Category: Mythology

Momus

Momus, the son of Nyx, was the god of raillery and ridicule, who delighted to criticise, with bitter sarcasm, the actions…
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Morpheus

Morpheus, the son of Hypnus, was the god of Dreams. He is always represented winged, and appears sometimes as a youth,…
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Muses

Daughters of Zeus Table of Contents Of all the Olympic deities, none occupy a more distinguished position than the Muses, the…
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Myrae or Fates

The ancients believed that the duration of human existence and the destinies of mortals were regulated by three sister-goddesses, called Clotho,…
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Nemesis

Nemesis, the daughter of Nyx, represents that power which adjusts the balance of human affairs, by awarding to each individual the…
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Nereus

Nereus appears to have been the personification of the sea in its calm and placid moods, and was, after Poseidon, the…
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Nike

Goddess of Victory Table of Contents Nike, the goddess of victory, was the daughter of the Titan Pallas, and of Styx,…
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Nymphs

THE NYMPHS. The graceful beings called the Nymphs were the presiding deities of the woods, grottoes, streams, meadows, etc. These divinities…
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Nyx (Nox)

Nyx Νύξ (Nyx), the daughter of Chaos, being the personification of Night, was, according to the poetic ideas of the Greeks,…
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Oceanus

Oceanus was the son of Uranus and Gæa. He was the personification of the ever-flowing stream, which, according to the primitive…
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Origins of Man

From the Earth Table of Contents The first natural belief of the Greek people was that man had sprung from the…
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Pan

God of Fertility Table of Contents Pan (or Panas) was the god of fertility, and the special patron of shepherds and…
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