Demeter

Demeter is a Greek goddess that is most widely known as the goddess of crops, but she is also the goddess of marriage, childbirth, and vegetation(grain especially). She is the mother of Persephone. Her parents are Cronus and Rhea. She is the sister of Zeus, Hera, Hades, Hestia, and Poseidon. Demeter is also known by her Roman name, Ceres. Demeter was in charge of growing the crops for everyone. Her myth is to explain the seasons and the pattern of crop growth. There are several different…

suffering. However, suffering is not just the domain of people, but it also affects gods and goddesses. Although Niobe and Demeter belonged to a fellowship of queens and goddesses, they just like mortals had to cope with adversity and threats coming from the other gods; they struggled with vices typical to people and suffered pain. Moreover,…

Poseidon Sales Pitch (Report) Poseidon is the second greatest of the 12 Greek gods of Olympus, he is the ruler of the sea, earthquakes and is known as the fertility god. Even though Poseidon is one of the supreme rulers in Olympus the sea is his domain. He was worshipped as an Olympian god during the Bronze Age in Greece (the second millennium). Poseidon is the brother of Hades and Zeus, “divided the power of the world” (Sellers). They all took their places, Zeus ruled the sky while hades…

Zues God of Gods Zues the youngest son of the Titans Cronos and Rhea, was the first of all gods after he overthrew his father along with his two brothers Hades and Poseidon. Zues is an imposing figure among the gods and people often referred to him as "father of the Gods and Men". Zues is the king of the mount Olympus which is the home of the Greek gods. There he rules the world and imposes his will onto gods and mortals alike. Zues lead the fight against his father, After he…

“Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief” takes place in modern day New York, in a world where Greek Gods rule the world from Mt Olympus. The star of the story Percy Jackson is just like your average teenager other than the fact that he is dyslectic and has a case of ADHD. Little does he know that he is actually the son of Poseidon, and also a demigod. In a matter of hours, his world will be turned upside down as he has to accept the responsibility to stop Zeus and Poseidon from going to war with…

Hephaestus had many skills and traits, but he is most widely known for being the god of fire, metalworking, and sculpting art. Hephaestus came from Greek royalty, being the son of Zeus and Hera. Legend has it that when Hephaestus was born, he was crippled so Hera threw him from Olympus, where he landed in the ocean. He was then raised by Thetis and Eurynome. Hephaestus married Aphrodite, making her a Greek goddess. Together they had six children, making them fall in the line of Greek royalty as…

Titans Besides monsters and gods in Greek mythology, there is Titans. Titans were powerful leaders of the world in certain criteria. There were six females and six males. More familiarly, males titans were known as “Titans.” Less familiarly, female Titans were known as “Titaness.” These Titans were the offspring of Uranus and Gaea. Uranus was not only the father to these titans but also the father of sky in Greek mythology. Gaea, however, was the mother of earth. Uranus and Gaea named these…

Hades, Pluto, Dis Pater, Orcus, Plouton or any other name you wish to call him is the god of riches, souls, and the underworld as well as the eldest of the three main brothers in mythology. Hades also has many symbols which consist of Cerberus, a drinking horn, a scepter, Cypress, Narcissus, and a key. His brothers Zeus, god of the sky, and Poseidon, god of the ocean, are also sons of Cronus. Hades was not considered to be death itself, or an Olympian, however was thought to cause death and so…

I, Demeter, goddess of agriculture and harvest, is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea and the mother of Persephone. At birth, my father swallowed me and my siblings to prevent one of us from overthrowing his place on the throne. He vomited us one by one when my mother fed him a rock he thought to be Zeus, whom in the future became the king of the gods. Thus I was born. Each year I make the crops grow and offered to me from the annual harvest is the first loaf of bread. I mostly go by Demeter though…

When it comes to the relationships between the sky gods and their wives, the relationships are heavily characterized by their gendered dynamics. The gods typically have aggressive, domineering personalities as a result of their masculinity. The femininity of the wives, however, is shown as more passive, manipulative personalities. For instance, when Gaia decides she cannot suffer her children being enclosed in her any longer, she sends Kronos to castrate Ouranos as a direct destruction of the…