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Post by Guest Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:50 pm

Name: Selene A.K.A. Luna
age: time-less
breed: Greek Goddess of the Moon
color: white
personality: she is shy, quiet, loves to run, and more you will find out
Selene in Greek Mythology:
Selene was the Greek goddess of the Moon. According to the poet Hesiod, Selene was the daughter of the Titans Theia and Hyperion, making the goddess the sister of Helios (the Sun) and Eos (the Dawn). However, other ancient sources claim that she was the child of Pallas and Euryphaessa.

Regardless of her ancestry, Selene, as the personification of the Moon, was an influential goddess. One of her best known myths involves the handsome Endymion. The moon-goddess fell in love with this mortal, and she therefore engaged in an affair with Endymion that resulted in the birth of fifty daughters. But Endymion was, alas, human, and so susceptible to aging and eventually death. Selene could not bear the thought of this cruel fate. According to one version of the myth, she made certain that Endymion would remain eternally youthful by casting a spell that would cause him to sleep forever. In this way, Endymion would always live, sleeping through the ages.

It is also important to note that some Classical authors identified Selene with the Olympian goddess Artemis (indeed, in time Artemis was increasingly recognized as a moon goddess in her own right).

Selene was important enough to the ancient Greeks to inspire a Homeric Hymn. The Hymn to Selene describes the beauty and power of the goddess of the moon.

Homeric Hymn to Selene

"Muses, sweet-speaking daughters of Zeus Kronides
and mistresses of song, sing next of long-winged Moon!
From her immortal head a heaven-sent glow
envelops the earth and great beauty arises
under its radiance. From her golden crown the dim air
is made to glitter as her rays turn night to noon,
whenever bright Selene, having bathed her beautiful skin
in the Ocean, put on her shining rainment
and harnessed her proud-necked and glittering steeds,
swiftly drives them on as their manes play
with the evening, dividing the months. Her great orbit is full
and as she waxes a most brilliant light appears
in the sky. Thus to mortals she is a sign and a token."

Selene was called Luna in Roman mythology.

God form pic: http://dreamsofkate.deviantart.com/art/Selene-moon-goddess-144621063
Horse form pic: http://royalpain13.deviantart.com/art/Selene-goddess-of-the-moon-128439457

Name: Anqet
age: time-less
breed: The Nile Goddess
color: white
relation: Daughter of Selene, Cousin of Spawn of Helios, and Niece of Helios and Eos
personality: quiet, keeps to self, powerful, fast, and smart
power: Controler of all Water

God form pic: http://thornerose.deviantart.com/art/Anqet-Goddess-of-the-Nile-58549051
horse form pic: http://abbeliten.deviantart.com/art/Unicorn-150727081


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Post by Guest Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:59 pm

I already made a goddess of the moon

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Post by Guest Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:17 pm

If you read the second paragraph it states that there is more than one goddess of the moon

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Post by Guest Sun Jan 17, 2010 6:49 pm

Name: Helios
age: time-less
gender: male
breed: The Greek Sun God
color: dark bay
relation: Brother of Selene and Eos
personality: smart, tempermental, fast, powerful
power: Controler of the Sun and Light

God form pic: http://red-priest-usada.deviantart.com/art/Helios-God-of-the-Sun-66812193
horse form pic: http://nightimemare.deviantart.com/art/Wild-Unicorn-72445120

Name: Spawn of Helios
age: time-less
gender: female
breed: The Greek Wind Princess
color: Gold and White Palamino
relation: Daughter of Helios, Niece of Selene and Eos
personality: quiet, sweet, quick thinker, fast like the wind
power: Controller of the All Winds

horse form pic: http://kiltsrhott.deviantart.com/art/Spawn-of-Helios-112816600
God form pic: http://greyhole.deviantart.com/art/The-Goddess-68112698

Name: Eos
age: time-less
gender: female
breed: The Greek Goddess of Dawn
color: dark
relation: Sister of Selene and Helios
personality: strong willed, fast, witty, lovely
power: Controler of Dawn

God form pic: http://peppermintstick.deviantart.com/art/Arise-83938425
horse form pic: http://losmios.deviantart.com/art/The-Spell-of-Dawn-49084215

P.S. Good job to the people that created these pics!! Very Happy

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