Hermes is the god of doctors, farmers, thieves, and travelers. He also guides souls to the underworld. He made the first lyre and traded it with Apollo for a magic staff.
Ares is the god of war and his constant companion is his sister Eris spirt of strife, discord, envy, and pain. Eris is the one who started the Trojan War with her golden apple of discord. Ares and Eris rush into battle not caring who wins or loses. They fight where the battle is hottest and Eris throws her apple into the crowd and all the soldiers rush to have it. When Eris throws her apple she starts wars. When she throws her apple she turns friends into enemies. Hephaestus is the god of the blacksmith's fire and he crafts stone in metals in his volcano work shop. When he was younger his father Zeus through him off Olympus in anger because he sided with Hera on an argument. He hurtled for days and nights and landed with a thud on an island. Gentle Calypso tended to his wounds until he was strong enough to go back to Olympus. Ever since he walked with a glitch and he built himself to gold robots to help him walk. When Aphrodite came to Olympus Zeus promised her hand in marriage to Hephaestus although she wanted Ares. Hephaestus caught the two in an affair and crafts her fine jewelry to win her heart.
She is the goddess of the harth. She gave up her throne on Olympus so
She is the goddess of crops and farming. Demeter's daughter is named Persephone she designates the seasons because she was captured by Hades and
Artemis is the sister of Apollo and daughter of Zeus and Leto. Hera would not let Leto give birth on Olympus so Leto had to find a city that would let her give birth there but, Hera warned that if a city let Leto in they would face punishment. Finally Leto found an island that was uninhabited to give birth on. The island had just been raised out of the sea by Poseidon. When Artemis was still a child she asked her father to never make her marry for she wanted to be an eternal madden. Artemis is the goddess of the hunt. She was given seven arrows as soft as moonbeams and Apollo was given seven arrows that were as hard as rays from the blinding sun. Apollo is the god of music. Apollo and Artemis were very close, so when Artemis met Orion and they became hunting partners and almost became lovers Apollo was so mad that she had chosen another favorite man he sent a scorpion to kill Orion. Artemis was so mad at Apollo she made him hang Orion in the sky as a constellation.
Aphrodite is the only goddess without parents. I think that she is the last child of Uranus. When Uranus was murdered and his blood turned to foam in the sea Aphrodite arose from the foam and the winds almost lost their breath. The North Wind blew Aphrodite to an island where nymphs with beautiful fabrics and a chariot drawn by white doves was waiting for her. She is the goddess of love.
She was the daughter of Zeus and Metis. Zeus swallowed Metis in the form of a fly. Metis gave birth to Athena inside Zeus's head. Zeus had terrible head aches and Hephestus had to split his head and out came Athena. She is the goddess of war and wisdom.
She is the goddess of family. She is Zeus's queen and the mother of Ares and Hephaestus. She has a tempura and gets jealous a lot.
He is one of the big three. He is the god of the underworld and does not live on olympus. He captured the goddess Persephone to be his bride.(see Persephone daughter of Demeter.
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