Erinyes | Greek | ♀ | The Erinyes (Ερινύες) or Eumenides (or Furies in Roman mythology) were female personifications of vengeance. |
Invidia | Roman | ♀ | Invidia was the sense of envy or jealousy, who might be personified for strictly literary purposes, as a goddess, a Roman equivalent to Nemesis in Greek mythology. |
Nemesis | Greek | ♀ | Nemesis (in Greek, Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia ("the goddess of Rhamnous"), at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, in Greek mythology was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris, vengeful fate personified as a remorseless goddess. |
Poena | Roman | ♀ | Poena (also Poine) is the spirit of punishment and the attendant of punishment to Nemesis, the goddes of divine retribution. The Latin word poena, "pain, punishment, penalty", gave rise to English words such as subpoena. |
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