Compare And Contrast Demeter And Hephaestus

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The most scandalous of love affairs in existence has to be the fling of Demeter and Hephaestus; surpassing in awe factor the indiscretions of Zeus himself. The two divinities’ night of fun resulted in a pregnancy of twins. Hephaestus knew that if Aphrodite found out about his involvement with Demeter there would surely be hell to pay; and, of course, Demeter also did not wish for her fellow Olympians to judge her. Together, the two devised a plan to hide the physical evidences of Demeter’s pregnancy. Hephaestus, being the God of blacksmithing, created an incubator that could hold one of the twins; and Demeter inserted the remaining twin into one of her sacred apple trees. For years the twins grew separately in their cosy fabricated wombs. …show more content…
Aphrodite introduced them both to Verizonica, the goddess of cellular service. Both the twins fell madly in love and made a plot to win Verizonica over. Androidonous showed her his ingenuitive ability to create a plethora of devices so that every mortal could find the right phone. He showed her the incredible designs he’d been working on- Hephaestus had taught him a lot about craftsmanship. Appleseus introduced Verizonica to his deep passion for networking. Demeter had shown him how all the plants were connected; he used that information to fabricate a vast technological web. The twins’ passion for Verizonica drove a wedge between the brothers. Aphrodite’s plan had worked. Androidoneous attempted to kill Appleseus; however Gods cannot die, so his effort was futile. Appleseus, being much wittier than his brother, suggested that they chose heroes to fight against each other. The brother whose hero is successful wins Verizonica. They each chose a hero. Androidoneous found this to be a stupid game and picked a random mortal to success his brothers mortal. Appleseus, however, took this challenge very seriously and carefully chose his successor. He discovered Steve Jobs, who swiftly destroyed Androidoneouses

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