Nah, you COULD say Aphrodite is Uranus' daughter, since she came to be when the blood from his.. Private part, fell into the ocean.Quote:
Originally Posted by iRovster
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Nah, you COULD say Aphrodite is Uranus' daughter, since she came to be when the blood from his.. Private part, fell into the ocean.Quote:
Originally Posted by iRovster
You could also say that she was Poseidon's daughter, since she was born from the sea. Completely naked, I might add.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kalent
I'm all for Aurora, the Roman Goddess of the dawn. She just has such an awesome name, how could you not like her!
Uranus' task was to surround and cover Gaea with his starry coat, however, it very soon came to a union between Uranus and Gaea and they became the first divine couple in the world.
Gaea bore Uranus twelve Titans and furthermore three Cyclops, Brontes, Steropes and heady Arges, and three Hecatonchires(Hundred-Handed creatures).
Uranus was fearful of his children overthrowing him, so he pushed his children back one by one into the womb of Gaea. His wife Gaea was in deep grief and sorrow over the loss of her own children, so in the end she handed a sickle to her son Cronus, the youngest of the Titans, in order to castrate his father.
Cronus castrated his father while he was sleeping; the blood from Uranus was collected by Mother Earth Gaea and she produced Erinyes (Furies), Giants and Melian nymphs. Cronus then threw his father's genitals into the sea, around which foams developed, that started in Kythera and then slowly made their way to the island of Paphos. In Paphos, the foams transformed into Aphrodite, the Olympian goddess of Love and Beauty.
Here is an interesting one, by the Genealogy of it, Zues was not only his father, but his great grandfather. As Aphrodite was the Sister of Zues.
Family of Dionysus
Dionysus was the son of the Zeus , the King of the Gods and the beautiful princess Semele. Goddess Aphrodite was his great-grandmother.
Personality and Style of Dionysus
Dionysus was known for his lightheartness and always offered his help to anyone in need. He was therefore very popular among gods and mortals and many feasts were being held every year in his honor.
Dionysus was one of the Olympian gods who actually did not live in Mount Olympus but was constantly travelling around the world together with Satyrs and Maenads in order to discover the secrets of winemaking.
Appearance and Sacred Symbols
A handsome young man with impressive hair (usually tresses falling below his shoulders) and a wreath of ivy on his head. In his hand he was holding a "thyrsos", which was a light staff wrapped with leaves of ivy and a pine cone on its top.
The sacred animal of Dionysos was the panther.
There are things left out of this little blurb, one being that major festivals for Dionysos involved the sacrifice of a pig, and at times a human. The rituals for Dionysos involved a great deal of Wine, sex, and blood. There was a cult that followed Dionysos and to this day still exists in a minor following.
herculese wasnt a god like the cartoon saidQuote:
Originally Posted by Lord Arumen
Heracules was a god. He became the god of wrestling post mortem.
The god of wrestling?
I'm a big fan of Ares, the TRUE god of war.
I might add that the Roman pantheon is a combination of the Greek and Etruscan pantheons, simply with varying names, not to mention alot of the background stories differ greatly.
mine is Aries/Mars, god of war
Yeah and that sort of stuff. He was best with his bare hands, remember?Quote:
Originally Posted by iRovster