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The Greek Pantheon, also known as the Olympic Pantheon, is a group of gods and other creatures from Greek mythology.

Known Members[]

Amazons[]

Amazons were created by a meeting of the pagan deities Ares and Harmonia, creating a tribe of warrior women who had no need for males, except for reproduction. At some point, they had a war, and their numbers were vastly depleted, as such they made a deal with Harmonia to save them from extinction, and she made them more than human, effectively turning them into monsters.

Ares (mentioned only, status unknown)[]

Ares is the Greek god of war. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, the son of Zeus and Hera. He had sex with Harmonia, and from this were originated the Amazons.

Artemis[]

Artemis is goddess of hunt and wildlife. She was in love with Prometheus and killed him by mistake while trying to kill her father Zeus by torturing Prometheus.

Atropos[]

Atropos is one of the three Fates, she is the oldest and the more inflexible of the three. Although, for a deity, she is seen to want the general good and order of humanity. She compelled Castiel to send Balthazar back in time and not to save the Titanic.

Calliope (deceased)[]

Calliope was the goddess of epic poetry and one of the nine muses in Greek mythology. Used to inspire creativity in directors and producers, then devours them once their play is done and their vision is realized. After praying on a Supernatural play in Fan Fiction, she was killed by Sam with a wooden stake.

Chronos (deceased)[]

Chronos was the god of time. When he was worshiped he gained his power from taking time from his worshipers. No longer worshiped, Chronos was forced to feed after a couple decades on three humans to stop wandering through time.

Clotho (mentioned only)[]

Clotho is one of the three Fates. She was only mentioned by her sister Atropos but never seen.

Erebus[]

Erebus is the god of darkness. He was mentioned by Maggie who was in possession of his bracelet which allows the user with a pure heart to reveal monsters. His current whereabouts are unknown.

Gaia[]

Gaia is the Greek goddess of the earth, she was mentioned by Pastor Joe. Her current whereabouts are unknown.

Gorgons[]

Gorgons are a type of creature from the Greek Myths. In The Scorpion and The Frog, a gorgon's fossilized tooth is shown. In Ouroboros, gorgons are revealed to be real. According to Rowena MacLeod, they are ancient cursed beings who, instead of turning their victims to stone, secrete a venom that paralyzes them. It is later stated that gorgons are demigods. Medusa was one such gorgon who was killed in ancient times. A gorgon can only be killed via decapitation with a silver blade. In the present day, Team Free Will 2.0 and Rowena hunt the gorgon Noah Ophis who is killed by Jack.

Medusa (mentioned only, deceased)[]

Medusa is a gorgon who was killed by the ancient hero Perseus. A painting with her can be seen in the episode Blade Runners. In Ouroboros, she is confirmed as real by Rowena MacLeod after Dean brings her up after learning that they are dealing with another gorgon.

Harmonia (mentioned only, status unknown)[]

Harmonia is the immortal goddess of harmony and concord. She had sex with Ares, and from this were originated the original Amazons, after a war, and their numbers were vastly depleted, the Amazons made a deal with Harmonia to save them from extinction, and she made them more than human.

Hecate (tie-in novels, mentioned only, status unknown)[]

Hecate is the Greek goddess of magic, spells, the moon, the night, and crossroads.

Hera (mentioned only, status unknown)[]

Hera is the Greek goddess of women and marriage, and the Queen of the Gods. Shortly after the "apes" (humans) climbed down the trees and started to pray for the sun and other natural phenomenon, God created Hera along with the rest of the deities to take the blame for when things went wrong and because the pagan gods made good stories.

Hermes[]

Hermes is the Greek god of boundaries, roads, travelers, merchants, thieves, athletes, shepherds, commerce, speed, cunning, language, oratory, wit, and messages, he is also the messenger of the gods.

Hesperus (mentioned only, status unknown)[]

Hesperus was only mentioned once when Beau in one of Plutus auctions when the item in question was Hesperus' Amulet

Lachesis (mentioned only)[]

Lachesis is one of the three Fates. She was only mentioned by her sister Atropos but never seen.

Lamia[]

Little information has been given about them, as they are monsters rarely seen outside of Greece.

Minotaurs (mentioned only)[]

Minotaurs are a type of creature that were mentioned once by Sam along with Gorgons when he was talking about Artemis and how hunters would pray for courage for her when hunting minotaurs or gorgons.

Oblivion (tie-in novels only, deceased)[]

Oblivion was the goddess of memory appearing in the non-canon book Bobby Singer's Guide to Hunting. After targeting Bobby Singer, she is overwhelmed by the Winchesters with their memories of Hell and then killed by Bobby with a silver knife.

Oliver (demigod, Titan)[]

Oliver is the demigod son of Prometheus with a mortal woman. Oliver inherited his father's curse and began dying and coming back to life every day as a result like Prometheus. Oliver's curse was broken when Prometheus sacrificed himself to kill Zeus and protect his son.

Paeon (newly-created deity, tie-in novels only, deceased)[]

Paeon is a god of healing created during the Apotheosis in Corinth, Illinois based off of the physician of the Greek gods. During the Apotheosis, Paeon emerges as one of the two most powerful gods alongside Adamantine, but is stripped of most of his power by Mythmaker Renee Mendez. He is then killed with his own caduceus by Adamantine.

Pan (mentioned only, status unknown)[]

Pan is the satyr-god of frenzy and wildlife. He was only mentioned while was confused with the canaanite god Moloch during the search for a hunt Sam and Dean were working on, but never seen.

Plutus (deceased)[]

Plutus was the god of greed. He used to held auctions of various rare and precious artifacts. He was betrayed and killed by his assistant Beau.

Prometheus (Titan, deceased)[]

Prometheus was a Titan (proto-god), culture hero, and trickster figure who is credited with the creation of man from clay, and who defies the gods by stealing fire and giving it to humanity. He was cursed with immortality and sentenced to die every day by Zeus for stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humanity. Having lost his memory, Prometheus eventually escaped from the mountain with Artemis, who loved him, purposefully not hunting for Prometheus too hard. Prometheus had a demigod son Oliver and rediscovered his true identity after Sam and Dean Winchester found him. During a final confrontation with Zeus, Prometheus was accidentally mortally wounded by Artemis by one of her arrows while she was trying to kill Zeus. Prometheus then sacrificed himself to kill Zeus by shoving the arrow through his body and into Zeus to keep Zeus from harming his son.

Satyrs[]

Satyrs are greek creatures of uncontrollable lust, they often lead people to the woods for massive orgies before "feasting upon the flesh of his victims until their belly is full to bursting with their moist, slippery meat".

Zeus (deceased)[]

Zeus was the god of the sky and thunder. He cursed Prometheus with immortality and then was shot by his daughter Artemis, but managed to put Prometheus in front of him, stopping the arrow with his body. Prometheus then shoved the arrow deeper into his body in order for it to pass through and hit Zeus, who then dies along with Prometheus.

Appearences[]

Trivia[]

  • Zeus is the only pagan deity so far to blame his pantheon's downfall to an event other than the arrival of the Abrahamic faiths. Instead, he blamed their decline to the theft of fire by Prometheus as a gift to mankind.
  • The Exsanguination Spell invokes ichor, the ethereal fluid that is the blood of the gods in Greek mythology.

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