Who is god of sadness?

In Greek mythology, Oizys (/ˈoʊɪzɪs/; Ancient Greek: Ὀϊζύς, romanized: Oïzýs) is the goddess of misery, anxiety, grief, depression, and misfortune. Her Roman name is Miseria, from which the English word misery is derived.
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Who is the Greek god of sadness male?

Achlys /ˈæklɪs/ (Ancient Greek: Ἀχλύς "mist"), in the Hesiodic Shield of Heracles, is one of the figures depicted on Heracles' shield, perhaps representing the personification of sorrow.
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Who is the Greek god of crying?

In Greek mythology, Algea (Ancient Greek: Ἄλγεα; singular: Ἄλγος Algos) is used by Hesiod in the plural as the personification of pain, both physical and mental. They were the bringers of weeping and tears. Their Roman counterpart was Dolor.
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What is the saddest Greek mythology?

The story of Oedipus is perhaps the most tragic story of ancient Greece. The mythological character was the king of Thebes and lived under the shadow of a curse that could not be avoided to the end of his days.
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Who is the god goddess of emotions?

A young Greek Goddess, Petra, the goddess of emotion, is born with the gift to feel every single being's emotions, but not her own.
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Who is the Greek god of loneliness?

Oizys was the god of loneliness and misery, so I'd expect they were pretty lonely (especially since very few people would have heard of them, I expect). Oizys was the god of loneliness and misery, so I'd expect they were pretty lonely (especially since very few people would have heard of them, I expect).
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Is there a god of fear?

Phobos (Ancient Greek: Φόβος, pronounced [pʰóbos], Ancient Greek: "fear") is the god and personification of fear and panic in Greek mythology. Phobos was the son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the brother of Deimos. He does not have a major role in mythology outside of being his father's attendant.
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Who is the laziest Greek god?

In Greek mythology, Aergia (/eɪˈɜrdʒə/; Ancient Greek: Ἀεργία, 'inactivity') is the personification of sloth, idleness, indolence and laziness.
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Who was Zeus most afraid of?

Zeus was not afraid of almost anything. However, Zeus was afraid of Nyx, the goddess of night. Nyx is older and more powerful than Zeus. Not much is known about Nyx.
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Did Greek Gods cry?

Now, we do see gods crying in Greco-Roman accounts: Artemis even cries in the Iliad after a scolding from Hera (21.493-6), and Aphrodite/Venus, while she doesn't explicitly cry when stabbed by Diomedes in Iliad 5, does have eyes welling with tears when he addresses Jupiter at Aen.
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Who is the Roman god of pain?

In the Roman mythology the god of pain was called Algea. Algea were the embodiments of bodily and mental anguish, loss, misery, and pain.
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Is there a Greek god of emotions?

Pelios is the god of emotions, born of the union of Yala(Goddess of Life) and Ius(God of the Moon).
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Who is the god of nightmare?

As the bringer of dreams in Greek myth, Morpheus brought hope and despair, peace and terror, to dreaming souls. Read here about Morpheus' appearances in myth. The Greek god Morpheus shaped the lives of all; from the ordinary person to the highest royal in Greek myth.
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Who is the god of sadness in Egypt?

Nephthys is the goddess of sadness in ancient Egyptian mythology.
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Who is the god of mental health?

However, Apollo is the God of physical, mental and spiritual healing, so He is the God of mental health. Dionysus, who made people mad could also cure them, so He is also a God of mental health.
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Who did Zeus cheat with?

Zeus fell in love with Io and seduced her. To try to keep Hera from noticing he covered the world with a thick blanket of clouds. This backfired, arousing Hera's suspicions. She came down from Mount Olympus and begain dispersing the clouds.
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Who made Zeus angry?

Zeus was angry at Prometheus for three things: being tricked on scarifices, stealing fire for man, and for refusing to tell Zeus which of Zeus's children would dethrone him.
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Who is Zeus biggest rival?

Typhon challenged Zeus for rule of the cosmos.
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Which Greek god is quiet?

Harpocrates was the god of silence in the Hellenistic religion, adapted by the Greeks from the god Horus, who in Egypt represented the rising sun.
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Who is the toughest Greek god?

Why is Zeus the strongest god? Zeus is the strongest of the gods in the Ancient Greek religion because he has both power and intelligence. He is able to ensure that he is not replaced by another, more powerful deity. He is also able to ensure the allegiance of many other gods by giving them rights and privileges.
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Which Greek god is always angry?

The son of Zeus and Hera and one of the twelve Olympian deities, Ares was the god of rage, terror, and violence.
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Is there a god of darkness?

Erebus, also spelled Erebos, in Greek religion, the god of a dark region of the underworld and the personification of darkness. Erebus is one of the primordial beings in the Greek creation myth. He is the son of Chaos, who is also the mother of Erebus's wife, Nyx, the personification of night.
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What is the demon of fear?

Barbas, the Demon of Fear, is a fictional character cast as a major foe (an upper level demon in the Charmed universe) from the WB Television Network television series Charmed, who had the ability to sense the greatest fears of his opponent's and use it against them.
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Who is the god of death?

Thanatos, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the personification of death. Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep. He appeared to humans to carry them off to the underworld when the time allotted to them by the Fates had expired.
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What is the god of horror?

Phobos (Ancient Greek: Φόβος, pronounced [pʰóbos], meaning "fear" or "terror") is the Greek god of horror and the personification of fear in Greek mythology.
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