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Eris (mythology) Eris ( / ˈɪərɪs, ˈɛrɪs /; Greek: Ἔρις Éris, "Strife") is the Greek goddess of strife and discord. Her Roman equivalent is Discordia, which means the same. Eris's Greek opposite is Harmonia, whose Roman counterpart is Concordia, [ 3] though she is also described as opposing Nike, counterpart of the Roman Victoria ...
Thetis ( / ˈθiːtɪs / THEEH-tiss, / ˈθɛtɪs / THEH-tiss; Greek: Θέτις [tʰétis]) is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. She mainly appears as a sea nymph, a goddess of water, and one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus.
Atepomarus, god of horses, horsemen, and healing. Badb, Irish goddess of war who took the form of a crow; member of the Morrígan. Bandua, Gallaecian God of War. Belatucadros, war god worshipped by soldiers and equated with the Roman war god Mars. Camulus, god of war of the Belgic Remi and British Trinovantes.
Paris (mythology) Paris ( Ancient Greek: Πάρις ), also known as Alexander ( Ἀλέξανδρος, Aléxandros ), is a mythological figure in the story of the Trojan War. He appears in numerous Greek legends and works of Ancient Greek literature such as the Iliad. In myth, he is prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecuba, and ...
In Greek mythology, Ganymede ( / ˈɡænɪmiːd / [ 1 ]) or Ganymedes ( / ɡænɪˈmiːdiːz /; [ 2 ] Ancient Greek: Γανυμήδης Ganymēdēs) is a divine hero whose homeland was Troy. Homer describes Ganymede as the most handsome of mortals and tells the story of how he was abducted by the gods to serve as Zeus's cup-bearer in Olympus .
Hachiman ( 八幡神) is the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people. Originally an agricultural deity, he later became the guardian of the Minamoto clan. His symbolic animal and messenger is the dove. Inari Ōkami ( 稲荷大神) The god or goddess of rice and fertility.
As the patron goddess of Rome and the Roman Empire, Juno was called Regina ("Queen") and was a member of the Capitoline Triad ( Juno Capitolina ), centered on the Capitoline Hill in Rome, and also including Jupiter, and Minerva, goddess of wisdom. Juno-Hera, antique fresco from Pompeii. Juno's own warlike aspect among the Romans is apparent in ...
Calypso (mythology) In Greek mythology, Calypso ( / kəˈlɪpsoʊ /; Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ, romanized : Kalupsō, lit. 'she who conceals') [ 1] was a nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia, where, according to Homer 's Odyssey, she detained Odysseus for seven years against his will. She promised Odysseus immortality if he would stay with ...