History Characters / Smite

* BigBeautifulWoman: The Season 9 Teaser reveals the Lady of the Lore in full, showing she has a fuller body similar to Yemoja's.

* AstralBody: Her form is a spatial purple with stars glittering on her body and her hair seems to be an entire galaxy.

* [[Characters/SmiteGreekPantheon Greek Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Achilles, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arachne, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Cerberus, Charybdis, Chiron, Chronos, Hades, Hera, Medusa, Nike, Nemesis, Persephone, Poseidon, Scylla, Thanatos, Zeus[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteHinduPantheon Hindu Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Agni, Bakasura, Ganesha, Kali, Kumbhakarna, Rama, Ravana, Vamana[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteBabylonianPantheon Babylonian Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Tiamat, Gilgamesh[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteEgyptianPantheon Egyptian Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Anhur, Anubis, Bastet, Geb, Horus, Iset, Khepri, Neith, Osiris, Ra, Serqet, Set, Sobek, Thoth[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteEgyptianPantheon Egyptian Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Anhur, Anubis, Bastet, Geb, Horus, Isis, Khepri, Neith, Osiris, Ra, Serqet, Set, Sobek, Thoth[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteCelticPantheon Celtic Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Artio, Cernunnos, Cliodha, Cú Chulainn, The Morrigan[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteCelticPantheon Celtic Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Artio, Cernunnos, Cú Chulainn, The Morrigan[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteGreekPantheon Greek Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Achilles, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arachne, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Cerberus, Chiron, Chronos, Hades, Hera, Medusa, Nike, Nemesis, Persephone, Poseidon, Scylla, Thanatos, Zeus[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteArthurianPantheon Arthurian Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]King Arthur, Merlin[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteMesopotamianPantheon Mesopotamian Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Tiamat, Gilgamesh[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteMesopotamianPantheon Mesopotamian Pantheon]][[labelnote:''Characters'']]Tiamat, Gilgamesh[[/labelnote]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Surprisingly often. He's been seen taunting Mercury after subduing him and taking complete control over Chronos.

* [[Characters/SmiteJapanesePantheon Japanese Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Amaterasu, Hachiman, Izanami, Kuzenbo, Raijin, Susano[[/labelnote]]

%%* [[Characters/SmiteCthulhuMythosPantheon Cthulhu Mythos Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Cthulhu[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteSlavicPantheon Slavic Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Chernobog[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteChinesePantheon Chinese Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Ao Kuang, Chang'e, Da Ji, Erlang Shen, Guan Yu, He Bo, Hou Yi, Jing Wei, Ne Zha, Nu Wa, Sun Wukong, Xing Tian, Zhong Kui[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteNorsePantheon Norse Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Fafnir, Fenrir, Freya, Hel, Jormungandr, Loki, Odin, Ratatoskr, Skadi, Sol, Thor, Tyr, Ullr, Ymir[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteArthurianPantheon Arthurian Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']](Upcoming) Arthur, Merlin[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteEgyptianPantheon Egyptian Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Anhur, Anubis, Bastet, Geb, Isis, Khepri, Neith, Osiris, Ra, Serqet, Sobek, Thoth[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteYorubaPantheon Yoruba Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Olorun[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteGreekPantheon Greek Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Achilles, Aphrodite, Apollo, Arachne, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Cerberus, Chiron, Chronos, Hades, Hera, Medusa, Nike, Nemesis, Poseidon, Scylla, Thanatos, Zeus[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/SmiteNorsePantheon Norse Pantheon]] [[labelnote:''Characters'']]Fafnir, Fenrir, Freya, Hel, Loki, Odin, Ratatoskr, Skadi, Sol, Thor, Tyr, Ullr, Ymir[[/labelnote]]

* GoodParents: Surprisingly, he takes good care of his nephew Miles [[labelnote:*image]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lmll21x.png[[/labelnote]]. He even introduces him to a few Gods.

* TooDumbToLive: Because taunting a ''GOD'' who has just lost ([[JerkassGods or being anywhere near some of the gods in general]]) is a really bad idea.

Characters that are mentioned in at least one playable character's lore, but not yet PromotedToPlayable. In other words, TheGhost. Not everyone will be like this forever though; Hou Yi and Ravana used to be such, but eventually became full blown playable. Of course, one must take into account that these characters have to be a deity or some sort of mythical monster if they want to be playable in the future.

[[AncientGrome Both Greek and Rome incarnations will be put in the same section to reduce redundancy.]]

!!Cronus/Saturn
The leader of the Titans and father of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Hestia, and Hades. He devoured all his children fearing that they would surpass him, but Zeus managed to escape, stage a counterattack that freed his siblings, and defeated him, ushering in the age of the Olympian gods.

* AscendedExtra: Eventually after being stuck in lore-only limbo, he ends up replacing the Chaos Titan in the Conquest map.
* OffingTheOffspring: Infamously ate his children so one of them wouldn't overthrow him like he did his father, Ouranos/Uranus. Though eating them didn't kill them outright, just imprisoned them. Post-release, they seem to have suffered no negative effects from this.
* PromotedToPlayable: Most likely Averted due to replacing the Chaos Titan in one of the game modes. It would be weird to have a PC and an NPC Cronus at the same time (unless Hi-Rez brings back the Titan just to make him playable, but that would make the whole replacement episode even weirder).
* YouCantFightFate: He heard of a prophecy that foretold him having a son who would overthrow him like he did Uranus, leading to him eating his children to prevent it from happening. Of course, this only ensured the prophecy would come true because now his kids had a reason to hate him and want him removed from his throne.

!!Rhea

Cronus' wife and the one responsible for hiding Zeus from Cronus' eating spree, though it took her until their sixth kid to even attempt to stop him at all.

* AllWomenAreLustful: The only explanation for why she had sex with her husband knowing he would eat their kids.
* ChildByRape: Averted. Rape would explain why the pair continued to produce kids when it became obvious any children of their sexual union would be eaten. While there's a lot of rape in Greek mythology, ancient sources never say that Cronus raped Rhea, meaning she [[WhatanIdiot consented to having sex with a paranoid psychopath fully knowing what would happen to their offspring when she inevitably became pregnant]].
* MaritalRapeLicense: Averted. See above.
* NeutralFemale: It took her six kids with her crazy husband for her to finally try to save one of them and she finally stopped having sex with him so she couldn't produce more kids for him to swallow. No wonder her relationship with her kids post-release seems to be non-existent. Hera in particular never tries to see her, instead visiting her foster mother Tethys in the ''Illiad''.
* WhatanIdiot: It should've taken her only one kid to realize any more kids they had would end up like the first (which was Hades incidentally). Yet she continued to have sex with him and, unsurprisingly, the next four ended up in his stomach just like the first. She finally caught on and saved their sixth and final child, who grew up to fulfill the prophecy and freed his older siblings.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: What happened to her after Zeus defeated his father and became king of the gods is never stated anywhere. She's never said to have died or been imprisoned, so presumably she's still roaming about somewhere. She's never mentioned in her kids' lore outside of the {{Backstory}} and none of them say anything about her in any of their voicelines. Presumably they're still ticked at her for letting Cronus devour them in the first place.

!!Narcissus

Not a god, but a particularly vain man who was so proud of his own beauty that he flaunted it. This was an act called hubris, really the only sin in Greek mythology. His hubris unsurprisingly pissed Nemesis, the personification of divine retribution, off. She led him to a pool of water where he was so transfixed by his own reflection that he died of starvation because he refused to look away, not even to save his own life.

* {{Narcissist}}: The TropeNamer.
* TooDumbToLive: You'd think he'd know better than to be so proud of himself and flaunt it. It was inevitable that his behavior would attract a vengeful deity looking to teach him a lesson and Greek gods' lessons were often fatal as a warning to other mortals. Those who didn't heed them pretty much deserved to die.

!!Adonis & Actaeon

Two men, extraordinary hunters, who fell to the wrath of Artemis to show that she meant business when it came to her skills and pride as a hunter (and distaste of men). Adonis boasted that his archery could surpass Artemis? She sent her Tusky (the Calydonian Boar) to kill him. Actaeon bumped into her while bathing? He was transformed into a stag and devoured by his own hunting dogs.

* BalefulPolymorph: Artemis cursed Actaeon to take the form of a stag with no hope of turning back. While deer can be dangerous and unpredictable animals in real life, in this myth he was helpless once transformed and was quickly dispatched by his dogs.
* BlasphemousBoast: Adonis boasted he was better at hunting than the goddess of the hunt.
* BrainlessBeauty: Adonis was a handsome youth who was stupid enough to piss off a god.
* InformedAbility: Adonis supposedly being an amazing hunter is only mentioned in this myth, which makes it seem like this trait only exists to give him something to brag about and thus earn Artemis' wrath.
* IronicDeath: Actaeon's dogs were the ones responsible for killing him, unaware their master had been changed into a stag.
* TooDumbToLive: Adonis, for bragging he was better at hunting than Artemis. It isn't shocking she killed him for it.

!!Set

Egypt's god of chaos and a very jealous brother of Osiris. Due to this jealousy, he killed Osiris, split his body parts throughout the world, and ruled his kingdom with an iron fist and darkness. However, behind his back, Isis plotted to "bring back" Osiris, with some help from Anubis (only succeeding in reanimating his body), and then gave birth to the one who will bring forth Set's downfall: Horus.

* ArchEnemy: Obviously Osiris and Isis hate him and they both come ready with kill quotes against him long before he was ever made playable.
* EvilUncle: Is this to Horus since he's the brother of both his parents. He won't give his throne up without a fight.
* GreenEyedMonster: So jealous of Osiris that he killed him.
* PromotedToPlayable: In 2019 Set became a playable character after years of remaining lore-exclusive. In fact, he was one of the gods that players most wanted to be in the game.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Sometimes you'll find his name spelled Seth and there are several other ways as well, but only Set/Seth remotely look alike.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Egypt was pretty much thrown into a dark age when Set took over.
* TheUsurper: He managed to kill Osiris and usurped his kingdom until Horus took it back from him.

!!Horus

Isis' son from the reanimated corpse of Osiris. He's destined to be the one to bring down Set's tyranny of Egypt.

* PromotedToPlayable: Along with Set, Horus was made playable in 2019 and, like Set, was one of the most requested gods.

!!Nut

Goddess of the sky and lover of Geb. Unfortunately, Ra found this relationship unhealthy and forcefully separated them. Geb is pissed at Ra as a result, but for some reason, it seems that Nut's on Ra's side . . .

* MoreThanMindControl: While unclear on the details, Nut seems to agree with some of Ra's sentiments that she should separate from Geb, though the latter does not understand why, making him think that Ra manipulated or brainwashed her.
* OppositesAttract: Zigzagged. Geb's the earth and she's the sky and their relationship seemed to work at first. But Ra found it to be "unfit" and Nut changed her mind and agreed with him. Geb still doesn't see what was wrong with their union and thinks Ra brainwashed Nut into agreeing with him.
* StarCrossedLover: With Geb. Not only are they of opposing natures, but their relationship is forbidden by Ra. He physically sent another god, Shu, to literally come between them and keep them apart. Geb can only look up at the sky longingly now.

!!Hathor

Ra's daughter, but one of his many children. When mankind became insolent, it angered Ra so much he sent Hathor, in the form of a lion, to devour people as a punishment. However, when he saw the carnage that she wrought upon them, he had a change of heart and stopped her before she wiped out humanity.

* ImplacableMan: If her feeding frenzy in Smite lore was anything like it was in myth, Hathor is ''definitely'' this. She was nigh unstoppable, even for the other Egyptian gods. They only succeeded in saving humanity by getting her drunk.

!!Apophis

The snake of chaos and Egypt's GodOfEvil. Ra and his children constantly battle him for the world's safety. The last time he was heard, Bastet and Anhur seemed to have slain him for good. However, he returns as the BonusBoss in the new Egyptian-based Clash map.

* BonusBoss: Takes the place of the Fire Giant in the new Clash map.
* CameBackStrong: If Apophis is defeated, he comes back later as "Enhanced Apophis".
* DynamicEntry: Came out by bursting out of the ground with a small frame of warning and anyone nearby him will take ''massive'' damage.
* EvilUncle: Technically, since he is Ra's brother, he is the uncle of Bastet, Anhur, Hathor, and Ra's other children.
* ForTheEvulz: The only apparent reason he has for wanting to destroy the world.
* GodOfEvil: People don't pray for Apophis' blessings. They pray so he ''doesn't win''.
* SnakesAreSinister: He's not called the "snake of chaos" for nothing and he's the harbinger of TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt if he ever gets his way.
* UltimateEvil: Of Egyptian mythology. How bad is this guy? Even ''Set'' helps keep him at bay.
* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Apophis has a special venom he spews to the ground and unless he's killed, the debuff won't disappear. And sometimes there's a glitch so that Apophis' venom ''doesn't go away'' even after his defeat, practically giving the debuffed character a death sentence.

!!Menhet

Anhur's wife, who for some reason fled Egypt, but she was brought back by Anhur and Ra gave them his blessings to get married.

!!Hreidmar

Fafnir's father, also a very greedy dwarf. He imprisoned Odin and Honir when they accidentally killed his son. He demanded payment for the death of his son and Loki went on a FetchQuest to save the Aesir, but this would be Hreidmar's downfall. The loot in the pelt was the cursed treasure of Andvarri, another dwarf. It included a now (in)famous ring. Hreidmar agreed to the exchange not knowing the gold was cursed. It didn't take long for the hoard to arouse Fafnir's greed, who killed his father that night so he could claim it as his own.

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: He outlived one of his three sons, Otr, due to the Aesir unknowingly killing him. He was understandably upset and demanded restitution as was the custom in Germanic cultures.
* {{Patricide}}: Why he didn't outlive the other two. One of his remaining sons, Fafnir, strangled him the night he received the treasure.

!!Od

Freya's husband who unfortunately was somehow turned into a sea serpent while he was on a journey. Freya was sad, but stayed and comforted him. One night a daring hunter killed Od, thinking he was just your run-of-the-mill sea monster. Freya despaired so much the other gods allowed Od to go Sussrumnir, Freya's afterlife, despite the fact he didn't die in battle, just so he could be together with Freya.

* BalefulPolymorph: However Od turned into a sea monster, it probably wasn't anything he could control and it's likely Freya would never be able to turn him back no matter what she did.
* DiabolusExMachina: No reason is ever given for how Od ended up a sea serpent. It's a twist that comes out of nowhere and considering it has no basis in myth, it seems like an excuse to make both Od and Freya's lives worse. [[SarcasmMode Because Freya wasn't upset enough her new husband left on a trip shortly after marriage and was gone so long the other gods presumed him dead]].
* HopeSpot: Freya goes out to search for Od herself when the other gods fear he's dead. She does find him- transformed into a monster, but still alive. Just when it seems things will work out for them, Od is murdered by an unwitting hunter.
* SadlyMythtaken: Everything about Smite's version of Odr is just plain wrong, so much so it reaches EpicFail proportions. Odr never died in Norse mythology, much less was turned into a sea serpent and slain by some random hunter. Literally the only thing Hi-Rez got right was his love of traveling; it's the reason he hardly ever appears. In the myths, he and Freyja have two daughters, so he was around enough to knock her up twice. You have to wonder where the hell Hi-Rez got this info from for it to be so badly off-the-mark. Unless they knew this and just wanted a tragic love story, so they made one up.
* TogetherInDeath: With Freya, sort of. He's dead, but she's not, but she rules over a warrior afterlife. Once allowed into Sussrumnir, he and Freya could be reunited. At least until Ragnarok.

!!Jormungandr

The third son of Loki and Angrboda and brother of Fenrir and Hel, the Midgard Serpent will take part in Ragnarok and execute a mutual kill against Thor.

* ArchEnemy: Thor's.
* AttackOfThe50FtWhatever: He's so big he can encircle Midgard (i.e. Earth)!
* PromotedToPlayable: He was one of several lore-exclusive characters that were made playable in 2019.
* SeaMonster: He's an absolutely gigantic snake/serpent/dragon that lives in Midgard's oceans.

!!Mani

Sol's brother, personifying the Moon. Unlike Sol who's angered at her situation, Mani seems to be more content and doing his duty without complains.

* TheDutifulSon: Unlike the more fiery Sol who is concerned about having fun and resents her position, Mani is more concerned about doing his duty, i.e. driving the chariot of the moon across the sky.

!!Baldr

Norse mythology's god of light and something of an IronButtMonkey since everything thrown at him just bounces off, except mistletoe. Unfortunately, Loki made a spear out of it and handed it to Hodr, Baldr's blind brother, who ended up killing him when he shot it at him. Hel agreed to let him leave the underworld if every single creature mourned for him. The plan failed because one old crone refused to do so (and that old crone is Loki in disguise).

* IronButtMonkey: Since almost nothing can hurt him, the other Aesir made a game out of chucking various objects at him and seeing him survive.
* NighInvulnerability: Excepting mistletoe, absolutely nothing can hurt him.

!!Nidhogg

The serpent curling beneath the World Tree Yggdrasil who is constantly in conflict with an eagle that nests atop said tree . . . because Ratatoskr keeps riling them up.

!!Sif

Thor's wife and mother of Ullr. There was an incident in which her hair was sheared off by Loki. This made Thor so angry he demanded Loki replace it. This eventually led, through a somewhat complicated series of events, to the creation of Thor's signature weapon, {{Mjolnir}}, and a crown for Sif that would grow gold as replacement hair (so she essentially has a gold wig).

!!Brokk

A dwarf that, through hard effort, managed to forge Mjolnir.

!!Niord

Skadi's ex-husband, the god of summer, and the father of Freya and Freyr. Their clashing domains caused them to divorce, but they both remain on good terms with one another.

!!The Jade Emperor

The ultimate BigGood of Chinese mythology. He governed the realm of China, but often ran into trouble: Sun Wukong rampaged in heaven, though thankfully his champion Erlang Shen drove him away. There's also an incident where his sons scorched the Earth so much that he sent Hou Yi to make them stop, but because Hou Yi ended up killing them, he ended up punishing him by stripping him and his wife Chang'e of their immortality. He's also Ao Kuang's boss, but was unaware of his growing greed.

* TopGod: Of the Chinese pantheon.

!!Liu Bei & Zhang Fei

Guan Yu's sworn brothers during his time as a mortal. He made an oath to stay loyal to them and combine their strength for the same cause, quelling chaos in China's Three Kingdoms period, until death (he never betrayed them).

* ThoseTwoGuys: As opposed to ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms'' where Liu Bei is TheHero. Since Guan Yu is the only one deified and thus able to get involved in the battle of the gods (and thus ends up more important), Liu Bei and Zhang Fei end up as this.
* UndyingLoyalty: They and Guan Yu are extremely loyal to each other.

!!Cao Cao

A powerful and cunning warlord in China's Three Kingdoms period during the time when Guan Yu was alive. He managed to capture Guan Yu and attempted to coax him to his side, but Guan Yu refused due to his code of honor. Eventually, once Liu Bei's location was found, Guan Yu departed and Cao Cao let him go.

!!Xuanzang

A monk on a journey to the West (i.e. India) to retrieve a sacred sutra. Along the way, he picked up Sun Wukong as one of his disciples and became an important figure for the Monkey King's transformation from a trickster demon to a heroic immortal. He also picked up two more followers, but they're significantly less important and famous than Wukong.

* DistressedDude: He keeps getting kidnapped by demons that want to eat him. The fact that he's a bit on the naive side and keeps falling for their tricks doesn't help. And he doesn't have any way to defend himself or fight back. And Buddhism looks down upon violence. If it wasn't for Wukong and the other two, he would've been dead a long time ago.

!!Flame Emperor

There are two Flame Emperors. The first Flame Emperor is Xing Tian's liege. He engaged in a war against the Yellow Emperor, but he lost the war and was ready to surrender... except Xing Tian refused to surrender and had one final battle against the Yellow Emperor, in which he lost. The other Flame Emperor is Jing Wei's father, who kept forbidding her to see the outside world just to protect her. He then witnessed Jing Wei being swallowed by the ocean and also immediately revived as a WingedHumanoid.

!!Yellow Emperor

The first Flame Emperor's rival and Xing Tian's ArchEnemy. He's on the winning side of the war and not even Xing Tian's last stand stopped him. He personally beheaded Xing Tian, but didn't realize that this didn't stop Xing Tian from coming back as a headless warrior.

* ArchEnemy: Xing Tian's. He was his opposition during the war and then personally killed him.

!!Fu Xi

Nu Wa's brother and husband. Together they molded the realms of China and ruled it wisely before handing it over to the Jade Emperor.

!!Emperor Zhou of Shang

An Emperor that lusted over Nu Wa, disregarding the warnings he got, until Nu Wa got fed up and sent Da Ji to make his life spiral down into misery. [[GoneHorriblyRight It worked too well]]: Da Ji manipulated his empire into a hellish reign of torture. His people rebelled and eventually forced him to commit suicide . . . and Da Ji got away with it.

* TooDumbToLive: Seriously, your goddess has been telling you to stop lusting after her and you go and paint her temple with declarations of love/lust to her?? ''Really??''

!!Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix

The first life-long dictator of Rome, who rose to prominence because he listened to Bellona's whispers. With his influence, Bellona would see worship again if only temporarily until Sulla moved on and she was forgotten again.

!!Eurystheus

A Grecian king Hercules sought services from as an atonement for killing his family. He's jealous of Hercules and gave him his famous Twelve Labors hoping that it'd kill him, but Hercules accomplished all of them, which made him a legend.

* GreenEyedMonster: Really jealous of Herc.

!!King Midas

A king who made a wish to Bacchus to have everything he touched turn to gold. Safe to say, it backfired on him horribly and Bacchus gave him a way to reverse his wish, which he did with gusto.

* AintTooProudToBeg: Practically begged Bacchus to remove the gift he had given him. Though considering Bacchus could be an incredibly unpleasant god when pissed off, it's probably for the best Midas was humble about the request instead of, say, mad as hell and insulting him.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Probably the TropeCodifier (or one of them at least). At first, being able to turn everything to gold seems like an awesome ability, until he turns his food into gold and can't eat it. Worse still, he accidentally turns his daughter into gold. This is the last straw and he begs Bacchus to take the "gift" back.
* CursedWithAwesome: Turning everything to gold ''could'' be a useful ability (and cool), but you'd have to know when to use it and definitely be mindful of who and what you touch.
* DespairEventHorizon: Midas was pretty sad when he kept accidentally turning things into gold, especially if they were stuff he needed like food and water, but the thing he transformed that pushed him into this territory was his own daughter. He couldn't bear the thought of her being stuck as a solid gold statue for the rest of his life.
* PetTheDog: Bacchus giving him a legit way to get rid of the curse. He could've easily been a dick about it and told him no or a BS way to get rid of it ForTheEvulz. There are very few instances in Greek mythology of gods taking back the gifts they've bestowed on mortals with no strings attached.

!!Ouranos/Uranus

The primordial god of the sky and Terra's mate. Unfortunately, because fear of his children (one of them being Cronus/Saturn) surpassing him, he buried all of them in Terra, causing her great pain and to take pity on them. Together they plotted his downfall.

* AncientGrome: He's referred as his Greek name, Ouranos, when describing Terra's lore. If you ask "why not his Roman name" . . . [[UranusIsShowing do you really want a lot of dirty jokes?]]

!!Thetis

A sea nymph that took in Vulcan/Hephaestus after he was discarded from Olympus. From her, Vulcan/Hephaestus learned all he could to make jewelries which eventually attracted the attention of Juno/Hera so he could come back and exact his revenge.

!!Psyche

A mortal princess who was praised to be beautiful, even more so than Venus/Aphrodite which pissed her off. She sent her son Cupid/Eros to make her fall in love with a hideous creature, but the plan backfired when Cupid/Eros fell in love with her. Through trials and tribulations, he managed to get Psyche to ascend to Mount Olympus as the goddess of souls.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Psyche is the ancient Greek word for soul, so of course if she's gonna be a goddess of anything, it's going to be souls.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Because she's so beautiful, it gets her into a lot of trouble courtesy of a certain goddess of beauty.

!!Hun-Apuh

The other half of the Hero Twins and brother of Xbalanque. While eventually Xbalanque was deified as the Moon, Hun-Apuh would become the Sun.

* OffWithHisHead: Camazotz decapitated him for sticking his neck out from his hiding place. However, Xbalanque managed to make him another head so he lived again.
* PaletteSwap: Through lores, he's basically depicted as Xbalanque with the colors reversed (red pelt and orange/brown skin).

!!The Seven Macaw

One of the big monsters in Mayan mythology and the father of Cabrakan. When he proved to be too tough to be killed directly, the Hero Twins resorted to guile and trickery to get him to die in shame and despair.

!!Vishnu

The "preserver" and god of protection in post-Vedic Hinduism. Many times he descended to earth as a mortal when the world was in danger. His fifth avatar is Vamana and his seventh is Rama.

* GodInHumanForm: Tends to do this a lot. Vamana and Rama aren't his only forms and Rama isn't his last.

!!Indra

God of thunder, lightning, and rain, he's the [[TopGod king of the gods]] in Hinduism and the twin brother of Agni. Twice his throne was contested: first by the demon king Bali who proved to be far too powerful for him so that he had to ask Vishnu for help and second by Kumbhakarna who proved to be too pious. He ends up asking to rule the heavens as a reward, which Indra "fixed" by making him say the wrong words and put him into a constant sleeping state.

!!Bali

A virtuous demon king that grew too powerful and was able to challenge Indra for the throne of heaven, but is eventually humbled when Vishnu descended as Vamana and showed him the difference between their power without fighting.

!!Shiva

The god of destruction in Hinduism. Ravana appeased him for power and only after he cut off his head nine times did Shiva finally grant him a boon that makes him immune to attacks by immortals. He's also Ganesha's father and Parvati's husband.

!!Hanuman

Hinduism's monkey king and steadfast ally of Rama. He's one of the beings that attempted to stop Ravana's rampage (and kidnapping of Sita), but failed.

* TheWorfEffect: He's Hinduism's monkey king, but he's beaten easily to show how dangerous Ravana has become after getting Shiva's boon.

!!Sita

Rama's beloved wife. Unfortunately, to rile him up, Ravana hatched a plot to kidnap her, which succeeded, and Rama set off to rescue her.

* DistressedDamsel: She pretty much only exists to get kidnapped.

!!Bhima

A hero of the epic Mahabharata. He's noted to be the eventual slayer of the demon Bakasura, but he didn't seem to notice that for now, Bakasura has risen again.

!!Parvati

The goddess of femininity (love, fertility, beauty, devotion, etc.) and Ganesha's mother who ends up pissed that Shiva beheaded her son. She had him revive Ganesha by putting an elephant head on him. Basically, she's Kali on a good day.

!!Izanagi

Creator god and brother/husband of Izanami, father to Amaterasu, Raijin, and Susano. He molded the Japanese islands with Izanami, but when she died giving birth to Kagutsuchi, Izanagi was overcome with grief and killed the newborn god. He tried to retrieve Izanami from the underworld, but he became frightened at her hideous new appearance and instead sealed her there. Just as Izanami swore she'd kill 1000 men everyday for revenge, Izanagi swore to give life to 1500 men everyday.

* GodIsFlawed: While being the creation god, Izanagi makes quite a bit of mistakes. He killed Kagutsuchi out of grief, freaks out at Izanami's new scary form and set her off on a path of vengeance and hatred. And on seeing Susano's tempestuous nature, Izanagi decided that he should be sent to the underworld as a punishment.
* {{Hypocrite}}: He kicks his son Susano out of heaven for causing trouble and being unpleasant, even though he isn't much better and Susano gets it from him. He probably never even attempted to discipline Susano growing up, so he acts like a PsychopathicManChild when he gets older. Suffice it to say, [[DoubleStandard the odds of anyone kicking Izanagi out of heaven for being a dick like his son are slim to none]].
* {{Irony}}: Izanagi doesn't seem to realize where Susano gets his trouble-making behavior from.
* {{Jerkass}}: He may be a powerful and important god, but Izanagi has very few, if any, redeeming qualities. The only good thing he really does in the myths is create Japan. He kills one of his kids because he isn't thinking straight, leaves his wife in hell simply because she isn't pretty anymore, and tosses his kid out on the street because he can't behave himself (Izanagi probably never bothered to discipline him). In general, he just kinda lets things happen after Izanami dies and never seems to actually do anything. We certainly never see him actually being a dad to and raising his kids. They seem to be FreeRangeChildren.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: It's easy to see where Susano gets his temper, rashness, and general unpleasantness from.

!!Uzume

The goddess of mirth. She hatched a plan to lure Amaterasu out of hiding by stripping naked and dancing in front of the cave she hid in and making a lot of noise. The plan was a success.

!!Fujin

Raijin's brother that rules over the wind. He's engaged in a FriendlyRivalry with his brother to decide who will dominate the skies.

* BlowYouAway: The Japanese wind god.
* FriendlyRivalry: His relations with Raijin.
* SiblingRivalry: Again with Raijin, but it's of a decidedly friendly nature.

!!{{Orochi}}

A demonic eight-headed serpent who ravaged the land and tormented an elderly couple so they would surrender one of their daughters every year for seven years until the last one, Kushinada, remained. Thankfully, before her time came, Susano came across the couple and hatched a plan to slay Orochi, which succeeded and from his tail came the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, which Susano brought back to Amaterasu as his atonement.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Even to this day, ''no one'' knows where Orochi came from. It just appeared, caused trouble, and then got killed by Susano.
* {{Orochi}}: Of course.

!!Kato Kiyomasa

A general of the UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod under UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi. Apparently had an encounter with Kuzenbo and handed him his second defeat and made him enter a pact that he will not harm any humans again.

* BadassNormal: He's ''not'' a deity by any means, but he still beats Kuzenbo, a terrifying youkai king. May be downplayed because the standard here is gods, but still impressive.

!!Empress Jingu

Hachiman's mother, a mortal. When her husband was killed by a rival clan, she took up arms and led an army for her husband's honor, but she was pregnant at that time. For that, she tied her belly with bandages and kept Hachiman there for three years until he's finally born.

* ActionMom: Mortal mother of Hachiman, leader of an army.
* PregnantBadass: To the point that fans were like "Okay, Hachiman's cool and all, but can we talk about this badass mother who fought wars ''while pregnant!?''"

!!Cathbad

A wise druid that foresaw Cu Chulainn's rise to fame and also named him after he slew Chulainn's watchdog. He gave a prophecy that anyone who took up arms on a certain day would become famous, but before he could finish the prophecy that it would doom the one who took arms with early death, Cu Chulainn already took up arms and started cultivating his fame, devastating Cathbad.

!!Mordred

Bastard son of King Arthur and a member of the Knights of the Round Table. He initiated a cold betrayal against King Arthur, an event that would culminate in the destruction of Camelot.