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In #GreekMythology #Achelois is a #minor #goddess of the #moon whose name means "she who washes away #pain." Other than her #name, it's #meaning and her #station, little is known about the goddess.
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In #GreekMythology, #Harpocrates was the #god of #silence, #secrets and #confidentiality originally #worshipped in #ancientegypt as a variation of #Horus, #god of the #newborn #sun
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In #GreekMythology, #Terpsichore is one of the #NineMuses and #goddess of #dance and #chorus. She is the daughter of #Zeus and #Mnemosyne/#Memory and in some #myths she was the mother of the #Sirens by the #sea #god #Achelous or the #river #god #Phorcys.
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In #GreekMythology, #Khione is the #goddess of #snow and #ice. She was the #daughter of #Boreas the #god of the #NorthWind & #Oreithyia, the #nymph/goddess of #mountain #gales. She was the sister of #Zethes and #Calais & situated at #Mount #Haimos in #Thrace
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The #Aralez/#Aralezner were one of the #oldest #gods in #Armenian #Mythology. They were #Invisible #winged #Dog-like #creatures with powers to #resuscitate fallen #warriors and #resurrect the #dead by licking wounds clean.
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In #Mesopotamian #Mythology, #Nergal was the #god of #war, #destruction and #death. He was also the captive husband of the #Queen of the #Underworld/#Irkalla, the #goddess of death- #Ereshkigal. Nergal was a #powerful and #feared #deity.
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The #Winner is #Hades the #ruler of the #Underworld, #god of the #dead (not of #death) and #riches. He is husband to #Persephone and one of the most #feared and #misunderstood #gods in #GreekMythology.
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In #GreekMythology, #Astraea is the #goddess of #justice, #innocence, and #precision. Disgusted by #mortals, she flew to the #heavens and became the #constellation #Virgo, it is said she will return with the #dawn of a new, #GoldenAge.
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It is #InternationalMermaidDay. The #Mermaid is a #creature that features in various types of #mythology and #Folklore. They are usually women with the lower half of #fish. They are said to be #beautiful and #dangerous and are often confused with #Sirens
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In #GreekMythology, #Styx was the #Titan #goddess/#Oceanid who inhabited the #blessed and #feared #RiverStyx. She was the #daughter of the #Titans #Oceanus and #Tethys, and #wife to #Pallas, with whom she had four children; #Zelus, #Nike, #Kratos, and #Bia
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In #GreekMythology, was a #nymph/#goddess of #spring, #flowers and new #growth, who dwelt in the #Elysian Fields. She was the wife of #Zephyros the West-Wind and the mother of #Karpos, #god of #fruit. Her #Roman name was #Flora.
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In #GreekMythology, #Pan is the #god of the #wild, #nature, #rustic #music and #impromptus. He was husband to the #nymph #Syrinx, and has the #legs, and #horns of a #goat. He is a #wild, #rogue god who is #feared and #respected.
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In #GreekMythology, the #Keres were #goddesses of #violent #death, drawn to #bloody #deaths on #battlefields. They were daughters of #Nyx/#Night and counterparts to #Thanatos and #Makaria. They were present during death, but did not have the #power to kill.
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Happy #Ostara/#SpringEquinox! #Eostre is the #Germanic #goddess of #dawn who is #celebrated during #Ostara. On the old Germanic #calendar, the equivalent month to #April was called #Ōstarmānod/#Easter-month.
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In #GreekMythology, #Peitho is the #goddess of #persuasion and #seduction. Her #Roman equivalent is #Suada or #Suadela. She is an important companion of #Aphrodite, goddess of #love, and the opposite of #Bia, goddess of #force.
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In #GreekMythology, #Hera is the #goddess of #marriage, #family and #women. She is the #Queen of the #gods and incredibly powerful. Her #sacred #animals is the #peacock and the #cow.
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In #GreekMythology, #Eris was the daughter of #Nyx, and the #goddess of #strife and #Discord who started the #TrojanWar with her #infamous #GoldenApple.
Her #story is being kept #alive by @DanDDoes/@Eris_Awake for @InThePantheon, definitely worth the #read.
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Today is #NationalPolarBearDay. In #Inuit #religion, #folklore and #mythology, #Nanook was the master of #PolarBears and #bears. He decided the #fate of hunters and punished #violations of #taboos.
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