Latin gods and goddesses (7th)
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Luxembourgish | English |
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| Zeus |  (jupiter) king of the gods: thunderbolt is his sign: bird is eagle: his breastplate is the aegis. The oak is his tree. |
| Phoseidon | (Neptune) ruler of hte sea; brother of Zeus. Wife is Amphitrite, ganddaughter of Ocean, one of the titans gave horse to man carries a trident |
| Hades | (Pluto): Lord of the underworld; wife is Persephone (Proserphina) he wore a famous cap or helmet ( helm of darkness that made him invisible) |
| Hestia | (Vesta) godess of the hearth; a newborn child of the family was paraded at the hearth; she was prayed to before every meal; Zeus's sister. In Rome ther was a fire in the temple of the Vestal Virgins that was kept going |
| Hera | (Juno) wife of Zeus (Jupiter); always angry; protector of marriage cow and peacock are sacred to her |
| Ares | god of war son of Zeus (Jupiter) and Hera (Juno) but the y didn't like their son. He was said to be a coward. He has no city where he is worshiped. His bird is the vultur. His animal is the dog |
| Athena | (Minerva) she sprang full grown in full armor from Zues's head(Brow). She was war like - a battle goddess early on. Known as the goddess of a city, parton of Athens. She was Zues's favorite child. Words used to describe her are "grey-eyed" or "Flashing eyes". The owl is her bird. Her tree i shte olive tree. Also known as Pallas. |
| Apollo | known as most Greek of all the gods. He was the god of light and truth. No false words ever fall form his lips. He is a master musician. The Lord of the silver bow, The Archer god, far shooting; the healer. His tree was the Laurel tree (Bay Leaves). The dolphion and the crow are sacred to him. Sister to Artemis or Diana. |
| Aphrodite | (Venus) Born on the foam of the sea. "Aphros" means foam in Greek. She is also known as the laughter loving goddess. The myrtle is her tree. The dove is her bird, sometimes the sparrow and the swan |
| Hermes | (Mercury) son of Zeus Zues's messanger. Graceful and fleet of foot; wears winged sandals; winged hat and carries a wand called a Cadeuceus. Shrewdest and most cunning of the gods, called also the master theif |
| Artemis | (Diana) Apollo's twin sister. Lady of Wild Things; Huntsman-in-cheif to the gods; "protectress of dewy youth" As . As Phoebus (Apollo) was the sun, she wa the moon, called Phoebe and Selene. Cypruss tree was sacred to her; all wild animals, esp. the deer |
| Hephaestus | (Vulcan) god of fire; blacksmith of the gods-made all their armor and weapons. Among all imortals only he was ugly. He was also lame. People believed his forge was under different volcanoes |
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