A God By Any Other Name~

Iris

Her Roman name is Arcus

Translation of Her name is Rainbow and Messenger.

Iris was the goddess of the rainbow and the messenger of the Olympian gods. She was often described as the handmaiden and personal messenger of Hera.

Janus

Janus has the epithet of Pater meaning, "father". He is also called Matutine Pater which means, "morning father". He is a Deity of time and change. As such, he could see the past with one face and the future with the other. So he was honored at marriages, funerals, harvests, and planting season.

Keres!

Keres

Roman names are Tenebrae and Letum.

The translations of the name are Death Spirit and Doom.

The Keres were female spirits (daimones ) of violent or cruel death, including death in battle, by accident, murder or ravaging disease.

Lakshmi

Another name for Lakshmi is Sri as well as Thirumagal.

Goddess of:

• Wealth
• Health
• Fortune
• Prosperity
• Abundance

Minthe

Also known as Mint

Latin spelling of the name is Mintha

Was a Naiad-Nymph of Mount Mintha in Elis (Southern Greece), loved by the God Haides. When she claimed to be superior to his wife Persephone, the angry Goddess transformed her into a mint plant.

Cited from: http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheMinthe.html

Nyx

The Roman name for Nyx is Nox. The translation of her name is Nyktos. She has only one parent, her mother Khaos. Her husband is Erebus. She is the primordial goddess of the night. Mother of Thanatos and Hypnos.

Oneiroi

Oneiroi

Roman names: Somnium, Somnia

Translation: Dreams

The Oneiroi were the dark-winged spirits (daimones ) of dreams which emerged each night like a flock of bats from their cavernous home in Erebos-- the land of eternal darkness beyond the rising sun.

Pan

The Roman names for Pan are Faunus and Inuus. The meaning of his name is all and rustic. Additionally, he is equated to being Aristaios or the Latinized name being Aristaios which translates to, "most excellent".

He is a Saytr whom often roamed around Arkadia. He plays his pipes and is said to be the chaser of Nymphs. This isn't really a bad thing in my eyes. Just playful and something a lot of people make out to be this evil sinister thing. He is said to be ugly so worst case scenerio he scared them. That doesn't mean he had any sort of ill intent. Hard not to approach pretty girls you fancy. Aint nothin' wrong with that.

Even the part about Ekho being cursed for spurning his advances is debatable since another version says Hera cursed her for being annoying and distracting her from Zeus. Even if you were to believe she was cursed for not loving him, by who? It never specifies he did it. So I do not hold him accountable for it. He is said to often accompany Dionysus whose treatment of women is both terrible and nonconsensual in at least two cases.

And yet, who is to say he knew either of those things? I don't really believe Gods to be omnipotent. Well, except Apollon to a degree as he has the gift of prophecy and other Gods like him but many do not have those sort of gifts. Like Odin does with his all seeing eye but not every single Norse God does if that makes sense.

It's pretty well established that Hermes is his father. His mother differs greatly between so many different Nymphai. Could be Sose, Kallisto, Thymbris, Penelope, etc. So yeah, enough ranting for me lol.

Quirinus!

Quirinus

Sabine god identified with Mars; Romulus, the founder of Rome, was deified as Quirinus after his death. Quirinus was a war god and a god of the Roman people and state.

In Augustan Rome, Quirinus was also an epithetof Janus, as Janus Quirinus .His name may be derived from the Sabine word quiris "spear."

Rhea

Another Greek name for her is Rheia. Her Roman names are Ops and Opis. Her name means flow and ease. She is the wife of Kronos. Rhea is also a Titan Goddess of fertility. She is also a Goddess of ease and comfort. Her parents are Uranus and Gaia most popularly but in another version is it Aither and Gaia. Her children by Kronos are Zeus whom she bore in secret. As well as Haides which is actually the oldest. Hestia, Demeter, Hera, and Poseidon.

Selene!