Chthonic deities

Chthonic deities

• Amphiaraus (Ἀμφιάραος), a hero of the war of the Seven Against Thebe who became an oracular spirit of the Underworld after his death
• Angelos (Ἄγγελος), a daughter of Zeus and Hera who became an underworld goddess
• Askalaphos (Ἀσκάλαφος), the son of Acheron and Orphne who tended the Underworld orchards before being transformed into a screech owl by Demeter
• Cerberus (Κέρβερος), the three-headed hound who guarded the gates of Hades
• Charon (Χάρων), ferryman of Hades
• Empusa (Ἔμπουσα), a monstrous underworld spirit or spirits with flaming hair, the leg of a goat and a leg of bronze. They are also servants of Hecate.
• Erebos (Ἔρεβος), the primeval god of darkness, his mists encircled the underworld and filled the hollows of the earth
• The Erinyes (Ἐρινύες), the Furies, goddesses of retribution
• Alecto (Ἀληκτώ), the unceasing one
• Tisiphone (Τισιφόνη), avenger of murder
• Megaera (Μέγαιρα), the jealous one
• Hecate (Ἑκάτη), goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy
• Judges of the Dead
• Aiakos (Αἰακός), former mortal king of Aegina, guardian of the keys of Hades and judge of the men of Europe
• Minos (Μίνως), former mortal king of Crete and judge of the final vote
• Rhadamanthys (Ῥαδάμανθυς), former mortal lawmaker and judge of the men of Asia
• Keuthonymos (Κευθόνυμος), an Underworld spirit and father of Menoetes
• Cronus (Κρόνος), deposed king of the Titans; after his release from Tartarus he was appointed king of the Island of the Blessed
• Lamia (Λάμια), a vampiric Underworld spirit or spirits in the train of Hecate
• Lampades (Λαμπάδες), torch-bearing Underworld nymphs
• Gorgyra (Γοργύρα)
• Orphne (Ορφνη), a Lampad nymph of Hades, mother of Askalaphos
• Macaria (Μακαρία), daughter of Hades and goddess of blessed death (not to be confused with the daughter of Heracles)
• Melinoe (Μελινόη), daughter of Persephone and Zeus who presided over the propitiations offered to the ghosts of the dead
• Menoetes (Μενοίτης), an Underworld spirit who herded the cattle of Hades
• Mormo (Μορμώ), a fearsome Underworld spirit or spirits in the train of Hecate
• Nyx (Νύξ), the primeval goddess of night
• Persephone (Περσεφόνη), queen of the underworld, wife of Hades and goddess of spring growth
• Rivers of the Underworld
• Acheron (Αχέρων), the river of pain
• Kokytos (Kωκυτός), the river of wailing
• Lethe (Λήθη), the river of forgetfulness
• Phlegethon (Φλεγέθων), the river of fire
• Styx (Στύξ), the river of hate
• Tartarus (Τάρταρος), the primeval god of the dark, stormy pit of Hades
• Thanatos (Θάνατος), spirit of death and minister of Hades