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.