MYTHOLOGY IN THE GODDESS TEST

ZEUS

• God of sky
• Ruler of Olympian gods
• Thunderbolt
• Many lovers
• Married to Hera, unfaithful

HERA

• Goddess of marriage and childbirth
• Sister and wife of Zeus
• Zeus attempts to court her denied
• Zeus turns into a cuckoo to trick her
• Jealous revenge for Zeus' infidelities

POSEIDON

• God of the sea, protector of all waters
• Created the horse
• Weapon is the trident
• Second only to Zeus
• Brother to Zeus and Hades

DEMETER

• Corn, grain, and the harvest
• First loaf of bread at harvest
• Controls the seasons
• Daughter is Persephone
• Sacred: livestock and agriculture

HADES

• God of the underworld
• Ruler of the dead
• Invisible helmet
• Unpitying
• Married to Persephone

HESTIA

• Goddess of the Hearth
• Virgin goddess
• Charitable
• No parts in myths

ARES

• God of War
• Most murderous
• Bloodstained
• Coward
• Disliked by both parents

APHRODITE

• Love, desire, and beauty
• Magical girdle
• Wife of Hephaestus
• Fav. lover is Ares

HERMES

• The messenger of the gods
• Fastest of the gods
• Winged sandals, hat, magic wand
• Guide for the dead
• Invented many things

ATHENA

• Reason, intellect, arts, literature
• Virgin goddess
• Birth-full armour
• Invented the chariot and bridle
• Zeus' favorite child

APOLLO

• God of music, healing
• Twin of Artemis
• Taught man medicine
• Cannot lie
• Moves the Sun

ARTEMIS

• Virginity, the hunt, the moon
• Twin of Apollo
• Hunts with silver arrows
• Virgin goddess
• Presides over childbirth

HEPHAESTUS

• God of fire and the forge
• Only god to be ugly
• Legs are crippled
• Smith/ armorer of the gods
• Aphrodite is his wife

DIONYSUS

• God of fertility and wine
• Dual nature - joy/brutal rage
• Can drive a man mad
• Only god to have mortal parent
• Born from Zeus' thigh

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