GREEK DEITIES
Below are some of the deities that may be used in rituals and wiccan spell casting that come from Greek times. These profiles are given with the sex, color, animal or plant correspondence, notes on the deity, and the zodiac correspondence. That information can be useful to decide which deity should be used.
Adonis
Male, color - none, animal - none
Notes: Beauty, lust, male, variety, brotherhood, strength, homosexuality esp. male.
Amphitrite
Female, color - blue, animal - ocean
Notes: Goddess of the sea, and daughter of Nereus and Doris, Amphitrite was either wife or rival or both to Poseidon and was the one, of the two, more likely to grant mercy to sailors. Amphitrite mythology is sparse and much of it dates to modern times.
Aphrodite
Female, color - seafoam, animal - dove or dolphin
Notes: Goddess of love, also a lesser goddess of sea and war
Apollo
Male, Color - gold, Animal - Lion and horse
Notes: God of prophecy, arts, enlightenment, as well often mistaken for Helios, god of the Sun
Ares
Male, color -red and black, animal - Ram
Notes: God of War, and brutality of tactics, who takes his sacrifices from blood spilled in war and gets beaten by Athena.
Artemis
Female, color - white, animals - all, esp. deer and elk
Notes: god of the hunt who's bow is the crescent moon
Asklepios
Male, color - green, animal - snake
Notes: God of medicine, son of Apollo
Astarte
Female, color - red, animal - sphinx
Notes: Goddess of love, esp. fertility, marriage, considered as the goddess of mature love
Athena
Female, color - grey and white, Animal - owl and goat
Notes: Goddess of protection, strength, balanced Mind/Body/Spirit. Matron of Athens.
Demeter
Female, color - gold, Plant - grain
Notes: The grain mother, mother of Persephone.
Dionysos
Male, color - red, Plant - Grapes and Apples
Notes: God of the cultivated vine
Eros
No sex, color - red, Animal - dove
Cupid or Amor
Hades
Male, color - black and yellow, Animal - horse and dog
Notes: Lord of the underworld, also a god of honor and the cessation of pain
Hecate
Female, color - black, Animal - bat
Notes: Goddess of caves, magick, and the waning and new moon.
Hera
Female, color - red, Animal- peacock
Notes: Goddess of marriage, retribution, fairplay, fiery and temperamental
Hermaphrodite
Both sexes, Color- none, Animal - none
Notes: Eros, before he was "toned down". The exact union of the god Hermes and Aphrodite, the god of passion
Hestia
Female, color - brown, animal - hound
Notes: Goddess of the hearth, home, watcher over children and families
Morpheus
Male, color - violet, plant - poppy
Notes: Lord of dreams, also lord of peace and inner sight
Nemisis
Female, color - black, animal - griffon
Notes: The fourth face of the goddess, dispenser of justice. In maiden/mother/crone beliefs, Nemisis is the new moon while Hecate is the waning moon. Most triple goddesses include her but never is mentioned.
Pan/Pan Megas
Male, color - black, animal - satyr
Notes: god of sexuality and freedom, also late childhood
Poseidon
Male, color - blue, animal - dolphin
Notes: Lord of the seas
Psyche
Female, color - violet, Animal - butterfly
Notes: goddess of intellect, innocence, perfect love. Lust tempered into love, later goddess of ESP and mental powers.
Selene
Female, color - blue, animal - none
Notes: Ancient goddess of motherhood and the full moon
Somus
Male, color - red, Plant - poppy
Notes: god of sleep and healing
Thanatos
Male, color - gold, Animal - none
Notes: God of the actual death process.
Themis
Female, color - gold, Animal - eagle
Notes: Goddess of justice, inspirer of Laws. Pagan patron goddess of the USA
Typhon
Male, color -gold, Animal - rat
Notes: Set