ADONIS(ἌΔΩΝΙΣ)

BY:RAY HAU

POWERS/RESPONSIBILITIES

• God of life, death, and rebirth.

• Death - winter• Rebirth - spring• Closely related to

Mesopotamian Tammuz.

• Also closely related to Osiris.

 

FAMILY/SYMBOL(S)

• Mother - Myrrha Father - Theias

• Loved by Aphrodite and Persephone.

• Symbol was the anemone flower.

•  Temple at Bybsos and Paphos.

• Died - Boar sent from Artemis.

 

PHYSICAL/EMOTIONAL DESCRIPTION

• Born a beautiful child.

•  Stayed beautiful throughout his life.

• Adonis means a handsome youth. 

• Enjoyed hunting.