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{{Short description|Epithet of Artemis}} ...r lost daughter ([[Persephone]]) with a torch. It was also an epithet of [[Hecate|Hekate]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=MORELLI|first=DONATO|date=1959| ...

...]] Soter, [[Helios]] Soter, [[Athena]] Soteira, [[Asclepius]] Soter, and [[Hecate]] Soteira. * The name of a distinct mythical figure, [[Soter (daimon)]] ...

...ref> In [[Late Antiquity]], the empousae have been described as a category of [[Apparition (disambiguation)|phantoms]] or spectres, equated with the [[La ...' and ''[[Ecclesiazusae]]'') and [[Philostratus]]'s ''[[Life of Apollonius of Tyana]]''.<ref name=dict-grbm-empusa/> ...

{{Short description|Greek and Roman god of the Morning Star}} ...cember (an optical illusion due to shorter days), signalling the "rebirth" of longer days as winter wanes. ...

{{Short description|Deities or spirits of the underworld}} ...]], the ferryman of the [[Underworld]], approaches to take him to the land of the dead.]] ...

...ures]] in [[Romanian mythology]]. There are several differing descriptions of their characteristics. Often they are described as faeries (''zâne'' in [[R ...e Iele are similar to the Ancient Greek [[Hecate]], a three headed goddess of [[Thracian]] origin, who guards crossroads. ...

{{About|deities with triple forms|triads of deities|Triad (religion)|the Christian doctrine|Trinity|the modern pagan be [[File:AN00866037 001 l.jpg|thumb|The Greek goddess [[Hecate]] portrayed in triplicate]] ...

{{Short description|Greek goddess of magic and transitions}} | name = Hecate ...

...eatment).<ref>{{cite book |last=Garland |first=Robert |title=The Greek way of death (2nd ed.) |publisher=Cornell Univ. Press |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-8014- ...o be understood as either a necromantic act that took place on the borders of the underworld, or a catabatic act that involved him entering the underworl ...

{{short description|Name embedding the name of a god}} ...ge is theophorous because besides the [[eponymous]] Asura, each individual of high or low status has a [[personal name]]."</ref> ...

{{Short description|Greek goddess of the harvest, grains, and agriculture}} | god_of = Goddess of the harvest, agriculture, fertility, and sacred law ...

{{Short description|Greek goddess of spring and the queen of the underworld}} | caption = Statue of [[Syncretism|syncretic]] Persephone-[[Isis]] with a [[sistrum]]. [[Heraklio ...

{{short description|Greek goddess and mother of Apollo and Artemis}} ...nd [[Phoebe (Titaness)|Phoebe]], the sister of [[Asteria]], and the mother of [[Apollo]] and [[Artemis]].<ref name=":theg">[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [ ...

{{Short description|Goddess of the hunt and the wild in ancient Greek religion and mythology}} | caption = The ''[[Diana of Versailles]]'', a [[Roman art|Roman]] copy of a [[Art in ancient Greece|Greek]] [[sculpture]] by [[Leochares]]<br />([[Lo ...

[[File:Pompeii - Temple of Isis - Io and Isis - MAN.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|A Roman wall painting showin ...in ancient Greece|ancient Greek religious concepts and practices]], [[List of Greek deities|deities]], and [[Greek mythology|myths]], [[Comparative mytho ...

{{Short description|God of the underworld in Greek mythology}} ...e group of Persephone (as Isis) and Pluto (as Serapis), from the Sanctuary of the Egyptian Gods at Gortyna, mid-2nd century AD, Heraklion Archaeological ...

{{Short description|Roman goddess of hunting and the wild}} | god_of = Goddess of the hunt, wild animals, fertility, and the Moon<ref>{{cite web|title=Diana ...

{{Short description|God of war in ancient Greek religion}} | caption = Cast of a Roman statue from Hadrian's Villa, copied from a Greek original. Traditio ...

...emeter]], and [[Ares]]. Block IV from the east [[Parthenon Frieze|frieze]] of the [[Parthenon]], {{circa||lk=yes}}438&ndash;432 BC.<ref>[[British Museum] ...the growing of crops, or epidemics, and were able to dictate the outcomes of complex human events, such as battles or political situations.{{sfn|Dover|p ...

{{Short description|Greek god of music, prophecy and healing}} ...rchery, music and arts, light, knowledge, herds and flocks, and protection of the young ...