Showing posts with label Divinities of the underworld. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Divinities of the underworld. Show all posts

6.6.16

DIVINITIES OF THE SEA and UNDERWORLD

                              DIVINITIES OF THE SEA

Older Dynasty:

 Pontus, Oceanus, Nereus, Proteus
Never Dynasty:
 Poseidon, Amphitrite
Lesser Dynasty:
 The Oceanids,River gods, The Nereids
Younger Dynasty:
 Triton, the water Nymphs, Glaucuc
SeanNonsters: 
 The sirens, Chrysoar (charybrds)

AMPHITRIDE:
  A nereid, the quenn of the seas, usually decipted with her husband, Poseidon.
Poseidon+Amphitride= tribon

NEREUS:
 Protector of sailors, son of Gaea and Pontus

NEREIDS:
 Beautiful virgins, daughters of Nereus and Dois

 SIRENS:
Half-women, half-bird, sometimes half fish-halfwomen

CHARYBDIS:
 A sea monsterb living under the rocks, Poseidon's daughter.
Poseidon trusted her and gave so much lands to her, 
Zeus changed her to a whirpool.


                                     DIVINITIES OF THE UNDERWORLD

MAJOR DEITIES: 

 Hades, Persephone, Hecate

MINOR DEITIE:S

 The Furies, Erinnyes, Thantos and Hypnos, Morpheus
 
 CREATURES OF THE UNDERWORLD
 cerberus, Charon (chiron)

PERSEPHONE:
 Zeus+Demeter's daughter,   the queen of the underworld, Hades's wife, The goddess of the spring.
 
HECATE: 
 
 wisdom and victory in the world, terror and horror in the underworld