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Dieties and Monsters Flashcards

1
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Chaos

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Chasm, gapping mass of nothingness, came first

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Gaea

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Earth (1st)

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Tartarus

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Beneath Earth, Underworld, Prison

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Eros (1st)

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Love (1st)

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5
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Erebus

A

Darkness

Came out of Chaos

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Nyx

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Night

Came out of Chaos

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AEther

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Ether, sky
Out of (Erebus + Nyx)
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Hemera

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Day

Came out of (Erebus + Nyx)

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Uranus

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Sky

Came out of Gaea

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Pontus

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Sea

Came out of Gaea

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Gaea + Pontus=

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Monsters and Sea gods

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Iris

A 
Rainbows, messenger goddess (for Hera), has wings
Out of (Gaea + Pontus)
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Harpies

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to snatch, vulture women
Out of (Gaea + Pontus)
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Nereids

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6,000 gods/goddesses of the sea, rivers and springs
Out of (Gaea + Pontus)
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Graece

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3 old ladies with one eye between them
Out of (Gaea + Pontus)
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Gorgons

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Ugly, put on building for protection
Out of (Gaea + Pontus)
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Chrysaor

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Winged Boar, or "He with a golden sword"
Out of (Poseidon + Medusa) or (Medusas blood + Gaea)
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Pegasus

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Winged Horse
Out of (Poseidon + Medusa) or (Medusas blood + Gaea)
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Geryon

A 
Three bodied monster killed by Hercules, giant
Out of (Chrysaor + ???)
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Echidna

A

snake woman
(=Typhoeus)
Out of (Chrysaor + ???)

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Cerebus

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Three headed dog
Out of (Echidna + Typhoeus)
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Hydra

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Multi-headed monster killed by Hercules at Lerna
Out of (Echidna + Typhoeus)
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Chimera

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Lion/Goat/Snake
Out of (Echidna + Typhoeus)
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Sphinx

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Lion's body, Woman's head, eagle's wings
Out of (Echidna + Typhoeus)
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Cyclopes

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One Eyed Giants, Metal Workers
Brontes - The Thunderer
Steropes - The Flasher
Arges - The Brightener
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)
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Hecatonchires

A

100 Handed
Cottus, Briareus, Gyes
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)

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Oceanus

A 
Titan of Sea (M)
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)
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Tethys

A 
Titan of Sea (F)
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)
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Hyperion

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Titan of Sky (M), High One
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)
30
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Theia

A 
Titan of Sky (F), Divine
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)
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Coeus

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Titan of Intellect (M)
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)
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Phoebe

A 
Titan of Intellect (F)
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)
33
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Cronus

A

Titan of Harvest (M)
Pictured with Sythe
(=Rhea)
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)

34
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Rhea

A

Titan of Harvest (F)
(=Cronus)
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)

35
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Crius

A 
Titan (C-)
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)
36
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Memnosyne

A

Titan
The Bright Children
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)

37
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Japethus

A 
Titan (J-)
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)
38
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Themis

A 
Titan of Right
Out of (Gaea + Uranus)
39
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9 Muses

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  1. Calliope
  2. Clio
  3. Erato
  4. Eutere
  5. Thalia
  6. Terpsichore
  7. Melpomene
  8. Polyhymnia
  9. Urania
40
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What the muses represent

A

What humanity can achieve

41
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Helios

A

Sun
Out of (Hyperion + Theia)
Father of Phaethon by Clymene

42
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Selene

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Moon
Out of (Hyperion + Theia)
Fell in love with Endymion - eternal youth never to wake

43
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Eos

A 
Dawn
Out of (Hyperion + Theia)
Fell in love with Tithonus - eternal life withers into grasshopper
44
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Aphrodite

A 
beauty and pleasure
Out of (the genitals of Uranus and the sea foam)
45
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Erinyes/Euminides/Furies/Kindly Ones

A

Snake headed ones that act out final vengeance
Manifestations of Guilt
Out of (The blood of Uranus genitals and Gaea)

46
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Phobos

A 
Panic
Out of (Aphrodite + Ares)
47
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Deimos

A 
Fear
Out of (Aphrodite + Ares)
48
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Harmonia

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Harmony
Out of (Aphrodite + Ares)
49
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Eros (2)

A 
sexual desire/love(2)
Out of (Aphrodite + Ares)
50
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Leto

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Deathly
Out of (Coeus + Phoebe)
Mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus

51
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Metis

A

prophesized to have a son stronger then the father

Mother of Athena by Zeus

52
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Iapetus

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Out of (Gaea + Uranus)

53
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Prometheus

A

Out of (Iapetus +X)

54
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Epimetheus

A

Out of (Iapetus + X)

55
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Pandora

A

Opened the box

56
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Atlas

A 
Holds up the sky
Out of (Iapetus +X)
57
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Deucalion

A

Out of Prometheus

58
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Pyrrha

A

Out of (Epimetheus + Pandora)

59
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Hellen

A 
The first greek
Out of (Deucalion + Pyrrha)
60
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Maia

A 
Smart
Out of (Atlas + Some Sea Nymph)

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