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Chaos
GaiaTartaru
s Eros Nyx Erebus
Typhon
UranusOurea
(Mountains)
Pontus
Aether
Momos Ponos Moros Thanatos
Hypnos
The Hesperides
The Keres & The Moiria
Nemesis Apate Philotes
Geras
Eris
Hemera
-Son of Erebus (darkness) and Nyx (night)
-Male, sometimes referred to as Ether in Roman mythology
-Personification of the pure upper air that the gods breathe
-Father of Penthos, Pontus, Aergia and the Nelphelai
Aether
Thalassa
Daughter of Aether and Hemera Roman name: Thalassa/Mare Primordial goddess of the sea She and sea god Pontus were the
parents of the nine Telchines and Halia
No body; is literally the sea
Apate
Daughter of Nyx (personification of night) and Erebos (personification of darkness)
Roman name: Fraus (means “Fraud”)
She is the personification of deceit
Her siblings are Geras (old age), Oizys (suffering), Moros (doom), Momos (blame), Eris (strife), Nemesis (retribution), and Keres (carnage)
Her counterpart is Dolos, who is the god of trickery and was released from Pandora’s Box.
Gaia
Birth from Chaos
Terra
The great mother of all: the primal Greek Mother Goddess; creator and giver of birth to the Earth and all the Universe
She is sometimes depicted as an only child & sometimes not being Chao’s child
• Tartarus
• He’s the primordial god of the pit
• No different roman name• The pit• Married to Geaia and father
of the giants
Erebus
Origin: Born from Chaos
Roman Name: Erebus / Male
God of: Darkness / Dwells in the Underworld
Father of Aether / Brother to Nyx
A symbol for him is unfathomable darkness
ErisOrigin: Daughter of Nyx (Night)Roman Name: DiscordiaGender: FemaleGoddess of chaos, strife, and discordDwells in the aetherSiblings: Ares, Enyo, Hephaestus, Hebe or Thanatos, Hypnos, The Keres
Roman Name IS Necessitas
Female
Considered the mother Of Fates
The parents names are Hydros and Gaia
ANANKE is related to Khronos
She Is the god Of Evil
Chaos First Being Genderless Roman name is Khaos Eternal void Creator of Gaia, Tartarus, Nyx, Eros, Erebus
Gerasorigin:Nyx
Roman Name: Senectus
God Of: old age
Relationships to Other gods: Thanatos, Oizys, Hecate
Origin: Son of Aphrodite and AresRoman Name: CupidMaleGod of loveLived on Mt. OlympusHe could shoot his arrows into the hearts of gods and mortals. Makes sure Helen of Troy falls in love with Paris.
Eros
Hemera
Daughter of Erebus and Nyx
Roman name is
Goddess of the daytime
Female
Brother is Aether
She and Aether created Eros, Tartarus, Pontus, and Gaia
Dethroned their Parents
Child is Thalassa
HYPNOS
Origin: Son Nyx and Erebus Roman Name: Somnus God of sleep Lives in a cave in the Underworld Brother of Thanatos
Ourea• Gaia, no father
• Mons, neither male nor female
• Mountains
• Each mountain has its own God
• TMOLOS A Mountain of Lydia was the judge of a musical contest between Apollo and Pan
Momus• Parents are Erebus and Nyx• God of blame, mockery, satire, writers, poets, censure, and unfair
criticism• Male • Roman counterpart was Querella • Siblings were all death spirits or strongly associated with the
Underworld• Has a twin sister named Oizys, (goddess of distress, anxiety and
worry.)• Due to his constant criticism of other Gods, including Zeus, he
was exiled from Mount Olympus.
Nemesis-said to be daughter of either Oceanus and Nox or Jupiter and Necessity
-Roman name= Invidia; female
-The goddess of retribution for evil acts and undeserved good fortune
-Her name is derived from the Greek words nemêsis and nemô, meaning “dispenser of dues”
-She would be called upon to reign justice on those who committed evil acts or had undeserving good fortune
-She was a relatively unimportant goddess in both Greek and Roman culture
-If someone called upon her to help him/her, she would generally sympathize and “soften” her stance
-Was thought to hold the power to punish civilizations
-Stood for the preservation of justice even in the darkest times
Philotes~ Origin: Daughter of Nyx Roman name: Amicitia,
Gratia- Female The god of: Friendship, and
AffectionRelations: Nyx, Hemera, Eris,
Erebos, Moros, and Dolas
The Moria Origin: Deriving from μοῖρα. Roman name: Often known in English as the
Fates or Anglicisation of the Irish name Máire. Male or female: Female What are they the god of: Destiny Where do they dwell: Middle Earth Fun facts: Moira is related to Tekmor and with
Ananke, who were primeval goddesses in mythical cosmogonies.
Uranus
Origin:Gaea
Roman name:???
Male
God of: sky or heavens
He was the first son of Gaia (the earth) and he also became her husband
Hesperides• Female
• Considered Goddesses of the evening and sunset.
• Possibly born from Erebus and Nyx, or the Titan Atlas.
• Guard a sacred garden in the far west of the world
• Has magical apples that grant immortality
• The tree bearing the apples belongs to Hera, gift from Gaia
• Assisted by a dragon called Ladon
• Heracles had to steal an apple from this garden
• The apple of discord came from this garden, which caused the Trojan war.
Thesis or as in Greek Θεσις Θετις • Thesis was the protogena (primordial goddess) of creation, a divinity
related to Phusis (Nature). She occurs in the Orphic Theogonies as the first to emerge at creation alongside the Hydros (the primordial waters).
Parents
• NONE (emerged at the beginning of creation)
Offspring
• KHRONOS, ANANKE (by Hydros) POROS, TEKMOR
• Thesis is a female I think. And doesn’t have a roman name.
Ridings, Typhon
Origin: Monster last son of Gaia, fathered by Tartarus
Gender: Male
Know as the most deadly monster and the
“Father of All Monsters”
Was Imprisoned in Tartarus
Married to Echidna, created many monsters
Wait, Moros
Origin- Son of Nyx who was believed to be the mother of everything mysterious.
Roman Name- Theoi God of- doom Related to – Thantos and Ker Picture-