Greek Gods You’ve Never Heard Of, Part II

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Primordial gods continued: Children of Nyx (Night)

Moros (m) “doom, fate”. siblings Thanatos (peaceful death) and Ker (violent death and terminal illness). Roman: Fatum

Thanatos (m) “death.” minor deity. twin brother of Hypnos (sleep). siblings Geras (old age), Oizys (suffering), Moros (doom), Apate (deception), Momus (blame), Eris (strife), Nemesis (retribution) Charon (the boatman of Hades). Symbols: butterfly, poppies. Roman: Mors, Letum

Keres (f, plural. singular “Ker”). death spirits. daughters of Nyx and sisters of the Moirai. Dark beings with a thirst for human blood, hovering over the battlefield searching for dying men. Roman: Tenebrae

Geras (m), old age. Roman: Senectus

Oizys (f), mistery, anxiety, grief, depression. Twin of Momos. Roman: Miseria

Apate (f), deceit. companion of Pseudologoi (lies). Counterpart was Dolos (trickery); opposed Aletheia (truth). Roman: Fraus

Momus/Momos (m) satire and mockery. twin of Oizys (misery). Roman: Querella

Eris (f) “strife”. equated with war goddess Enyo. can be discord, or stirring up to action. Roman: Discordia

Nemesis/Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia/Adrasteia/Adrastia (f) the inescapable. Retribution against those who succumb to hubris. “To give what is due”. Mother of Helen. Roman: Invidia/Rhamnusia

Dolos/Dolus (m) “Deception”, trickery and guile, treachery. Apprentice of Prometheus. Roman: Mendacius

Eleos (m) pity, mercy, clemency, compassion. Roman: Clementia

Elpis (f), hope. Young woman carrying flowers or a cornucopia. Roman: Spes

Epiphron (m) “prudence, care” daimon/spirit of shrewdness, thoughtfulness, carefulness, sagacity

Hybris (f) insolence, violence, outrageous behavior (hubris). Roman: Petulantia

Philotes (f), spirit of affection, friendship, sex. associated with her sister Aphrodite/Kypris

Sophrosyne (f) ideal character, temperance, moderation, prudence, purity, decorum, self-control

Hypnos (m) “sleep” Roman: Somnus

The Oneiroi/Oneiri (m, plural). gods and demigods of dreams, nightmares, and dream symbols. 

Lived in the land of dreams, Demos Oneiroi, part of the underworld. Oneiri:

  • Morpheus (can take on the forms of men)
  • Phobetor (can take on the forms of beasts)
  • Phantasos (can take on the forms of inanimate objects)
  • Phobetor/Iceus (m) “frightening”/”semblance” was also god of nightmares. 
  • Epiales/Epialos/Epioles/Epialtes/Melas Oneioi (black dreams): nightmares
  • Phantasos (m) god of surreal dreams