#phersephone

The three male children of Rhea and Cronus then drew straws of what part of the earth they would get to rule. Zeus got the longest and so he became the king of the Gods and Goddesses and also got to rule the heavens and air. Poseidon drew the second longest one,he got to rule the Oceans and the seas. Hades, who drew the shortest straw, got to rule the underworld and thereby became the King of the Underworld. Zeus took his sister Hera as wife and she then became the Queen of Gods and Goddesses. The other two female children were apparently not as important to the story.

From there on the Gods and Goddesses would go ahead and have children of their own with humans, Other myths such as Nymphs and each other.

There were of course Gods and Goddesses who were not Rhea and Cronus children but these are the ones people seem to remember the most.

I'm now going to try to get at least one myth about each god and goddess, but most of them intersect so it won't be too hard, and some about other creatures and characters.

We´ll start with the Olympians. I won't be able to find specific myths for all of them

Zeus: Son of Cronus and Rhea. He is known for not being able to keep it in his pants. Cheater. Cheater. Cheater. I think he transformed into a bull and raped a human girl who became pregnant and gave birth to the minotaur. He is a jerk. God of thunder and sky. King and ruler of Olympus.

Hera: Daughter of Cronus and Rhea. Misguided anger. Anger issues. Deserves better though, Zeus is real mean towards her. Threw her son Hephaestus off of Mount Olympus. He got revenge though. Goddess of  women, marriage, family and childbirth. Queen of Olympus.

Poseidon: Son of Cronus and Rhea. Kind of a bitch, not as bad as Zeus though...no one is. Turned into a horse once to have sex with a Demeter, his sister, who herself had turned into a horse to avoid him. Together they had the magical horse Arion who I don't feel like writing about. Had his son Triton with the sea nymph Amphitrite. God of the Seas.

Hephaestus: Son of Zeus and Hera or just Hera….not sure which. Notoriously ugly. Either born with a form of physical disability or got deformed when thrown of Mt. Olympus by his mother. Got to marry Aphrodite as kind of an exchange to lend his services to the Olympians. Blacksmith to the Gods. God of fire, volcanoes, craftsmen, metalworking, sculptors etc.

Ares: Son of Zeus and Hera. Represents the violent parts of war: Violence and bloodshed. In love with Aphrodite. He and Aphrodite had Phobos: The personification of fear, Deimos: The greek god of terror, Adestia: She is referred to as the Goddess of revolt and retribution and in some versions they are also the parents of Harmonia: The goddess of harmony. God of war.

Apollo: Son of Zeus and Leto. Twin brother of Artemis. Was feared by both humans and Gods. When he first came to Olympus he took aim with his bow and the Gods left their thrones out of fear; until his mother disarmed him. God of music, good health, prophecy, truth, light, plague, poetry and a lot more which I don't have time to write.

Part 2: https://demonstarfish.tumblr.com/post/182891293925/them-gods-part-2