12 gods in Greek mythology

Zeus is one of the twelve gods of Olympus in Greece. He is the king of the gods and the supreme god. Zeus, the youngest son of Cronus and Rhea, went to war with his brothers and sisters. After ten years of war, with the help of Gaia, the grandmother of the earth goddess, she defeated her father and sent her to the bottom of the earth. Since then Zeus has become the ruler of the universe. The Roman name of Zeus is Jupiter, the largest of the nine planets. Zeus and the gods lived on Mount Olympus. He has the greatest authority and can punish gods and people with terrible lightning. He knows everything about God and man and can predict the future. Zeus was charming, compassionate and full of anecdotes. In Greek mythology, most stories related to him are about his love history.

Poseidon (Neptune)

Poseidon often held a trident, which became his symbol. When he is angry, monsters will appear at the bottom of the sea. He can cause tsunamis and earthquakes by waving a trident, but the sacred animal dolphin, which symbolizes him, shows the tranquility of going to sea and Poseidon's cordial divinity. Greek sailors and fishermen near the Aegean Sea worshipped him very much.

Poseidon's trident is not only used as a weapon, but also used to break rocks. The clear spring flowing out of cracks irrigates the land and makes farmers harvest, so Poseidon is also known as the god of harvest. Poseidon also gave mankind the first horse. His chariot was pulled by a golden war horse. When his chariot gallops on the sea, the waves will become calm and the dolphins will follow.

Poseidon, with a wide range of divinity, strong aggression and great ambition, always wanted to seize the throne of Zeus, but Zeus found him and exiled him to the ground to be punished, helping King Laomeiton to establish Troy. In addition, he often fought with the gods, and there was a battle between him and Athena in Athens and Tromso.

Hades (Hades)

Hades ruled the underground world and was also the god of wealth. Underground is a vast world like the dead, and it is rich in minerals.

Hades is a god that everyone fears, and everyone keeps him at a distance. He usually sits in a chariot with four dark horses, holding a two-pronged halberd, and he can clear any obstacles ahead. If he walks into the Yang world, it must be to lead the victim's soul to hades, or to check whether the sun shines through a gap in the ground.

There is a door between hell and the dead, which is the "Gate of Hell". This gate is located near Cape Tanas and is guarded by a three-headed dog named Sa Belas. Once anyone enters the gate of hell, he will never go back to death.

There is a long way from the gate of hell to the gate of hell, and illusory ghosts often appear on the road. There are many rivers in hell, one of which is called Kokutes River, which is formed by the tears of bad people forced to work in hell, so it often makes a terrible wail, because the name of this river itself means "crying from afar". Another river, the Clone River, is the only way for those who try. The water in this river is black, and the current is so fast that no one can swim across it. A boatman named Caron is on the ferry. He can only cross the river in his boat, but he will ask for a gold coin, otherwise he will refuse to take the boat. If those waiting for trial have no money, they must wait for a year, when Caron will take the ferry for free. So when the Greeks died, they usually put a gold coin in the mouth of the deceased.

There are three judges in Hades' huge palace. They are Minos, Radaman Toth and Aiku. They are responsible for listening to the thoughts, words and actions of the soul. Hermes, the goddess of justice, holds a sword and weighs good and evil for every soul. If good is greater than evil, she will go to heaven, otherwise she will go to hell. Those who commit heinous crimes will be exiled to "endless hell" and suffer endless pain and suffering forever.

Hades handled the affairs of hell in an orderly way, with strict discipline. He is ruthless, but impartial. He is an awesome god.

Pallas Athena (Wisdom and Sivir)

Pallas Athena is the daughter of Zeus and her mother is Medea, the goddess of wisdom. When Medes got pregnant, she thought she would give birth to an extraordinary daughter. She warned Zeus that the upcoming child would threaten his rights, so Zeus swallowed Athena without hesitation. But Athena did not die, but absorbed the strength of her father and the wisdom of her mother.

Legend has it that Athena was born from Zeus' head. Athena jumped out when Zeus' head cracked. She shouted long live the victory and then danced. She wore a shiny helmet, gorgeous armor and a shiny spear. When they saw the girl, the gods were surprised and surprised, and the whole Mount Olympus was shocked by her dance steps.

Athena had a playmate named pallas when she was a child. She is as old as Athena, and they are always inseparable. Their favorite game is fighting. One day, they picked up spears to play again. When pallas saw Athena coming from behind, he turned and stabbed her with a spear. Zeus on Olympus saw it, fearing that his daughter would be injured, and quickly protected her with a sheepskin shield. Pallas was frightened when he saw a shield falling from the sky. Athena saw her companion in a daze and thought that the opportunity had come, so she bypassed the shield and stabbed pallas with a spear. The spear hit the nail on the head, and pallas let out a cry and fell. Athena was very sad. In memory of her friend, Athena added: pallas before her name. From that day on, her official name was Pallas Athena.

Athena once competed with Poseidon for the ownership of Artec, and the immortal Six Gods were invited by them as referees. The gods decided to let them compete, and whoever gave the most useful things to mankind would get the land. Poseidon smashed his trident on the rock and a war horse roared out. Athena poked the ground with her spear, and an olive tree with silver leaves immediately grew on the ground. The gods believe that the olive branch is a symbol of peace, which is much more useful than killing war horses.

Athena is clever and talented. She is not only the patron saint of women's knitting and sewing, but also the patron saint of men's crafts. The famous sculptor phidias once carved a statue of Athena with ivory and gold. Athena holds this symbol of victory in her right hand and an oval shield in her left hand. This precious statue was placed in the Pantheon in Athens.

Prometheus (god of foresight)

Prometheus is the son of Partos, the god of death, and the cousin of Zeus. At that time, Zeus and his brothers were fighting with their father. Prometheus' mother can predict the future. She knew Zeus would win the war, so she helped Zeus and her son. Soon after, Zeus defeated his father Cronus and became the new master.

Prometheus and Athena are very good friends. They often play together. Zeus once had a fierce quarrel with a Titan. Angry Zeus burned Titan to ashes with thunder. One day, Prometheus came to earth. He saw the blue sky and the earth, and everything was so beautiful but monotonous. So he made the ashes of the Titan into clay figurines with water. Athena breathed a sigh of relief at the clay figurine, and the clay figurine came to life at once. This is the original human.

Because human beings were born with Titan's blood, Zeus was very disgusted and refused to provide the last gift to human beings-fire. But Prometheus came up with a clever idea. He took a thick and long fennel pole, carried it to the approaching solar car, put it in its flame and lit it, then returned to the ground with a flickering light.

Zeus was furious when he saw the flame rising from the earth, and decided to take revenge on mankind. He ordered hephaestus, the Vulcan who is good at craftsmanship, to build a beautiful stone statue, and Athena used magic to give life to the stone statue; Hermes taught him language skills; Aphrodite, the goddess of love, endowed her with various attractive charms. Zeus named this beautiful image Pandora, which means "a woman with all talents", because all the gods gave her a gift that harmed mankind. He sent the young woman to earth. She came to Prometheus' brother Epimetheus and asked him to accept a gift from Zeus. Prometheus once warned his brother on Mount Olympus not to accept any gifts from Zeus, but to return them immediately. However, Epimetheus forgot this warning. Pandora walked up to Epimetheus and suddenly opened the lid. The disasters inside fly out like black smoke, including disease, disaster, jealousy, theft, greed, evil and so on. There is only one beautiful thing left at the bottom of the box-hope, but Pandora closed the lid quickly before it flew out according to the warning of the father of gods, so hope will be kept in the box forever. Since then, all kinds of disasters have flooded the earth, the sky and the ocean. Diseases spread and wreak havoc among human beings day and night, but they are silent.

Then Zeus took revenge on Prometheus himself. He gave the enemy to hephaestus and two servants, whose nicknames were Kratos and Pia. They were strong and violent. They locked Prometheus on the hanging rock of Caucasus Mountain, and Zeus sent an evil eagle to peck Prometheus' liver every day. How much the liver eats will soon return to its original state. He had to endure this painful torture until someone died for him voluntarily in the future. One day, Hercules came here to look for Hesperides. Seeing that the evil eagle was pecking at poor Prometheus' liver, he took out his bow and arrow and shot down the cruel evil eagle with one arrow. Then he loosened the chain, liberated Prometheus and took him away from the cliff. But in order to meet the conditions of Zeus, Hercules left Kai Long Xing, a centaur and a centaur Ken Taulos, on the cliff as body double. Kay Long Xing is an immortal god, but he is willing to sacrifice to save Prometheus. Finally, in order to carry out Zeus' judgment thoroughly, Prometheus must always wear an iron ring with stones on the Caucasus Mountain. In this way, Zeus can proudly claim that his enemy is still locked on the cliff of Caucasus Mountain.

Hera (Queen of Heaven)

Hera is the daughter of Cronus and the elder sister of Zeus.

When Zeus fell in love with Hera, he often turned into a cuckoo to approach her, so later the cuckoo became the sacred bird of the goddess.

When Zeus and Hera combined, the earth gave birth to many apple trees for them to celebrate their happy marriage. The tree is covered with golden apples, which is the tree of life.

Hera is the most prestigious goddess. She wore golden sandals and sat on the golden palace. Her glory and majesty are unparalleled. Hera is the queen of heaven and has great authority. All the gods are in awe of her majesty. She is domineering, jealous and quite aggressive. Therefore, triumphal ceremonies are held all over Greece on Hera Festival, and almost all the people who worship this goddess are military commanders with outstanding military achievements.

Hera is the model of a perfect woman, the image of a faithful wife, the patron saint of women, and the most beautiful goddess except Aphrodite.

Hestia (Goddess of Flame and Kitchen Stove)

Hestia is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the sister of Zeus and Hera. Apollo and Poseidon both proposed to her, but she vowed never to get married to keep her virginity. Considering that she wanted a place to live, Zeus promised to let each family give her a seat.

She left Olympus quietly and protected every family with a stove. She is not only a cook, but also a family god. The flame symbolizes her existence, and it is also the guarantee for the permanence, stability, harmony and prosperity of the family. In ancient times, the fire on the altar was lit by ancestors, and their descendants had the obligation to keep the candle burning, because the extinction of the candle meant the extinction of mankind. Every family has its own stove and every town has its own altar. The fire on the altar symbolizes the life of this town. Whenever a small town people establish a colony in a new place, the flame will accompany these brave immigrants to other places.

Apollo (God of Art, Light and Music)

Zeus was very fond of Leto, the goddess of the night. After they fell in love, Leto got pregnant, but this caused Hera's jealousy. Leto was forced to run away from home. She walked for nine days, but Kuya couldn't find a place to live. Later, she became a swan and came to a floating island. With the help of Zeus, she fixed the floating island to the bottom of the sea with four pillars. Apollo and his sister themis were born on this island, which was later named Telo Island.

When Apollo was born, his body shone with golden light. The goddess in the sky shouted happily.

In order to get the approval of the gods, Apollo decided to show his stunts on Olympus, but the gods on Olympus didn't take him seriously at all, especially Hera, and looked down on him at all. As a result, Apollo decided to travel around the world by himself, making great achievements and becoming more and more famous.

Once, Apollo met eros, the god of love. He laughed at eros's arrow as a toy, which could not make an immortal contribution. Hearing this, eros took out two arrows of different colors from his quiver, one of which was gold and the other was lead. The arrow of gold is the arrow of love, and the arrow of lead resists love. Eros shot a golden arrow at Apollo and a lead arrow at Daphne, the goddess, and a love tragedy began. Apollo fell in love with Daphne, who regarded Apollo as the devil. Finally, in order to avoid Apollo, Daphne became a laurel tree. In memory of Daphne, Apollo decorated his bow with laurel branches.

Apollo was in charge of music and harp, as well as dance, poetry and inspiration. Poets and prophets rely on his inspiration. Apollo was an aboveboard god, and he never lied.

One of Apollo's sons was named Asclo Pioz. He can save lives and bring back the dead. This destroys the natural order, and hell is empty. Hades was furious and asked Zeus for a verdict. Zeus killed Asclo Pioz with lightning. Although Apollo was sad, there was nothing he could do.

The symbols of Apollo are harp, bow and arrow, and crowns made of palm trees, Shenmu trees and laurel trees.

Ares (God of War)

One theory is that Hera was born smelling a strange flower.

Ares is very violent and often carries out bloody killings. His divinity is a battle between good and evil, so no one likes him. He is tall and strong, but he is slow and lacks strategy. He usually fights on foot and occasionally rides in chariots. The horse pulling the cart is born of the north wind, and the angry god is born.

Accompanied by his sons on the battlefield, they represent terror, trembling, panic, fear and so on. And Eris, known as the goddess of dispute, and Enu, the daughter of the urban destroyer.

Ares' brutal behavior made all the Olympians hate him very much.

Ares' main enemy was Athena. The goddess of extraordinary wisdom resolutely resisted the cruelty of Ares. She often stood up and fought face to face with Ares to protect the soldiers who fought for the just cause.

Hephaestus (God of Fire and Craft)

Hephaestus was the son of Zeus and Hera. He lived in seclusion in Mount Edona, developed rich mines together with Cyclops, and specially made sophisticated instruments.

Hephaestus is ugly and lame in one leg. But his soul and wisdom are outstanding. He is smart and full of enthusiasm. He built the palace of the gods on Mount Olympus, made lightning and armor for Zeus, and also made articles and weapons of the gods such as Cupid's bow and Hercules' carriage.

Although ugly and disabled, he has a beautiful wife, Aphrodite. However, Aphrodite often met Ares, so hephaestus covered them with an exquisite golden net, making them make a fool of themselves in front of the gods. Finally, the couple broke up in discord.

The word hephaestus means Vulcan in Greek. Be regarded as a patron saint by blacksmiths and carpenters. He is a gentle and peace-loving god, and he is equally popular in heaven and on earth.

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Antai is the son of Poseidon and Gaia, the mother of the earth. He never feels tired. As soon as his body touches the earth, he can absorb the power of the earth.

His favorite food is cubs, and he takes pleasure in killing people. In the territory he occupied, neither man nor animals were spared. Whenever a stranger came to Libya from sea or land, he forced the stranger to duel with him and executed him, and then decorated the temple he built for his father by the sea with the skull of the deceased.

Hercules, the great hero, came to Antai's territory. The gods gave him a task, that is, to destroy all monsters that hurt people and animals on the seashore and on various roads. When Hercules and Antai competed, both sides were surprised by the strength of their opponents. Although Hercules constantly knocks Antai to the ground, every time Gaia, the mother of the earth, restores Antai's strength. Finally, Hercules discovered the secret of Aetna's growing strength. He grabbed the terrible giant, let his feet off the ground, held him tightly in his arms, and finally strangled him.

Aphrodite (god of love and beauty) (also known as Venus, the mother of Cupid)

She is the goddess of love and beauty. According to legend, she was born from the foam in the sea.

On Mount Olympus, Hera and Athena said they could compete with Aphrodite. Once, when the gods were holding a banquet, the goddess of dispute quietly came to the banquet hall of Olympus, and she put a golden apple engraved with "belongs to the most beautiful" on the table. Hera took the apple, but Athena and Aphrodite disagreed and asked Zeus for a ruling. It was so difficult that Zeus had to give it to a shepherd named Paris. Paris studied three goddesses. After much consideration, he gave the golden apple to Aphrodite. After the dust settled, Aphrodite became the undisputed beauty god.

Aphrodite's beauty not only conquered the gods on Olympus, but also completely conquered people's hearts. She used sweet wishes to ignite people's passion, make them love, and make them feel happy or miserable.

Her influence is all over nature. On the vast sea, she appeared in the form of light. When the stormy waves see her, they will calm down immediately and the storm will stop immediately. She is also the mother of plants, making the earth full of vitality and flowers.

Al themis (the moon and the goddess of hunting)

Themis, the goddess of hunting, is the sister of god of light Apollo. She is a lively, healthy and hearty goddess. Almost as divine as my brother. The first quarter moon is her bow and the moonlight is her arrow.

She is the goddess of hunting and the protector of wild animals. She loves small animals very much, so she turns pasture and cultivated land green. The goddess also often leads the fairies who serve her to explore and hunt. Whenever she is tired, she plays the harp or flute and dances with the fairies. Muses and elegant goddesses often come to entertain.

Al themis brought morning dew, rain dew and frost to the earth. She brought the hope of a bumper harvest to cultivated land, grain and fields. But if people forget to offer sacrifices to her, she will freeze the crops with hail and drive away wild animals to trample on them.

Artemis likes to gallop on the forest grassland. Her face is childish, she has a quiver on her shoulders, and she often has a stag or hound beside her.