Greek Mythology: My Father is the God-King Zeus

Chapter 44 Zeus’s wife and the order of birth of the children
Many people say they don't know how the seven wives of Zeus are arranged, and how the birth times of those children are arranged.

Then I will give it a try here with one chapter of explanation, because the author said that the number of words at the end was not enough, so I posted it in the main text.

First of all, Zeus's first wife was Metis, the goddess of wisdom in Oceanides, the daughter of Oceanus, the god who surrounded the ocean, and Tesis, the mother of water.

After Zeus defeated his father, Cronus, the second generation god king.Because he fears Gaia's prophecies.

He was afraid of giving birth to his own son, so he swallowed Metis, but at this time Metis was already pregnant with a child, this was Athena, but she stayed in Zeus's body.

As for Athena, she was born before Apollo and Artemis, and after the three goddesses of time.

Some time before Athena was born, Zeus had to have his head split open because of the unbearable pain. Then this goddess appeared and was born in the world.

Then let Athena keep it a secret and let Athena swear an oath.No god could be told that Metis was in Zeus's mind.

In fact, Zeus once thought about killing Athena, but as Athena was the original god and a goddess, Zeus thought Athena could be his help, so he let Athena go.

And then, his so-called second wife was Themis, the goddess of justice.

This goddess, she is the goddess of law, justice and order in mythology.

She was the child of Uranus, the first generation of god-kings, and Gaia, the earth goddess.

Therefore, his and Zeus's children are the three goddesses of time. I have already introduced these three in the previous chapter, so I won't say more about them.

Then the third wife was Metis' biological sister, the ocean goddess Eurynome, and one of the daughters of Oceanides, the god of oceans and rivers, Oceanus and the ocean goddess Thesis.

She gave birth to Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, to Zeus. The three goddesses symbolize charm, elegance and beauty.

Our protagonist Persephone is also the Persephone in mythology. He was born from Demeter, the goddess of agriculture and fertility, the mother of Zeus and Persephone.

She is the biological sister of Zeus and the fourth god blessed by Zeus. According to mythology, some say that she exists as the fourth wife.

However, some historical records record that she appeared as a forced woman. I chose the latter one.

The fifth wife is Mnemosyne, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, who is also Zeus's biological aunt, the goddess of memory.

She became pregnant with Zeus and gave birth to the nine gods and muses we call Apollo, the sun god.

These nine muses are symbols of art and inspiration. Together, they are also called the gods of inspiration and art.And Leto is the sixth. Zeus and Leto were united just like Leto once. Then Leto became pregnant and was ruthlessly abandoned.

Later, Zeus and Hera were together again, but because of Hera's special priesthood, Zeus reluctantly gave the position of Queen of Gods to Hera.Let Hera share half the glory of Zeus as the God-King.

Hera had contact with Zeus during the Titanic War, so she and Zeus gave birth to his eldest son, the fire god Hephaestus.

And because she disliked the ugliness of the God of Fire, and because Hera was severely injured in the war, her first child, the God of Fire, Hevaistus, was ugly. Of course, this ugliness was compared to other gods and to ordinary people. , he is actually quite handsome.

Then, she threw Hephaestus, the god of fire, off Mount Olympus.

At this time, he fell to the ground and twisted one of his legs.

Then Eurynome, the former wife of Zeus, saw the child who was thrown off the cliff and thought he was pitiful.

So he adopted this god of fire, and then because of the conflict in their priestly attributes, the leg of the fire god Hephaestus was always lame and his back was always rickety, which was very pitiful.

Later, in the process of defeating the monsters, Hera came into contact with a flower that grew in the blood.Later, after being happy together with Zeus, he became pregnant and gave birth to Ares.

And then, some time after Persephone was born.Hera's first daughter, the eldest daughter, Hellestia, the midwifery goddess, was born.

In the end, when Zeus was having sex with his lover Maia, the goddess of youth, Hebe, appeared in Hera's belly.

But after Hebe, Maia became pregnant and gave birth to the 12th main god Hermes, the god of thieves and commerce.

There are even more goddesses that Zeus does not have clear and detailed, such as the moon goddess Selene, the seed Persephone, the dawn goddess Eos, Poseidon's queen Amphitrite, and the undead goddess Hecate. , Nereides, the goddess of the sea, and Cyrex, the goddess of the forest.

And there are even more demigods and humans!I have forgotten a lot.

Of course, all of the above are talking about goddesses, and some of the male gods are ambiguous. In addition to the Aquarius prince, there are several gods who are also suspected of having fun with Zeus.

The first is our sun god Apollo, the second is Zeus's brother Poseidon, the king of the sea, and the third is Zeus's uncle Cleos, the god of growth.

There are many others, so I won’t list them all. If you are interested, you can search for them yourself.

(End of this chapter)