Myths Flashcards
Dionysus
-God of fertility and wine
-Son of Zeus and Semele, making him the only god with a mortal parent
-He was stitched back onto Zeus’ thigh so he got immortality from that
-He is the only person who can bring someone back from the underworld
Hestia
-Goddess of the hearth
-She vowed to be a maiden forever
-Cronus and Rhea are her parents
Sisyphush
-cheated death twice
-Received eternal punishment of rolling a boulder up a hill
-Clever
-doesn’t like the gods
Tantalus
-Offered his son as a sacrifice
-Punished by being in water that he can’t drink and being under fruit he can’t reach
-Cruel
Hades
-God of the underworld
-Lost a game with his brothers, and was left with the underworld to rule
-Mean
-Vengeful
-Stern
-Cronus and Rhea are his parents
-Persephone
Uranus
-God of the sky
-His 12 kids with Gaea are the 12 original titans
-Gaia his his mother
Gaea
-Goddess of the earth
-Symbols include earth trees and fruit
-Big personality
- She was born in the form of a flat disk on top of Tartarus, the Underworld.
Cronos
-Youngest of the 12 titans
-Rebellious
-Good keeper of time ( he’s also known as the god of time )
-His sickle is one of his symbols
-Rhea is his lover
Rhea
-Goddess of fertility and motherhood
-Sweet
-Imprisoned in tartarus
-Gaia and Uranus are her parents
-Cronus is her lover
Titans
-Ceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus and the sisters Thea, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, and Tethys
-Original rulers before olympians