Mythology - A to Z

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Andromeda: daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia of Ethiopia, she was rescued from the clutches of a sea-monster by the Greek hero Perseus. She's played by Judi Bowker in the 1981 film Clash Of The Titans, and she doesn't look very Ethiopian there, it must be said.

Bacchus (Roman - god of wine and revelry)

Cerberus: the three-headed guard dog of Hades.

Demeter (Greek - goddess of grain, farming, and soil)

Eos

Fatima [Arabic goddess of the moon and fate]

The Lord of Success
The son of Shiva and Parvati, Ganesha has an elephantine countenance with a curved trunk and big ears, and a huge pot-bellied body of a human being.He is the Lord of success and destroyer of evils and obstacles. He is also worshipped as the god of education, knowledge, wisdom and wealth.(Hindu)

Horus: an Egyptian god with many associations.

According to Wyandot mythology, Iosheka created the first man and woman and taught them many skills, including all their religious ceremonies and rituals, the ability to fight evil spirits, healing, and the use of the sacrament of tobacco.(Native American Huron tribe)

Jotunheimr - Jotunheimr is the homeland of the Jotnar, or giants, in Norse mythology.

Kora--in some myths, she is Hades and Persephone's daughter.

Lamia (a queen of Libya who became a child-eating daemon according to Greek mythology)

Maia: mother of Hermes in Greek mythology.

In Inuit mythology, Nanook (Inuktitut: ᓇᓄᖅ,[1] [naˈnuq],[2] lit. "Polar Bear") was the master of bears, meaning he decided if hunters deserved success in finding and hunting bears and punished violations of taboos.

Oizys - In Greek mythology, Oizys is the goddess of Misery. She is the daughter of Nyx, goddess of night and the twin of the god Momos. Her Latin name is Miseria, from which the English word "misery" is derived. She is also the older sister of the Greek personification of the day, Hemera. She is a minor goddess without a cultic following, but a primordial goddess of misery and depression with a certain amount of mythological weight nonetheless.

Pandora's Box