Ananke
By Jimmy Joe
Minor Greek Deities:
- • Helius
- • Selene
- • Eos
- • Aeolus
- • Proteus
- • Triton
- • Doris
- • Amphitrite
- • Thetis
- • Pan
- • Silenus
- • Aristaeüs
- • Metis
- • Hebe
- • Eileithyia
- • Iris
- • Eris
- • Muses
- • Graces
- • Nemesis
- • Horae (Seasons)
- • Moerae (Fates)
- • Tyche
- • Nike
- • Paeëon
- • Asclepius
- • Circe
- • Despoina
- • Enyo
- • Ate
- • Deimus
- • Phobus
- • Ananke
Adrasteia
Necessity. Adrasteia existed with Chronus (Time) at the beginning, before the world was created. Another name for the personification of "Fate" or "Necessity" is Ananke. Like Chronus, Adrasteia was portrayed as giant serpent or dragon, but as a fe...
April 19th, 1999
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Moerae (Fates)
Goddesses of fate. The Fates or Moerae (Moirai) were known by Hesiod as the three daughters of Nyx ("Night"): Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos. In later accounts they were known as daughters of Zeus and Themis, and possibly sisters of the Seasons (Hor...
March 4th, 2024
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Timeless Myths
Chronus (Time)
Before the world and the gods were created, there was nothing but Time which the Greeks called Chronus or Khronos, and Necessity who was named Adrasteia (Ananke). This was a period called the Unaging Time because time was unlimited and indetermina...
April 19th, 1999
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Ani
God of passages. Ani was like the Etruscan version of the Latin god Janus, because he was similarly a two-faced god. Ani was also a sky god, dwelling in the highest heaven.
August 29th, 2004
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Nemesis
Goddess of divine retribution for evil deeds or undeserved good fortune. Nemesis was the daughter of Nyx ("Night"). There was a strange myth that there were two goddesses named Nemesis, who were known together as the Nemeses, and both of them were...
April 24th, 1999
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Nortia
Goddess of fate. Nortia has been identified with the Greek goddess of luck, Tyche. Nortia had a sanctuary at Volsini. Her symbol was a large nail. Such a nail was used to hammer into a block of wood, on New Years Day.
August 29th, 2004
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Tyche
Goddess of fortune. Tyche was either an Oceanid (daughter of Oceanus and Tethys), or she could be the daughter of Zeus and Hera. Fortuna was the Roman equivalent of Tyche. There was also Felicitas, goddess of good luck; whoever she might have been...
April 24th, 1999
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Themis
Titaness of justice. Themis was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. Like her mother, she was known as the earth-goddess. She later became known as the goddess of order and justice. Themis was the second wife of Zeus. Themis became the mother of many ...
April 19th, 1999
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Anatolian Deities
For Agdistis, see Cybele in the Mother Goddesses.
September 7th, 2004
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Atana Potnia
A-TA-NA PO-TI-NI-JA or Atana Potnia was the name listed on the Linear B tablets found in Knossos, Crete. Her name doesn't appear anywhere on the tablets from Pylos. Atana Potnia was probably The Mother Goddess. Atana Potnia was known as the Idaean...
June 22nd, 2003
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