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Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Atlas Coeus Crius Cronus Demeter Dionysus Gaia Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phobos Phoebe Poseidon Prometheus Rhea Tethys Themis Uranus Zeus
Bacchus Ceres Diana Juno Jupiter Mars Mercury Minerva Neptune Pluto Venus Vesta Vulcan
Amun Anubis Aten Atum Babi Bastet Bes Geb Hapi hathor heqet Horus Isis Khepri Khnum Khonsu Maat Nephthys Nut Osiris Ptah Ra Seshat Seth Shu Sobek Thoth
Alfheim Baldur Freya Freyr Frigg Heimdallr Helheim Idun Jotunheim Loki Nerthus Njord Odin Thor Tyr
Aengus Arawn Badb Brigid Cailleach Ceridwen Cernunnos Cu Chulainn Dagda Danu Gwydion Herne the Hunter Lugh Medb Morrigan Neit Nuada Taliesin Taranis
Chalchiuhtlicue Coatlicue Huitzilopochtli Mictlantecuhtli Mixcoatl Ometeotl Quetzalcoatl Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tonatiuh Xipe Totec Xochiquetzal Xolotl
Amaterasu Ame no Uzume Benzaiten Bishamonten Daikokuten Ebisu Fujin Fukurokuju Inari Izanagi Kagutsuchi Raijin Susanoo Tsukuyomi
Caishen Cangjie Dragon King Eight Immortals Erlang Shen Fuxi Guanyin Hou Yi Huxian Jade Emperor King Yama Leizi Lu-ban Mazu Nezha Nuwa Pangu Shennong Sun Wukong Xiwangmu Yue Lao Zhong Kui
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Hemera

Hemera, the goddess of day. With her brother Aether ("Upper Air"), they were the offspring of Erebus ("Darkness") and Nyx ("Night"). Apart from the story of the creation, no other myths were associated with Hemera.

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Hemera, Ἡμέρα – "Day".

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Aether, Erebus, Nyx.

Creation.

Jimmy Joe Timeless Myths

By Jimmy Joe

Primeval Deities:

  • • Chaos
  • • Nyx (Night)
  • • Erebus (Darkness)
  • • Tartarus
  • • Aether
  • • Hemera
  • • Eros (Cupid)
  • • Gaea (Earth)
  • • Uranus (Sky)
  • • Pontus (Sea)
  • • Nereus
  • • Phorcys
  • • Eurybia
  • • Demiurge
  • • Oceanus
  • • Eurynome
  • • Ophion
  • • Chronus (Time)
  • • Adrasteia
  • • Protogonus (Phanes)
Aether

Aether

The upper air or sky. Aether was the personification of the upper sky. With his sister Hemera (Day), they were the offspring of Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night). Aether was probably the father of Uranus by Gaea . See Creation, Theogony of Hesiod ...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Nyx (Night)

Nyx (Night)

Goddess of the night. Nyx was identified by the Romans as Nox, and was often identified as just Night. Nyx was born together with Erebus , Gaea , Tartarus, and Eros ("Love"), out of Chaos. By her brother Erebus, Nyx bore Aether ("Upper Air") and H...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Erebus (Darkness)

Erebus (Darkness)

Erebus was born together with Nyx , Gaea , Tartarus, and Eros ("Love"), out of Chaos . With his sister Nyx, Erebus was the father of Aether ("Upper Air") and Hemera ("Day"). See Creation, Theogony of Hesiod . Apart from the part he played in the C...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Eos

Eos

Goddess of dawn. Eos was the daughter of Hyperion and Theia . The Romans identified her as Aurora. Some say that she brought dawn by riding her chariot across the sky, while others say that she was a winged-goddess. Her horses that pull her chario...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Theia

Theia

Titaness of sorcery. Theia was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea . She was sometimes called, Euryphaëssa (Eurtphaessa). Theia was the goddess of light. She married her brother Hyperion , and was the mother of Eos ("Dawn"), Helius ("Sun"), and Selene...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Aergia: The Greek and Roman Goddess of Laziness and Idleness

Aergia: The Greek and Roman Goddess of Laziness and Idleness

Aergia was the infamous goddess of idleness and laziness in Greek and Roman mythology. This goddess is also famous in many other mythologies which is why each famous mythology will surely have a god or a goddess who is similar to her. In Greek myt...

February 15th, 2024 • Ancient Literature
Selene

Selene

Goddess of the moon. Selene was the daughter of Hyperion and Theia . The Romans identified her as Luna. Selene was the sister of Helius (Sun) and Eos (Dawn). Selene was the mother of a daughter named Pandia, by Zeus . Selene may have been seduced ...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Horae (Seasons)

Horae (Seasons)

The three daughters of Zeus and the Titaness Themis were originally personifications of the seasons: spring, summer and winter. Later they became abstract personifications of law and order: Eirene ("Peace"), Eunomia ("Order"), and Dike ("Justice")...

April 24th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Gaea (Earth)

Gaea (Earth)

The personification of earth and the goddess of the earth. Gaea was also known as Gaia or Ge, but to the Romans she was known as Terra Mater and Tellus . According to Diodorus Siculus, her name was also Titaea. Gaea was born together with Nyx ("Ni...

April 19th, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Hecate

Hecate

Hecate was the daughter of Perses or Persaeüs (Persaeus) and Asteria , both of whom were offspring of the Titans. She had also been called a daughter of Demeter. The Romans identified her with Trivia, goddess of the crossroads or of the "Three Way...

September 29th, 2002 • Jimmy Joe

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