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Cross Reference:

Gods with Multiple Functions	Animal/Hunting Gods	Artisans
Death/Underword/Destruction	Destiny	Earth/Fertility
Evil	Happiness/Laughter/Hope	Hearth
Healing	Judgment	Law/Literature/Eloquence
Protective	Sea	Sky
Storms	Sun/Stars	Supreme
Thinking/Wisdom	Thunder	War
Water	Wealth/Labor	Wind
Women/Children	Vegetation/Agriculture/Drought/Wine	The End

Animals/Hunting

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Artemis	Wild animals,Hunting
Britomartis	Hunting
Zagreus (pre-Hellenic)	Animals and Hunting

Artisans

God Name(s)	Responsibiity
Aoede,Aeode (Boeotian)	Muse of Song
Clio,Cleio, Klio	Historical and Heroic Poetry
Daktyloi,Telchines	Working of Metal
Erato	Lyric Poetry, particularly love poetry
Euterpe	Flute Playing
Klio	Muse of History
Melete	Muse of practicing an art
Melpomene	Tragedy
Mneme (Lower Greece)	Muse of Memory
Mnemosyne (Rest of Greece)	Memory
Muses,Mousai, Moisai, Musa	Arts and Sciences
Pan	Shepherd
Polyhymnia,Polhymnia, Polymnia	Song
Terpsichore	Dancing
Thalia,Thaleia	Comedy
Urania	Astronomy and Astrology

Death/Underworld

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Aeacos,Aiakos	Judge of the Dead
Charon	Ferryman for underworld river Styx
Hades	Ruler of Underworld
Hypnos	Sleep
Minos	A judge of the underworld
Morpheus	Dreams
Oneiroi	Assistants to Morpheus
Perse,Perseis	Underworld goddess,consort to Helios the sun god
Persephone	Other goddess of the underworld
Rhadamanthys,Rhadamanthos, Rhadamanthus	An underworld judge
Sarpedon	Underworld judge
Thanatos	Death

Destiny

God Name(s)	Tribe/Region
Aglaia	Charity
Agnostos Theos	Unknown god
Ananke	Fate and Necessity
Atropos	Finalized Fates
Lachesis	Wove Fate
Moros	Destiny
Tyche	Titan of Fate and Fortune

Earth/Fertility

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Agdistis (Phrygian)	Earth
Anteros	Passion
Aphrodite,Aphrodisias	Beauty and Lust
Artemis of Ephesus	Fertility and Earth
Bendis (Thracian)	Earth
Cybele,Kybele, Cybebe (Phrygian)	Earth,Fertility,Mountains
Dione	Ancient Earth goddess
Gaia,Gaea, Ge	Early Earth Goddess
Kratos	Strength
Lada (Lycian)	Fertility
Leda (Anatolian)	Earth
Leto	Titan Earth goddess
Himeros	Desire
Oreads,Oreades	Nymphs of mountains and caves
Priapos,Priapus	Fertility
Rhea,Rheia	Earth(Titan)
Semnai Theai	an Earth goddess

Evil

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Ate	Evil and Misfortune
Leucosia	Evil singing nymph
Ligeia	Another evil singing nymph
Parthenope	Yet another evil singing nymph
Eris	Discord and Strife
Ker,pl. Keres	Destructive or malevolent female spirit of the dead
Lamia	Female demon devoured children

Happiness/Laughter

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Euphrosyne	Joy and Festivity
Pandora	Hope

Healing

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Asklepios,Asclepius	Healing and Physicians
Hygieia,Hygeia	Health
Paean	Healing and Physician to the other gods
Panacea	Minor Greek goddess of health
Podaleirios	Minor Greek god of healing

Hearth

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Hymen,Hymenaios, Hymenaeus	Marriage

Judgement

God Name(s)	Tribe/Region
Alastor	One of the avengers
Bia	Force
Erinyes singular Erinys, Eumenides	All the avenging goddesses together
Momos,Momus	Blame, Censure
Nemesis	One of the avengers and justice
Pheme	Popular Rumour
Teisiphone,Tisiphone	one of the avengers

Law/Literature/Eloquence

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Adikia	Injustice
Eunomia	Law and Order and associated with spring
Peitho	Persuasion
Themis	Justice and Order

Multiple Functions

God Name(s)	Responsibilities
Aeolos,Aiolos	Storms and Winds
Apollo,Apollon	Youthful masculinity, prophecy, music, medicine and hunting
Astraea	Justice, Innocence and Purity
Athena,Athene, Pallas	Wisdom,Athens,War, Peace and Agriculture
Calliope,Kalliope	Epic or Heroic Poetry, and Chief of the Nine Muses
Demeter	Mother,Grain,Earth,Vegetation and Agriculture
Eros	Love and Fertility
Hekate,Hecate	Underworld and Magic
Helene,Helen	Vegetation
Hephaistos,Hephaestus, Hephaestos	Fire and Backsmiths
Hermes	Messenger,Travellers and Merchants, Roads, Doorways, Thieves, Gamblers, Good Fortune
Hestia	Fire and Hearth
Iris	Rainbow, and Messenger

Protective

God Name(s)	Responsibilities
Agathos Daimon	Guardian Individuals and Families
Aristaios	Herdsmen and Hunters
Cerberus	Guardian Entrance of Underworld
Deino	Guardians of the Gorgons
Graii,Graeae	Guarded cavern of Gorgons
Hesperides	JNymphs guarding the tree of the golden apples

Sea

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Amphitrite	Sea Goddess
Glaukos,Glaucus	Lower Greek Sea God
Leukothea,Leucothea	Sea goddess
Doris	Sea Goddess
Nereus	Sea god
Okeanides,Oceanids	Minor Greek sea goddesses, or sea nymphs
Palaemon	Minor Greek sea god
Phorkys,Phorcys,Phorko	Early Sea God
Pontos,Pontus	Sea god (Titan)
Poseidon	King of the ocean: Zeus' brother
Proteus	Shepherd of Sea Creatures
Triton	Minor Greek sea god

Sky

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Aion	Time
Eos	Dawn
Kronos	Time (Titan)
Narisah	Light
Nyx,Nux, Nox	Night

Storms

God Name(s)	Tribe/Region
Zibelthiurdos	Thracian

Sun/Stars

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Aether	Light
Helios,Helius	Sun
Hemera	Day
Hesperos,Hesperus	Evening Star
Hyperion	Titan Light
Phanes	Primordial Sun gods
Phosphoros,Phosphorus, Heosphoros	Morning star

Supreme

God Name(s)

Hera

Zeus

Thinking/Wisdom

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Logos	Word/Reason
Metis	Wisdom
Prometheus	Forethought

Thunder

God Name(s)	Tribe/Region
Gebeleizis	Thracian

War

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Ares	Battle
Deimos	Panic:Minor War God
Diomedes	Ancient war-god in Argos
Eirene	Peace and associated with winter
Enyalius	Minor War God
Enyo	Minor War Goddess
Nike	Victory
Phobo	Fear: Minor War God

Water/Lake/Rain/River

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Achelous,Acheloos	River (major)
Acheron: Alpheus	River (Misery)
Arethusa	Springs and Fountains
Alpheus	River
Asterion	River
Eridanus	River
Lethe	Underworld River and Nymph
Naiads,Naiades	Nymphs of freshwater: lakes, rivers, springs and fountains
Okeanos,Oceanus	Waters surrounding the earth
Peneios,Peneius, Peneus	Thessalian River
Styx	Underworld River and Goddess

Wealth/Labor

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Plutos,Plutus	Wealth and Abundance

Wind

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Boreas	North wind
Euros,Eurus	East wind
Harpies	Female demons who Homer calls wind spirits
Notos,Notus	South Wind
Typhon,Typhaon, Typhoeus	Whirlwind
Zephyros,Zephyrus, Zephyr	West wind

Women/Children

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Eileithyia	Childbirth
Hebe	Youth

Vegetation/Agriculture/Drought/Wine

God Name(s)	Responsibility
Ariadne	Nymph originally Vegetation goddess
Attis,Atys (Phrygian)	Vegetation
Carpo,Karpo	The season of autumn (not recognized by Athens)
Chloris,Meliboea	Flowers
Daphne	Laurel Tree
Dike	Summer
Dionysos,Dionysus, Dionysius:	Wine and Intoxication
Dryads,Dryades, Hamadryads	Nymphs of a specific tree; died when that tree died.
Nymphs	Minor nature goddesses
Satyrs	Woodland
Sileni	Half horse Woodland gods
Thallo	-Spring

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