Greek and Aaseevagam Pantheons

Comparison of ancient Greek deities with ancient Thamizh deities of Aaseevagam Pantheon:

Greek deity	Characteristics or Epithets	Symbols and Root words	Matching Traits, Symbols in Thamizh Culture or other Cultures	Aaseevagam deity corresponding
Apollo	Sun, light, music, ancestor, founder, prophet, leader, healer "paion", "loimios"	Python, bow and arrows	“Pazhaiyon” meaning Ancient One, “Loimios” from Lama means leader	Sivan
Aphrodite	love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation Daughter of Zeus & Dione, Married to Hephaestus	Venus	Phoenician -Ashtarte,  Semitic - Ishtar, Sumerian Inanna, Conceived and deified by Murugan/Zeus	Pachaiamma + Neelambigai
Ares	god of war	Spear, Sword, shield, flaming torch From Thamizh word Aaru '6'.	Roman god Mars	Murugan
Artemis	Huntress, moon, mountain Nature		Roman deity Diana	Kaali/ Parvathy
Athena	wisdom, handicraft, war			Deivanai/ Saraswati with Kaali’s war aspect
Cornucopia	Abundance, harvest, nourishment	Food, flowers, nuts	Atchaya-Pathiram or Vessel of Infinite Abundance
Cronus	harvests, time, Father: Uranus (Siva),  son : Zeus (Murugan)	shepherd, astronomer Golden Age	Roman version - Saturn	Murugan
Demeter	Earth, harvest, farming, grains, fertility, law, civilization, sacred law, the cycle of life and death, Corn Mother, Mother Earth, Law-Bringer	Sheaf of grains, wheat, bread	From “Thee + Matha” or Fire goddess	Pachaiamma or Murugan
Dionysis	winter solstice festival, wife Ariadne	Wine, grape harvest	Soma drink of Indra, Roman Saturnalia or IndraVizha of Cholas	Indran
Erebus	Personified darkness, brother of Hemera/day		From Thamizh word Eravu/night	Kaali/Raa
Eros	love god			Murugan
Gaia	Mother Earth			Pachaiamma + Parvathy
Hades	God of the Dead, of the Underworld, the Subterranean Regions, Death, Darkness, The Earth, Fertility, Riches, Mortality, Afterlife and Metals, Judgement to departed souls	Sceptre, cornucopia, serpents, rooster		Murugan
Achilles and Patrocles	Mighty warrior, fighting on the other side	Armor	Kavasam - Armor and  kundalam -protective earrings of Karnan	Karnan of Mahabharath, fighting for Duryodhana
Hector of Troy				Kumbakaran of Ramayana
Helen of Troy	Beauty, wife of king Melenaus		Sitha, wife of Raman	Tharaipathi Tharai > Troy
Helios	Sun god		EL means sun /light	Sivan as EL or Sun
Hemera	Personified daylight		Usha devi -L.Surya’s daylight	Kaviriamma/ Gangaiamma
Hera	goddess of women, marriage, family, and childbirth, serpent monster as child goat-eater, cow-eyed	Peacock,cow, lion	Yeru means plough, Farming reduces goats, increases cows	Latchumi + Pachaiamma/ Yeru Vani
Hermes	Justice, god of nature, farmers, herdsman, god of edible roots, gym, athletes, fighting, fertility, sex, healing, trickster	Caduceus, palm tree, rooster, goat/ram, fish, Bearded traveller	Bearded Al-Khadir/Green Man	Murugan
Hephaestus	God of fire, blacksmiths, metalworking, carpenters, craftsmen, artisans, sculptors, metallurgy, volcanoes		Egyptian craftman-god Ptah, Agni Devan - god of fire, Viswakarma - god of craftsmen.	Murugan as Maamuni Mayan
Nyx	Personified darkness/night		Chaya devi- L.Surya’s shadow wife	Kaali
Pandia	Daughter of Zeus		Pandiyan royal dynasty	Pachaiamma, Pandiya’s clan deity
Persephone	Vegetation, goddess, harvest, spring, fertility	Grains, torch, flowers	Perse - Payiru means crop, Phone - Thamizh word Ponnu means girl/maiden	Pachaiamma/ Payiru-Ponnu/ Crop maiden
Poseidon	seas, earthquakes, mountains, protector from the earthquakes.	trident, bull, Ocean palace of corals and  gems	Vosithon - Thinker  Also Oceanus -Yosi/think,  Ogen -Yoga/Penance	Sivan of Kumari Kandam in Indian Ocean
Uranus	sky god, rains	Zodiac wheel		Indran + Vishnu aspects
Zeus	King/Chief of the gods, crops, harvest, sky, thunder, wind, eagle, bull, protector from the earthquakes	Farmer, weather god, chariot	Perun, Perkunas, Thor,  Odin/Wotan - Pagan sky/weather gods of Europe.  Wotan -> Otu - Drive, Ottan  -> Driver	Indran - inventor of spoked wheel and chariot