Nemesis
Goddess of payback
Nemesis is the Greek goddess of divine retribution, who punished mortals for arrogance and excessive good fortune.
She ensured that no one escaped the consequences of hubris.
The name has become synonymous with inescapable vengeance or fate. (Lowercase nemesis is a persistent rival or source of downfall.)
Ruinous excessive confidence
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- fatePredetermined course of events
- justiceFair treatment under law
mortals · divine · wrath · downfall · pride · arrogance · vengeance · inescapable
Female sacred being
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- divineOf or from gods
- wingedHaving flight appendages
scales · sword · balance · hubris · punishment · justice · worship · sanctuary
hubris
Ruinous excessive confidence
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- fatePredetermined course of events
justice · mortals · divine · wrath · downfall · pride · arrogance · vengeance · inescapable · reckoning
goddess
Female sacred being
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- vengeanceRetaliation for injury
- divineOf or from gods
winged · scales · sword · balance · hubris · punishment · justice · worship · sanctuary · temple
Zeus
Greek sky god
- ErebusPersonified primordial darkness
- OceanusTitan personifying earth's river-boundary
- ErisGreek personification of conflict
Fates · Olympus · chthonic · primordial
scales
Plates or weighing devices
griffin · measuring rod · balance · whip · chariot
- board gamesboard, checkers, Monopoly, chess, shogi
- deitiesZeus, Odin, Thor, goddess, Ra
- Goddessesgoddess, sun goddess, Demeter, Gaia, Aphrodite
- mythologyZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Odin
- Classical DeitiesZeus, Hera, Athena, Apollo, Artemis
- personificationsMother Nature, Father Time, Grim Reaper, Lady Luck, Lady Justice
Nemesisally
Supportive partner
friend · supporter · protector · champion · benefactor
Nemesisgrace
Effortless beauty of motion
mercy · forgiveness · clemency · absolution · pardon
Nemesishero
One admired for courage
protagonist · savior · rescuer · helper · white knight
- arch nemesisPrincipal long-term antagonist