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list of gods and goddesses
The Greeks believed that the twelve Olympians (the most powerful gods and goddesses), ruled creation from Mt.Olympus. This is a list of them.
Zeus- God of the sky, king of gods
Hera- Goddess of marriage, queen of gods
Posiden- God of the sea
Hades- King of the dead
Aphrodite- Goddess of love and beauty and protector of sailors
Apollo- God of music and healing
Ares- God of war
Artemis- Goddess of the hunt and protector of women in childbirth
Athena- Goddess of wisdom
Hephaestus- God of fire and the forge
Hermes- Messenger god, trickster and friend to thieves
Hestia- Goddess of the hearth
also sometimes included...
Demeter-Goddess of the harvest
Dionysus- God of wine