Names of Greek and Roman Goddesses

One of the features that has characterized man, since the dawn of humanity, is the need to believe .Explaining certain natural phenomena should not be an easy task, without having current knowledge.Storms, lightning, hail, earthworks, etc., all these phenomena that escaped our knowledge had to be produced by superior beings , beings with immense power of destruction, to those beings They were eventually given the category of Gods and Goddesses.All and each of the civilizations that have populated the earth have had their own deities, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc.Today we are going to dedicate this article to the Names of Greek and Roman Goddesses , let us know their names, who protected and to whom, what relationship existed between the Greek and Roman Goddesses.

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Names of Greek and Roman Goddesses | The Origin of the Gods

«From the mass report (chaos) the Earth (Gea) and the Sky (Uranus) arose and both engendered the seven Titans»

So described Hesiodo in Theogonia the creation of the Earth, according to Hesiodo's account, Uranus threw his most rebellious children into the Tartaro, these were the Ciclopes .The Tartaro was a terrible and dark place that was under the earth, at the same distance from this as the distance to the sky of Uranus.

Ciclope

Gea , hurt by the gesture of Uranus convinced the Titans to fight their father. Cronos , the youngest of the 7 Titans led the attack, armed with a flint sickle received from his mother Gea and while Uranus he slept, Cronos mercilessly castrated him with his pedern sickle at , he took them with his left hand and threw him into the sea along with the sickle that had cut him off.

Crono's attack on Uranus

Once Uranus was eliminated, the Titans released the Tartaro Ciclopes and left the land government to Cronos.when Cronos assumed absolute power, he returned to banish the Ciclopes to Tartaro, then marry his sister Rea and beget 3 Gods:

• Zeus
• Poseidon
• Pluton

and 3 Goddesses:

• Hestia
• Hera
• Demeter

Gea and the battered Uranus had prophesied that after Cronos' coup, one of his sons would be the one to face him and dethroned him, so Cronos, trying to avoid the prophecy, swallowed each and every one of the children that his sister Rea pariah. Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hedes and Poseidon.

Chrono devouring his children

But something would change by giving birth to his third male son, Zeus , Rhea conscious of the future of this decided to deceive Cronos and wrapping a stone in honeycombs he offered it to Cronos, who I swallow it up, believing in this way to end a possible future enemy.Zeus was handed over to his grandmother Gea who deposited him on a raven in the Aegean nickname, the current Crete.

Zeus was growing caring for two nymphs, until he was old enough to, with the help of the gods, Titans and Cyclops, Destroy his father Cronos, thus fulfilling the prophecy and establishing himself, since then as the Supreme God able to govern the destinies of the entire Universe, the god who imposes justice and order.

Names of Greek Goddesses

The gods of Olympus were the main Greek deities, they were the gods that dwelt on the top of Mount Olympus.Mount Olympus was the highest in Greece and a privileged place to govern the destinies of the city, they lived there in great temples. The Greek gods and goddesses maintained family disagreements that in most cases ended in great fights, loved and they envied, suffered and enjoyed, had human behaviors but with divine powers.Each god was endowed with a weapon or element that identified him.Let's see who the Goddesses of ancient Greece were and what they represented.

Hera

The God Zeus and the Goddess Hera

Hera is the queen of all gods, protector of the family and marriage, is the youngest daughter of the union of God Chrono with her sister Goddess Rea and by therefore sister of the god Zeus of whom he was also a wife.

As wife of Zeus and being the protective goddess of family and marriage , to she often took revenge on the lovers her husband and brother Zeus had, as well as the children he had with them.

Symbols: Peacock, cow, lion, the cuckoo, the crown and the grenade.

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Artemis

Artemis is the eldest daughter of Zeus and de Leto , who in his view is the daughter of the Titans Ceo and Febe.When Hera finds out about Zeus's infidelity, she pursued Leto to prevent the birth, despite all Artemis was born with her twin brother Apollo.

Artemis is the goddess of the hunt, of the wild animals, of the forest, of the virgin lands, of the births, the virginity.When a Greek woman had some evil « of women », goes to the temple of Artemis.Represented with a bow and arrows, I even assume the role of Ilitia in helping births.

Symbols: The moon , the hunting dog, the deer, the bear, the snake, the bow and the arrow and the cypress.

Athena

Athena

At Enea is the daughter of Zeus and the Oceanide Metis , first woman and lover of Zeus and responsible for the emetic that made Crono vomit the children he swallowed.When Zeus learned of the prophecy about the birth of a son who It would be who would rule the world, Zeus ended up devouring her while she was pregnant.Zeus would later give birth to a daughter, who was born from her head, Athena.

Athena is the goddess of war, of wisdom, science, justice, crafts or skill and civilization, one of the most important deities in Greece.Athena was educated by the entire Greek people, including the area of ​​Greek influence, whether they were colonies of Asia or Hispania.

Symbols : The owl and the Olive Tree

Aphrodite

Aphrodite

This is the goddess of love, desire and beauty. Afrodi ta is daughter of the god Zeus and the Oceanide Dione .It is said that Aphrodite was born from the foam of the sea , when the blood of Uranus fell on the earth and the sea after the amputation committed by her own son Crono.

Aphrodite married to Hephaestus, was never faithful to her husband since she had different love relationships, the most important being her relationship with Ares.From the name of Aphrodite, the term aphrodisiac is born.

Symbols: The dove, apple, bee, swan, rose and myrtle.

Demeter

Daughter of Chrono and Rhea, She is often confused with her mother Rea and even with her Grandmother Gea. Goddess of fertility, agriculture, nature and annual seasons.

Demeter was responsible for giving the grain to the Athenians, teaching them the art of agriculture, such as seedling, plowing, gathering, etc.dedicated to the field.

Symbols: The pig, poppy, wheat and torches.

The main Greek goddesses are these, but Greek mythology is much wider, so if you want to find more information, we leave you with more goddesses that were important in this mythology.

Persefone

Persefone is the daughter of the god Zeus and the goddess Demeter: Legend says it was taken by Hades and also forced to marry him for what, in addition to a goddess, is also known as the queen of the underworld.This legend has been illustrated in numerous works of art such as The Rapture of Persefone .The myth focuses on her mother's pain and also the daughter's returns to Olympo, which explain the different seasons of the year.

The Rapture of Persefone

Although he is currently a very idealized mythology character, the Greeks also knew the other Persefone's face, being the queen of the underworld.In fact, they dared not speak her name out loud and named her as "The Maiden." Other names that have been assigned to her are that of the "Iron Queen" as and as Odysseus names her when she travels to the underworld.In fact, the rites that in theory the goddess carried underground for which she promised them are also known to the assistants immortality and great banquets.

Aura

The name of Aura means breeze and was the daughter of Peribea, oceanide, and Titan Lelanto.It is said that it was very fast like the wind and that Dionysus fell in love with her but could never run as much as she did since she was much lighter than him.However, Dionysus turned to the goddess Aphrodite and finally Aura went mad at the feet of Dionysus.He had two twin sons but, following his madness, he killed one of them and then threw himself into the Sangrario river turning it into a fountain.His other son, named Yaco, was protected by Artemis and survived.

Other Goddesses Greek

• Hestia -Â Goddess of home, order and family.
• Hebe -Â La spacer, was responsible for serving drink to the gods and goddesses
• Anfitrite -Queen of the Sea and wife of Poseidon.
• Carites -Goddesses of beauty and helper of Aphrodite and Hera.
• Circe -Lesser goddess of magic.
• Enio -Ancient goddess of war and companion of Ares.
• Eris -Goddess of discord and confrontation.
• Stigia -Goddess of the River Styx, the river where the gods take their oaths.
• Harmonia -Goddess of concord and harmony.
• Hecate -Goddess of magic , the witches and the crossroads
• Ilitia -Goddess of the Births, daughter of Hera and Zeus.
• Iris -Goddess and personification of the Rainbow, and messenger of Olympus
• Leto -Titanide; Mother of Apollo and Artemis and lover of Zeus
• Moiras -Goddesses of destiny and doom
• Muses -Nine women of science and the arts.
• Nemesis -Greek goddess of retribution, balance and revenge.
• Nike -Goddess of victory.
• Nix -Goddess of the night.
• Selene -Titanide, Goddess of the Moon.
• Tique -Goddess of luck.

Names of Roman Goddesses

Juno Roman Goddess equivalent to the Greek Goddess Hera

As for the Roman Mythology, two parts can be distinguished, a first stage in which myths and native cults were represented, full of rituals.Another second part, somewhat later and that fuses local rites and gods with the gods and rituals of the conq lands Uistadas and undoubtedly the most important was the Greek culture and mythology.

To speak of Greek and Roman mythology is to speak of the same gods to whom they simply changed their name, so that they would become Latinized.We know these adopted gods of Greek culture as Greco-Roman mythology and this is the one we are going to refer to from now on.Let's look at some of the best-known Roman goddesses and discover what their equivalent in Greek mythology.

Venus

Its equivalent in Greek mythology would be Aphrodite.She is the Goddess of Beauty and her symbol is a shell.She was Virgil's wife, and was considered in Rome as one of the great symbols at parties and celebrations of all kinds, especially since Emperor Julius Caesar made her his protector.Venus is then the goddess of fertility, beauty and love.For example, many will recognize the figure of Cupid, elangel of love, which is said to be a son of Venus and Mars.

Diana

Its equivalent in Greek mythology would be Artemis.She is the Goddess de la Caza and his symbol is a bow.Diana was the daughter of Jupiter and Latone, and sister of Apollo.Knowing her mother's pains during childbirth, Diana asked the gods to never get pregnant His sister Minerva did the same.

It was her own father Jupiter who gave Diana a bow and sent her to take an oath of chastity with the nymphs of the woods.From that moment, Diana would be the goddess of the hunt, of the forests and of the wild animals.However, Roman mythology says that Diana was a person of c severe and spiteful character with people, and did not hesitate to act in a vengeful way.

Minerva

Its equivalent in Greek mythology would be Athena.She is the Goddess of Wisdom and his symbol is an owl.Minerva was conceived by Jupiter after having devoured Metis.To relieve the headaches caused by this, he resorted to Vulcan opening the head of an ax (it's mythology, we know ).Minerva came out of it, which already helped her father fight the giants.

The fight he had with Neptune is also celebrated when he named Athens (remember that Minerva would be Athena in Greek mythology.) It was decided to put the name of that god who achieved the greatest good for the city.Minerva won after sprouting an olive grove from the earth.

Juno

Its equivalent in Greek mythology would be Hera.She is the goddess of motherhood and her symbol is a peacock.She is Jupite's wife r, who was also his brother, and daughter of Saturn and Ops.Juno is considered the queen of the gods, and the goddess of motherhood and marriage.

He is one of the greatest gods, not in vain it forms part, next to Jupiter and Minerva, of the Capitoline Triad .These triads were cults of this Roman mythology that grouped the main gods in groups of three for their study.

Ceres

Its equivalent in Greek mythology would be Demeter.the Goddess of crops and her symbol is a cornucopia.She is also the daughter of Saturn and Ops, therefore she is the sister of Juno or Vesta, the goddess we will see at the next point.Other of her brothers were Jupiter, Pluto and Neptune.His brother Jupiter fell in love with her and they both fathered Proserpine.

Ceres is the goddess who taught men to work the earth, especially to sow and collect corn and make bread, which is why she is considered the goddess of crops and agriculture.

Vesta

Its equivalent in Greek mythology would be Hestia.the Goddess of the home and her symbol is fire.Like Juno, she is the daughter of Saturn and Ops.She was a goddess who acquired more importance in the Roman cult than in the Greek, however they hardly have physical representations of her since her invocation was carried out through the fire.In fact, her name comes from the vestals, which were girls of 10 years who were responsible for always keeping lit the candles that worshiped the goddess.

Vesta represents in Roman mythology the goddess of the home, and represents fidelity to the family nucleus.It also has great importance in some rites related to the foundation of Rome.For example, it is said that it was she who interceded before King Numitor to avoid killing his daughter Rea Silvia, who is already Aba pregnant with Romulo and Remo , who would be the future founders of Rome.

Ops

Its equivalent in Greek mythology would be Rea.She is the Goddess of the fertility of the earth and wealth and its symbol is a moon.He is also often seen in many images holding a spike of wheat or a kind of scepter.He was the wife of Saturn and mother of one of the goddesses we have already seen, Juno and Vesta.

This Roman deity it was mainly the goddesses of the wealth and fertility of the earth, in fact the very origin of the name is linked to that meaning of wealth or abundance.Another meaning of the word ops is to work or plow the land For this reason it was a deity very present in Roman cults with the aim of asking for bonanza times, good harvests and abundance of food.

These are just some of the main deities that we can find in the Roman mythology .We must bear in mind that this mythology is very broad and that there are many more Roman goddesses.The truth is that their stories are very interesting, elaborate and quite cruel, a kind of game of thrones with Very powerful gods.If you liked to know more about these goddesses, surely the bug has bitten you and you want to know more about mythology or Roman.They are exciting.

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• Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Greece by Pauline Schmitt-Pantel ISBN: 9788449325168