OSMEÑA COLLEGES,

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MYTHOLOGY AND FOLKLORE (MC LIT-2)

MIDTERM and PRE-FINAL EXAMINATION

FINAL OUTPUT FOR MYTHOLOGY and FOLKLORE

MC-LIT 2

ACTIVITY: “Me as a Greek God/ Goddess”

DIRECTION: Choose one (1) from the listed God and Goddesses/ Greek Mythology figures below. You are
tasked to make yourself the Greek God or Goddess you have chosen below. Using recycled materials, make a
costume that will transform you into your chosen character.

Samples:

For this activity, creativity is a must. Considering and using recycled materials is HIGHLY ADVISED. As
much as possible, use materials that are not costly.

After making your costume, pose the best position that you can. Imitate the best posture of your chosen
mythological figure then take a photo of yourself.

You are to follow the given format below for this activity:

I- Cover Page (Long Bond Paper)

Osmeῆa Colleges, Inc.

Osmeῆa Street, Masbate City

“ME as a Greek Mythological Figure”

MC LIT- 2

Name: (LAST NAME, FIRST NAME AND MIDDLE I)

Year and Section: ______________________________

NOTE: Do not put background on your cove page.

 II- TITLE (First Page)

 Introduction – Create an introduction of your chosen MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE. Includes

the character’s characteristics, abilities and powers.

III- CONTENT (Second Page)

Paste your picture here

Name of the Mythological Character: _________

Characteristics/ Powers: ____________________________

Famous Story in the Greek Mythology (one only):

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IV- LAST PAGE (Third Page)

Reason for choosing the character: ________________

Compare this character to yourself, what are your similarities

and difference? Cite atleast 5

Similarities Differences

Greek Gods
A Complete List of Greek Gods, Their Names & Their Realms of
Influence
ACHELOUS

The patron god of the “silver-swirling” Achelous River.

AEOLUS

Greek god of the winds and air

AETHER

Primordial god of the upper air, light, the atmosphere, space and heaven.

ALASTOR

God of family feuds and avenger of evil deeds.

APOLLO

Olympian god of music, poetry, art, oracles, archery, plague, medicine, sun, light and
knowledge.

ARES

God of war. Represented the physical, violent and untamed aspect of war.

ARISTAEUS

Minor patron god of animal husbandry, bee-keeping, and fruit trees. Son of APOLLO.

ASCLEPIUS

God of medicine, health, healing, rejuvenation and physicians.

ATLAS

The Primordial Titan of Astronomy. Condemned by Zeus to carry the world on his back
after the Titans lost the war.

ATTIS

A minor god of vegetation, fruits of the earth and rebirth.

BOREAS

A wind god (Anemoi) and Greek god of the cold north wind and the bringer of winter.
Referred to as “The North Wind”.

CAERUS

Minor god of opportunity, luck and favorable moments.

CASTOR

One of the twins, CASTOR AND POLLUX, known as Dioscuri. Zeus transformed them
into the constellation Gemini

CERUS

The large and powerful wild bull tamed by Persephone and turned into the Taurus
constellation.

CHAOS

The nothingness that all else sprung from. A god who filled the gap between Heaven and
Earth and created the first beings Gaia, Tartarus, Uranus, Nyx and Erebus.

CHARON

The Ferryman of Hades. Took the newly dead people across the rivers Styx and Acheron
to the Greek underworld if they paid him three obolus (a Greek silver coin).

CRONOS

The god of time. Not to be confused with Cronus, the Titan father of Zeus.

CRIOS

The Titan god of the heavenly constellations and the measure of the year..

CRONUS

God of agriculture, leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans and father of
the Titans. Not to be confused with Cronos, god of time.

DINLAS

Guardian god of the ancient city Lamark, where wounded heroes could find comfort and
heal after battle. He was the son of Aphrodite.

DEIMOS

Deimos is the personification of dread and terror.

DIONYSUS

An Olympian god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness, religious
ecstasy and theatre.

EREBUS

Primordial god of darkness.

EROS

God of sexual desire, attraction, love and procreation.

EURUS

One of the wind god known as Anemoi and god of the unlucky east wind. Referred to as
“The East Wind”.

GLAUCUS

A fisherman who became immortal upon eating a magical herb, an Argonaut who may
have built and piloted the Argo, and became a god of the sea.

HADES

God of the Dead and Riches and King of the Underworld.

HELIOS

God of the Sun and also known as Sol.

HEPHAESTUS

God of fire, metalworking, stone masonry, forges and the art of sculpture. Created
weapons for the gods and married to Aphrodite.

HERACLES

The greatest of the Greek heroes, he became god of heroes, sports, athletes, health,
agriculture, fertility, trade, oracles and divine protector of mankind. Known as the strongest
man on Earth.

HERMES

God of trade, thieves, travelers, sports, athletes, and border crossings, guide to the
Underworld and messenger of the gods.

HESPERUS

The Evening Star – the planet VENUS in the evening.

HYMENAIOS

God of marriage ceremonies, inspiring feasts and song.

HYPNOS

The Greek god of sleep.

KRATOS

God of strength and power.

MOMUS

God of satire, mockery, censure, writers and poets and a spirit of evil-spirited blame and
unfair criticism.
MORPHEUS

God of dreams and sleep – has the ability to take any human form and appear in dreams.

MOROS

The physical embodiment of doom

NEREUS

The Titan god of the sea before Poseidon and father of the Nereids (nymphs of the sea).

NOTUS

Another Anemoi (wind god) and Greek god of the south wind. Known as “The South
Wind”.

OCEANUS

Titan god of the ocean. Believed to be the personification of the World Ocean, an
enormous river encircling the world.

ONEIROI

Black-winged daimons that personified dreams.

PAEAN

The physician of the Olympian gods.

PALLAS

The Titan god of warcraft and of the springtime campaign season.

PAN

God of nature, the wild, shepherds, flocks, goats, mountain wilds, and is often associated
with sexuality. Also a satyr (half man, half-goat).

PHOSPHORUS

The Morning Star – THE PLANET VENUS as it appears in the morning.

PLUTUS

The Greek god of wealth.

POLLUX

Twin brother of Castor, together known as the Dioskouri, that were transformed into the
constellation Gemini.
PONTUS

Ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god of the deep sea, one of the Greek primordial deities and
son of Gaia.

POSEIDON

Olympian Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses.

PRIAPUS

Minor rustic fertility god, protector of flocks, fruit plants, bees and gardens and known for
having an enormous penis.

PRICUS

The immortal father of sea-goats, made into the Capricorn constellation.

PROMETHEUS

Titan god of forethought and crafty counsel who was given the task of moulding mankind
out of clay.

PRIMORDIAL

A group of gods that came before all else.

TARTARUS

The god of the deep abyss, a great pit in the depths of the underworld, and father of
Typhon.

THANATOS

A minor god and the god of death.

TRITON

Messenger of the sea and the son of Poseidon and AMPHITRITE.

TYPHON

The deadliest MONSTER in Greek mythology and “Father of All Monsters”. Last son of
Gaia, fathered by Tartarus and god of monsters, storms, and volcanoes. He challenged
Zeus for control of Mount Olympus.

URANUS

Primordial god of the sky and heavens, and father of the Titans.

ZELUS

The god of dedication, emulation, eager rivalry, envy, jealousy, and zeal.
ZEPHYRUS

A wind god (Anemoi). God of the west wind and known as “The West Wind”.

ZEUS

God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, order, justice, King of the Gods and the “Father of
Gods and men”.

Greek Goddesses
This page is a list of the Greek goddesses of ancient mythology and will be continually
updated with additions, corrections and more information on each of the goddesses.

ACHELOIS

A minor moon goddess whose name means “she who washes away pain”.

ALCYONE

One of the seven, Pleiades and daughter of Atlas and Pleione. She bore several children
with the god Poseidon.

ALECTRONA

An early Greek goddess of the sun, daughter of Helios and Rhode, and possibly goddess
of the morning.

AMPHITRITE

Greek goddess of the sea, wife of Poseidon and a Nereid.

ANTHEIA

Goddess of gardens, flowers, swamps, and marshes.

APATE

Goddess of gardens, flowers, swamps, and marshes.

APHAEA

A Greek goddess who was worshipped almost exclusively at a single sanctuary on the
island of Aegina in the Saronic Gulf.

APHRODITE

Goddess of love and beauty and married to Hephaestus.

ARTEMIS

Virginal goddess of the hunt and twin sister of Apollo.

ASTRAEA

Known as the “Star Maiden”, daughter of either Zeus and Themis, or of Astraeus
and EOS and associated with the Greek goddess of justice, Dike.

ATÉ

Greek goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly.

ATHENA

Goddess of wisdom, poetry, art, and war strategy. Daughter of Zeus and born from his
forehead fully grown, wearing battle armour.

ATROPOS

Eldest of the three Moirai, goddesses of fate and destiny (also known as THE FATES).
Atropos chose the mechanism of death and ended the life of each mortal by cutting their
thread.

BIA

The goddess of force and raw energy, daughter of Pallas and Styx, and sister of Nike,
Kratos, and ZELUS.

BRIZO

Ancient Greek prophet goddess who was known as the protector of mariners, sailors, and
fishermen.

CALLIOPE

One of the Muses, the muse of epic poetry, daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne and the
wisest of the Muses.

CALYPSO

Sea nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia, where she detained ODYSSEUS for
several years. Generally said to be the daughter of the Titan ATLAS.

CELAENO

One of the Pleiades, and a wife of Poseidon. Said to be the mother of the sea god’s
children Lycus and Nycteus

CETO

Primordial sea monster goddess, the daughter of Gaia and Pontus and mother of sea
monsters.
CIRCE

A goddess of magic who transformed her enemies, or those that insulted her, into beasts.

CLIO

The muse of history and one of the nine muses known as “The Muses”. Like all the
muses, Clio is the daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Mnemosyne.

CLOTHO

Youngest of the Three Fates and responsible for spinning the thread of human life.

CYBELE

The Greek goddess of caverns, mountains, nature and wild animals.

DEMETER

Goddess of agriculture, fertility, sacred law and the harvest.

DORIS

A sea nymph whose name represented the bounty of the sea. Mother of the Nereids.

EILEITHYIA

Goddess of childbirth, referred to by Homer as “the goddess of the pains of birth”.

ELECTRA

One of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, known as The Pleiades.

ELPIS

The spirit and personification of hope. Hope was usually seen as an extension to suffering
by the Greek, not as a god.

ENYO

Minor goddess of war and destruction, the companion and lover of the war god Ares and
connected to Eris.

EOS

A Titaness and the goddess of the dawn.

ERATO

One of the Muses, the muse of lyric poetry, especially love and erotic poetry.
ERIS

Greek goddess of chaos, strife and discord and connected to the war-goddess Enyo.

EUTERPE

One of the Muses, the muse of music and lyric poetry.

GAIA

The primal Greek goddess of the Earth. Known as the great mother of all and often
referred to as “Mother Earth”.

HARMONIA

The Greek goddess of harmony and concord.

HEBE

Goddess of eternal youth.

HECATE

The goddess of magic, crossroads, moon, ghosts, witchcraft and necromancy (the
undead).

HEMERA

Primordial goddess of the day, daytime and daylight. Daughter to Erebus and Nyx (the
goddess of night).

HERA

Goddess of goddesses, women, and marriage. Married to Zeus and known as Queen of
the Gods.

HESTIA

goddess of the hearth, home, architecture, domesticity, family, and the state. Also one of
the Hesperides.

HYGEA

Goddess of good health, cleanliness, and sanitation. This is where the word “hygiene”
comes from.

IRIS

Greek goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. She is also known as one of
the goddesses of the sea and the sky.
KERES

The Keres were female spirits, the daughters of Nyx, the goddess of night.

KOTYS

A Dionysian goddess whose celebrations were wild and lascivious.

LACHESIS

Second of the Three Fates, the measurer of the thread of life woven by Clotho’s spindle
which determines Destiny.

MAIA

Eldest of the seven Pleiades and the greek goddess of fields.

MANIA

Spirit goddess of insanity, madness, crazed frenzy and the dead.

MELPOMENE

One of the Muses. Originally the muse of singing, she then became the muse of tragedy.

MEROPE

One of the seven Pleiades and married to king Sisyphos of Ephyra.

METIS

Titan goddess of wisdom, an OCEANID, and the first great spouse of Zeus.

NEMESIS

The goddess of retribution and personification of vengeance.

NIKE

Goddess of victory, known as the Winged Goddess of Victory.

NYX

Primordial goddess of the night.

PEITHO

Greek goddess of persuasion and seduction.

PERSEPHONE

Goddess of vegetation and spring and queen of the underworld. Lives off-season in the
underworld as the wife of HADES.
PHEME

The goddess of fame, gossip and renown. Her favour is notability, and her wrath is
scandalous rumors.

POLYHYMNIA

One of The Muses, the muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance, and eloquence as
well as agriculture, geometry and pantomime.

RHEA

Titaness and goddess of nature. Daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky
god URANUS, and known as “the mother of gods”.

SELENE

Goddess of the Moon, sometimes referred to as Luna and the ‘mother’ of vampires.

STEROPE

One of the seven Pleiades (the daughters of Atlas and Pleione) and the wife of Oenomaus
– although according to some accounts, she is his mother by Ares.

STYX

Goddess of the river Styx and a Naiad who was the first to aid Zeus in the Titan war.

TAYGETE

A mountain nymph and one of the seven Pleiades.

TERPSICHORE

Goddess of dance and chorus and one of the nine Muses.

THALIA

One of the Muses, the muse of comedy and idyllic poetry.

THE ERINNYES

Goddesses of retribution and vengeance whose job was to punish men who committed
heinous crimes.

THE GRACES

Goddesses of retribution and vengeance whose job was to punish men who committed
heinous crimes.

THE MUSES

The nine Muses were the goddesses the arts.

THEMIS

Ancient Greek Titaness and goddess of divine order, law, natural law and custom.

THETIS

Sea nymph, goddess of water and one of the fifty Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea
god NEREUS. Also a shapeshifter and a prophet.

TYCHE

Goddess of prosperity and fortune.

URANIA

One of the Muses, the muse of astronomy and astrology.