Mythology

Zeus

• King of the Gods
• Symbol - Lighting Bolt
• Protects the humans and other Gods
• God of the Sky and Weather
• Wife is hera
• Roman name is Jupiter

Hera

• Women and their roles as wives
• symbols- cuckoo, pomegranate
• Zeus' wife

Poseidon

• Zeus' brother
• God of the sea,river,springs,earthquakes, and horses
• Symbols- trident, dolphin. horses
• Zeus' brother

Hades

• Roman name - Dis Pater, Orcus, Pluto
• King of the Underworld
• Symbols- Cerberus, Cornucopia, sceptre, cypress, Narcissus, key
• Zeus' brother

APOLLO

• Roman name Diana
• God of purification , interoperation of religious law
• Symbols- lyre, laurel wreath, python, raven, bow and arrow

Artemis

• God of hunting and fertility for wild animals, child birth, women's transition from virginity to sexual maturity
• Roman name- Diana
• Symbols- bow and arrows, stags, hunting dog and moon

Ares

• Roman name Mars
• God of War
• Symbols - woodpecker, eagle, owl, and vulture

Aphrodite

• Roman name Venus
• God of sexual desire, human and animal fertility
• Symbols- dove, sparrow, swan, ram, hare, myrtle, and apple
• Daughter of Zues and Dione

Athena

• God of cunning battle strategy, weaving crafts, fertility of the owl tree
• Symbols- owls, olive trees, snakes, armor,helmets, and spears

Hephaestus

• God of Metal working and other crafts, fire as basis for technology
• Symbols- hammer, anvil, tongs and or quail
• Roman name is Vulcan

Hermes

• God of stone heaps and pillars, travel, messenger, herald boundaries, theft, fertility, and luck
• Symbols- winged sandals, caduceaus (Herald's staff)

Hestia

• One of the three virgin Goddesses
• God of Hearth, Home, Architecture, domesticity, and family
• Was swallowed first by her father but also born first.
• Symbol- Hearth Fire

Demeter

• Roman name Ceres
• Seen as the motherly figure in mythology
• God of agriculture and harvest
• Has a virgin daughter Persephone that was abducted by Hedes
• Symbols- sheaf of grain, torch, pig, and snake

Dionysus

• Roman name Barchus
• Him and his sister Demeter were supreme deities of the earth
• Patron of the arts
• God of harvest and wine, ritual madness, religious ectassy
• Had the ability to bring the dead out of the underworld
• Symbols- ivy crown, wine barrel, and grapes