The kidnapping of Pershephone
A long time ago lived the Gods of Olympus, one of the Gods: Demeter had birth Pershephone but she got kidnapped. Here's their story:
One day Demeter was in the forest playing with Pershephone and were playing and collected flowers but before I tell you this story, I have to tell you this story. There was a man named Hades he was the ruler of the dead, and the god of wealth but something bothered him lots. He had no companion ,no queen to share his loneliness in life. He went to the land of life and that's where he saw Pershephone. She was a beautiful loving woman that loved to have freedom and shared the loneliness of life. She was perfect as the ideal women. He flew to the kingdom of Olympus and asked Zeus to make Pershephone Queen of the Underworld without Demeter knowing. Zeus told Hades to get a flower that could make her go to the Underworld. And so Persephone picked the unique flower without knowing that it would lead to the Underworld and then got sucked and fell to the Underworld hurtfully. Hades found her and was delighted and shouted of how lonely he was. Meanwhile, Demeter was searching high,low, to and fro but there was no Pershephone and asked Helios the sun. Helios descirbed of how Hades and Zeus used the flower trick on her. So, Demeter stopped growing flowers and all the world became into a sadness,cold life. Zeus became afraid. Afraid that the Earth would become destroyed. Merely Terrified Zeus sent down Hermes to get Pershephone down to the Underworld now which wasn't so gloomy because it had a little happiness. " Zeus told me to get back Pershephone to the Land." he said shivering. Hades refused stubbornly "I can't do that I love her with all my life for eternity." Pershephone nearly blushed and said "If you love me then you will send me back to my mother I mean do not get me wrong but I love the Underworld but I do not want live with you forever!" And so Pershephone left the Underworld but then before Hermes helped Pershephone; Hermes asked Hades if she ate anything in the Land of the Dead. For if she did for each pomegranate seed (the food of the dead) will cause her to stay for one month. "Six pomegranate seed she ate" said Hades. And so for six months Persephone had to stay as Queen of the Underworld and for another 6 months she was free from the Underworld.That is why we now have the season's.
One day Demeter was in the forest playing with Pershephone and were playing and collected flowers but before I tell you this story, I have to tell you this story. There was a man named Hades he was the ruler of the dead, and the god of wealth but something bothered him lots. He had no companion ,no queen to share his loneliness in life. He went to the land of life and that's where he saw Pershephone. She was a beautiful loving woman that loved to have freedom and shared the loneliness of life. She was perfect as the ideal women. He flew to the kingdom of Olympus and asked Zeus to make Pershephone Queen of the Underworld without Demeter knowing. Zeus told Hades to get a flower that could make her go to the Underworld. And so Persephone picked the unique flower without knowing that it would lead to the Underworld and then got sucked and fell to the Underworld hurtfully. Hades found her and was delighted and shouted of how lonely he was. Meanwhile, Demeter was searching high,low, to and fro but there was no Pershephone and asked Helios the sun. Helios descirbed of how Hades and Zeus used the flower trick on her. So, Demeter stopped growing flowers and all the world became into a sadness,cold life. Zeus became afraid. Afraid that the Earth would become destroyed. Merely Terrified Zeus sent down Hermes to get Pershephone down to the Underworld now which wasn't so gloomy because it had a little happiness. " Zeus told me to get back Pershephone to the Land." he said shivering. Hades refused stubbornly "I can't do that I love her with all my life for eternity." Pershephone nearly blushed and said "If you love me then you will send me back to my mother I mean do not get me wrong but I love the Underworld but I do not want live with you forever!" And so Pershephone left the Underworld but then before Hermes helped Pershephone; Hermes asked Hades if she ate anything in the Land of the Dead. For if she did for each pomegranate seed (the food of the dead) will cause her to stay for one month. "Six pomegranate seed she ate" said Hades. And so for six months Persephone had to stay as Queen of the Underworld and for another 6 months she was free from the Underworld.That is why we now have the season's.
The Story of Creation
A long time ago when the whole Universe was born, it was ruled by an endless hole and an abyss named Chaos. Chaos got bored someday of his regular life and then created Erebus (Darkness) and Nox (Night). They created an energy. An Energy called Love(Eros). Love created the Heaven (Ouranos/Uranus and Gaia/Earth). These two fell in Love and created the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handed Ones. Ouranos the first ruler of all things was opressingly imprisoning all his children the Cyclopes and the Hundred-Handed Ones. Then they bore another set of children called the Titans. He imprisoned them too but one of the children Kronos was saved and he took a scyth and slew him down into the depths of Tartarus. And his blood made the 3 Furies and when his blood fell down in the water it created Aphrodite the Goddess of Love. And so Kronos and Rhea became King of the Titans and bore the 12 Olympians. When it was prophecised that one of his own children would overthrow him he ate his children and kept them in his womb. Rhea saved her 6th child and named her child: Zeus. He was raised by naiads and nymphs and went looking for his father. Zeus tricked Kronos into barfing his children. They had a war between the Gods and the Titans. The Gods won and Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon were called "The Big 3" because they helped Zeus slay Kronos. And so just like Ouranos,Kronos had the same fate. The 12 Olympians became rulers of the Earth and had affairs with godesses and mortals and had bore offspring and some of them became gods.
Who's who in Greek Mythology
Nature Gods and Spirits:
Wind Gods:
The Wind Gods were Gods that pointed out the directions of a compass and a season. Zephyrus was the West Wind and was the wind of Spring; Notus was the South Wind and was the Wind of Summer;Eurus the East Wind and was the Wind of the Autunm.
Pan:
Pan was the God of Nature and Nymphs. He was also the Protector of Satyrs and Lord of the Wild. He invented the word panic. He was an excellent mucisian that played the Pan-pipes.
Satyrs:
Mythical creatures that were half -human and half-goat they followed two Gods Pan and Dionysus. They loved partying and ,sinking and usually married beautiful Hamadryads.
Silenus:
The father of all Satyrs. He was the raiser of Dionysus the G0d of Wine. He taught Dionysus everything he knew about Parties and for his gratitude Dionysus gave him a donkey to travel on instead of foot because for satyrs it was hard walking.
Nymphs:
Nymphs were women spirits that looked after a natural place.
Oreads:
Nymphs of mountains and mountainous lands.
Naiads:
Nymphs of freshwater rivers.
Dryads:
Nymphs of forests and trees.
Hamadryads:
Wood nymphs connected with a particular tree. If a tree was cut down a Hamadryad would die.
Nereids:
Spirits that live in the Mediterranean Sea.
*For more Greek mythology please read the Usborne Book of Greek Myths.
Hidden facts:
Wind Gods:
The Wind Gods were Gods that pointed out the directions of a compass and a season. Zephyrus was the West Wind and was the wind of Spring; Notus was the South Wind and was the Wind of Summer;Eurus the East Wind and was the Wind of the Autunm.
Pan:
Pan was the God of Nature and Nymphs. He was also the Protector of Satyrs and Lord of the Wild. He invented the word panic. He was an excellent mucisian that played the Pan-pipes.
Satyrs:
Mythical creatures that were half -human and half-goat they followed two Gods Pan and Dionysus. They loved partying and ,sinking and usually married beautiful Hamadryads.
Silenus:
The father of all Satyrs. He was the raiser of Dionysus the G0d of Wine. He taught Dionysus everything he knew about Parties and for his gratitude Dionysus gave him a donkey to travel on instead of foot because for satyrs it was hard walking.
Nymphs:
Nymphs were women spirits that looked after a natural place.
Oreads:
Nymphs of mountains and mountainous lands.
Naiads:
Nymphs of freshwater rivers.
Dryads:
Nymphs of forests and trees.
Hamadryads:
Wood nymphs connected with a particular tree. If a tree was cut down a Hamadryad would die.
Nereids:
Spirits that live in the Mediterranean Sea.
*For more Greek mythology please read the Usborne Book of Greek Myths.
Hidden facts:
- The Underworld had a rule: The criminals were sent to Tartarus and the good,heroes were sent to the carefree Elysium Fields
- Cronus as some people say, may be called Chronos which means "time' . There is a rumor that he eats time himself.
- The three fates had three jobs: Cotha spun the thread of life;Lachesis measured out a length of thread for each person's life; and Atropas cut the thread of a time of a person's death.
- The Granae were Medusa's sisters. They were old since they were born.
- The belt of the Amazon Queen came from her father Ares.