Labres Increasingly more powerful by the cruelty of the godly war he had incited, Labres fought and slew all the other gods as they sought to depose him, until the time when only Zeus was left.
Primordial gods of Greek mythology
Poeseidon ruled the waters and could offer sailors a good or bad trip.
The main gods are those that correspond to the first divine generation and are related to the creation of the whole world and its different elements. They do not have their own figure nor are they humanized as the gods of the second generation will be. Much rather, they have a clear reference to space and form the framework of the entire presence. ; He did not exactly give an excellent example of decency and honesty to the rest of the deities, with his habits, on the contrary, he was among the much more criminal and atrocious in mythology, who raped, kidnapped, tortured and murdered without limits, nor any mercy. 🇧🇷
The god Zeus used to exploit his ability to transform into anything to captivate his «helpless victims»; he does it with mortal Europa, daughter of the kings of Sidon and Tyre; in love with the girl, he appeared in front of her transformed into a beautiful white bull.
Who was Zeus?
Zeus was the name of the supreme god of ancient Greek religion and mythology. He was recognized as the father of gods and humans, and the supreme ruler of Olympus, the mountaintop where the gods lived. He was represented to him as a bearded man carrying a crown and a scepter, now lightning, while the sky, thunder and energy were sacred to him, apart from the eagle, the bull and the oak.
In Greek mythology, Zeus was the youngest son of the gods Prey and Cronus. Cronus ruled the cosmos after defeating and conquering his father, the god Uranus, and a prophecy foretold that he would suffer a similar fate at the hands of one of his sons.
Metis, Themis and other lovers
Before marrying his sister Hera, the god was passionate about Metis, daughter of Océano and Tetis. Gaia foretold that Metis would give birth to a daughter and later to a son who would be designated to rule the planet, for this very reason Zeus swallowed her when she was still pregnant with Athena, who was born fully armed after the God will swallow Metis. After what happened to Metis, Zeus fixed his gaze on the Titaness Themis, whom he married while the Fates were present at her wedding. Once on Olympus, the god conceived with Themis the goddesses Astrea, Eleuteria and Tyque, and the Hours: Talo, Eunomia, Auxo, Afirma and also Irene. Astrea was the goddess of justice, Eleuteria of independence, and Tyche of fortune.
What did Rhea achieve to help Zeus?
Dam gave him six children, the gods Hestia, Demeter, Hera. Kronos ruthlessly devoured them as quickly as she was born, although Prey was ultimately able to help little Zeus by giving her husband a stone covered in a diaper (see Kronos).
However, at the moment when Zeus was about to be born, Presa asked Urano and Gaia for advice to devise a plan to save him, in this way Cronos would have a fair punishment for his actions against Urano and his children. Prey hid on the island of Crete, where she gave birth to Zeus. Her original corner of worship was in Crete.