals: -
  • Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν)
    • god of: sea, rivers, floods, droughts, earthquakes, creator of horses
    • symbols: trident
    • animals: horse, dolphin
  • Zeus (Ζεύς)
    • god of: sky, weather, thunder, law, order, fate, king of the gods, ruler of mount olympus
    • symbols: royal scepter, lightning bolt
    • animals: falcon, bull
dec 14 2011 ∞
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