Goddess names?
Ok for a school project we are suppose to make up our own gods. I want to make up a goddess of love. Can anyone tell me any greek names that mean love. And if you want to can you also help me think up a myth to go along with my god. You don't have to so the myth thing but can you please tell me a name that is greek and means "love"
Update:I meant you don't have to do the myth thing. Not so the myth thing but I need a myth that involves my goddess. Like the origin of love or something. idk
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These are the Greek words for love:
1) Eros
2) Storge
3) Philia
4) Agape
**Eros:
The first type of love we are all familiar with. Our English word Erotica is derived from this word. Sadly, some people never get passed this type of love and base their relationships purely on sexual attraction. This is the type of love that merchandisers tend to play on with the public trying to get us to buy their products to make us more attractive to the opposite sex. Unfortunately, aromatherapy is being misrepresented by these same people also to traffic their products. You would be surprised to see how many products are being offered specifically to attract the opposite sex using aroma.
Studies have been done trying to prove the theory of attraction through Pheromones based on animal instincts. I personally feel that attraction of a life partner is much more than the basis of his/her smell. In fact, it was impossible for me to fall in love with my fiancé based on smell as we met through ICQ on the Internet. It was impossible for smell to play any part in our meeting. Our relationship was based on character and friendship which later developed into love. You can say we met each other and we just clicked ;-) (pun intended) {by the way, we are getting married next month.}
So, the point is that erotic love is not a deep meaningful love but superficial and based on sexual attractiveness only.
**Storge:
This type of love is what we find in families between the different members. It is the love of mother, father, brothers and sisters. This is a much stronger type of love and involves commitment. “Blood is thicker than water” and most people will do all they can to stand behind their families.
**Philia:
This type of love is pertaining to what we might call a brotherly love. Not brotherly in the sense of family, but in the sense of kinsmenship. This is the type of love that makes us want to help the little old lady cross the street safely and watch out for our fellow man. It is a good type of love and helps us to see others as needing our love but, sadly, it can often also be a selfish love. Many people only show love to others if they can get something out of it. Thankfully, most people love out of pure motives.
**Agape:
The fourth type of love is called Agape love. This is the highest form of love there is. This is an unconditional love for others in spite of their character flaws and weaknesses. It is a difficult love to obtain simply because we, as humans, are usually concerned more with ourselves and how the world and people around us affect us. In order to love in the agape way, we must overcome our selfishness and look to the needs of others. Prime examples of this type of love are people like Mother Theresa, Cardinal Leger etc. These are people who look out for others interests above their own. It is a special kind of love that needs to be cultivated for it to grow. We can only achieve this type of unselfish loving as we put the needs of others as a priority.
Venus is the Goddess of Love. Psyche is the Goddess of Wisdom. In the Greek Gods and Goddesses, remember if it had to do with being mean, a brute (war, things like that) it was a man God. If it had to do with brains or feelings like love, it was always a female. Still, they were all terribly jealous and mean. Venus was the mother of Cupid, who fell in love with Psyche, and Venus did all she could to break that up!
Venus was the traditional Roman Goddess of love or Aphrodite in Greek mythology.
I like the answer above and would go with Agape (pronounced Ah-Gop-Ay) for your project.
There are a few different ancient greek words for love. Philos is one, which means brotherly love. Eros is another, and it means sexually connotated love. Agape is the third, which is the love that a mother or father has for their children and God has for us. It's unconditional!
'Aphrodite' was the actual Greek goddess of love. If you're meant to choose a name different than in mythology, 'Agape' means 'love of the next'.
(If you decide against Greek, here are a good number of similarly-themed names: http://www.babynamestats.com/search.php?meaning=lo... )
Aphrodite, Eros, Cupid, Anterosi, Hymen
Eros is passionate love.
Philia is friendship love.
Storge is the love of parents to their child.
thelema means desire to do things.
these are all greek words. Good luck.
Athena