Greek Mythology
Gods
Aphrodite
Apollo
Ares
Artemis
Athena
Demeter
Dionysus
Hades
Hephaestus
Hera
Hermes
Hestia
Persephone
Poseidon
Zeus
God of the sea, storms, earthquakes, and horses
Goddess of the domestic and civic hearth, the home, sacred and sacrificial fire, virginity, family, and the state
Queen of the Gods
Goddess of marriage, women, marital harmony, and the protector of women during childbirth
God of the dead and riches
Goddess of the harvest, agriculture, fertility, and sacred law
Goddess of nature, childbirth, wildlife, healing, the hunt, sudden death, animals, virginity, young women and archery
God of war and courage
Goddess of love, lust, passion, pleasure, beauty, and sexuality
God of oracles, healing, archery, music and arts, light, knowledge, herds and flocks, and protection of the young
Goddess of wisdom, warfare, and handicraft
God of wine, vegetation, fertility, festivity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre
God of fire, metalworking, craftsmen, sculpture, metallurgy and volcanoes
God of boundaries, roads, travelers, thieves, athletes, shepherds, commerce, speed, cunning, wit and messages
Goddess of spring, the dead, the underworld, grain, and nature
King of the Gods
God of the sky, lightning, thunder, law, and order
Evil creatures
Arae
Female daemons of curses, from the underworld
Argus/Argus Panoptes
A giant with 100 eyes
Basilisk
A snake that kills anyone who sees it
Catoblepas
A buffalo-like creature with shaggy fur, large horns, and a heavy head whose toxic breath or ugly looks could kill
Cerberus
3 headed dog, Hades' pet
Cetus
Sea monsters
Ceuthonymus.
Daemon of the underworld, and father of Menoetius
Charybdis
a sea monster whose inhalations formed a deadly whirlpool or a huge water mouth
Chimera
a fire-breathing, three-headed monster with one head of a lion, one of a snake, and another of a goat, lion claws in front and goat legs behind, and a long snake tail.
Crocotta/Cynolycus
A creature with the body of a stag, a lion's neck, cloven hooves, and a wide mouth with a sharp, bony ridge in place of teeth. It imitates the human voice, calls men by name at night, and devours those who approach it.
Empusa
Beautiful demonesses, with flaming hair and with one brass leg and the other one a donkey leg, who preyed on human blood and flesh.
Gorgons (Euryale, Medusa and Stheno)
Female monsters depicted as having snakes on their head instead of hair, and sometimes described as having tusks, wings, and brazen claws.
Kobaloi
A mischievous creature fond of tricking and frightening mortals
Scylla
Once a nereid, transformed by Circe into a many-headed, tentacled monster who fed on passing sailors in the straits between herself and Charybdis by plucking them off the ship and eating them.
Sirens
Bird-like women whose irresistible song lured sailors to their deaths
Minotaur
A monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus in the Labyrinth created by Daedelus.
Merpeople
Humans with fish tails instead of legs, who lure adventurers to drown them.