The Names and History of Gods in Western Mythology and Nordic Mythology

First, the name and history of God in western mythology

1, Supergods and Protogods

Khronos: God of time, God of time and space, God of the sky, Lord of order and father of chaos; Invisible Supergod, originally kronos, was born from his power. But in some mythological versions, kronos was born from two elements, water and earth, and was not the first existence in the universe. In addition, Cronus is the primitive god of orpheus, not Cronus, the son of the god in Olympus mythology. Generally speaking, kronos, Firth and Prodo Gonos constitute the supreme deity of orpheus's Trinity.

Anance: goddess, super god; Kronos's wife, the queen of God and the mother of Farnese. Fate can be broken, but it must be observed. Chaotic chaos is smaller than an ant in front of Ananke, just like a turbid bubble that is about to disappear.

Heimalmè ne: Goddess of Destiny; Phanes's daughter, the goddess in charge of the fate of the universe, especially correctly inherited the law of cause and effect.

Adrasteia: the goddess of natural laws; Mother God, the wife of Phanes, contains all kinds of restrictions in all laws, whether it is the inner universe or the super universe, or other laws existing in all universes, the sacred laws of the super universe and the inner universe, without exception. Adras and Theia established and determined various regulations in the form of law, and no one can violate them.

Figgis: goddess of natural order;

Thesis: Goddess of Origin and Creation;

Proto Gonos: the first born God; Hades, the super god who rules the life and death of all things, is like a person in front of him.

Richel Pius: the god of new life in spring;

Antoinette: the god who thinks about light;

Chaos: the god of chaos; Son of kronos, before everything in the universe was born, darkness was shrouded in darkness, and the abyss could not be distinguished. This is everything, chaos. The first five creation gods were born out of chaos (note: the five creation gods refer to the five gods born out of chaos at first. The five gods are Gaia, Tartaras, Ripas and Nyx. The statement of the five creator gods does not exist in Greek mythology, but is often called primitive gods abroad, and the number is far more than five.

Nyx (Knicks): the goddess of the night; The gods have absolute kingship.

Gaia: the goddess of the earth; The vast land, before the creation of the world, she changed from chaos (χ? ο? ), Gaia is the root, and everything starts with her.

Eros: Love God; The primitive god who was born out of chaos and participated in the creation of the world. He is the most beautiful of the living gods. He is the basic motive force for the creation of all things at the beginning of the world, the motive force for the initial birth of new life in the universe, the embodiment of natural forces and the symbol of all love and lust.

Finas: the god of light of life, the king of God; The omniscient and omnipotent existence, Phanes, the son of kronos, was born from the perfect cosmic egg created by kronos, tearing the chaotic state of the primitive world. When he appeared, he also made everything appear. The king of the gods took over the power to rule all the gods in the universe from him.

Elbos (? ρεβο? ): Diablo; The son of Cronus is endless nothingness and darkness. In front of Elbos, a symbol of Ananke's nihilistic fate, Mr. Ripas is as ridiculous as an ant.

Erebus: the god of darkness;

Druce: water god; Before chaos, there was water and things at first, and things solidified into soil. These are two primitive elements: water and soil. Soil is inherently separable, and water and soil together are even older than these two elements. The third origin comes from the first two origins, which are bred by soil and water. It is a dragon (or translated as a snake), boundless chaos and all the worlds made by this dragon.

Taras: the god of the abyss of hell; The creator of the underworld, the ontology of the abyss. He is an invisible infinite abyss, located at the bottom of the world. Since then, he has been a place where monsters and some gods are held. Zeus imprisoned some Titan gods in Tartalas.

Ether: the supreme, infinite and sacred God; The son of kronos, the abyss of the universe, symbolizes the supreme glory of kronos.

Hemera: the goddess of the day;

Tarrasa: the goddess of the sea; Pentos' wife.

Uranus: the god of the sky; The apotheosis of heaven, the first king of gods to rule all the gods in the universe.

Ourea: Mountain God; The child of the lid, the oldest mountain god

Bendu: Poseidon in Archaean times; The sea of origin of all things.

Nesoi: Island Goddess;

Aer: the god of the atmosphere;

Fog: the god of fog; At first, only Mister, the god of fog, was born from fog, which was much earlier than chaos.

Eurynome: The Great Goddess (Okeanos) [later evolved into Eurynome, the third wife of Zeus].

Oceanus: God of the sea;

Tethys: the goddess of the sea;

2. Titan protoss

(1) Titan Twelve Gods

Hyperion (Hyperion): The God of Light and Teia jointly created Helius (Sun), Selene (Moon) and eos (Dawn).

Partos: Father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menotius and Atlas. The myth does not explain his deity and status, but it is inferred from his son's myth that he may be related to human beings. As for his wife, some people say it's Clymene, others say it's Asia, and others guess it's Simis. In short, he and his wife gave birth to four second-generation Titan gods: Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menotius and Atlas.

Coase: Fobo's husband and father of Leto and astoria, representing the coordinates of the rotation axis of the universe. κο? ο? In ancient Greek, the interrogative word "what, what kind" did not have other meaning. However, judging from lines 404 to 452 of the Divine Spectrum, the gods and duties of Kush should be related to celestial bodies.

Chris: Eurybia's husband and the father of Astray Oath, pallas and Poerxiusi. There is no explanation for his godhead and duty in the myth, but judging from lines 375 to 403 of Shenpu, his godhead should be related to celestial bodies and meteorology.

Oceanus: God of oceans and rivers, the eldest brother of Titan protoss, you can often see that he hates strategy. He is a liquid belt revolving around the universe, so his end is also the beginning: the rivers of the universe are circling. He is the husband of Tethys, and Tethys is also a protoss. With Tethys, he has 3,000 sons who are river gods and 3,000 daughters who are sea gods. His daughters appeared in other myths. His etymology means "ancient", and Homer called him the ancestor of the gods.

Cronus: King of Titan protoss, king of all titans. He ruled the whole universe and overthrew the rule of his father Uranus. Don't confuse it with Cronus.

Mnemosyne: The goddess of memory, one of Zeus' lovers, gave birth to nine muses for Zeus.

Tethys: The wife of Oxius and the mother of the gods. She is as old as oceanus. Besides, don't talk to thetis (θ? τι? ) confused.

Theia: Hyperion's wife. It is said that she obtained all kinds of knowledge from the gods of Olympus and combined with Hyperion to give birth to Helius (the sun), Selene (the moon) and Ios (the light).

Themis: The goddess of law and justice, the second wife of Zeus and the mother of Holly and the righteous star. Sometimes confused with Gaia.

Rhea: Cronus's wife, the second queen, the goddess who knows the passage of time. She and Cronus have three children, namely Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hadders, Poseidon and Zeus.

Phobe: Goddess of Glory and Divination. Close's wife and mother of Leto and astoria.

(2) Other giants

Bross: the god of the holy mountain, the mountain god of Olympus.

Adanos: Unknown.

Oss Tassos: Unknown.

Andes: Unknown.

Asteria: Goddess in charge of prophecy, astrology and evocation. The daughter of Kush and Fobo, and the sister of Leto.

Astrios: God in charge of stars, planets and astronomy. Cleos and eos, sons of Eurybia, gave birth to many planets in the dark, including: Fanon (Saturn), Pilars (Mars), Fosfoukumi and Hesperose (Venus), Stilban (Mercury) and four Fengshen (Oroze, boreas, Feros and Notos).

Atlas: The son of Partos, a giant god, was punished by Zeus for supporting the sky with his shoulders.

Reiki: the goddess representing the breeze and the cool air in the morning.

Dione: Etymologically, δ ι? η η is δ? α? Zeus' Yin is unknown, other meaning. The collection of books and Xu Jinus thought that she was a Titan, but in hesiod's genealogy, she was the daughter of Oedipus and Tethys. So, it is the goddess of the sea (? κεαν? δε? )。

Eos (S): Leona. Astray Oss's wife, mother of many planets and four Shen Feng. Corresponding to Aurora in Roman mythology.

Epimetheus: the god of hindsight. Brother of Prometheus and husband of Pandora.

Eurybia: the goddess in charge of the sea. The daughter of Puntos and Gaia, the wife of Cyrus, gave birth to Astray Oss, Poerxiusi and pallas.

Orinome: Goddess in charge of water resources in grasslands and pastures, one of the 3,000 daughters of Oseus and Tethys. Zeus' third wife gave birth to three charities.

Helios: Sun God, Almighty God and Guardian of Oath. Son of Hyperion, brother of Leona eos and Selene, the goddess of the moon.

Lantos: God of air and hunters. The son of Kush and Fobo, the brother of Leto and astoria, and the father of Yala are also considered as the male country of Leto.

Clymene or Klymenê: The Goddess of Fame, Fame and Shame. The wife of Partos and the mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menotius and Atlas.

Leto (Park Jung Su? ): the goddess representing motherhood. She was one of Zeus' many spouses and the mother of Apollo and themis.

Mei Nuodi Oath: God of anger, recklessness and death. The son of Partos and Clymene and the brother of Atlas, Prometheus and Epimetheus. Finally killed by Zeus.

Metis (μ? τι? ): The goddess representing lawyer, consultation, planning, cunning and wisdom, and also the goddess of the sea. She is one of the 3,000 daughters of Osinos and Tethys in Oceanid. The first wife of Zeus and the mother of Athena.

Ophi？ N): Snake God, an ancient Titan God, was created in Argonautica by orpheus poet Apollonius of Rhodes, who ruled the world with her. Later, these two gods were replaced by Rhea and Oedipus and plunged into the deep sea (Tal talos). Like Cronus, he is the god who represents the sky.

Pallas: God of Warcraft. The son of Cross and Eurybia, and the brother of Poerxiusi and Astray Oss. His spouse is Stix of Oceanid, and they gave birth to four concept gods: Nike myth, the goddess of victory, Kratos, the god of power, Zorros, the god of passion, and Biya, the goddess of violence.

Perseus: God of destruction. The son of Cross and Eurybia, the brother of pallas and Astray Oss, his spouse is astoria, and the most famous son is Hekate.

Prometheus: The God of foresight, the God of advice and one of the cleverest gods. He sided with Zeus in World War I and represented cunning wisdom. Prometheus not only created human beings and brought fire to them, but also taught them a lot of knowledge responsibly. Clymene and Partos's son.

Selena: Goddess of the Moon. Hyperion's daughter and (Sun's) sister.

Styx: Oceanid, who is in charge of one of the Styx, also represents hatred. The daughter of Oxas and Tethys, she combined with pallas and gave birth to four conceptual gods: Nike myth of victory, Kratos of passion and Biya of violence.

3, the gods of Olympus

Twelve Olympians

The twelve gods of Olympus are the twelve greatest gods of the Olympian protoss, also known as "Dodecatheon". Although the agreement is twelve gods, the list is quite different. The twelve gods usually depicted in ancient poems and works of art are Zeus, Hera, Demeter, Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, themis, Aphrodite, Ares, hephaestus and Hermes, and the last one is Hestia or Dionysus.

Zeus: the king of gods, the master of Olympus, in charge of the sky, weather, thunder and lightning, law, order and fate. He is the youngest son of Cronus and Rhea, and the husband of Hera. Symbols are eagles, oak trees, sticks, thrones and peaks; His favorite sacrifices are a female goat and a white cow with Jinjiao.

Poseidon: the highest god in charge of all cosmic waters. He is the son of Cronus and Rhea and the brother of Zeus and Hades. He holds a huge trident and commands all the sea areas and seas.

His symbol is Poseidon Trident, dolphins and horses, and horses and cows are his sacred objects. He likes horses very much and created them. So after he ruled the ocean, he turned several horses into fish-horse hybrids with tail fins. In this way, they also pulled the cart for him in the water.

Hera: After the gods, the goddess representing marriage, women, fertility, inheritance, kings and empires. She is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, the first wife of Zeus, and the most powerful goddess among the gods of Olympus. Hera is not only beautiful in appearance, but also has the elegance and dignity of the queen. She is loyal to her partner and deserves to be called the queen of heaven, but her jealousy is also world-famous. Therefore, Hera and Zeus often have fierce quarrels. However, usually Zeus's sweet words can always make them reconciled. Her symbols are crown, lotus scepter, peacock, cuckoo and pomegranate.

Hephaestus: God representing fire, smelting, forging, masons, sculptures and volcanoes, with superb skills, the eldest son of Zeus and Hera and the husband of Aphrodite. He is the blacksmith of the gods. Gentle temperament, peace-loving, very popular with the world. According to legend, this volcano is the melting pot of his craftsmen, which is used to make magic weapons and artifacts for the gods. He is a craftsman of the gods with superb skills and has created many famous magic weapons and artifacts. Legend has it that Apollo's Japanese car, eros's golden arrow and silver arrow, and Zeus' aegis were all forged by him.

Hermes: the god of tourism, letters, trade, theft, tricks, language, writing, diplomacy, sports and animal husbandry. He is also the messenger of the gods and the herald who delivers the Oracle to the world. Son of Zeus and Maya, daughter of Atlas, the smartest god on Olympus. Feet have wings and fly faster than time and space, becoming messengers of the gods in the sky, then protectors of travelers, businessmen and thieves, and often turning into the lower bound of mortals to help protectors. Is the smartest and most cunning god. Legend has it that he is a gifted speaker.

Agile and elegant, wearing winged sandals, wearing a winged low crown hat and holding a golden wand coiled by two snakes (as its special symbol).

Apollo: God of music, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry and archery, patron of archery, art and science, god of just punishment, god of light. The son of Zeus and Leto, the twin brother of the moon and the hunting goddess themis, was named Phobos. Apollo means "bright" or "brilliant".

Represents the light, he is happy and smart, always young, and has the temperament of sunshine. Beautiful, handsome, harmonious and quiet. In charge of medicine, literature, poetry, music, etc. The most handsome male god among the twelve gods.

The most remarkable thing is the ability to predict. The laurel is his sacred tree, and his favorite pets are dolphins and crows.

Al themis: Chaste goddess of hunting, the goddess of the moon, with the new moon as the bow. Themis is the twin sister of Apollo and one of the three virgins. Therefore, it is also called the patron saint of virgins, representing the beauty and chastity of women. She is also the owner of wild animals, an excellent archer of Apollo, and a major hunter in heaven. Her other hobby is dancing, so she is a goddess of music who loves singing and dancing.

Cypress is her sacred tree, and deer is her favorite pet.

Ares: God of War (war, violence) and Wu Shen (strength, courage), representing bloodthirsty, violence, masculinity and order at the same time, the son of Zeus and Hera. Spoiled from childhood, ferocious, cunning, impulsive and irrational, he is a brave god who fights for war. I once had an affair with Aphrodite, the wife of the craftsman god of love and beauty, and was caught in a special net made by the craftsman god.

A symbol of strength and power, the vulture is his god bird, the pet is a dog, and some people say it is a hound.

Dionysus: the god of hospitable wine and revelry, madness, drunkenness, celebrations and festivals, and the patron saint of drama. The son of Zeus and a mortal woman, Semele, is the only official god with mortal blood, and the one closest to human beings among the gods. He symbolizes irrationality, indulgence and passion; Invented wine and popularized the cultivation of grapes. His dual personality can bring joy and intoxication, but at the same time it is cruel and irritable-just like wine.

His symbols include the Dionysian scepter (a scepter decorated with pine cones), wine glasses, grape clusters and laurel crowns made of ivy.

Aphrodite: the goddess of love and beauty in ancient Greek mythology, and also the goddess of sex and beauty in charge of fertility and navigation. She represents the most emotional outlook on life and symbolizes the satisfaction of beauty, youth and lust. Cronus cut off his father Uranus' penis, threw it into the Aegean Sea, and was born from the waves. Her husband is hephaestus, but beautiful Aphrodite doesn't like ugly husbands. She fell in love with the handsome Ares and had five children with him, one of whom was eros, the god of love. Adonis was also loved by the goddess of love, but he was also loved by the goddess of love and the afterlife. He spends two thirds of his time with Aphrodite and one third with the afterlife.

Myrtle is her sacred tree, and pigeons are her favorite birds. Swan and sparrow are also very popular.

Athena: Wisdom, skill, strategy and the daughter of Sivir, Zeus and Medea. Ares symbolizes the cruel and impulsive side of war. As her antithesis, Athena stands for military strategy and symbolizes superiority in strategy and wisdom. She is brave, strong, kind and kind. When she was born, Zeus suffered from a severe headache. After hephaestus split Zeus' head with a big axe, Athena jumped out of the head with a pike and armor. She inherited a high degree of wisdom and practical skills from her mother Metis and became the patron saint of arts and crafts. She was renamed Pallas Athena because she accidentally killed her friend pallas. The olive branch is her representative. When she competed with Poseidon for the patron saint of Athens, it was because she threw an olive branch and defeated Poseidon to become the patron saint of Athens.

Olive trees, owls with bright eyes at night, cocks and poisonous snakes are all symbols of Athena, the goddess with bright eyes.

Demeter: Goddess of fertility, agriculture, gardening, food, harvest, nature and seasons. She is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, the sister of Zeus and the mother of Persephone. Her representative is a magic wand composed of harvesting horns, ears of wheat, winged snakes and lotus flowers.

Hestia Vesta: The goddess of virgins, representing the hearth and stove, is the goddess in charge of housework, family and cooking. She is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, the sister of Zeus, and the most sacred and ancient god on Mount Olympus.

(2) Other Olympic athletes

Eros: God of love, desire and happiness. He is the son of Aphrodite and Ares. He often appears with his mother with wings and bows and arrows. His wife is Sage, and he has a daughter, Hêdonê. His symbols are bow, arrow, candle, heart, little love god, wings and kiss. Not to be confused with eros, the original love god.

Hades: the king of the underworld, the god of death and minerals. Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter's brother, is the most mysterious one of the gods, powerful but calm. He reminds people of death and is often used as a symbol of wealth. People seldom call him by his real name because he always wears a coat to cover his face and body. Because Cupid, the son of Aphrodite and Ares, was shot by an arrow and took Demeter, the goddess of harvest, and Persephone, Zeus' illegitimate daughter, as his wife, there was no evil.

Second, the name and history of gods in Nordic mythology

1, Odin

Odin is the king of gods and the ruler of the world. He wore a big golden helmet and two crows perched on his shoulders, symbolizing "thought" and "memory" respectively. They fly around the world every morning and come back to report their experiences to Odin. There are two wolves squatting at Odin's feet, named "greed" and "lust", which are specially guarded.

He invented the ancient Norse script, which was used by the fairy in charge of fate to record her fate on the shield. This is the famous source of all magic-runes.

2. Cold God Star

Frigga is the god of love, in charge of marriage and family, Odin's wife. Have dominion over heaven and hell. She is beautiful, with white feathers in the middle of her blonde hair. Wearing a white robe with a golden belt and a bunch of keys hanging on it. She likes beautiful clothes and sparkling jewels.

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Thor, son of the goddess of the earth.

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Seaver is the wife of Thor, the goddess of land and harvest. What is particularly commendable is that she has long blond hair, which shines more brightly than gold.

5.Frey

Frey is the god of abundance, prosperity, love and peace, the king of Alfheim, a beautiful fairy country, and belongs to Warner Protoss. He and Balder are both gods of light, or sun. His elves do good deeds all over the world.

6. Loki

Loki is the god of fire, mischief and evil. Falber, the giant, and Loki, the son of Odin's half-brother, are descendants of Frost Giant. He is handsome and eloquent, but his own strength is not strong, but his children are enemies of God, such as Fenrir Wolf, Midgard Snake (Jormungandr, Jormungandr) and Hella, the god of death. He looks kind, but in fact he often makes trouble.

7. tires

Tyre is the son of the God of War and the giant Amir. He will be called "the father of the gods" in Eda. Legend has it that he is the guarantor of the contract and the sworn guardian. When other gods tied wolves in Fenris, Tyr put his arm in the wolf's mouth as a guarantee of credit. The wolf found that the god who tied him was actually setting a trap and immediately bit off Tyr's arm. From then on, Tyre became a one-armed god. But wearing a sword, he always looks dignified.

8. freya

Freya is the god of fertility and desire. In charge of fertility and love, Frey's sister. She is beautiful, because people in the ice and snow are eagerly looking forward to the arrival of spring. She often wears heavy make-up, gorgeous clothes, and sometimes wears armor, leading fairies to choose dead heroes for Odin. But she is vain and endures the humiliation of dwarfs for a gold necklace, so she is called the God of Desire. In some stories, she and frigga are the same god.

9. Heimdahl

Heimdahl is the patron saint of the sacred world. Also known as Rig, he is full of gold teeth and has a keen and far-reaching vision. His eyes can see four roads, he can see three hundred miles away day and night, and he can hear in all directions. When he was lying on the ground, he could hear the hiss of grass growing. He guarded the Rainbow Bridge, the main entrance to heaven, day and night to resist the invasion of frost giants. Legend has it that he is the first person in heaven. When the end of the gods came, Heimdahl and Vulcan Loki died together.

Budd, 10

Bud is Odin's son, god of light. Outstanding talent, outstanding appearance, smiling. People felt very happy when he smiled. He had a nightmare and had a premonition that he would be assassinated. The gods were worried about this, and Bader's mother, Frigga, personally traveled through the Nine Realms, strictly forbidding all birds, animals and plants to harm Bader. But Frigga didn't send a message to mistletoe, because she felt that this fragile and incompetent plant didn't need to be guarded. Loki, the god of fire, took advantage of this opportunity to make a sharp arrow with mistletoe, and took advantage of hoddle, the god of darkness, to aim and shoot Bud with his bow.

1 1, hoddle

Hoddle is the god of darkness, Bud's twin brother, who is blind. He is melancholy and withdrawn by nature, and insists on being the enemy of light. He was deceived by Vulcan Loki and killed his brother god of light without knowing it.

12, Vader

He is the child of Odin and the giant lattice. He is the embodiment of immortal natural forces, or "the god of forest" or "the god of virgin forest". After the dusk of the gods, he was destined to become the god of the new world with his brother Wali.

13, other gods

(1) Goddess Jeffrey

The goddess Qiao Fei knows the past and the future. Qiao Fen came to Sweden disguised as a witch. After several trysts with King Gulliver, she asked him for a small piece of land. The king generously promised her a wasteland where she could farm day and night. That night, Geoffein's four sons plowed a large area of land from central Sweden with a stick plow pulled by a bull and moved to Denmark, which became the largest island in Denmark. The hole plowed in central Sweden poured into the sea and became the largest lake in Sweden-Lake Meralen.

(2) Wali

Son of God Odin. Wally is the illegitimate child of Linde and Odin. He was born and grew up in the wind, and he could fight day and night. He didn't wash his hands or comb his hair until he caught Bud's enemy, hoddle, and avenged god of light Bud.

(3) Linde

Wali's mother, mistress of the Lord God Odin. Linde refused Odin's pursuit many times, first on the pretext that he would come back at dusk, and then set up strict guards. Odin dodged when he went back, leaving a dog on the bed. At last Odin puzzled Linde with a spell and succeeded. Linde and Odin have a son, Wally.

(4) blatch

Blaquis, the son of Odin, is the god of poetry, known as the god of wisdom, poetry and eloquence.

(5) Forseti

God of truth and justice; Bud's son.

(6) Eden

Goddess of youth; Blatch's wife; The owner of Asgard Wannian Garden is in charge of the rejuvenated apples.

(7) Varhala in the temple of the soul.

Odin chose brave warriors on the battlefield earth-to be exact, warriors who are not afraid of death-to fight side by side with the gods in the Armageddon Battle of ragnar Locke. Valkyrie rode quickly through the clouds, sent the selected soldiers to Varhala, and Odin received the temple of the dead.

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1, western myth

Ancient Greece is one of the five cradles of world civilization and the open source of western history.

The ancient Greeks have profound attainments in philosophy, history, architecture, science, literature, drama, sculpture and many other aspects, and are the spiritual source of the whole western civilization. When it comes to western mythology, the first thing that comes to mind is of course ancient Greek mythology.

2. Nordic mythology

Nordic mythology, also known as Nordic mythology, is a unique myth system in Scandinavia. Its formation was later than other major myth systems in the world, and its oral communication history can be traced back to 1-2 century. It was first popular in Norway, Denmark and Sweden, and spread northward to Iceland and other places with a group of immigrants around the 7th century.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-western mythology

Baidu Encyclopedia-Nordic Myth