Hera is the wife of Zeus and Queen of the gods. She was feared for her jealous and vengeful nature, while simultaneously celebrated for her zealous protection over marriages and childbirth. Cows, peacocks and cuckoos are considered her sacred animals. Hera was well known for her temper, and was possessed Read more…
“To Nereus and rich-haired Doris, daughter of Okeanos (Oceanus), there were born in the barren sea daughters greatly beautiful even among goddesses.” Hesiod Amphitrite was a child of Nereus and Doris, the eldest of their fifty daughters, and reputed to be the most beautiful of them all. Poseidon chose her Read more…
“Even the gods who are not his natural children address him as Father, and all the gods rise in his presence.” Zeus was the King of the Gods and the god of the sky, weather, law and order, destiny and fate, and kingship. He was depicted as a strong, and Read more…
Atropos, who was the oldest of the three Fates, was also known as the Inevitable. She was closely related to death since it was Atropos who would choose the mechanism of death. It was her task to end the life of mortals by cutting their thread. She is most frequently Read more…
Normally seen clothed in white, Lakhesis is the measurer of the thread spun on Klotho’s spindle. She is the apportioner, deciding how much time for life is to be allowed for each person or being, by measuring the thread of life with her rod. She is also said to choose Read more…
In mythology the role of the Fates was to ensure that every being, mortal and divine, lived out their destiny as it was assigned to them by the laws of the universe. For mortals, this destiny spanned their entire lives, and was represented as a thread spun from a spindle. Read more…
Klotho is the youngest of the Three Fates, and the one who spins the thread of human life. This power enables her not only to choose who is born, but also to decide when gods or mortals are to be saved or put to death. In mythology, it is said Read more…
She dwells ‘beneath the secret parts of the holy earth … deep down under a hollow rock far from the deathless gods and mortal men’ Hesiod Echidna was described to be half beautiful maiden and half fearsome snake. In addition to her monstrous appearance, she was purported to have monstrous Read more…
The Mythology A naiad daughter of Cocytus, the Underworld river of wailing and lamentation. She was thought to be incredibly beautiful, but the life of a nymph is usually a lonely one; they tended to have very little contact with the outside world. She was a consort to Hades and Read more…
The ancient myths tell that Persephone was abducted by Hades and forced to live with him in the Underworld as his Queen. This version of the story is so infamous that it is commonly told as the ‘Rape of Persephone’. According to legend, Persephone, daughter of Demeter, Goddess of the Read more…