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A TO Z OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY - N

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  • ​​Naiads – Group of minor goddesses, daughters of the Potamoi. Greek goddesses of freshwater sources.
  • Narcissus – Mortal, son Cephisos and Liriope, loved by Echo. 
  • Nausinous – Mortal, son of Odysseus and Calypso, brother of Nausithous.
  • Nausithous – Mortal, son of Odysseus and Calypso, brother of Nausinous.
  • Neilos – Potamoi god, son of Oceanus and Tethys, father of Memphis and Chione. Greek god of the River Nile. 
  • Neleus - Mortal king, son of Poseidon and Tyro, wife of Chloris, father of many, including Nestor. King of Pylos
  • Nemean Lion – Monster, offspring of Orthrus and the Chimera. Resident of Nemea. 
  • Nemesis - Early goddess, daughter of Nyx. Greek goddess of Retribution.
  • Neoptolemus – Mortal hero, son of Achilles and Deidamia, husband of Hermione, lover of Andromache. Achaean hero at Troy and King of Epirus.
  • Nephele (i) – Creation of Zeus in form of Hera to test Ixion, by Ixion became mother to the Centaurs.
  • Nephele (ii) – Minor goddess, possible daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, wife of Athamas, mother of Phrixus and Helle.
  • Nereids – Group of minor goddesses, daughters of Nereus and Doris. Fifty goddesses associated with the bounties of the sea. 
  • Nereus – Early god, son of Pontus and Gaia, known as the Old Man of the Sea. Husband of Doris, father to the Nereids. Greek god of the Sea’s Rich Bounty.
  • Nerites – Minor god, son of Nereus and Doris. Transformed into a shellfish for his hubris. 
  • Nesoi - Protogenoi goddesses, daughter of Gaia. Greek goddesses of the Islands. 
  • Nessus – Centaur, son of Ixion and Nephele. Acted as ferryman across the River Evenus.
  • Nestus – Potamoi god, son of Oceanus and Tethys. Greek god of the River Nestus in Thrace. 
  • Nike – Daughter of Pallas and Styx. Greek goddess of Victory. 
  • Niobe - Mortal queen. Daughter of Tantalus and Dione, brother of Pelops and Broteas, husband of Amphion. Queen of Thebes.
  • Nisus - Mortal king, son of Pandion and Pylia, brother of Aegeas, husband of Habrote, father of Scylla, Eurynome and Iphinoe. King of Megara. 
  • Nomia – Naiad nymph, possible husband of Lycaon and mother of Callisto. Nymph of Mount Nomia in Arcadia.
  • Nomos – Minor god, possible son of Zeus, husband of Eusebeia, occasionally named father of Dike. Greek god of law. 
  • Notus - Anemoi god, son of Astraeus and Eos. Greek god of the South Wind.
  • Nympha – Horai goddess, daughter of Helios. Greek goddess of morning bathing. 
  • Nycteus - Mortal regent, son of Hyrieus and Clonia, husband of Polyxo, father of Nycteis and Antiope, rgenet of Thebes
  • Nycteis - Mortal Queen, daughter of Nycteis and Polyxo, wife of Polydorus, mother of Labdacus, Queen of Thebes
  • ​Nysus – An Ourea and Protogenoi, son of Gaia. A Greek god of the mountain of same name. 
  • Nyx – Protogenoi goddess, daughter of Chaos, wife of Erebus, mother of many. Greek goddess of the Night. 

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