Who is Ploutonas? Ploutonas is the Greek God of the Underworld. He is basically another name for Aidoneos(Hades). Since Aidoneos was feared and people were afraid to speak his name, they gave Him other names. Ploutonas or Plouton is one of them. His name means “Giver of Wealth” and in that, He is connected to…
Doing a introductory into Greek mythology is even harder than I thought. The second part i will discuss the Gods, while the third part will focus on the heroes. The Gods of Olympus is a name given to a group of Gods that live on top the mountain called Olympos. Their names are well known:…
I will sing of Zeus, chiefest among the gods and greatest, all-seeing, the lord of all, the fulfiller who whispers words of wisdom to Themis as she sits leaning towards him. Be gracious, all-seeing Son of Kronos, most excellent and great! source: HOMERIC HYMNS 5 – 33, TRANSLATED BY H. G. EVELYN-WHITE I always thought…
This year marked the first time i participated in a religious festival called Heliogenna. It went great. I enjoyed it and felt closer to the Gods by doing it. Not that before i didn’t feel close to Them. I did. A religious festival is something else than ordinary prayer or honouring the Gods. What…
I have discussed Aidoneos, the Hellenic God of the Underworld and riches. Now I will talk about Dis Pater: the Roman God of the Underworld also known as Pluto or apparently Rex Infernus who was associated with fertile agricultural land ( which is normal for khthonic deities to be associated with that.) He was later…
Aphroditê, one of the great Olympian divinities, was, according to the popular and poetical notions of the Greeks, the goddess of love and beauty. Some traditions stated that she had sprung from the foam (aphros) of the sea, which had gathered around the mutilated parts of Ouranos, that had been thrown into the sea by…
Hera, Goddess of marriage, women, sky and the stars. She is the daugher of Kronos and Rheia, and sister to Zeus, Poseidon, Aidoneos, Demeter & Hestia. She is next to Queen of the Gods, also mother to various Gods like Hephaestos, Ares, Hebe, Eileithyia. The Romans called her Juno. She has various names and epithets…
In my earlier posts, I wrote a hymn to Nyx & Erebos each respectfully. Now, I want to go into detail in these deities. While Khaos, the progenitor of the Protogenoi was seen as the personification of the gap between Earth and Heaven, and not chaos as it is known today. Basicly Khaos …
Persephone, daughter of Demeter, Goddess of spring, vegetation and the Underworld. Her story of her abduction by Aidoneos, God of the Underworld, is what usually is used to describe the origin of the seasons. In actuality, her story is no different from the abduction of Amphitrite by Poseidon and Hera by Zeus. The difference is…
Aidoneos, the God of the Underworld is a God with many faces. At one point he became one with Death, so people were afraid to speak his name (Aidoneos) out of fear of calling Him out to drag you to Hades – another name for the Underworld). Aidoneos is an Olympian but also a Khthonic…