Character index
Find mythic figures by name.
Use this index to explore mythology characters across Greek, Roman, Norse, and Egyptian stories. Each profile connects symbols, summaries, and related myths.
greek mythology
Atlas
Atlas is a Greek Titan punished by Zeus after the Titanomachy and remembered as the divine figure who bears the heavens.
greek mythology
Daedalus
Daedalus is the brilliant builder of the labyrinth and the father whose handmade wings carry him and Icarus into legend.
greek mythology
Demeter
Demeter is the Greek goddess whose grief for Persephone brings famine and whose favor makes the earth fruitful again.
greek mythology
Heracles
Heracles is the strongest of Greek heroes, famous for the Twelve Labors, immense suffering, and final ascent to Olympus.
egyptian mythology
Horus
Horus is the son of Isis and Osiris, hidden in childhood and later vindicated as the rightful ruler against Set.
greek mythology
Icarus
Icarus is remembered for the wax-winged flight that turned freedom into tragedy.
egyptian mythology
Isis
Isis is a central Egyptian goddess known for magic, mourning, protection, and restoring Osiris.
greek mythology
Jason
Jason leads the Argonauts to Colchis in search of the Golden Fleece and wins glory through courage entangled with Medea's help.
greek mythology
Medusa
Medusa is a terrifying and tragic Greek mythology figure whose gaze turns people to stone.
greek mythology
Minotaur
The Minotaur is the man-eating creature hidden in Crete's labyrinth and fed on Athenian tribute until Theseus kills it.
greek mythology
Odysseus
Odysseus is the Greek hero of strategy and endurance whose wanderings after Troy turn intelligence into both salvation and trouble.
egyptian mythology
Osiris
Osiris is the murdered divine king whose restoration makes him lord of the dead and the central figure of Egyptian rebirth after death.
greek mythology
Pandora
Pandora is the all-gifted first woman whose jar releases suffering into the human world.
greek mythology
Persephone
Persephone is both the stolen daughter of Demeter and the underworld queen whose cycle explains the return of the seasons.
greek mythology
Perseus
Perseus is the hero who kills Medusa with divine help and becomes one of the great monster-slayers of Greek mythology.
greek mythology
Polyphemus
Polyphemus is the one-eyed Cyclops who traps Odysseus in his cave and becomes the source of Poseidon's anger against the hero.
greek mythology
Prometheus
Prometheus steals fire for mortals and becomes one of Greek mythology's great symbols of defiance and suffering.
roman mythology
Romulus
Romulus is the twin brother of Remus and the legendary founder and first king of Rome.
egyptian mythology
Set
Set is the dangerous brother of Osiris, associated with desert force, conflict, and the usurpation at the center of the Osiris myth.
greek mythology
Theseus
Theseus is the Athenian hero who enters the labyrinth, kills the Minotaur, and becomes a defining figure of civic Greek legend.
norse mythology
Thor
Thor is the hammer-wielding defender of gods and humans in Norse mythology.
greek mythology
Zeus
Zeus is the sky-god who defeats the Titans and establishes the Olympian order in Greek mythology.