What are minor gods called?

A demigod or demigoddess is a part-human and part-divine offspring of a deity and a human, or a human or non-human creature that is accorded divine status after death, or someone who has attained the "divine spark" (spiritual enlightenment).
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What's a minor god?

Minor deities were the ones that got small, specific roles. While the major gods reigned control over the bigger aspects of the earth (oceans, skies, etc.) or skills/ tactics (war, wisdom, etc.). Persephone is a one example of a minor goddess. She is the goddess of springtime.
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What is a Greek minor god?

Minor Gods. Olympians. Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Hades Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus All Olympians. Titans.
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Are there minor gods in Greek mythology?

Zelus, also known as Zelos, was a lesser deity in Greek mythology. His parents were Titans Pallas and Styx. He had three siblings, Kratos (strength), Nike(victory), and Bia(force).
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What are semi gods?

1 : a mythological being with more power than a mortal but less than a god. 2 : a person so outstanding as to seem to approach the divine the demigods of jazz.
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What is lower than a demigod?

Called lesser deities, these entities grant spells and can perform more powerful deeds than demigods can. Lesser deities have anywhere from a few thousand to tens of thousands of worshipers and control larger godly realms than demigods. They also have keener senses where their portfolios are concerned.
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What is a Hemitheos?

The term "demigod" is ultimately derived from the ancient Greek term "hemitheos," with the prefix "hemi-" translating to English as "half, partially, slightly inferior" and "theos" being the term for "god."
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What is Pan god?

Pan, in Greek mythology, a fertility deity, more or less bestial in form. He was associated by the Romans with Faunus. Originally an Arcadian deity, his name is a Doric contraction of paon (“pasturer”) but was commonly supposed in antiquity to be connected with pan (“all”).
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Is Apollo a major or minor god?

Definition. Apollo was a major Greek god associated with the bow, music, and divination. The epitome of youth and beauty, source of life and healing, patron of the arts, and as bright and powerful as the sun itself, Apollo was, arguably, the most loved of all the gods.
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Is Hercules a minor god?

Hercules: The Man, the Myth, the Minor God.
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Who is the most powerful minor goddess?

If you mean, primordial minor goddess, Nyx is definitely the most powerful. She is the Protogenoi of Night and the mother of many "dark gods" like Eris, Thanatos, Akhlys, and etc.
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What is a half human half god called?

A demigod or demigoddess is a part-human and part-divine offspring of a deity and a human, or a human or non-human creature that is accorded divine status after death, or someone who has attained the "divine spark" (spiritual enlightenment).
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What is the child of a demigod called?

While the offspring of a god and a mortal is called a demigod or half-blood, the child, grandchild, etc. of a demigod is called a legacy.
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Are demigods stronger than gods?

Demigods are strong, but is still no where near the same strength as Hercules or any other god.
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Is there a god of chaos?

In Greek mythology, Chaos comes from the Greek word χάος and Eris, the God of Chaos, was known among the other Greek gods for her short temper, moodiness, and bloodlust.
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Who is Nyx?

Nyx, in Greek mythology, female personification of night but also a great cosmogonical figure, feared even by Zeus, the king of the gods, as related in Homer's Iliad, Book XIV.
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Is Eris the child of Nyx?

Eris – Another famous child of Nyx was the goddess Eris, the Greek goddess of Strife and Discord. Eris would be particularly associated with the Trojan War, and in many versions of the story, Eris was in fact to blame for the war, for she threw the Golden Apple of Discord at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis.
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What is Faunus?

: the Roman god of animals.
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Are nymphs gods?

The Nymphs (nymphai) were minor nature goddesses which populated the earth. Although they were ranked below the gods, they were still summoned to attend the assemblies of the gods on Olympus. The Nymphs presided over various natural phenomena--from springs, to clouds, trees, caverns, meadows, and beaches.
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Who is the oldest known god?

Inanna is among the oldest deities whose names are recorded in ancient Sumer.
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Who is Britomartis?

Britomartis, Cretan goddess sometimes identified with the Greek Artemis. According to Callimachus in Hymn 3 (3rd century bc), Britomartis was a daughter of Zeus (king of the gods) and lived in Crete; she was a huntress and a virgin.
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Is Jesus technically a demigod?

Jesus simply does not fit the definition of a demigod, according to this page's own criterion: that of being half god, and half human. According to every major Christian demonimation, Jesus is fully god AND fully human. Jesus is a perfect example of a demigod and the very idea was of course lifted from Greek tradition.
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Who is Apollon?

APOLLON (Apollo) was the Olympian god of prophecy and oracles, music, song and poetry, archery, healing, plague and disease, and the protection of the young. He was depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and attributes such as a wreath and branch of laurel, bow and quiver of arrows, raven, and lyre.
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