The World of Myth

Comus/Komos - god of festivity, revelry, jokes, and dalliances at night. A son of Dionysus, he was also his cupbearer. John Milton made Ci...

Mithra/Mitra/Mithras- a Zoroastrian god, Zoroastrianism was a religion founded by Zoroaster/ Zarathustra, a Persian. Mithra was adopted ...

Anemi/Anemoi- were the Greek gods of winds, Boreas was the north wind who brought cold air in winter, Notos/Notus was the south wind who bro...

Asclepius/Asklepios- the god of medicine and healing. A son of Apollo and Coronis/Koronis, a princess of the Lapiths who cheated on Apollo...

Aristaeus/Aristaios- god of bee keeping, honey, shepherds, cattle, fruit trees, husbandry and pastures. He was the son of Apollo and Cyren...

Silenus/Seilenos- god of drunkenness, wine, folklore, rustic life. The teacher, foster father and companion of Dionysus. The son of Gaia, ...

Priapus/Priapos- Usually described as the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, sometimes the son of Dionysus and Chione/Khione, or a son of Zeus, ...