Deimos' name translates to dread-fear and terror. His brother's name is Phobos. Deimos is a child of Ares and Aphrodite and as such also represent the fear of loss.
Eshu
Re: A God By Any Other Name~ By: SilentSyren
Post # 32 Sep 16, 2017
Eshu is also known as Echu and Exu as well as Esu.
He is described as the black devil god.His appearance is of a bawdy trickster. He is a god of Nigeria.
Fates!
Re: A God By Any Other Name~ By: Agiel
Post # 33 Sep 18, 2017
Fates
The Moirai or Fates were three sister deities, incarnations of destiny and life. Their names were Clotho, the one who spins the thread of life; Lachesis, she who draws the lots and determines how long one lives, by measuring the thread of life; and Atropos, the inevitable, she who chose how someone dies by cutting the thread of life with her shears.
They were often described as ugly old women with a severe and stern attitude.
It seems that the Moirai controlled the fates of both mortals and gods alike. It may be that Zeus was the only one not bound by them, as an epithet that was used for him was Moiragetes (he who commands the fate). Other sources suggest, though, that he was also bound by the Moirai. It is also uncertain who their parents were; in some myths, they were daughters of Zeus and the Titan goddess Themis, the goddess of divine order. In others, they were daughters of Ananke, the personification of necessity.
Gaea!
Re: A God By Any Other Name~ By: SilentSyren
Post # 34 Sep 18, 2017
Other names for Gaea include Gaia, Ge, Terra, Tellus, Chthon, Khthon, Chthonia, Khthonia, Mater Panton, Eurysternus, Megale Thea, Olympia, Gasepton, Curotrophus, Anesidora, Calligeneia, Kalligeneia, Eurysternos, Eurusternos, Pandorus, and Pandoros.
Harmonia!
Re: A God By Any Other Name~ By: TempestQueen
Post # 35 Sep 21, 2017
Harmonia
Her Roman name is Concordia.
Harmonia was the goddess of harmony and concord. She was a daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and as such presided over both marital harmony, soothing strife and discord, and harmonious action of soldiers in war. Late Greek and Roman writers sometimes portrayed her as harmony in a more abstract sense-- a deity who presided over cosmic balance.
Indra ...
Re: A God By Any Other Name~ By: SilentSyren
Post # 36 Sep 21, 2017
Alternate spellings of Indra include; Indran (Tamil), Indrudu (Malayalam), Indera (Malay),Sakra (Buddhism), Sakka (Buddhism). The last two are epithets but some scholars believe that is a different God all together.
Juno!
Re: A God By Any Other Name~ By: TempestQueen
Post # 37 Sep 26, 2017
Juno
Her Greek name is Hera.
Hera was the Olympian queen of the gods, and the goddess of marriage, women, the sky and the stars of heaven. She was usually depicted as a beautiful woman wearing a crown and holding a royal, lotus-tipped sceptre, and sometimes accompanied by a lion, cuckoo or hawk.
next is.. Kali
Re: A God By Any Other Name~ By: SilentSyren
Post # 38 Oct 01, 2017
Kali:
Other names for Kali include Kalika, Kalaratri. Kali is the femenine version of Kalam which means, "black", "dark colored". Kalaratri means, "the black night". Kalika simply means, "the black one". It is also good to note that Kali has additional meanings to her base name such as, "time" and "the fullness of time".
Her consort is Shiva which she is often depicted dancing or standing in front of while he sits there calmly. Her skin is literally black hence the meaning of some of her names. She is a Hindu Goddess but is often combined with the Mahavidya which has Buddhist and Hindu Goddesses. Ten to be exact. Mahavidyas meaning, "Great Wisdoms". Kali is the one who consumes Raktabija and his duplicates. She was spawn from the forehead of Durga in her rage at being attacked by Chanda and Munda. Which Kali defeated.
Leto!
Re: A God By Any Other Name~ By: TempestQueen
Post # 39 Oct 04, 2017
Leto
Another name for Leto is Latona.
In Greek vase painting Leto was usually depicted as a woman lifting her veil in a gesture of modesty. She was usually depicted accompanied by her two children. The exact meaning of her name is obscure, some commentators connect it with the wordleth , to move unseen, suggestive of modesty, others derive it from the Lycian word for woman,lada .
Macaria.. .
Re: A God By Any Other Name~ By: SilentSyren
Post # 40 Oct 04, 2017
Macaria is her Latin name as Makaria is her Greek name. The meaning of her name comes from the root word, "makar" which means, "blessed". She is the daughter of Haides and Haides alone. Which is strange considering Haides is infertile and there is no mother listed. Techinally, all of his children by Persephone were biologically Zeus's because Haides could not impregnate her. But he is still considered the father because Persephone is his wife.
"Haides was usually regarded as an infertile god, for a god of the dead should, by his very nature, be incapable of siring children.
In Orphic myth, it is heavenly Zeus rather than Haides who impregnates Persephone, sometimes in the guise of an earthly dragon, sometimes in the form of her own husband."