Dwarf Planets

I recently received this photo of Dwarf Planets. I was familiar with some of the names, and the idea that they represented  ancient mythological deities and, as such, carried special meaning. This made me curious about the others, so I looked them up. Here is what I discovered:

Ceres is the Roman goddess of agriculture.

Vesta is the hearth goddess.

Pallas is the Greek Titan god of warcraft.

Hygiea is the Greek goddess of health.

Eris is the goddess personification of strife and discord.

Dysnomia is a daughter of Eris. Her name means “Lawlessness,” and is also the name of a disorder wherein one has difficulty remembering words or names.

Pluto is a god of the underworld.

Charon is the ferryman of Hades who carries souls across the river Styx.

Makemake is the Rapa Nui creator of humanity and god of fertility.

Haumea is the Hawiian goddess of childbirth.

Namaka is a daughter of Haumea and is the Hawaiian goddess of the sea.

Hi’iaka is a daughter of Haumea and is the patron goddess of the Big Island of Hawaii.

Sedna is the Inuit goddess of the sea, believed to live at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Orcus is an Italic/Roman god of the underworld and punisher of broken oaths.

Quaor (pronounced “Kwawar”) is a Tongva creator god.

Varuna is a Hindu god of water and the celestial ocean, and of the law of the underworld.

Vanth (a moon of Orcus) is a winged Etruscan psychopomp who guides the souls of the departed to the underworld.

Jupiter's moons are named after his lovers.

Saturn's moons are named after fellow Titans.

Kuiper Belt objects are named after mythological deities, with preference given to creator deities.

A Psychopomp is a creature or entity that assists in the transition between this life and the beyond. Some specialize in bringing new lives forth here, and some specialize in guiding the newly departed to the next realm.  When guiding the departed, Psychopomps do not judge, they merely guide.