Acastus, a king of Iolcus who sailed with the Argonauts and participated in the Calydonian boar hunt Everyone is familiar with the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, though, before the reverence of the nine, there were recorded to be only three Muses. The earliest accounts come from Boeotia, where the claims of three muses – Aoide (song), Melete (practice), and Mneme (memory) – came to be. In ancient Greece, the trio is known as the Boeotian Muses, specifying them to that region.

Devana (Cica, Cisa, Ciza, Cyca, Devoina, Dewana, Dewin, Dewina, Didilia, Didilla, Diewana, Diewen, Diiwica, Dzidziela, Dzidzilelya, Dziedzilia, Dziewanna, Dziewica, Dziewina, Dziewitza, Dziewonna, Dziwitza, Dzydzilelya, Sisa, Zeiz, Zewena, Ziewonia, Ziza, Zizilia, Zyzlila) Cabeiri (Κάβειροι), gods or spirits who presided over the Mysteries of the islands of Lemnos and Samothrace If ancient Rome is your thing, you can still view highlights from our special exhibition Nero: the man behind the myth which ran from 27 May 2021 to 24 Oct 2021. In the great Shakta scripture known as the Devi Mahatmya (Glory of the Goddess), all the goddesses are aspects of one presiding female force—one in truth and many in expression, which also is the creative power of the cosmos. It expresses through philosophical tracts and metaphor, that the potentiality of masculine being is actuated by the feminine divine.

Dionysos was the god of wine, vines, fertility, and festivity. He is most often shown with grapes and vines, as well as big cats like panthers, leopards and tigers. For Romans he was known as Bacchus, and the Bacchanalia – or Dionysia – were raucous festivals celebrating the god. You can find replicas of some of these objects, and other products inspired by the Greek and Roman gods, in our online shop. In some faiths, a sacred female figure holds a central place in religious prayer and worship. For example, Shaktism (one of the three major Hindu sects), holds that the ultimate deity, the source of all reality, is Mahadevi (Supreme Goddess) and in some forms of Tantric Shaivism, the pair of Shiva and Shakti are the ultimate principle (with the goddess representing the active, creative power of God). Meanwhile, in Vajrayana Buddhism, ultimate reality is often seen as being composed of two principles depicted as two deities in union ( yab yum, "father-mother") symbolizing the non-duality of the two principles of perfect wisdom (female) and skillful compassion (male). [2] Cyclopes (Hesiodic), three one-eyed giants who forged the lightning bolts of Zeus, Trident of Poseidon, and Helmet of Hades. Melpomene happens to be one of the Muses that are speculated to be mothers of the Sirens, monstrous half-bird sea-nymphs that lured sailors to their demise with their hypnotizing music.

Furthermore, the relationship between Apollo and the nine Muses is examined in both the arts and theater. “Apollo and the Muses” by John Singer Sargent displays this unique relationship that the god of light had with the nine muses. Meanwhile, the Moregine frescoes in the ‘A’ Triclinium of the Large Gymnasium show the god alongside the Muses. The noun goddess is a secondary formation, combining the Germanic god with the Latinate -ess suffix. It first appeared in Middle English, from about 1350. [3] The English word follows the linguistic precedent of a number of languages—including Egyptian, Classical Greek, and several Semitic languages—that add a feminine ending to the language's word for god.Alexiares and Anicetus (Αλεξιαρης and Ανικητος), twin sons of Heracles who presided over the defence of fortified towns and citadels The guy literally plays the lyre and oversees the realms of music, poetry, and art. He’s certainly one of the most popular of the Greek gods, and poets were fond of singing his praises. Odysseus (Ὀδυσσεύς or Ὀδυσεύς), a hero and king of Ithaca whose adventures are the subject of Homer's Odyssey; he also played a key role during the Trojan War God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and archery. He is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis. Both Apollo and Artemis use a bow and arrow. Apollo is depicted as young, beardless, handsome and athletic. In myth, he can be cruel and destructive, and his love affairs are rarely happy. He is often accompanied by the Muses. His most famous temple is in Delphi, where he established his oracular shrine. His signs and symbols include the laurel wreath, bow and arrow, and lyre. His sacred animals include roe deer, swans, and pythons. Some late Roman and Greek poetry and mythography identifies him as a sun-god, equivalent to Roman Sol and Greek Helios. [2]