He is the god of fire, metallurgy, stonemasonry and the art of sculpture; he was also worshiped as the God of technology, artisans, and sculptors. He is the blacksmith of the Olympian Gods.…
Hephaestus – He is the god of fire was the God of Fire. He made the armor and furniture for the gods.…
Introduction: Hypnos was known as the god of sleep to the Greeks. Some refer to him as the personification of sleep. Hypnos was known as a “lazy” god, but despite this he had many powers. Hypnos was known to be able to levitate. Also, he had complete control over the sleep of both gods and humans alike. He could control when someone sleeps, and also could induce and/or alter one’s dreams. In most myths, Hypnos lives in a cave in the underworld with his twin brother, Thanatos. They lived there mostly because that is where no light, from the sun nor the moon, could reach them. In some other myths, it is believed that Hypnos lived on the Greek island Lemnos. It is said that he lived in…
Hephaestus (Vulcan) is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly. He is also lame. Accounts as to how he became lame vary. Some say that Hera, upset by having an ugly child, flung him from Mount Olympus into the sea, breaking his legs. Others that he took Hera's side in an argument with Zeus and Zeus flung him off Mount Olympus. He is the god of fire and the forge. He is the smith and armorer of the gods. He uses a volcano as his forge. He is the patron god of both smiths and weavers. He is kind and peace loving. His wife is Aphrodite. Sometimes his wife is identified as Aglaia.…
According to Greek myth, the most powerful Olympian was Zeus. He was the god of the sky, lightning, thunder, and all other gods. He was married to his sister, Hera, however he had several children with many different goddesses and mortals. Some of his children include Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Persephone, Ares, and Hephaestus. His symbols include a lightning bolt and an eagle.…
The story of Helios is about a young Greek god that symbolized the sun. Helios is frequently represented as a strong man, and a handsome man. He drove a chariot across the sky which was led by two horses that breathe fire. These horses were known to burn anyone who tried to take possession of the chariot. He would drive it across the earth every day. If he got too close to the earth he would burn the people’s houses. Also if he got to close to the sky the earth would get very cold. One time Helios’s son wanted to try to drive the chariot of the sun. His name was Phaethon. Phaethon drove the chariot and got too close to the earth and set the earth on fire. Zeus used his thunderbolt…
HEPHAISTOS The God of Smiths was, according to some, a son of Zeus and Hera (though many say Hera conceived him without the assistance of Zeus).…
Prometheus is a Greek myth about a titan who helped the Gods of Olympus during their battle against the rest of the titans. He loved humankind and wished to aid them in their fight for survival by giving them fire because he looked down at man and saw them struggling and eating raw meat. Greek mythology differs from Abrahamic, the religion that Frankenstein has, where there are many Gods who stand for their own powers instead of one God having all the power. Zeus, the king of the Gods, prohibited him from teaching humans fire because fire was a Godly thing that…
One day, soon after man received fire, there was a large forest fire in Crete that the gods were not pleased with, they went to Hephaestus, god of fire, for an explanation. Hephaestus claimed he didn’t know who started it, as it wasn’t his doing. He then blamed the humans and their ignorance to this newly found tool. Zeus didn’t care, he said that if there were another disruption in the world due to fire he would be severely punished. Hephaestus was mad, he had already been thrown off Olympus for being ugly, now he was yet again blamed for something out of his control.…
Hercules is the Roman name for the Greek hero Herakles, the most popular figure from ancient Greek mythology. Hercules was the son of Zeus, king of the gods, and the mortal woman Alcmene. Zeus, who was always chasing one woman or another, took on the form of Alcmene's husband, Amphitryon, and visited Alcmene one night in her bed, and so Hercules was born a demi-god with incredible strength and stamina. He performed amazing feats, including wrestling death and traveling twice to the underworld, and his stories were told throughout Greece and later in Rome, yet his life was far from easy from the moment of his birth, and his relationships with others were often disastrous. This was because Hera, the wife of Zeus, knew that Hercules was her husband's illegitimate son and sought to destroy him.…
Prometheus, of Greek mythology, was a Titan, the forerunners of the Greek gods, who stole fire from Zeus and gave the fire to mortals. Prometheus was horribly punished for this crime against Zeus and against order. He was also the god of forethought and the molder of humankind from clay. It was his desire to better the existence of humans that led to his conflicts with Zeus. And Prometheus was a man punished in the underworld by being shackled to a rock and having his organs eaten by vultures every day to have them grow back the next.…
Hermes was the Greek god of commerce, athletes, literature, poetry, invention, trade, roads, boundaries, shepherds, merchants, music, luck, riches, good fortune and travellers. His name 'Hermes' literally means 'boundary marker'. He is quick acting, cunning, adventurous and reflected as a trickster for his ingenious personality. Hermes the second youngest of the Olympian gods, is son of Zeus and the mountain Nymph Maia, goddess of clouds, one of the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and one of the Pleiades. As a god, he was the swiftest, nobody could go anywhere faster than Hermes.…
Hermes the messenger of gods; this is the title given to one of the most fascinating gods in Greek mythology. Hermes (also called Mercury) is a god that is a big symbol for many things today. This Greek god is one out of a variety of the characters in stories that have changed the way we look at Greek Myth.…
Zeus is the god of the sky, and the closest figure to an all-powerful ruler. However, he has some flaws, which makes him seem more mortal. He is not omniscient, as he was able to be easily deceived. His weapon is the thunderbolt, and his animal is the eagle. Zeus is the youngest son of Cronus and Rhea, and grew up in a cave in Crete. After defeating Cronus, Zeus became the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods, and becomes the supreme ruler of the gods. Although married to Hera, Zeus had many affairs with goddesses and raped mortal…
Zeus was the king of all the Olympians, as well as the god of thunder, weather, and omens. Hera was Zeus's wife, and she was considered the ideal woman. She was also the goddess of marriage and family. Ares was Hera and Zeus's son. He was the god of war, and he was widely disliked by the other gods because of his quick tempered-aggression and the way he needed to have conflict. Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty, and she used this power to her benefit. Her mother, Hera, wanted her to marry Hephaistos, the god of fire and crafts, but Aphrodite had other plans for herself. She had affairs, including those with Ares, Hermes, and Dionysos, Hermes was the god of trade, wealth, luck, language, and travel. He was incredibly clever, and he was also the messenger to the gods. Dionysos was the god of wine, merriment, and theatre, and he was described as the most colorful of the gods. Demeter was one of the oldest goddesses, and she looked over farming, and was compared to Mother Nature. Artemis was the goddess of hunting, and her brother Apollo was considered one of the favorite gods, being the patron on civilized arts. Poseidon was Zeus's brother, and he was the god of the seas. He also brought earthquakes and destruction when his temper got the better of him. Hades was the other brother of Zeus, and his job was to maintain the dead and the…