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Greek Mythology Underworld Deities

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  • These three sisters and the goddesses of fate, are some of the many children of Nyx, the most powerful deities, these goddesses are who?
    The three Moirai sisters, Clotho, the weaver of life, Lackassis, the measurerer of the thread of life, and Atropos, with her scissors, snip the thread of life
  • Who is the Goddess of the River Styx, one of the five rivers of the Underworld?
    The Goddess Styx
  • Another one of the Goddess of the Night's children, this God of Death is who?
    Thanatos
  • Who is the main God of the Underworld?
    Hades, the King of the Underworld
  • Who is the guardian of the Underworld, plus he is also one of the monstrous children of the father of monsters and his wife Echidna.
    Cerberus, the three headed guardian of the underworld.
  • The mother of the Moirai, aka Goddess of Fate, who is she?
    Nyx, The Goddess of the Night, one of the four primordial deities, and the only being that Zeus, King of the Gods, is scared of.
  • What are the names of the three Erinyes, also known as the Goddesses of Vengeance
    Alecto (“unceasing”), Tisiphone (“avenging murder”), and Megaera (“grudging”).
  • Who is the Goddess of Witchcraft/Crossroads + the advisor of the Queen of the Underworld?
    Hecate
  • Who are the Erinyes?
    The Erinyes, more commonly known as the Furies, torture people that go to their area of the Greek underworld, Tarturus
  • What is the name of the eternal resting place in the Underworld for wicked souls?
    Tartarus
  • Who is the King and Queen of the Underworld?
    The King is Hades, while the Queen is Persephone
  • What are the three regions of the Underworld?
    Tartarus, the place where the most evil souls go; Elysian Fields, where good souls go; Asphodel Meadow - where the souls that just lived a pretty normal life go
  • Where in the Underworld do heroic souls go after death?
    The Elysian Fields
  • Who are the most powerful Lieutenants of Hades?
    The Furies
  • One of the many children of Nyx, the Goddess of the Night, this Ferryman of the Underworld's name is what?
    Charon, the immortal Ferryman of the Underworld
  • Out of all the Greek Underworld Deities, this Goddess of nightmares and curses brings the angry spirits into the world of the living to haunt the living.
    Melinoe, the Goddess of Ghosts, sometimes confused with Hecate, is one of the scariest underworld deities.
  • Who are the three judges of the Underworld?
    Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Aeacus are the judges of the dead. They judged the deeds of the deceased and created the laws that governed the underworld.