Greek Mythology BY: TAVIE, SYD, AND CORREANA

Why Was Greek Mythology Created? Greek Mythology was used to explain the environment in which human- leind lived, the natural phenomena they witnessed and the passing of time through the days, months, and seasons. Myths were also intricately connected to religion in the Greek world and explained the origin and lives of the gods, where humanity had come from and where it was going after death, and gave advice on the best way to re-tell historical events so that people could maintain contact with their ancestors, the wars they fought, and the places they explored.

Cronus  Cronus father was Uranus, ruler of the Universe. And his mother was Gaia, the giver of birth to Earth and all the Universe. Cronus had a sister named Rhea, who he married. The offspring were Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus.  Cronus was the master of all-devouring time, particularly eternity.  After Zeus imprisoned Cronus in Tartarus, he was released to rule over Elysium, the eternal realm of the blessed dead.  Cronus was a Titan, who married his sister Rheas, another Titan.

Cronus’s Story/ Background Cronus was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of Uranus, the Sky, and the earth. He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological Golden Age until he was overthrown by his own son Zeus and imprisoned in Tartarus.

Hestia  In Ancient Greek religion, Hestia is a virgin goddess of the Earth, architecture, and the right ordering of domesticity, the family, and the state.  Hestia is a goddess of the first Olympian generation, along with Demeter and Hera. She was the daughter of the Titans Rhea, and Cronus, and sister to Zeus, Demeter, Hera, and Hades.  The tales in Hestia’s mythology are matched by her indeterminate attributes, character, and iconography. She is identified with the abstractions of community and domesticity, but portrays of her rare arid seldom secure.  In classical Greek art, she is occasionally depicted as a woman, simply and modestly clocked in a head veil. She is sometimes shown with a staffin in her hand or by a large flame.

Hestia’s Story/ Background In myth Hestia was the first child born of Cronos and Rhea who was swallowed by her father at birth. Zeus later forced the old Titan to disgorge Hestia and her siblings. As the first to be swallowed by her father at birth she was the last one to be disgorged.

Rhea  Rheas was one of the Titans daughter of Uranus and Gaea. She was also the sister and wife of Cronus, also a Titan.  Both Rhea and Cronus had six children: Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera and Zeus. Afraid he would be overthrown by his children, Cronus decided to swallow all of them. But Rheas tricked him, and saved Zeus from him.  Rhea is the Goddess of time, water, light, memory, order justice, intelligence, forethought, after thought victory, protection, and hero's, she made it her life’s work together to protect all heroes who are true to the gods, and was once the demigod daughter of Poseidon.  Together with Cronus she ruled over the Titans. Her position as Queen was succeeded by Hera when the Titans were defeated by the Olympians.

Rhea’s Story Rhea, the wife of Cronus, and the mother of Zeus and the other great gods of Olympus, personified the earth, and was regarded as the Great Mother and unceasing producer of all plant-life. Rhea was also believed to exercise unbounded sway over the animal creation, especially over the lion, the noble king of the beasts.

Hephaestus  Hephaestus in the Geek god of blacksmiths craftsmen, artisans, metallurgy, fire, and volcanoes. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera, the king and queen of gods.  Hephaestus had 18 siblings and 6 children, His sibling were Ares, Eileithyia, Enyo, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Dionysus, Hebe, Heracles, Helen of Try, Lasion, Pereus, Minos, Tantalas, The Muses, and the Graces.  Hephaestus had his own palace on Olympus, containing his workshop with anvil and twenty bellows that worked in his bidding.

Hephaestus’s Story/Background Hephaestus, the son of Zeus and Hera was not like any of the Greek divinities he was ugly and deformed. But besides of that he was the god of fire in its beneficial aspect, and the presiding deity over all workmanship accomplished by means of this useful element.

Hebe  Hebe is a Greek Goddess. She is the Goddess of youth and the Patron Bride and also Cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia.  She is a Goddess because she is the daughter of Zeus and Hera.  Hebe is not a demigod. But she did have an affair with a human.

Hebe’s Story/ Background Hebe is represented as a comely, modest maiden, small, of a beautifully rounded contour, with nut-brown tresses and sparkling eyes. She is often depicted pouring out nectar from an upraised vessel, or bearing in her hand a shallow dish, supposed to contain ambrosia, the ever youth-renewing food of the immortals.

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