Showing posts with label Mythology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mythology. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Egyptian Gods & Goddesses

The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt are great inspiration for an intellectual pet name. My favorites are Bastet, Shu, Thoth and Wadjet. Isis used to be a favorite, but it's unfortunately unusable now.

Ammit 
Amun 
Anput 
Anubis 
Anuket 
Apophis 
Babi
Bast/Bastet 
Bes
Geb 
Hapi
Hathor 
Heket
Horus 
Isis 
Kebechet 
Kek 
Khepri
Khnum
Khonsu
Maahes 
Ma'at
Mafdet
Menhit
Nekhbet 
Nephthys
Nut
Osiris 
Pahket
Ptah
Ra
Sekhmet 
Seker/Sokar 
Serqet 
Seshat 
Seth 
Shu 
Sobek 
Sopdu
Tawaret
Tefnut
Thoth
Wadjet
Wadj-wer

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Saturday, December 24, 2016

Norse Gods & Godesses

These Norse Gods and Goddesses are great namesakes for a pet with the spirit of a viking. My favoriates are Freyja, Loki, and Thor.

Baldr - God of beauty, innocence, peace and rebirth
Borr - Father of Odin, Vili and Ve
Bragi - God of poetry, music and the harp
Búri - God of Prehistory, and the first god
Dagr - God of the daytime
Dellingr - God of the dawn
Eir - Goddess of healing
Elli - Goddess of old age
Forseti - God of justice, peace and truth
Freyja - Goddess of love, fertility and battle
Freyr or Frey- God of fertility
Frigg or Frigga - Goddess of marriage and motherhood
Fulla - Frigga's handmaiden
Gefjun - Goddess of fertility and plough
Hel  - Queen of the Underworld
Heimdall - Guardian of Asgard
Hermóðr - Son of Odin
Hlín - Goddess of consolation and protection
Höðr - God of winter
Hœnir - The silent God
Iðunn - Goddess of youth
Jörð - Goddess of the Earth
Kvasir - God of inspiration
Lofn - Goddess of forbidden loves
Loki - God of mischief
Magni - God of strength, a son of Thor
Máni - God of the Moon
Mímir - Uncle of Odin
Móði - God of bravery, a son of Thor
Nanna - Goddess of joy and peace
Njörðr - God of the sea, wind, fish and wealth
Nótt - Goddess of the night
Odin - God of war, and ruler of the gods.
Rán - Goddess of the sea
Sif - Goddess of the harvest
Sjöfn - Goddess of love Skaði - Goddess of winter
Snotra - Goddess of wisdom
Sól - Goddess of the sun
Thor - God of thunder and battle
Thrúd - Daughter of Thor and Sif
Týr - God of war and the skies
Váli - God of revenge, son of Loki
Vár - Goddess of promises and agreements
- Along with Odin and Vili, one of the three gods of creation
Víðarr - God of the forest, revenge, and silence
Vili - Along with Odin and Vé, one of the three gods of creation
Vör - Goddess of wisdom


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Monday, October 24, 2016

Greek Gods & Goddesses

This is a partial list of the numerous Greek Gods & Goddesses for your naming inspiration. My favorites are Apollo, Clio, Ersa, and Thalia.

Aphrodite - Goddess of beauty, love, desire and pleasure.
Apollo - God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty and archery.
Ares - God of war, bloodshed and violence.
Artemis - Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, young girls, childbirth, and plague. Also associated with bows and arrows.
Athena - Goddess of reason, wisdom, intelligence, skill, peace, warfare, battle strategy, and handicrafts.
Atlas - Titan that carries the heavens on his shoulders.
Aura - Titaness of the breeze.
Calliope - Muse of epic poetry
Calypso - A nymph who detained Odysseus.
Cerberus - Three headed dog who guarded the gates of the underworld
Chaos - The personification of nothingness from which all existence spring.
Charon - The ferryman to the underworld
Chronos - Primordial god of empirical time.
Circe - A powerful sorceress, daughter of Helios
Clio - The muse of history
Cronus - Titan of Harvests and personification of destructive time.
Cybele - A mountain goddess.
Demeter - Goddess of grain, agriculture, harvest, growth, and nourishment.
Dione - Titaness of the oracle of Dodona.
Dionysus - God of wine, fruitfulness, parties, festivals, madness, chaos, drunkenness, vegetation, and ecstasy.
Electra - One of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione and wife of Corythus
Erebus - The god of darkness and shadow
Eros - The god of love and attraction
Ersa - Goddess of the dew
Gaia - Personification of the Earth
Hades - Ruler of the underworld and the dead.
Hecate - Goddess of crossroads, entrances, light, magic, witchcraft, poisonous plants, ghosts, necromancy and sorcery
Helios - Titan of the sun and guardian of oaths.
Hephaestus - God of fire, metalworking, and crafts.
Hera - Goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings and empires.
Hermes - God of boundaries, travel, communication, trade, language and writing.
Hestia - Goddess of hearth, home, and chastity.
Hyperion - Titan of light.
Hypnos - The personification of sleep.
Iapetus - Titan of mortality.
Iris - Goddess of the rainbow
Leto - Titaness of motherhood
Metis - Titaness of good counsel, advice, planning, cunning, craftiness and wisdom.
Mnemosyne - Titaness of memory and remembreance
Nemesis - Personification of retribution.
Nyx - Personification of the night.
Oceanus - Titan of the oceans and fount of all fresh water.
Ophion - Ruler of Earth before Cronus, or sometimes a snake born from the World Egg.
Orion - Giant Huntsman whom Zeus placed among the stars
Pallas - Titan of warcraft
Persephone - Goddess of the underworld, she was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, wife of Hades
Perses - Titan of destruction
Phanes - God of procreation.
Phoebe - Titaness of bright intellect and prophecy.
Poseidon - God of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, and earthquakes.
Prometheus -  Titan of forethought and crafty counsel, and the creator of mankind
Rhea - Titaness of fertility, motherhood, and the mountain wilds.
Selene - Titaness of the moon
Styx - The personification of hatred and Titaness of the River Styx
Talos - A giant forged from bronze by Hephaestus to protect Europa
Tartarus - Personification of the deepest, darkest part of the underworld.
Tethys - Titaness of fresh-water, rivers, springs, streams, fountains and clouds
Thalassa - Personification of the sea.
Thalia - This name is shared by one of the three graces and the muse of comedy.
Theia - Titaness of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky.
Themis - Titaness of divine law and order.
Uranus - The God of the heavens.
Zeus - God of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and justice.

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