![]() ![]() They were called forth from the underworld to inflict suffering and madness upon the evil-doer, to bring drought and famine to nations, and punish the souls of the damned in Hades.ĮURYNOMUS (Eurynomos) An underworld Daemon who stripped the flesh from the corpses of the dead. His mists encircled the underworld and filled the hollows of the earth.ĮRINYES The three goddesses of vengeance and retribution. Like the other protogenoi he was elemental, being the substance of darkness, rather than a man-shaped god. He was related to the Oneiri or dream-spirits.ĮREBUS (Erebos) The primeval god of darkness. She was the bogey-monster in Greek fable.ĮPIALES The underworld Daemon of nightmares. She was connected with the Eleusinian Mysteries.ĮMPUSA (Empousa) A monstrous underworld Daemon with flaming hair, the leg of a goat and a leg of bronze. He was appointed king of the islands of the blessed, the home of the favoured dead, by Zeus after his release him from the prison-house of Tartarus.ĭAEIRA An underworld Nymph and companion of the goddess Persephone. His fee was a single coin which was placed beneath the tongue of the dead.ĬOCYTUS (Kokytos) The god of the underworld river of tears and wailing.ĬORE (Kore) "The maiden," another name for Persephone.ĬRONUS (Kronos) The old king of the Titans. He was the father of Hades cattleman Menoetes.ĬHARON (Kharon) An underworld Daemon who ferried the souls of the dead across the streams of Acheron into Hades. He was transformed into a screech owl by Demeter as punishment for reporting that Persephone had tasted the pomegranate seed.ĬACODAEMONES (Kakodaimones) Evil spirits which issued forth from the underworld to cause harm.ĬERBERUS (Kerberos) The mighty, three-headed, serpent-maned hound of Hades who guarded the entrance to underworld.ĬEUTHONYMUS (Keuthonymos) A mysterious underworld Daemon. Charon ferried the souls of the dead across his waters.ĪMPHIARAUS The prophetic Daemon of a subterranean oracle at Oropus in Boeotia.ĪRAE (Arai) The underworld Daemones of curses.ĪSCALAPHUS (Askalaphos) An underworld Daemon who tended the orchards of Hades. He was originally a king of the island of Aegina who obtained his position as a reward from the gods.ĪCHERON (Akheron) The god of the underworld river of pain whose brackish stream guarded the borders of Hades. A COMPLETE LIST OF GREEK UNDERWORLD GODS & GODDESSES HADESĪEACUS (Aiakos) One of the three judges of the dead in the Underworld. ![]()
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