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Gods in Buffy Spells
Diana
Diana, goddess of love and the hunt, I pray to thee. Let my cries bind the heart of Xander's beloved. May she neither rest nor sleep until she submits to his will only. Diana! Bring about this love and bless it! - Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered.
Diana! Hecate! I hereby license thee to depart! Goddess of creatures great and small, I hconjure thee to withdraw! - BB and B
Diana is the Roman name for Artimis: Goddess of the Hunt and Wild Things. Diana isn't the Goddess of Love however (that would be Aphrodite or Eros), but Xan and Cordy are very much Wild Things and "The Hunt" is often a term in dating.
Hacate
Goddess Hecate work thy will, before thee let the unclean thing crawl! - BB and B
Hecate is the Greek Witch Goddess of the Moon. She is friends with Demeter, Mother Earth.
Osiris
By Osiris, I command you, bring her back! Hear me! Keeper of darkness. -Villians
Osiris is the Egyptian God of the Dead. He was brought back to life by Isis and Anubis.
Chaos and Janus
The word thar denies thee, thou inhabit. The peace that ignores thee thou corrupt. Chaos, I remain, as ever, your faithful degenerate son. (In Latin)Janus, hear my plea. Take this as your own. Come forth and show us your truth. The mask is made flesh. The heart is crushed by your holy presence. Janus, this night is yours. -Halloween
Chaos is the first Greek God from which all the universe sprung. Sort of like a big dark chasm.
Janus is the Double Faced Greek God. He was able to look to the past and to the future (this is where we get January). If you notice, Ethan's statue has two faces.
Hyperion- Greek Titan of Light