Gods and Goddesses

Greek Gods and Goddesses

Aesclepius - God of Healing and Medicine (no actual appearances but is mentioned in The Apple, Siege at Naxos, Lost City, War Wounds)

Aphrodite - Goddess of Love (the Apple, Love Takes a Holiday, The Green Eyed Monster, Reign of Terror, Stranger in a Strange World, One Fowl Day, Love On the Rocks, My Best Girl's Wedding, Love, Amazon Style)

Apollo - God of the Sun and Music (Top God, Reunions --YH-- Ares on Trial, Apollo)

Ares - God of War (Ares, Encounter, When a Man Loves a Woman, Judgement Day, End of the Beginning, Two Men and a Baby, Armaggedon Now 1 &2, Stranger in a Strange World, Hercules on Trial, Yes Virginia There Is a Hercules, Porkules, One Fowl Day, Reunions, Redemption, Stranger and Stranger, Fade Out, Revelations, Full Circle -- YH-- The Movie, The Treasure of Zeus, What a Crockery, Ares on Trial, In Your Dreams, Con Ares, The Prize, Battle Lines parts 1 and 2, No Way Out, The Skeptic, Life For a Life, Under Siege, Mila, Ill Wind)

Artemis - Goddess of the Hunt (The Apple --YH-- Inn Trouble, Golden Bow, Iolaus Goes Stag, and Hind Sight) On Young Hercules Artemis appears as a blurry, multicolored human shaped form.

Athena - Godess of Wisdom (The Apple --YH-- Ares on Trial)

Bacchus - God of Partying? (YH - Liar Lyre, Lure of the Lyre, and Fame)

Celesta- incarnation of death ( ) She carries an everlasting candle and collects the souls of the dead for transport to the Underworld. If her candle is taken away, it begins to burn down and if it is allowed to burn out, there will be no more death in the world.

Cupid - God of Love (Green Eyed Monster,

Deimos - God of ? (

Demeter - Goddess of the Seasons and Harvest (The Other Side)

Discord - Goddess of Discord ( YH-- Inn Trouble, Ares On Trial, Serpents Tooth, Con Ares, The Prize, Battle Lines 1 and 2)

Fortune - Goddess of Fortune (Hero's Heart)

Hades - God of the Underworld (The Other Side, Highway to Hades, Not Fade Away --YH-- a Lady in Hades)

Hephaestus - God of the Forge (Love Takes a Holiday, Love Amazon Style --YH-- Down and Out in Academy Hills, Cyrano De Hercules, Keeping up with the Jasons, Under Seige)

Hera - Queen of the Gods (Top God first appearance in human form before that she appeared most as eyeballs only --YH-- Valley of the Shadows)

Hermes - Messenger of the Gods (Porkules)

Nemesis See Supporting Cast page

Persephone - daughter of Demeter and married to Hades.

Poseidon - God of the Sea (only Xena appearances)

Proteus - God of shape-shifting? (the Protean Challenge) disfigured shape shifter.

Strife - God of Strife ( --YH-- The Treasure of Zeus, Between Friends, What a Crockery, Inn Trouble, Ares On Trial, Serpents Tooth, Con Ares, The Prize, The Skeptic, Battle Lines 1 and 2)

Triton - Lord of the Seas ( Love on the Rocks, My Best Girl's Wedding) Nautica's father.

Zeus - King of the Gods (Amazon Women, Full Circle, --YH-- Valley of the Shadows)

Other Gods appearing in Hercules

Balder - Norse God of light and joy, and apparently healing

Cernunnos - was seen briefly in 'Resurrection' as Morrigan's 'boss' in Celtic mythology and was killed in 'Render Unto Caesar' after it being shown that he was holding his and Morrigan's daughter as a ploy to keep her working for him.

Dumuzi - Sumerian Lord of the Underworld

Frega - Queen of the Norse Gods

Loki - Norse God of Mischief

Morrigan - Celtic Goddess of War

Odin - King of the Norse Gods

Thor- Norse God of Thunder, The protector of both Asgard and Midgard (and therefore of mankind). In many ways, he's the Norse equivalent of Hercules ...

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