Name! colspan="2" Notes |
English | Linear B | Transliteration | Comments | Footnotes |
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Anemoi | {{script|Linb| / {{script|Linb| | a-ne-mo-i-je-re-ja / a-ne-mo,i-je-re-ja | attested through *Anemohiereia or *Anemon Hiereia, "Priestess of the Winds"[4] [5] [6] | |
Apollo(?) | {{script|Linb| | pe-rjo-, reconstructed a-pe-rjo-ne | perhaps attested through the lacunose perio[7] [8] | |
Ares | {{script|Linb| | a-re | [9] [10] [11] [12] | |
Despotas(?) | {{script|Linb| | do-po-ta | unclear, perhaps house deity, euphemism for Hades meaning master?[13] [14] | |
Dionysus | {{script|Linb| | di-wo-nu-so | [15] | |
Dipsioi | {{script|Linb| | di-pi-si-jo-i | meaning obscure: perhaps "The Thirsty and hence the Dead Ones" possibly referring to ancestor worship or slain gods possibly the Titans; perhaps related to Thessalian month Dipsos[16] [17] [18] [19] | |
Drimios | {{script|Linb| | di-ri-mi-jo | unknown, in later times, son of Zeus, perhaps a predecessor of Apollo[20] | |
Enesidaon | {{script|Linb| | e-ne-si-da-o-ne | possibly a theonym; possibly an epithet of Poseidon, assumed to mean "Earthshaker" or something similar[21] | |
Enyalius | {{script|Linb| | e-nu-wa-ri-jo | a later epithet of Ares, or his son with Enyo, maybe a title for his father Zeus.[22] | |
Hephaestus | {{script|Linb| | a-pa-i-ti-jo | regarded as indirectly attested by the name *Haphaistios or *Haphaistion, presumed to be a theophoric name[23] [24] [25] | |
Hermes | {{script|Linb| | e-ma-*25 or e-ma-ha | [26] [27] [28] [29] | |
Areias | {{script|Linb| | a-re-ja | epithet (Hermes as war god)[30] | |
Hyperion(?) | {{script|Linb| | pe-rjo-, reconstructed u-pe-rjo-ne | perhaps attested through the lacunose perio[31] | |
Marineus(?) | {{script|Linb| / {{script|Linb| / {{script|Linb| | ma-ri-ne(-u?) / ma-ri-ne-we / ma-ri-ne-wo | unknown deity, perhaps "God of the Woolens", meaning obscure perhaps Pan.[32] [33] | |
Pade(?) | {{script|Linb| / {{script|Linb| | pa-de / pa-de-i | possibly unknown god, thought to be Cretan, Minoan in origin maybe Zagreus as the divine child.[34] | |
Paean | {{script|Linb| | pa-ja-wo-ne | a precursor of Apollo[35] [36] | |
Poseidon | {{script|Linb| / {{script|Linb| | po-se-da-o / po-se-da-wo-ne | chief deity[37] [38] | |
Trisheros | {{script|Linb| | ti-ri-se-ro-e | theonym, "Thrice-Hero"; thought to attest, and pertain to, the veneration of the dead or the Tritopatores[39] [40] [41] | |
Wanax | {{script|Linb| | wa-na-ka-te | "The King"; in this case, it is considered to be a theonym in the dative case, perhaps as an epithet of Poseidon[42] | |
Zeus | {{script|Linb| / {{script|Linb| | di-we / di-wo | God of the sky[43] [44] | |
Diktaios | {{script|Linb| | di-ka-ta-jo di-we | local epithet of Zeus on Crete[45] [46] | | |
Name! colspan="2" Notes |
English | Linear B | Transliteration | Comments | Footnotes |
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Artemis | {{script|Linb| / {{script|Linb| | a-te-mi-to / a-ti-mi-te | [47] [48] [49] [50] | |
Diwia | {{script|Linb| / {{script|Linb| | di-u-ja / di-wi-ja | possibly the female counterpart of Zeus, possibly Dione in later Greek | |
| Damate in Linear A and B |
Doqeia(?) | {{script|Linb| | do-qe-ja | possibly an unknown goddess but could be only a feminine adjective[51] [52] [53] | |
Eileithyia | {{script|Linb| | e-re-u-ti-ja | attested in the Cretan Eleuthia form; perhaps Minoan in origin[54] [55] [56] | |
Eos | {{script|Linb| | a-wo-i-jo | perhaps attested through a personal name Ἀϝohιος related to the word for dawn, or dative form Āwōiōi[57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] | |
Erinyes | {{script|Linb| / {{script|Linb| | e-ri-nu / e-ri-nu-we | both forms of the theonym are considered to be in the singular, Erinys[63] [64] | |
Hera | {{script|Linb| | e-ra | [65] | |
Iphemedeia | {{script|Linb| | i-pe-me-de-ja | theonym; probably variant form of Iphimedia, name of a mythological person found in Homer's Odyssey[66] | |
Komawenteia(?) | {{script|Linb| | ko-ma-we-te-ja | possibly unknown deity, possibly meaning "long-haired goddess"[67] | |
Leto | {{script|Linb| / {{script|Linb| | ra-ti-jo / ra-to | perhaps attested through the forms Latios[68] [69] and Lato[70] | |
Manasa | {{script|Linb| | ma-na-sa | unknown goddess[71] [72] | |
Mater Theia | {{script|Linb| | ma-te-re,te-i-ja | possibly "Mother of the Gods" or mother goddess[73] [74] | |
Pipituna | {{script|Linb| | pi-pi-tu-na | Reconstructed as *Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Πίπτυννα (Píptynna); unknown deity, considered to be Pre-Greek or Minoan[75] [76] | |
Posidaeia | {{script|Linb| | po-si-da-e-ja | probably the female counterpart to Poseidon | |
Potnia | {{script|Linb| | po-ti-ni-ja | "Mistress" or "Lady"; may be used as an epithet for many deities, but also shows up as a single deity[77] [78] [79] | |
Potnia Athena | {{script|Linb| | a-ta-na-po-ti-ni-ja | or Potnia of At(h)ana (Athens(?)); reference of the latter is uncertain | |
Potnia Hippeia | {{script|Linb| | po-ti-ni-ja,i-qe-ja | Mistress of the Horses; later epithet of Demeter and Athena | |
Potnia of Sitos | {{script|Linb| | si-to-po-ti-ni-ja | Mistress of Grain; Bronze Age predecessor or epithet of Demeter[80] | |
Potnia of the Labyrinth | {{script|Linb| | da-pu2-ri-to-jo,po-ti-ni-ja | | |
Potnia, at Thebes | {{script|Linb| | po-ti-ni-ja,wo-ko-de | of no attested name or title, other than that offers are made to her house, her premises likely the Sphinx[81] | |
Potnia, of unidentified Pylos sanctuary | {{script|Linb| | po-ti-ni-ja | unknown local(?) goddess of pa-ki-ja-ne (*Sphagianes?) sanctuary at Pylos[82] [83] | |
Potnia, of uncertain A place or epithet | {{script|Linb| | po-ti-ni-ja,a-si-wi-ja | Maybe Aphrodite as Astarte when she was introduced into Greece.[84] | |
Potnia, of unknown E place or epithet | {{script|Linb| | e-re-wi-jo-po-ti-ni-ja | | |
Potnia, of unknown N place or epithet | {{script|Linb| | ne-wo-pe-o,po-ti-ni-ja | | |
Potnia, of unknown U place or epithet | {{script|Linb| | u-po-jo-po-ti-ni-ja | | |
Potnia, of unknown ? place or epithet | {{script|Linb| | (?)-a-ke-si,po-ti-ni-ja | | |
Preswa(?) | {{script|Linb| | pe-re-*82 or pe-re-swa | generally interpreted as a dove goddess or an early form of Persephone[85] | |
Qerasia(?) | {{script|Linb| | qe-ra-si-ja | unknown goddess, perhaps Minoan in origin or possibly connected with thēr[86] [87] [88] | |
Qowia(?) | {{script|Linb| | qo-wi-ja | unknown deity, possibly meaning "She of the Cow(s)"[89] | |
Wanasso(?) | {{script|Linb| | wa-na-so-i | "The Two Queens", possibly Demeter and Persephone; *wanassojin(?) regarded as a dative dual form[90] | |
Possible goddesses |
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(?) | (?) | (?) | A possible sun goddess, predecessor to Helios, and possibly related to Helen.[91] No unambiguous attestations of words for "sun" have yet been found, though the Mycenaean word for "sun" is reconstructed as *hāwélios. | | |