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THE MEANING OF THE NAMES?
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A
Artemis
= goddess
of the Moon and of the hunt
Athena
= goddess
of wisdom, war, the arts, industry, justice and skill
Afrodite
= Goddess
of love and beauty
Aurora
= goddess
of dawn
B
Bona-Dea
= Goddess
of Women's Protection and Liberty
Bastet
= Goddess
of Cats
Bacchae
= God of
the Wine
Bellerophon
= greek
hero who chased monsters
Boreas
= God of
the North Wind
C
CALAIS
=the winged son of Boreas (Boreas is the
god of the North wind)
CUPIDO
= in
Roman mythology
Cupid is the
god of
erotic
love (in greek = Eros)
CAICUS
= a river
god
CRONUS
= was the leader and
the youngest of the first generation of Titans in Greek
mythology, the father of the
CONSUS
= god of
fertility
CARDEA
= was the goddess of
health,
thresholds and
door
hinges and
handles, also associated with
the
wind (in Greek same as
Artemis)
CYBELE
=the
"great mother goddess", embodies the fertile earth, a goddess
of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature, wild
animals (especially lions and bees)
D
DEMETER
= the
goddes of corn, grain and the harvest
DIANA
= The
goddess of the hunt (Roman mythology)
DAPHNE
= was
nymph and follower of the huntress-goddess Artemis
DIONYSOS
= the god
of wine and madness, vegetation, and the theatre, and was the
focus of various mystery cults
DARDANOS
= the
legendary ancestor of Troijans, a son of Zeus & Elektra
E
EROS
= God of love
ERIOLANOS
= A river God
EIRENE
= The Goddess
Peace
EUNOMIA
= One of the
Goddesses of the Seasons
F
FANTASOS
= The god of
dreams
FUFLUNS
= The god of wine
(Roman mythology, in greek mythology -->Bacchus)
FORTUNA
= The goddess of
chance (Roman mythology, in greek mythology -->Tyche)
FLORA
= The goddess of
"all that flourishes" (Roman mythology)
FIDES
= The goddess of
honesty
FOIBE
= The goddess of
the moon (Roman mythology, in greek mythology -->Artemis)
FELICITAS
= The goddess of
good luck (Roman mythology)
G
GALATEA
= a see nymph
GALAXAURA
= One of the
three daughters of Okeanos and Tethys
GERENIAN
= another name
for the aged hero, Nestor
GERAS
= Old Age, a
child of Nyx (night)
GARAMAS
= Another name
for Amphithemis, a son of Apollon and Akakallis
GANYMEDES
= A young prince
from Troja that became one of Zeus' lovers
GLAUCUS
= A divine seer
who lives in the sea, a man from the waist up and a fish from
the waist down
GAIOS
= the lord
H
HEKATE
=
The
goddess
of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy
HERA
= The queen of
the gods, and goddess of heaven, women and marriage
HADES
= The king of the
underworld and lord of the dead
HEFAISTOS
= The god of fire,
metal and metallurgy, the blacksmith, sculptor and craft, known
as Vulcan by the Romans
HELIOS
= The solar-god
who drove a chariot of winged horses across the sky wearing the
shining aureole-crown of the sun upon his head
HERMES
= The great
Olympian god of animal husbandry, fertility of the herds, trade,
messengers, travel, merchants and athletes
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