# Gods and Goddesses
> A mythology encyclopedia covering Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Roman, Celtic, Mesopotamian, and Aztec gods, goddesses, myths, creatures, and heroes from ancient civilizations.

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## Main Pages

- [Facts about Ancient Mythical Civilizations](https://godsandgoddesses.org/): Mythology is everywhere and influences our contemporary culture from popular media, the names of our planets, days of th
- [About GodsAndGoddesses.org](https://godsandgoddesses.org/about/): GodsAndGoddesses.org is an informative education resource aimed at teaching young and old about Mythological Gods
- [How Did the Days of the Week Get Their Names?](https://godsandgoddesses.org/days-of-the-week-names/): Many people are unaware that the days of the week are named after many of the ancient Gods from human history. As the Vi
- [Gods and the Planets](https://godsandgoddesses.org/gods-and-the-planets/): Entity Roman deity Greek God Babylonian God Egyptian God Meaning (European) Sun Sol Helios / Apollo Shamash Ra God of Pr
- [Privacy Policy GodsAndGoddesses.org](https://godsandgoddesses.org/privacy/): GodsAndGoddesses.org is an informative education resource aimed at teaching young and old about Mythological Gods
- [Seven Wonders of the Ancient World](https://godsandgoddesses.org/seven-wonders-of-the-ancient-world/): The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and last remaining of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is believed the Great P
- [Sun Gods](https://godsandgoddesses.org/sun-gods/): Throughout human existence many civilizations have praised the life giving abilities of the Sun and have treated it as a

## Greek Mythology

- [Brothers of Zeus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/brothers-of-zeus/): The brothers of Zeus were Poseidon and Hades. Poseidon was the god of the sea, while Hades ruled over the underworld. Bo
- [Demigods](https://godsandgoddesses.org/demigods/): List of Famous Demigods Name Issue Mythology Heracles Son of Zeus Greek / Roman Gilgamesh Son of Ninsun Sumerian Bragi S
- [Greek Archive](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/)
- [Greek Vs Roman Gods](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek-vs-roman-gods/): Most of the Greek Gods and Goddesses were adopted by the ancient Romans, although in most cases there was a change of na
- [Apollo - The Greek God](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/apollo/): Apollo is one of the most famous Greek gods, with his name and likeness appearing in countless books and works of fine a
- [Ares](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/ares/): In Greek Mythology, Ares was a god of war. However, unlike other gods, Ares was neither popular among other gods nor mor
- [Artemis](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/artemis/): Artemis is considered to be one of the most well known and revered Goddesses in Greek Mythology and is supposed to be on
- [Athena, the Goddess of Wisdom](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/athena/): Athena is the Greek goddess of warfare, wisdom, learning, strategy, crafts, and skill. She is also known as the virgin p
- [Atlas](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/atlas/): Atlas is a fascinating figure in Greek mythology. Though he was not one of the main gods, he was still an essential part
- [Cronus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/cronus/): Son of Uranus and Gaea, Cronus was the head of the first generation of Titans and the king of all god and humans. He led
- [Demeter](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/demeter/): fhDemeter is a goddess of the earth, associated with agriculture, the harvest and the changing of the seasons. She has a
- [Dionysus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/dionysus/): As a Greek God, Dionysus had many different purposes and features. Dionysus had many unique traits which made him very i
- [Eos](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/eos/): Eos was a Goddess of Dawn in Greek mythology. She was one of the second generation of Titans. These Titans were associat
- [Greek Goddesses](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/goddesses/): Name Description / Dominion ACHELOIS A minor moon goddess whose name means “she who washes away pain”. ALCYONE One of th
- [Greek Gods](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/gods/): Greek gods are an integral part of Greek mythology. Our formal knowledge of the ancient Greek gods can be traced back to
- [Hades](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/hades/): Hades was the ancient Greek god of the dead, and he ruled the Underworld, which was often called Hades. His name means “
- [Helios](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/helios/): Helios is the Greek sun god. He was the only son of Titans Hyperion and Thelia. This couple also had two daughters, name
- [Hephaestus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/hephaestus/): Hephaestus was a popular god among the Greeks, but he also has a fairly specialized role. He was a god of craftsmanship 
- [Hera](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/hera/): Hera is the Greek goddess of childbirth, marriage, women, and family. She is the queen of the Olympic gods, and her husb
- [Hermes](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/hermes/): Among the Pantheon of the twelve Greek gods known as the Olympians, one of the most interesting is Hermes, who was the g
- [Hestia](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/hestia/): The Greek goddess Hestia is one of the original Twelve Olympians, known as the goddess of the hearth. She is the daughte
- [Hyperion](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/hyperion/): Hyperion plays a vital role in the Greek Creation Myth, which was based on the idea that the Gods resembled mortals. How
- [Oceanus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/oceanus/): Oceanus was a Greek Mythological Titan god of the river Okeanos. The river was believed to encircle the whole world at t
- [Pan](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/pan/): Pan was considered to be the Greek god of outdoorsmen and nature. All things that are related to the great Greek outdoor
- [Persephone](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/persephone/): Persephone is the goddess of the underworld in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, goddess of the 
- [Poseidon](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/poseidon/): Poseidon is one of the Olympians. He is known as the god of the sea and the horse tamer. Like many of the gods, Poseidon
- [Prometheus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/prometheus/): Prometheus was a Titan who rebelled against Zeus, and tried to deceive him. For this crime Zeus inflicted a terrible fea
- [Rhea](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/rhea/): Rhea: The Eternal Mother And Goddess Of The Cosmos Greek Mythology is incredibly complex and rooted in ancient cultures 
- [Selene](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/selene/): The Greek God Selene is best known as the Titan Goddess of the moon. The ancient Greeks saw her as the actual representa
- [Tethys](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/tethys/): Tethys was one of Greek mythology’s Titans. The Titans were all of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea’s (Earth) children. These ch
- [Uranus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/uranus/): Uranus is a sky deity in Ancient Greek Mythology. He is one of the Primordial Gods, which means he was one of the first 
- [Zeus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/greek/zeus/): To the Olympians, Zeus was the God of the both thunder and the sky. He was the king of men and the other Gods. This made
- [Olympians](https://godsandgoddesses.org/olympians/): In Greek mythology, there were certain gods and goddesses that were known as the Olympian Gods. These gods and goddesses
- [Sisters of Zeus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/sisters-of-zeus/): Zeus’s sisters were the three daughters of Cronus and Rhea: Hestia Demeter Hera Hestia was the goddess of the hear
- [Titans](https://godsandgoddesses.org/titans/): The Titans were the second group of gods to rule the universe in ancient Greek mythology. Like the other gods and supern

## Norse Mythology

- [Aesir](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/aesir/): In Norse mythology, the Aesir are a group of sky gods led by Odin. These divine warriors are some of the most powerful b
- [Baldur](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/baldur/): Baldur (Balder, Baldr) in Norse mythology is one of the Aesir gods and the son of Odin and Frigg, the King and Queen of 
- [Fenrir](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/fenrir/): Sigyn stayed a loyal wife to Loki when the gods punished him for the death of Balder. After the Trickster was chained to
- [Forseti](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/forseti/): Forseti was the Norse god of justice, law, and reconciliation. Known to be the son of Baldr and Nanna (Baldr being the g
- [Freyja - Goddess of Love, Beauty, Sorcery and Death](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/freyja/): Freyja – also known as Freja and Freya Freyja was the goddess of love, lust, beauty, sorcery and death. Freyja was
- [Freyr](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/freyr/): Freyr was the son of the sea god, Njord. He had a twin sister named Freyja. Njord and his two children were Vanir, the o
- [Frigg](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/frigg/): Frigg, also known as Frigga in Norse mythology, is the goddess of motherhood, fertility, family, and marriage. Married t
- [Gefjun](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/gefjun/): Gefjun is the ancient Norse goddess of farming, fertility, and plenty. Her name is pronounced “GEV-yoon” and means “Give
- [List of Norse Gods and Goddesses](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/gods/): There were predominantly two clans of Norse gods, the Vanir and the Aesir. The Aesir and Vanir were in conflict for quit
- [Heimdall](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/heimdall/): In Norse mythology, Heimdall is the watchman of Asgard, home of the gods. He lives in a fortress called Himinbjorg, loca
- [Hel](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/hel/): Hel is the Norse goddess of the underworld, also called Hel. She’s also known as the goddess of the inglorious dead, as 
- [Jormungand](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/jormungand/): Jormungand was the second child of Loki and Angrboda. The other children of Loki are Fenrir and Hel Kidnapped by the god
- [Kvasir - Norse god of poetry and wisdom](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/kvasir/): When the war between the Vanir and the Aesir ended it was decided that all the gods from both the branches should spit i
- [Loki](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/loki/): Loki is known as the naughty trickster god in Norse mythology. He is the son of Farbauti, and Laufey, who were giants. O
- [Njord](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/njord/): In Norse mythology there were two groups of gods; the Aesir and the Vanir. The Aesir were the dominating gods. The Vanir
- [Norns](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/norns/): One of the most important ideas in Norse mythology was that of fate. The future was something that had already been writ
- [Odin](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/odin/): The Norse God Odin is one of the most enigmatic and complicated Gods in North mythology. He is the ruler of a kingdom ca
- [Sif](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/sif/): A relatively minor deity in the Pantheon of Norse Mythology, Sif is a goddess that is often associated with the earth, n
- [Sol](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/sol/): Sol is the Norse sun goddess. Contrary to the other belief systems of the time, the Norse didn’t place much as much focu
- [Thor](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/thor/): Thanks to Marvel Comics and their movies, Thor is probably the best-known of the Norse gods. As his many fans know, he w
- [Týr](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/tyr/): Though his origins are difficult to determine, Tyr (pronounced like “tier”) the was a god of Norse mythology who became 
- [Ull](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/ull/): The Norse god Ull is a mysterious figure. We don’t know that much about him, because he somehow got left out of al
- [Valkyries](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/valkyries/): When you see a Valkyrie before battle, know then, that you will die, for their primary duty is to choose the bravest of 
- [Vanir](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/vanir/): According to Norse mythology, there were once a group of fertility and wild nature Goddesses and Gods. This group was re
- [Vidar](https://godsandgoddesses.org/norse/vidar/): “Vidar” was a Norse god of vengeance and is the Anglicized name for “Víðarr,” which is thought to have meant “wide ruler

## Egyptian Mythology

- [Aker](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/aker/): In Egyptian mythology, Aker (also spelt Akar) was one of the earliest gods worshipped, and was the deification of the ho
- [Amun](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/amun/): The Ogdoad of Hermopolis was formed by eight ancient Egyptian Gods. Amun was one of these Gods. His consort was Amaunet 
- [Anubis](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/anubis/): Anubis, is the Greek name for the ancient god in Egyptian mythology whose hieroglyphic is more accurately spelt Anpu (al
- [Atum](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/atum/): Atum (alternatively spelled Tem, Temu, Tum, and Atem) is an important deity in Egyptian mythology, whose cult centred on
- [Bast](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/bast/): In Egyptian mythology, Bast (also spelt Ubasti, and Pasht) is an ancient goddess, worshipped at least since the Second D
- [Geb](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/geb/): In the ancient Egyptian religion, Geb was the god of earth and was part of the Ennead, the collective name for the nine 
- [Egyptian Gods](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/gods/): Ancient Egyptians had such a complicated spiritual world that was completely unique in concepts and details. Most religi
- [Hathor](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/hathor/): HATHOR (Hethert, Athyr) Symbols: cow, lioness, falcon, cobra, hippopotamus, sistrum, musical instruments, drums, pregnan
- [Horus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/horus/): Horus is one of the most famous Egyptian gods. In fact, he was the first national god that all of Egypt worshiped. He is
- [Imhotep](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/imhotep/): Imhotep was a vizier, wizard, and the first architect and physician known by name to written history. As the Pharaoh Djo
- [Isis](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/isis/): Isis was one of the most revered goddesses in ancient Egypt, but she didn’t start off that way. Originally, Isis was a m
- [Khonsu](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/khonsu/): Khonsu was a moon-god and the son of Amon-Ra and Mut. His name derives from the root, “khens” which means to
- [Ma'at](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/maat/): Symbols: ostrich feather, scales, ma’at Ma’at (Mayet) was the goddess of the physical and moral law of Egypt
- [Mut](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/mut/): Symbols: Double Crown, vulture, cobra, lioness, queen Cult Center: Thebes Her name means “mother” and in man
- [Nephthys](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/nephthys/): Greatly revered within the ancient Egyptian religion, Nephthys was a beautiful goddess. While Nephthys is the most commo
- [Nun](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/nun/): Despite all the various Creation myths that the Egyptians subscribed to, they had one thing in common, Nun. Even though 
- [Nut](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/nut/): People have always been looking for a purpose and meaning in this life. The ancient gods were instrumental in giving peo
- [Osiris](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/osiris/): Osiris was the Egyptian god of rulership, death and rebirth. He lived in the Egyptian underworld, called the Duat, where
- [Ptah](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/ptah/): Ptah (pronounced pitah) was the Egyptian god of creators and crafters. In fact, Ptah was said to have created the univer
- [Ra](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/ra/): The Egyptian God Ra is the great sun god. He is considered by many as the most important immortal in Egyptian mythology.
- [Satis](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/satis/): In Egyptian mythology, Satis (also spelt Satjit, Sates, and Sati) was the deification of the floods of the Nile River, a
- [Sekhmet](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/sekhmet/): Tales from Egypt’s “New Kingdom” era attribute Sekhmet as the mother of Maahes. Maahes was regarded as
- [Set](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/set/): In Egyptian mythology, Set (also spelt Sutekh, Setesh, Seteh) is an ancient god, who was originally the god of the deser
- [Shu - Facts and Information on the Egyptian God of Light and Air](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/shu/): Shu is one of the oldest Egyptian gods. He was worshipped as the father of earth and sky, (translated as Nut and Geb). A
- [Tefnut](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/tefnut/): Tefnut is the goddess of rain, dew, and water. With the face of a lioness and sun disc on her head, Tefnut is often port
- [Thoth](https://godsandgoddesses.org/egyptian/thoth/): In Egyptian mythology, Thoth (also spelt Thot), pronounced “tot”, is the Greek name given to Djehuty (also s

## Roman Mythology

- [Apollo](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/apollo/): Numerous Greek and Roman gods are associated with particular aspects of the natural and human worlds. Neptune is the god
- [Bacchus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/bacchus/): Bacchus is one of the most complicated and interesting gods of the ancient world. He is the Roman form of Dionysus, who 
- [Cupid](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/cupid/): When one thinks of cupid, one of the most prominent images that come to mind is that of an angel with a bow and arrow wh
- [Diana](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/diana/): Diana was the Roman goddess of the hunt. Her Greek counterpart was Artemis. Diana’s father was the Roman god Jupiter. He
- [Faunus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/faunus/): Faunus was the Roman god of nature. In some older stories, Faunus was originally the king of Latium, the area in central
- [Roman Gods](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/gods/): Roman gods originated in the ancient “village” of Rome as the faceless and formless deities that supported f
- [Juno](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/juno/): Juno was a Roman goddess who provided general protection for the state of Rome and also provided specific protection for
- [Jupiter](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/jupiter/): If you close your eyes and imagine you are an Etruscan, living in the 8th and 3rd century BCE, you might be royalty, a p
- [Mars](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/mars/): Mars was the Roman god of war, agriculture, and of the state. He was the son of Juno and husband to the goddess Bellona.
- [Mercury](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/mercury/): Mercury was often regarded as a magician or trickster, and served as royal messenger to his father, Jupiter. According t
- [Minerva](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/minerva/): Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic warfare. She was also connected to the arts, trade, and strategy. 
- [Neptune](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/neptune/): Neptune started off as a minor Italian god of freshwater. The Italians initially didn’t have a god of the sea. When the 
- [Ops](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/ops/): According to Roman mythology, the Roman God Ops is an earth Goddess and a fertility deity. Ops is also referred to as Op
- [Pluto](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/pluto/): Pluto was the Roman god of the underworld. That made him the king of the dead, but it also made him a god of all the wea
- [Saturn](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/saturn/): Few other Roman gods have the same name recognition and respect as Saturn. Saturn was a prominent god to the Romans who 
- [Venus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/venus/): Venus is the Roman goddess of love, fertility, and beauty. She is the daughter of Jupiter who was the king of the gods i
- [Vesta](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/vesta/): Vesta was the Roman goddess of the hearth and home. If it had anything to do with the hearth such as baking or a tavern 
- [Vulcan](https://godsandgoddesses.org/roman/vulcan/): The Romans relied extensively upon blacksmiths to craft metal objects for their every day use. From swords and shields, 

## Celtic Mythology

- [Alator](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/alator/): A Brythonic god Alator (Huntsman, He who Nourishes [the People]) This deity is known from a votive plaque found at Barkw
- [Albiorix](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/albiorix/): This deity is known from inscriptions found in France and Italy and represents a father/protector deity of the Albici tr
- [Belenos](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/belenos/): A Celtic Deity, also known as Belen, Belenus, Belinus, Bellinus, Bélénos, Belennos, Belenos, Bel, Bilé: The Shining God 
- [Berw (Borvo)](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/berw/): A Cymirc and Gaulish God, also known as Borvo, Borbanus, Bormanus, Bormo, Bormanicus: He who Boils Berw or Borvo is a go
- [Bran](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/bran/): A Cymric Hero and God, also known as Bendigaidd Frân; Bendigeidfran: Blessed Raven Brân (Bendigaidd Frân; Bendigeidfran)
- [Brigit / Brigantia](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/brigit/): The Brythonic, Gaulish, Irish and Cymric Gddess also known as Bridig, Brigit, Brigindona, Brighid, Bríd, Bride, Brigan, 
- [Cernwn (Cernunnos)](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/cernwn/): The Gaulish and Cymric God, also known as Cernunnos, Cernenus, Karnonos: The Hornéd One Cernwn (Cernunnos, Cernenus, Kar
- [Cerridwen](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/cerridwen/): A Cymric Goddess of the Ystoria Taliesin, also known as Ceridwen, Caridwen: Blessed Poet or Beloved Ceridwen (Ceridwen, 
- [Demetos](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/demetos/): Demetos (Dyfed, Dyfed) is a Cymric and Brythonic god known by inference from the name of the Demetae tribe of what is mo
- [Epona](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/epona/): Epona (Intarabus, Interabus) is a Gaulish and Brythonic goddess known from inscriptional, epigraphic and pictorial evide
- [Esus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/esus/): Esus (Aisunertos, Esunertos, Aisus, Aesus, Hesus) is a Gaulish god known from Gaulish and North African inscriptions. Th
- [Celtic Gods](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/gods/): The Celtic gods and goddesses are a vast group of deities who were worshipped by the ancient Celtic tribes. Their names 
- [Guinevere / Gwenhwyfar](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/guinevere/): A Cymric Arthurian Heroine and Goddess: Blessed Spirit Gwenhwyfar is a Cymric (Welsh) heroine and goddess known from the
- [Latobius](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/latobius/): Latobius (Mars Latobius Marmocius) is a Gaulish god known from six inscriptions found at two sites in Austria. He seems 
- [Legends](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/legends/): The Tale of Clustiau March (March’s Ears) Bedd Gelert The Tale of Arthur’s Cave The Tale of The Red Giant and the Cloak 
- [Lenumius](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/lenumius/): A Gaulish God, also known as Mars Lenumius, Mars Lenumio: He who binds [and heals] the wound Lenumius (Mars Lenumius, Ma
- [Lenus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/lenus/): A Gaulish God, also known as Mars Lenus, Mars Laenus: Healer of (infected) wounds Lenus (Mars Lenus, Mars Laenus) is a G
- [Lugh](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/lugh/): A Celtic God, also known as Lugos, Lleu, Lug, Lugh, Lugus: The Shining One or The Shadowy One Lugus (Lugos, Lleu, Lug, L
- [Maponus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/maponus/): A Cymric and Gaulish God, also known as Maponos, Maponus, Mabon fab Modron, Mabomus: Divine Son Mabon (Maponos, Maponus,
- [Medocius](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/medocius/): Medocius (Mars Medocius) is a Brythonic god known from a single inscription found at Colchester, England where he is equ
- [Modron](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/modron/): A Cymric, Brythonic and Gaulish Goddess, also known as Matrona: Divine Mother Modron (Matrona) is a Cymric (Welsh), Gaul
- [Morrigan](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/morrigan/): The Morrigan is a celtic goddess who embodies change, death, and rebirth. She is associated with warfare and strife, but
- [Nehalennia](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/nehalennia/): A Gaulish Goddess: Spririt of the Boat, Goddess of the Vessel Nehalennia (Nenhellenia) is a Gaulish goddess known from s
- [Nudd Lludd Nodons](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/nudd/): A Cymric, Brythonic and Irish God, also known as Lludd, Lludd Llaw Ereint, Nuadu, Nuadu Aratlám, Nodons, Nodens, Nudens,
- [Nwyfre](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/nwyfre/): Nwyfre is a Cymric (Welsh) god known from the patronymics of Gwenwynwyn and Gwnar in the Welsh Triads and the Mabinogion
- [Nyf](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/nyf/): A Cymric and Irish Goddess, also known as Niamh: Brightness, Radiance Nyf (Brightness, Radiance) is a Cymric (Welsh) and
- [Olwen](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/olwen/): Olwen is a Cymric (Welsh) goddess known from the Mabinogion of Culhwch ac Olwen where she is the titular geroine of the 
- [Rhiannon](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/rhiannon/): Rhiannon (Rigantona) is a Cymric and Brythonic goddess known from the Mabinogi of Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed where she is Pwyl
- [Satiada - Goddess of the Throng](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/satiada/): Satiada (Saitada, Sattada, Saiiada) is a Brythonic goddess known from a single inscribed altarstone found at Beltingham 
- [Taran](https://godsandgoddesses.org/celtic/taran/): Taran (Taranis, Taranos, Taranuos, Taranucnus, Taranucus, Taranoou, Etirun) is a Gaulish and Brythonic god known from th

## Mesopotamian Mythology

- [Mesopotamian Gods](https://godsandgoddesses.org/mesopatimian/gods/): The Ancient Sumerians worshipped many different gods and goddesses. They thought that the gods influenced much of what h
- [Ninazu - Lord Healer](https://godsandgoddesses.org/mesopatimian/ninazu/): Ninazu is a Sumerian god and his name means Lord Healer. Ninazu appears in cuneiform literature under several, sometimes
- [Tiamat](https://godsandgoddesses.org/mesopatimian/tiamat/): Dragons, great wyrms and serpents are common elements in mythology from our earliest days and the earliest of all was th
- [Utu (Shamash)](https://godsandgoddesses.org/mesopatimian/utu/): Utu is the Sumerian Sun God, whose Akkadian name is Shamash. He represents the brilliant light of the sun, which returns
- [Zarathustra](https://godsandgoddesses.org/mesopatimian/zarathustra/): Fast Facts: Zarathustra Known For: Earliest of the ancient philosophers Alternate Names and Spellings: Zaratust, Zarathr

## Aztec Mythology

- [Aztec Gods](https://godsandgoddesses.org/aztec/): The Aztec civilization flourished for more than 700 years before it came to an abrupt end just six decades after first c

## Mythical Creatures

- [Echidna](https://godsandgoddesses.org/creatures/echidna/): Echidna was called the mother of all monsters, although her children numbered no more than a dozen or so, and many were 
- [Kraken](https://godsandgoddesses.org/creatures/kraken/): Below the thunders of the upper deep, Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea, His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The K
- [Medusa](https://godsandgoddesses.org/creatures/medusa/): To meet Medusa is to meet a symbol of that which dies, so that from death may come life, and thus a symbol of fear. For 
- [Minotaur](https://godsandgoddesses.org/creatures/minotaur/): It all started with the infamous philandering ways of Zeus. When the wilful and lusty god spotted the beautiful Europa, 
- [Pegasus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/creatures/pegasus/): Pegasus, the white winged horse, is the result of a close encounter between Medusa and Poseidon. When Perseus slew the G
- [Scylla](https://godsandgoddesses.org/creatures/scylla/): The sea has always inspired the deepest respect from those who spend time upon it, for the dangers of shipwreck and drow

## Legendary Heroes

- [Aeneas](https://godsandgoddesses.org/heroes/aeneas/): Aeneas, was a Trojan hero and the son of Anchises and Venus, the Roman goddess of love. He was the favourite of the Roma
- [Arthur](https://godsandgoddesses.org/heroes/arthur/): A Brythonic / Cymric hero and demigod: Great Bear As a figure, Arthur is know from a number of early Cymric (Welsh) sour
- [Cei](https://godsandgoddesses.org/heroes/cei/): A Cymric Arthurian Hero, also known as Cai, Kai, Kay: Path Cei (Cai, Kai, Kay) is a Cymric (Welsh) hero known from the p
- [Culhwch](https://godsandgoddesses.org/heroes/culhwch/): Cymric Hero of the Mabinogion: Little Pig Culhwch is Cymric divine hero known from the Mabinogi of Culhwch ac Olwen wher
- [Gilgamesh](https://godsandgoddesses.org/heroes/gilgamesh/): A half-God, half-human king that ruled the Sumerian city-state of Uruk around 2500 years before Christ. It was said he w
- [Gwalchmei (Gawain)](https://godsandgoddesses.org/heroes/gwalchmei/): A Cymric Arthurian Hero: Hawk of the Plain Gwalchmei is a Cymric (Welsh) hero known from the Welsh Traids, the Black Boo
- [March mab Meirchyawn](https://godsandgoddesses.org/heroes/march-mab-meirchyawn/): March mab Meirchyawn (King Mark) is a Cymric (Welsh) hero and folkloric figure known from a single folk tale and a numbe
- [Orpheus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/heroes/orpheus/): When Orpheus sang the wild beasts would lay down, entranced, and the sweet music of his lyre coaxed rocks and trees into
- [Owein Mab Macsen](https://godsandgoddesses.org/heroes/owein-mab-macsen/): Owein mab Macsen Wledig A Cymric Hero, also known as Ewein, Eugenius, Oug(u)ein, Eug(u)ein, Ywein, Euguen, Iguein, Yuein
- [Owein Urien](https://godsandgoddesses.org/heroes/owein-urien/): A Cymric Hero of the Old North, also known as Owain, Ewein, Ywain, Eugenius: Well-born son of Urien Owein (Owain, Ewein,
- [Romulus and Remus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/heroes/romulus-and-remus/): Romulus and Remus were the twin sons of Rhea Silvia and Mars, and the two founders of Rome. Rhea Silvia had been the onl

## Myths and Stories

- [Bedd Gelert](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/bedd-gelert/): This tale concerns Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, known as Llywelyn Fawr (the Great) of the House of Gwynedd. He was born in 1173
- [Beowulf](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/beowulf/): Poets and story tellers were highly esteemed in the the Anglo-Saxon period of England. They were the historians of the t
- [Book of the Dead](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/book-of-the-dead/): The Egyptians called it Reu nu pert em hru meaning The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day, for it is a book about coming fo
- [The Crone](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/crone/): Ruling over both life and death, the Crone holds within her all aspects of the Triple Goddess. She is the mature and age
- [Enuma Elish - Babylonian Creation Myth](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/enuma-elish/): This is a copy of L.W. Kings’ authoritative work on the Enuma Elish, the Babylonian creation myth. This article includes
- [Ganymede](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/ganymede/): Ganymede, handsomest of mortals, caught up to pour out drink for Zeus and live amid immortals for his beauty’s sak
- [Glaukos](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/glaukos/): Glaukos, who speaks prophecies to sailors, an infallible divinity… Euripides Glaukos was once an ordinary mortal f
- [Isis and Osiris](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/isis-and-osiris/): In the days before Ra had left the earth, before he had begun to grow old, his great wisdom told him that if the goddess
- [Isis and the Seven Scorpions](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/isis-and-the-seven-scorpions/): Whenever Isis left Horus in the evening while they were in hiding in the papyrus swamps near Buto, she was accompanied b
- [Norse Creation Story](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/norse-creation-story/): Niflheim – Ginnungagap – Muspelheim Before the dawn of time and before the world was created there was a pla
- [Pyramus and Thisbe](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/pyramus-and-thisbe/): The oldest love story in the world is a tragedy. It’s the familiar tale of young lovers whose union is thwarted by
- [Ragnarok](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/ragnarok/): Ragnarok is the doom of the gods. Ragnarok is the end of the world. It is the final battle between the gods and the Jotu
- [Sisyphus](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/sisyphus/): Sisyphus was condemned in Tartarus to an eternity of rolling a boulder up a hill all day, and then watching it roll back
- [Tale of Thor and Utgardloki](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/tale-of-thor-and-giants/): One day Thor turned to Loki and said; “I’m tired of simply lying around in Asgard. I’m bored, there&#8
- [The Birth of Athena](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-birth-of-athena/): His first wife was Metis, and Zeus had fears that she would give birth to a son who was mightier than his father. Zeus h
- [The Death of Balder the Beautiful](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-death-of-balder/): The most beautiful of all the sons of Odin All-father was Balder the Beautiful. Although Balder knew he was loved by eve
- [The Epic of Gilgamesh](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-epic-of-gilgamesh/): The Epic of Gilgamesh, an epic poem from Mesopotamia, is amongst the earliest surviving works of literature, perhaps, th
- [The Greek Princess](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-greek-princess/): This is the Egyptian version of the Trojan War In the days when Seti II, the grandson of Rameses the Great, was Pharaoh 
- [The Land of the Dead](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-land-of-the-dead/): The one visit to the Duat of which a record remains was paid by Se-Osiris, the wonderful child magician who read the sea
- [The Nine Worlds in Norse Mythology](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-nine-realms/): In Norse Mythology the cosmos was split in to 9 realms. Asgard This was the home of the gods and goddess. These were the
- [The Prince and the Sphinx](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-prince-and-the-sphinx/): There was once a Prince in Egypt called Thutmose, who was a son of Pharaoh Amenhotep, and the grandson of Thutmose III w
- [The Princess of Bekhten](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-princess-of-bekhten/): In the reign of Rameses III, a large temple was built at Thebes in honor of the Moon-god Khonsu. According to a traditio
- [The Sirens](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-sirens/): The Sirens were Naiads, lovely Nymphs of the Sea, who lived on the island of Sirenum Scopuli surrounded by cliffs and ro
- [The Story of Ra](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-story-of-re/): In the beginning, before there was any land of Egypt, all was darkness, and there was nothing but a great waste of water
- [The Tale of Arthur's Cave](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-tale-of-arthurs-cave/): Cave legends occur across Wales and probably the most common tale is that of ‘Ogof Arthur’ or Arthur’s
- [The Tale of Clustiau March (March's Ears)](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-tale-of-clustiau-march-marchs-ears/): The modern house of Castellmarch, sited just over a kilometer from the village of Abersoch on the Llŷn Peninsula dates t
- [The Tale of The Red Giant and the Cloak of Beards](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/the-tale-of-the-red-giant-and-the-cloak-of-beards/): The brothers, Nyniaw and Peibiaw were out one evening surveying their lands. Each boasting to the other, as was their wa
- [Yggdrasil - The Tree of Life](https://godsandgoddesses.org/myths/yggdrasil/): In the midst of Asgard, where the gods dwelt, was Yggdrasil. Yggdrasil was the tree of life. It was an eternal green Ash