Deity Roman mythology
Hercules
Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero Heracles
Overview
Roman adaptation of the Greek divine hero HeraclesWikidata record description. Read Hercules in the Wikipedia reader.
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Family tree
As the myths and records give it. Versions differ from source to source.
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The family as a list · 6
Kinship in an account 6
- child of (mother) Alkmene mother of Heracles
- child of (child) Jupiter chief deity of Roman state religion
- parent of (child) Aventinus mythological character son of Hercules and Rhea
- parent of (father) Fabius son of Hercules, legendary founder of the Roman gens Fabia
- partner of Faula
- partner of Megara mythical wife of Heracles and daughter of Creon
Connections
Affiliation 1
Identification 5
- Acala wrathful deity and dharmapala (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism
- Heracles divine hero in Greek mythology, son of Zeus and Alcmene
- Hercle Etruscan god
- Nio two wrathful and muscular guardians of the Buddha standing at the entrance of Buddhist temples in East Asian Buddhism
- Vajrapani Mahayana bodhisattva
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