by Raye Wagner
Apollo- God of light, music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague and darkness, prophecy, poetry, athleticism, manly beauty, and enlightenment
Ares- God of war, bloodshed, and violence
Artemis- Virgin goddess of the hunt, wilderness, animals, young girls, and childbirth
Athena- Goddess of intelligence and skill, warfare, battle strategy, handicrafts, and wisdom
Demeter-Goddess of grain, agriculture and the harvest, growth and nourishment
Dionysus- God of wine, parties and festivals, madness, chaos, drunkenness, drugs, and ecstasy
Eros- God of love and desire
Hades- King of the underworld and the dead, and god of the earth’s hidden wealth, both agricultural produce and precious metals
Hephaestus- Crippled god of fire, metalworking, and crafts
Hera- Queen of the heavens and goddess of marriage, women, childbirth, heirs, kings, and empires
Hermes- God of boundaries, travel, communication, trade, thievery, trickery, language, writing, diplomacy, and athletics
Hestia- Virgin goddess of the hearth, home and chastity
Leto- Titan Goddess of Motherhood
Moirae- the Fates, The incarnation of destiny, namely: Clotho (spinner), Lachesis (allotter) and Atropos (inevitable)
Persephone- Queen of the underworld, wife of Hades and goddess of spring growth
Poseidon- God of the sea, rivers, floods, droughts, earthquakes, and the creator of horses
Zeus- King of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky, weather, thunder, lightning, law, order, and fate
The Graeae - three ancient sea spirits who personified the white foam of the sea; they shared one eye and one tooth between them, by name: Deino, Enyo, and Pemphredo
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Here it is… My big list of THANK YOUs…
Mari- Thanks for encouraging me to write down the first ten pages. Who would have thought it would have turned into so many?
Sam- I’m glad someone learned how to punctuate,.!;–
Nate- I love your creative genius. The cover is gorgeous, the website fantastic, and I love the fonts… all of them.
Pete and Ashlyn- Such amazing talent at bringing my characters to life. Thanks for sharing them with anyone that would listen.
Alli, Cassy, and Katie- My first beta-readers aka bestie pals. Luurrrvvs!
Emily- Thanks for taking the book away from Sam when you didn’t even have to read it.
Lauren- Thanks for taking an interest in Curse of the Sphinx, and for encouraging the novella, Origin of the Sphinx.
Mom and Dad- Thanks for raising me to believe that I really can do anything I put my mind to.
Jason- There isn’t enough paper or time to list all the reasons I’m grateful to you.
And to you, the reader of my work…
Stories improve with the telling. Thank you for letting me tell you mine.
And if I’ve forgotten you (and I’m sure I left out way too many of the people I love, who have helped me along), remember I’m super lame with my memory, especially when I’m tired. Which just happens to be all the time. Please forgive me, and send me an email so I can include you on the next book. Mrrrp!
