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I know what a banshee is, the story where Loki fucked a horse, and I know the Olympian gods, Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hermes, Athena, Ares, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Artemis, Apollo, Dionysus, and Demeter. But there are a lot more Greek Gods and lesser Gods than them, Hades being a big one. But also various primorial gods, titans, demigods, river gods, gods of the winds, goddesses of seasons, muses, nymphs, satyrs... hundreds of them. I know only a handful of them and in much lesser detail. I'm pretty sure anyone that has played Hades, watched Hercules, or completed high school English in the US can name at least a couple dozen though.
- For fun I’m going to try listing as many Greek deities as I can from memory, this will pale in comparison to the real total but it will be fun nonetheless (I’ve probably made many spelling mistakes)
  Zeus, king of pantheon of the gods who rules the sky and weather etc.
  Hera, wife of Zeus… one of the goddesses of fertility? And peacocks?
  Poseidon, god of water and horses and earthquakes
  Hades, god of the underworld who has a helm of invisibility
  Persephone, daughter of Demeter and wife of Hades goddess of spring
  Demeter, goddess of agriculture
  Hermes, god of messengers and thieves, has winged shoes
  Dionysus, god of wine and festivities
  Aphrodite, goddess of beauty (born of the corpse of the father of the titans… Ourous?)
  Artemis, goddess of strategy …and the moon?(multiple weird birth stories but all from Zeus’s body if I recall)
  Apollo, god of the sun, son of Zeus
  Ares, god of war
  Phobos, demigod or lesser god of fear, related to Ares
  Demos, same as above but for “terror”
  Hephaestus, god of machines and husband of Aphrodite
  Hestia, goddess of the hearth
  Lethe, river in Hades and god of sleep
  Eris, goddess of chaos
  Prometheus, titan who defied Zeus to give humanity fire and got his liver ripped out by eagles indefinitely
  Helios, titan of the sun (having multiple deities for the same thing happens a lot)
  Kronos, titan of time
  Gaia, Mother Earth and mother of titans
  Nyx, goddess of poison? Treachery?
  Charon, ferryman/guide of the dead (id call him a deity since people give him “offerings”)
  Hercules, half human, became a god via golden apples after completing tests intended to kill him
  Europa, titan, i don’t remember, exploration? She’s the namesake of Europe though, also I think she’s the one who fucked Zeus when he was a cow or something.
  Vulcan, titan of fire? Volcanos?
  I don’t remember if Orion the hunter is just a hero/demigod or if he is a god. Same for Perseus.
  Damn. That’s less than I thought. Can I name all nine muses still?
  Calliope (voice)
  Erato (you know)
  Uterpe (joy? Also I feel like there’s another name but I only remember this one because it’s weird)
  Thalia (song? )
  Urania (poets?)
  Clio (history?)
  Polyhymna (geometry?)
  Melpomene (tragedy)
  … I want to say turpentine which is definitely wrong, but I think it does begin with turp- and she’s the muse of dance?
  Idk like half the muses are muses of song and there’s significant overlap in all of them if I recall correctly.
  Anyway it’s late so I’m going to bed, I’ll see how wrong I was when I woke up lol
  Oh also I have never played the game you mentioned but I have siblings who were very into the Percy Jackson books lol
  
  Excellent work, but I would be remiss if I didn't point out the glaring lack of the great war strategy goddess Athena, borne from Zeus' head fully clad in armor she made for herself, giving Zeus a terrible migraine (and with Hephaestus as a midwife).
  
  Damnit I think I combined her with Artemis because that’s one of the weird birth stories I was talking about. Also yeah I really can’t believe I missed one of the main gods.
  
  Pretty great effort here. Not surprising that you weren't sure about Hera's dominion, in pretty much every story she's basically the god of "my wife is such a removed lol"
  
  Isn't Hera the goddess of wisdom and learning?
  
  You wouldn't know it from the tales. Most people would go looking for Athena or possibly Metis on those counts.
  
  Turpsicorian.
  I learned that from Cats. (Hence I may not have spelt it correctly).

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