Hestia

creation, and the maintaining of all earthly vegetation. She also help set rules of mankind. Her name means “Grain mother”(“Demeter” 3). Demeter’s parents are Cronus and Rhea and she has five siblings. Her siblings are Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, and Hestia. She had three biological children and then also adopted one more. Her children are Persephone, Iacchus, Plutos and…

Introduction Athena was a tall, strong, graceful, gray-eyed, goddess who liked owls. From the beginning, she was already an amazing goddess. In fact, even her birth was most unusual. Zeus, the father of gods and goddesses, was also Athena’s father. Her mother was a mortal woman named Metis. Older gods had warned Zeus that he would be in trouble if Metis gave birth to a daughter. So he swallowed Metis whole.Athena was Zeus’s favorite child. Athena's siblings included Persephone, the Dioscuri…

These divine myths provided explanations, reassured life, encouraged people to live on and inspired great achievements. The creation of the universe and also humans are the same in the myths of the Greeks and the Romans. The gods and goddesses were the same for both these cultures but the Romans gave those gods Roman names. Ultimately, creation myths are popular because they allow questions about the origin of the universe and mankind to be answered. Moreover, these myths explain the very…

paradise. Hephaestus, was the god of fire and metalworking, and provided man with several creations. The goddess Hera was the wife of zeus, and was known to be jealous. The god Hermes was the messenger god, in charge of communications between the gods. Hestia, was the goddess of the hearth, and was known for her kindness towards mankind. Poseidon was the ruler of the seas, deciding who would have fair travel in his domain. Uranus was the god of the heavens, and the husband of Gaia. Pluto was the…

Kaylee Argo Ms. DeGreef English IV 10 March 2017 The Tales of Greek Gods and Goddesses “Slay the monster Medusa and bring me her head,” said the king to a poor, yet valiant young Perseus (D’aulaire 114). It was his plot to get rid of the boy, so he could marry his mother. No man had set out to kill Medusa and come back alive, until Perseus. The tales of the Greek gods and goddesses are intertwined in history. They have been recited by many different cultures and told many different ways. That…

A/N Sorry for the wait, I had to go to a party plus I just got Overwatch. Disclaimer: I do not own PJO or HoO. Percy I hurtled through the ground faster than a jet, homing in on the power signal of the titans. They seemed to be stationed in Canada, to make it harder for the gods to detect them, but with my current level of power, I could find them on the other side of the world. I grinned because they were all in one place, which would make it much easier to slaughter all of them. I burst out…

Triton was a merman, the sea god and the messenger of Poseidon. Poseidon, the Greek God of the Oceans, and Amphitrite were Triton’s parents. He lived in the sea with his parents, and he was Poseidon’s messenger. Triton had a human head and torso with a fish 's tail. He was often seen with a horn or conch shell that he was blowing. He would blow on his conch shell to calm or raise the waves. The sound that came from the conch shell was terrible. It was so terrible it scared the Giants.…