Guide to Mythology Used in This Story

04/11/2013 20:48

For my new story, "Trapped Inside Myself," I use quite a few references to the following gods. So, I suppose in order to read it with full potential, a guide like this is needed.

Greeks Gods

Zeus - leader of the gods, god of the air

Poseidon - Zeus' brother, god of water

Hades - Zeus' brother, god of the dead

Athena - Zeus' daughter, goddess of knowledge

Artemis - Zeus' daughter, goddess of hunting

Apollo - Zeus' son (Artemis' brother), god of the sun and music

Hermes - Zeus' son, god of messengers and travelling

Aphrodite - Goddess of beauty

Ares - Zeus' son, god of war

Dionysus - Zeus' son, god of wine

Hecate - Goddess of magic

Hestia - Goddess of the hearth (fire)

Demeter - Goddess of farming

Hephaestus - Zeus' son, god of crafting

Wow. Zeus gets around, doesn't he?

Egyptian gods

Horus - God of the sky

Ra - god of the sun

Isis - goddess of magic

Geb - god of the earth

Shu - god of the air

Thoth - god of knowledge

Hathor - goddess of happiness

Set - god of sandstorms (god of evil)

Anubis - god of the dead

Bast - goddess of cats

Khonsu - god of the moon

Osiris - god of the Underworld

Atlantis = a mythical underwater city

Mount Olympus = the home of the Greek Gods

The Underworld = Where you go after you die, according to the Greeks