the Olympians 2
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- Zeus
- King of the Gods, God of the Sky and Rain, overthrew his father, Cronus, with help from his mother Rhea, Thunderbolt for weapon, married to Hera but still a slut, punishes those who lie or break oaths.
- Poseidon
- God of the Sea, Brother to Zeus, drew for domain and got the sea. worshipped by seamen, married amphitrite, created the horse to win demeter, trident for weapon, shake the earth and shatter anything, second most powerful, greedy, quarrelsome personality.
- Hades
- Lord of the underworld, god of the dead, drew for domain and got the underworld, greedy, power hungry, god of wealth, helmet that makes him invisible, unpitying and terrible but not capricious, married to persephone.
- Hestia
- goddess of the hearth, no part in myth, new children were brought to the hearth.
- Hera
- wife and sister to zeus, the protector of marriage and takes special care of married women, zeus tricked and raped her, she married him out of shame, animals are cow and peacock, favorite city, argos.
- Ares
- son of zeus and hera, disliked by both, god of war, murderous and bloodstained but a coward. fucks aphrodite, bird is vulture and animal is dog.
- Athena
- daughter of zeus and metis but born full grown from zeus' head. fierce and brave in battle but only fights to protect the state. goddess of the city, handicrafts, and agriculture. the embodiment of wisdom, reason, and purity. zeus' favorite child, city is athens, tree is olive, bird is owl, she's a virgin.
- apollo
- son of zeus and leto, twin of artemis, god of music, light, and truth. drives the sun across the sky, he had the oracle at delphi, tree is the laurel, bird is the crow, animal is the dolphin.
- aphrodite
- goddess of love, desire, and beauty, magical girdle makes anyone want her, daughter of zeus and dione/ came from uranus' castrated testicles, wife to hephaestus. tree is the myrtle, birds are doves, swans, and sparrows.
- hermes
- messenger god, god of thieves and commerce, winged hat and sandals, magic wand, son of zeus and maia, guide for the dead to the underworld.
- artemis
- daughter of zeus and leto, twin to apollo, virgin goddess of the hunt, huntress of the gods, archer like her bro, silver arrows, goddess of chastity and is associated with the moon, tree is the cypress, all wild animals are sacred to her, especially the deer,
- hephaestus
- son of hera and sometimes zeus. physically ugly and lame. god of fire and the forge, smith and armorer of the gods, he uses a volcano as his forge, patron god of smiths and weavers, kind and peace loving, married to aphrodite.
- demeter
- goddess of fruits of the earth, mother of persephone, sister of zeus, must let her daughter live with hades for half the year in which all the vegetation on earth dies.