Goddess and God, Lady and Lord,
Teach me the ways of Freyr and Njord.
By many names You have come to be known,
Teach me, dear ones, what others have been shown.
Teach me of Zeus, his wife and Children;
Show me yourselves, lady Freyja and Woden.
Teach me of what the Romans believed.
Let me learn of you, Isis, all the knowledge I need.
Great Mother Kali, let your spirit be my guide,
Athena of the Greeks, let your sword of Justice be by my side.
Hecate of the Magick, that steers my endeavors,
And even young Loki, the sly and the clever.
Each of the Gods has a story to tell,
As how the old Kingdom of Asgard once fell.
In these newer times the Gods still arise.
Those who believe will feel their heart fly.
Of all the things that The Ancient ones desire,
Is to give you the Knowledge to spiritually set the world afire.

The ancient Greeks and Romans have made a great impact on life as we know it today. This includes the Greek and Roman pantheons of Gods and Goddesses that they have left for us. Although the two seem quite the same (and in some cases they are the same), there are differences between the two cultures.

The Greeks believed that there was a place called Olympus which is where the Gods lived. The Gods and demi-gods were led by Zeus, king of Olympus, and his wife Hera. There were a number of other gods and goddesses of note that the Greeks worshipped, including Aphrodite (goddess of love), Ares (god of war), Artemis (goddess of the hunt) and her twin Apollo (god of the sun and prophesy, and believed to be father to the Muses - it is said that Artemis helped her mother with the birthing of her brother immediately after her own birth), Athena (goddess of justice, and tactics of war), Poseidon (god of the sea and Zeus' brother), Demeter (goddess of life and crops), Persephone (wife to Hades and daughter of Demeter), Hades (lord of the Underworld and Zeus' other brother), Hecate (goddess of magic and childbirth, pictured on the right), Hephaestus (the lame god, god of the smiths), among many, many others.

The Ancient Egyptians believed that their Royal family was descended from the Gods. The Emperor was considered to be a direct descendant of Re, the sun god. The creator of all things was either Re, Amun, Ptah, Khnum or Aten, depending on which version of the myth was currently in use. The heavens were represented by Hathor, Bat, and Horus. Osiris was an earth god as was Ptah. The annual flooding of the Nile was Hapi. Storms, evil and confusion were Seth. His counterpart was Ma'at, who represented balance, justice and truth. The moon was Thoth and Khonsu. Re took on many forms, and transcended most of the borders that contained the other gods. The actual shape of the sun, the disk (or, aten), was deified into another god, Aten. Isis was the mother of Horus and consort of Osiris. She became worshipped through the entire Roman Empire in later years.

The Norse were said to be warlike; this is true, however they were no more warlike than any of the other peoples alive at that time. Many things are said to have been descended from the Norse. Their gods were called the Aesir (there were also other gods known as the Vanir - Freyr (also spelled Frey), Freyja, and Njord were all Vanir gods that were recieved in trade for Odin's brother Hoenir, after the War between the Aesir and Vanir gods), and they lived in a place known as Asgard. The Norse believed that the world was set up to be as a tree, called Yggdrasil (the World Tree). Asgard was high in the topmost branches of Yggdrasil and above; it was connected to Midgard (the earth) by the bridge Bifrost (guarded by the god Heimdall). There are other realms as well (the Nine Worlds). Hel (sometimes called Nidavellir) is ruled by the death goddess Hel, and Freyr is the ruler of Alfheim (home of the Alfs - light elves). The others are Niflheim (the world of cold and darkness, at the base of Yggdrasil: Nidhogg the serpent lives here, where he chews on Yggdrasil's roots), Vanaheim (home of the Vanir), Jotunheim (the frozen land where Woden placed the Jotuns [evil giant creatures] after the Creation of the World), Svartalfheim (home of the dark elves), and Muspelheim (home of the fire giants).

Woden (Odin, Odhinn) is the head god of the Aesir. His wife is Frigg, and a few of his sons are Thor, Tyr, Balder and Hod. The Norns (the Fates) are Urd [past], Verdande [present], and Skuld [possible futures].