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Bookmark or Share- Japanese Gods - MythopediaAccessed on 24 Sep. 2024. (2022, November 29). . Mythopedia. Japanese gods and goddesses include everyone from powerful creator gods to minor, localized kami. Particularly notable is the sun goddess Amaterasu, held to be the divine ancestor of the first emperor of Japan, a lineage that remains unbroken into the current day.
- Eris - MythopediaEris was the vicious personification of strife, a goddess who delighted in conflict, rivalry, and bloodshed. She was commonly regarded as a daughter of Nyx, “Night” personified, and was a devoted crony (or even sister) of the war god Ares. Though she had no consort, she gave birth on her own to numerous malicious forces, including Ponos ...
- Greek Primordial Gods - MythopediaThe primordial gods, having ceded their power to their descendants, were not widely worshiped in ancient Greece. However, Gaia was seen as the mother of creation. The most significant of the primordial beings, she was worshiped as one of the “chthonic” gods, a special class of deities associated with the earth, death, and the Underworld.
- Set – MythopediaEvan Meehan is a writer, researcher, and historian with an M.A. in History from Georgia State University. Set, Egyptian god of chaos and disorder, was a source of tremendous antagonism in Egyptian mythology. After being killed by Anubis, he became a force for good in the afterlife, defending the sun from the monster Apophis.
- Theogony - MythopediaThe poem’s violent cycle of divine births, usurpations, and successions explores themes such as order and chaos, power, and divinity. There is a certain religious fervor underlying the Theogony, especially surrounding gods such as Zeus and (somewhat idiosyncratically) Hecate. The gods—and Zeus specifically—serve as symbols of the justice ...
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