Introducing Hera: the all-important goddess of marriage and childbirth in the Greek religion.
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Unfortunately, thanks to Zeus’ serial infidelity and Hera’s destructive jealousy, the couple didn’t have a harmonious marriage.
The war’s aftermath saw Zeus officially become the King of the Heavens and marry to his eldest sister, Hera. Zeus and his allies then went on to defeat the Titans in what became known as the Titanomachy. In one of his (many) famous myths, a young Zeus frees his siblings from the belly of the tyrant Titan, his father Cronus. In the ancient Greek religion, Zeus is the ultimate supreme deity: gods and mortals alike have to answer to him.Īdditionally, as one of the many gods with a penchant for adultery, Zeus is the father of a veritable number of mortal heroes and great gods. This Greek god is known to control the power of storms and lightning, which he fashions into a javelin-like weapon to smite his challengers. If you start from the top of the list of the twelve Olympian gods, you’ll find Zeus. The remaining Olympians play a lesser role, otherwise, heeding the orders of the divine power couple and confronting them with their own concerns. In all their glory, even the Olympian gods faltered at times.įurthermore, the Olympians were devoted members of the Council of Olympus, which was a divine council that met during uniquely tumultuous times, as seen in Homer’s Odyssey to aid Odysseus in his return home after the Trojan War.Īs far as administrative duties go, Zeus and Hera were the heads of the Council. Embodied in fantastical Homeric hymns, the righteous Greek gods and goddesses that were worshiped in ancient Greece were notably relatable, and more often than not more human than god-like. The twelve Olympians ruled from Heaven on high, looking down on the mortal realm from Mount Olympus. The prolific King of the Gods is a father to seven of the twelve Olympians, and a brother to the other four. When it comes down to the twelve gods that earned the title of “Olympian,” they are all directly related to Zeus in one way or another. It is a massive tree and…there are a lot of interwoven branches, to say the least. Olympian Gods Family TreeĪdmittedly a messy undertaking, hashing out the family tree of the Greek gods is a bit more than just complicated. Meanwhile, primordial deities (beings that embodied cosmic forces) just…existed, being everywhere and nowhere at once. To be an Olympian meant that the god in question had to live on Mount Olympus, but there were gods that lived in tons of other places.įor example, Chthonic gods lived in the Underworld while lesser beings like Nymphs, Centaurs, and Satyrs lived amongst nature. For some added clarification, note that all the Olympians referenced in Greek mythology resided on Mount Olympus, but not all of the gods in the pantheon are believed to have been Olympians.
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