Mythology by ajmcfarlae

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Mythology

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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Messengers, god of commerce and theives and also responsiblr for leading souls to the afterworld.
The son of zeus and maia.
He often tricks gods for his amusment or to protect humans. Hes very fast and quick and is the prrotector of travlers, theives and athletes
When he was born he jumped out of his crib and took appolos cattle . Appolo found out but zeus just laughed. Herme s then gave his lyre he invented to appolo.
He can move freely between both worlds so he often leads souls to the underworld.

She is the mother of gods and marriage. She is one of the sisters of thr five gods and wife to zeus.
Is th supreme goddess ,patron of childbirth and has a special intrest in protecting married women.
Zues courted Hera many times but didn't succeeed. He then resorted to trickery. He turned into a cuckoo and hera felt sorry for the bird and held it to her chest to keep warm. Zues then took orginal form and raped her. Hera married him to cover her shame. They often clashed and fought alot
Hera did not like the way zues treated other gods so one noght she took him and tied him to a couch. Someone untied his knots and he escaped. Hera was then punished by zeus by being hung in the sky by gold chains. She wept all night and zues got snnoyed. The next morning he relased her but only becasue she promised not to rebell again.
Hera never liked zues , she was jealous and usually interfiered with his plans and outwitted him.

Goddess of heart and home. Is also a sister amongst the five gods. First child of kronos and rhea
As the goddess of the home, she provides the cooking,bread and meals.
Even though she is the first one to be born, kronos ste all the babies and since she was first, she was the last one to be disgorged so is also considered the oldest.
After apollo and Poseidon asked her for married and woudnt stop so she asked Zeus to remain a virgdn forever and Zeus granted her wish and she took her place as his royal wreath.

Goddess of agriculture, grain and bread. A sister among the five gods. Also daughter of kronus and Rhea
Its believed that she made the crops grow every.
She was associated with the seasons. Her daughter persephone was taken by hades to be his wife in the underworld. Demeter got so mad and laid a curse on the world that caused plants to whither and die , then land became dry. Zues was concerned and tried get her daughter back. But because persephone Had eaten In the Underworld, Hades had A claim on her ,she would have to go back to the underworld four months a year. When demters daughter would be in the underworld she would be depressed and would cause winter but when persephone returned, spring came.
She was also known for finding the eleusinians mysteries. These were huge festivles held every five years and are very important at their time.

The god of war, civil order and courage. Son of zues and hera.
He had an adulterousaffsir with Aphrodite. Aphrodite Was Deeply In love With ares and They One Day while they Were Together an Invisible But Strong Net Made by heaphastus and were exposed to all the other gods of Mt. Olympus. The gods couLd not stop laughing.
Most gods would never cross ares because they were scared he would lash out in anger.
He was invited to the wedding of peleus and thetis and because of incidents thier it led to the trojan war which ares was wounded in.

The god of blacksmiths, sculptors, fire and volcanoes
He was the son of zues and Her. After his sister was born, hera threw hephaestus from olympus because he was crippled. He fell into the ocean and was raised by thetis and eurynam. Zues and hera had no feelings for him since he was crippled and ugly.
He later was accepted back to olympus and became the craftsman of gods. He created armors, sheilds and weapons.
He was married to aphrodite but after he leanred she had an affair with her brother, ares , he humiliated both to all th other gods.

The goddess of wisdom and protector of civilization: textiles , agriculture and inventions.
Her father was zues but she never had a mother. Its a unique birth because she never had a mother. She was full gorwn and dresssed in armor from zues forhead.
She was very brave and strong but only fought in battles that defended state and home from outside enemies.
She was zues favorite child and she was allwoed to use any of his weapons, even his thunder bolt.