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==Greek Mythology==
'''[[Achillesmon]]''' - From {{w|Achilles}}, a hero of the {{w|Trojan War}} and the greatest of all the {{w|Greek warriors}}.
<br>'''[[Aegiomon]]''' - From {{w|Aegipan}} or Goat-Pan, the son of {{w|Zeus}} and {{w|Aega}}. 
<br>'''[[Aegiochusmon]]''' - From {{w|Jove Aegiochus}}, the epithet {{w|Zeus}} received as the father of {{w|Aegipan}}. 
<br>'''[[Algomon]]''' - From {{w|Argus Panoptes}}, or Argos, who was a primordial giant whose epithet, "Panoptes", "all-seeing", led to his being described with multiple, often one hundred, eyes.
<br>'''[[Amphimon]]''' - From {{w|Amphitrite}}, the goddess of the sea, the queen of the sea, and the wife of Poseidon,
<br>'''[[Ancient Irismon]]''' - From {{w|Iris (mythology)|Iris}}, the personification of the rainbow and messenger of the gods in Greek mythology. She is also known as one of the goddesses of the sea and the sky, and travels with the speed of wind from one end of the world to the other.
<br>'''[[Ancient Mermaimon]]''' - From the {{w|Mermaid}}, a legendary aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish.
<br>'''[[Ancient Sphinxmon]]''' - From the {{w|Sphinx}}, a mythical creature with, as a minimum, the body of a lion and the head of a human. In Greek mythology, it would kill and eat those who could not answer its riddle.
<br>'''[[Ancient Troiamon]]''' - From {{w|Troia}}, a legendary city and center of the Trojan War. It is also a reference to the Trojan Horse.
* Epeius - {{w|Epeius}}, son of Panopeus, was a Greek soldier during the Trojan War. He built the Trojan Horse, commissioned by Odysseus because Athena had told him in a dream she would be with him to help build it.
'''[[Apocalymon]]''' - From {{w|Apocalypse}}, the revelation of the end of the world. In religious contexts it is usually a disclosure of something hidden, 'a vision of heavenly secrets that can make sense of earthly realities'.
<br>'''[[Apollomon]]''' - {{w|Apollo}} was the god the of the sun and also the twin brother of Diana/Artemis in Roman and Greek mythology.
* Phoebus Blow - 'Phoebus' was one of the ephitets applied to Apollo, which literally meant 'radiant'. 'Phoebus' also comes from the Greek Titaness, Phoebe which means 'shining', the mother of Leto and grandmother of Apollo and Diana/Artemis.
'''[[Archnemon]]''' - {{w|Arachne}} was a great mortal weaver who boasted that her skill was greater than that of Athena, goddess of wisdom and strategy, refusing to acknowledge that her knowledge came, in part at least, from the goddess. Offended by Arachne's arrogance, Athena set a contest between the two weavers. Ultimately, the goddess turned Arachne into a spider. For this reason, she bore the title of "Queen of Spiders".
<br>'''[[Arkadimon]]''' - {{w|Arcadia}} was a region in Greece that was celebrated as a utopia, an unspoiled, harmonious wilderness, in Greek mythology.
<br>'''[[Beautymon]]''' 
* Rosa {{w|Phoenix}} - In Greek Mythology, a Phoenix is a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 1,400 years, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, and to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years; often an emblem of immortality or of reborn idealism or hope.
'''[[Black War Greymon (X-Antibody)]]'''
* {{w|Hades}} Force - Hades was the ancient Greek god of the underworld, and the name was eventually also used to designate the abode of the dead.
'''[[Callismon]]''' - From {{w|Callisto (mythology)|Callisto}}, a nymph of Artemis. Transformed into a bear and set among the stars, she was the bear-mother of the Arcadians, through her son Arcas.
<br>'''[[Centalmon]]''' - From {{w|centaur}}, a half-man and half-horse creature from Greek mythology. 
<br>'''[[Cerberumon]]''' - From {{w|Cerberus}}, a three-headed dog who guarded the gates of Hades in Greek mythology, to prevent those who have crossed the river Styx from ever escaping.
* {{w|Styx}} Killer - The Styx is a river in Greek mythology that formed the boundary between Earth and the Underworld. 
'''[[Cerberumon Jinrou Mode|Cerberumon: Jinrou Mode]]''' - From Jinrou, Japanese word which means {{w|werewolf}}, a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf.
<br>'''[[Chaos Dukemon]]'''
* {{w|Cocytus|Judecca}} Prison - Judecca is one of the four sections of Cocytus, a river in the underworld in Greek mythology.
* {{w|Gorgon}} - The term 'Gorgon' commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair of living, venomous snakes, and a horrifying visage that turned those who beheld her to stone.
'''[[Chimairamon]]''' - From the {{w|Chimera}}, a creature composed of the parts of three animals: a lion, a serpent and a goat. The term chimera has come to describe any mythical or fictional animal with parts taken from various animals.
<br>'''[[Cyclomon]]''' - From the {{w|Cyclops}}, members of a primordial race of giants with a single eye in the middle of each of their foreheads.
<br>'''[[Devitamamon]]'''
* {{w|Pandora}}'s Box. Pandora was the first human woman created by the gods, specifically by Hephaestus and Athena on the instructions of Zeus.
'''[[Dianamon]]'''
* Arrow of {{w|Artemis}} - Artemis was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women; she often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows. She is the Greek equivalent of {{w|Diana (mythology)|Diana}}.
'''[[Dukemon]]'''
* {{w|Aegis}} - The shield/buckler/breastplate of Athena and Zeus, famously bearing Medusa's head. It is described as ageless and immortal: a hundred tassels of pure gold hang fluttering from it, tight-woven each of them, and each the worth of a hundred oxen.
'''[[Entmon]]'''
* {{w|Dryad}} Stinger - 'Dryad' is a tree nymph or tree spirit in Greek mythology.
'''[[Eosmon]]''' - {{w|Eos}} is a Titaness and the Greek goddess of the dawn.
<br>'''[[Gaiamon]]'''/'''[[Gaiamon (Appmon)]]''' - {{w|Gaia (mythology)|Gaia}} was the ancient Greek goddess of the Earth.
* Ultimate {{w|Adamant|Adamas}} - From Adamas, Latin word for Adamant. In Greek Mythology, Cronus castrated his father Uranus using an adamant sickle given to him by his mother Gaia.
'''[[Grand Dracumon]]'''
* Eye of the {{w|Gorgon}} - The term 'Gorgon' commonly refers to any of three sisters who had hair of living, venomous snakes, and a horrifying visage that turned those who beheld her to stone.
'''[[Grace Novamon]]'''
* Meleagros - From {{w|Meleager}}, a hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia. He was already famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked by Homer.
'''[[Griffomon]]''' - From the {{w|Griffin}}, a legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle; and an eagle's talons as its front feet. As the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle was the king of the birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. The griffin was also thought of as king of the creatures. Griffins are known for guarding treasure and priceless possessions.
<br>'''[[Hadesmon]]''' - {{w|Hades}} was the ancient Greek god of the underworld, and the name was eventually also used to designate the abode of the dead.
* King of the {{w|Greek underworld|Underworld}} - In mythology, is an otherworld where souls go after death, and is the original Greek idea of afterlife.
'''[[Harpymon]]''' - From the {{w|Harpy}}, winged spirits best known for constantly stealing all food from {{w|Phineus}}. They were agents of punishment who abducted people and tortured them on their way to Tartarus, and were vicious, cruel and violent. They were usually seen as the personifications of the destructive nature of wind.
<br>'''[[Hippogriffomon]]''' - From the {{w|Hippogriff}}, a legendary creature which resembles a winged horse with 
the head and upper body of an eagle. 
<br>'''[[Hydramon]]''' - From the {{w|Hydra}} (Ύδρα), a multi-headed serpent in Greek mythology that dwelled in the swamps of Lerna. It was known for its poisonous blood and rapid regeneration.
* Intense Lamptḗr - A reference to {{w|Iolaus}}, who cauterized the open wounds caused by {{w|Heracles}} cutting off each of the Hydra's heads with a flaming torch to prevent them from regenerating.
'''[[Hypnos]]''' - From {{w|Hypnos}}, the personification of sleep in Greek mythology; the Roman equivalent is known as Somnus.
<br>'''[[Jet Mervamon]]'''
* {{w|Ouroboros}} Gate - The ouroboros is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail.
'''[[Lykamon]]''' - From {{w|Lycaon (Arcadia)|Lycaon}}, a king of Arcadia, son of Pelasgus and Meliboea, who in the most popular version of the myth tested Zeus by serving him a dish of his slaughtered and dismembered son in order to see whether Zeus was truly omniscient. In return for these gruesome deeds Zeus transformed Lycaon into the form of a wolf.
<br>'''[[Marin Chimairamon]]''' - From the {{w|Chimera}}, a creature composed of the parts of three animals: a lion, a serpent and a goat. The term chimera has come to describe any mythical or fictional animal with parts taken from various animals.
<br>'''[[Mermaimon]]''' - From the {{w|Mermaid}}, a legendary aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish.
<br>'''[[Metal Garurumon]]'''
* {{w|Cocytus}} Breath - Cocytus is a river in the underworld in Greek mythology. Cocytus flows into the river Acheron, across which is the underworld, the mythological abode of the dead. It is sometimes referred to as a frozen lake.
'''[[Minotaurmon]]''' - From the {{w|Minotaur}}, a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man. He dwelt at the center of the Cretan Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus, on the command of King Minos of Crete. The Minotaur was eventually killed by the Athenian hero Theseus.
<br>'''[[Nyx]]''' - From {{w|Nyx}}, the Greek goddess of the night. A shadowy figure, Nyx stood at or near the beginning of creation and mothered other personified deities such as Hypnos (Sleep) and Thanatos (Death), with Erebus (Darkness).
<br>'''[[Pegasmon]]''' - From the {{w|Pegasus}}, a winged divine horse usually depicted as white in colour. He was captured by the Greek hero {{w|Bellerophon}} near the fountain Peirene with the help of Athena and Poseidon. Pegasus allows the hero to ride him to defeat a monster, the Chimera, before realizing many other exploits. 
<br>'''[[Poseidomon]]''' - {{w|Poseidon}} is one of the twelve Olympian deities of the {{w|Pantheon (gods)|pantheon}} in Greek mythology. His main domain is the ocean, and he is called the "God of the Sea".
<br>'''[[Plutomon]]''' - {{w|Pluto (mythology)|Pluto}} was the ruler of the underworld in Greek mythology. The earlier name for the god was {{w|Hades}}, which became more common as the name of the underworld as a place. His Roman counterpart is {{w|Dis Pater}}.
<br>'''[[Rosemon (X-Antibody)]]'''
* Aphroditear - From {{w|Aphrodite}}, the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is identified with the planet Venus. Myrtle, roses, doves, sparrows and swans were sacred to her.
'''[[Sirenmon]]''' - From the {{w|Siren}}, dangerous and beautiful creatures portrayed as femmes fatales who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island.
<br>'''[[Tia Ludomon]]''' - From the {{w|Theia}}, the titaness of shining, associated with shining metals, shining jewels or shining light. Her other name is Euryphaessa, which means "wide-shining".
<br>'''[[Titamon]]''' - From the {{w|Titan (mythology)|Titan}}, immortal beings of incredible strength and stamina and were also the first pantheon of Greek gods and goddesses.
<br>'''[[Thetismon]]''' - From {{w|Thetis}}, a figure in Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. She mainly appears as a sea nymph, a goddess of water, or one of the 50 Nereids, daughters of the ancient sea god {{w|Nereus}}.
<br>'''[[Unimon]]''' - From the {{w|Unicorn}}, a legendary animal from European folklore that resembles a white horse with a large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead, and sometimes a goat's beard and cloven hooves. 
<br>'''[[Uranosmon]]''' - {{w|Uranus (mythology)|Uranus}} was the primal Greek god personifying the sky.
<br>'''[[War Greymon (X-Antibody)]]'''
* {{w|Poseidon}} Force - Poseidon is one of the twelve Olympian deities of the {{w|Pantheon (gods)|pantheon}} in Greek mythology. His main domain is the ocean, and he is called the "God of the Sea".
'''[[Were Garurumon]]''' - From {{w|werewolf}}, a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf.
<br>'''[[Wisemon]]'''
* {{w|Pandora}} Dialogue - Pandora was the first human woman created by the gods, specifically by Hephaestus and Athena on the instructions of Zeus.
'''[[Witchmon]]''' - From the {{w|witch}}, a woman thought to have magic powers, especially evil ones, popularly depicted as wearing a black cloak and pointed hat and flying on a broomstick.