She was turned to dust by Persephone, and these remains into a mint plant by Hades. MINTHE An underworld nymph loved by the god Hades. He was originally a king of Crete, who was awarded his position in Hades as a reward for the establishment of laws on earth. MINOS One of the three Judges of the Dead.
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He was wrestled by Heracles who cracked his ribs. MENOETES (Menoites) An underworld Daemon who herded the black-skinned cattle of Hades. One side of her body was coloured pitch black, the other was stark white. MELINOE A frightful underworld Daemon who led ghosts forth from the underworld to haunt the earth.
MACARIA (Makaria) The goddess of blessed death or else the leader of the blessed dead (i.e. LEUCE (Leuke) A Nymph abducted by teh god Hades to the Eleusinian fields where she was transformed into a white poplar. The souls of the dead tasted her waters to forget their former lives. LETHE The goddess of the underworld river of oblivion. They may have guided the spirits of the blessed dead (initiates of the Eleusinian Mysteries) to their final resting place in Elysium. LAMPADES Torch-bearing underworld nymphs in the train of the goddess Hecate. They were vampiric monsters who assumed the forms of beautiful women to seduce and devour young men. LAMIAE (Lamiai) Underworld Daimones in the train of the goddess Hekate.
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They presided over the battlefield carnage, driving the weapons of death and tearing free the souls from the dying. KERES Monstrous she-Daemones of violent death and disease. He issued forth from the underworld with his mother Nyx the Night. HYPNUS (Hypnos) The god of sleep who dwelt in a silent realm on the borders of Hades. HERMES CHTHONIUS (Khthonios) The guide of the dead who led the ghosts to their final resting place in Hades.
She who issued forth from the underworld with a train of torch-bearing Lampades, demonic Lamiae, ghosts and hell-hounds. HECATE (Hekate) The goddess of magic, necromancy and the haunting ghosts of the dead. He received his dark domain when the three sons of Cronus drew lots for the division of the universe. HADES (Haides, Aidoneus) The grim King of the Underworld, the ruler of the dead. She was the wife of the River-God Acheron.
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He was described with blue-black skin and was possibly imagined with a vulture's head. They were called forth from the underworld to inflict suffering and madness upon the evil-doer, to bring drought and famine to nations, and punish the souls of the damned in Hades.ĮURYNOMUS (Eurynomos) An underworld Daemon who stripped the flesh from the corpses of the dead. His mists encircled the underworld and filled the hollows of the earth.ĮRINYES The three goddesses of vengeance and retribution. Like the other protogenoi he was elemental, being the substance of darkness, rather than a man-shaped god. He was related to the Oneiri or dream-spirits.ĮREBUS (Erebos) The primeval god of darkness.
She was the bogey-monster in Greek fable.ĮPIALES The underworld Daemon of nightmares. She was connected with the Eleusinian Mysteries.ĮMPUSA (Empousa) A monstrous underworld Daemon with flaming hair, the leg of a goat and a leg of bronze. He was appointed king of the islands of the blessed, the home of the favoured dead, by Zeus after his release him from the prison-house of Tartarus.ĭAEIRA An underworld Nymph and companion of the goddess Persephone. His fee was a single coin which was placed beneath the tongue of the dead.ĬOCYTUS (Kokytos) The god of the underworld river of tears and wailing.ĬORE (Kore) "The maiden," another name for Persephone.ĬRONUS (Kronos) The old king of the Titans. He was the father of Hades cattleman Menoetes.ĬHARON (Kharon) An underworld Daemon who ferried the souls of the dead across the streams of Acheron into Hades. He was transformed into a screech owl by Demeter as punishment for reporting that Persephone had tasted the pomegranate seed.ĬACODAEMONES (Kakodaimones) Evil spirits which issued forth from the underworld to cause harm.ĬERBERUS (Kerberos) The mighty, three-headed, serpent-maned hound of Hades who guarded the entrance to underworld.ĬEUTHONYMUS (Keuthonymos) A mysterious underworld Daemon. Charon ferried the souls of the dead across his waters.ĪMPHIARAUS The prophetic Daemon of a subterranean oracle at Oropus in Boeotia.ĪRAE (Arai) The underworld Daemones of curses.ĪSCALAPHUS (Askalaphos) An underworld Daemon who tended the orchards of Hades. He was originally a king of the island of Aegina who obtained his position as a reward from the gods.ĪCHERON (Akheron) The god of the underworld river of pain whose brackish stream guarded the borders of Hades. A COMPLETE LIST OF GREEK UNDERWORLD GODS & GODDESSES HADESĪEACUS (Aiakos) One of the three judges of the dead in the Underworld.
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