The gods and goddesses of Greek Mythology

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The gods and goddesses of Greek Mythology

Where did Greek Mythology begin? GREECE

Long, long ago in ancient Greece, people told stories that explained the mysteries of life…

So What is Greek Mythology? Mythology is a collection off myths, or anonymous, traditional stories that explain our beliefs and customs, the wonders of nature, and our own history. Myths usually deal with major issues such as the origin of humanity and the mysteries of life Remember that every culture has its own myths, i.e. American Indians, Mayans, Buddhists, Hindus, Africans, etc…

The Greek mythology of today was the religion of yesterday Long ago, the Greeks and Romans believed in the stories we now call myths. The gods and goddesses ruled the Greek world and were believed to be directly responsible for the success or failure of human life. So the Greeks worshipped their gods and regularly prayed, gave offerings and built temples to please the gods.

Three Important Words that Describe the Greeks Anthropomorphism : means to give human form or qualities to beings or things not human, especially to gods Polytheism : means the belief in many Gods Oral Traditions : to pass down from generation to generation by word off mouth

The Unique Greeks The Greeks were distinctly different from all previous civilizations because they were the first to create gods in their own image The Egyptian Sphinx was certainly not a very human-like god

The Immortal gods were also easier to relate to than previous gods Unlike religious Gods today, the Greek gods looked and acted human They married, loved and quarreled; they had love affairs (and children) with both gods and mortals; they also loved games, challenges and trickery But the gods were immortal and would never die because ichor, not blood, ran in their veins

Mount Olympus The gods and goddesses lived at the top of Mt. Olympus in Greece behind a gate of clouds. There they ate only ambrosia and drank only nectar. They also kept an eye on the mortals down on earth, whom they could visit at any time.

As I Present: Create a mind map of the story to represent your understanding of the Greek creation myth. Label the characters as you go. Include labels of M-male and F-female Draw branches to represent the sequencing from one segment of the story to the next. At first, there was only darkness….

Chaos Chaos (Greek χάος khaos) refers to the formless or void state preceding the creation of the universe or cosmos in the Greek creations myths, more specifically the initial "gap" created by the original separation of heaven and Earth.

Then Gaea, the Earth, grew out of Chaos

Gaea gave birth to Oranus, the sky. When rain fell on Gaea, plants, animals and rivers were created. Gaea became Mother Earth, mother of all living things and mother of the first gods.

The Titans Gaea and Oranos gave birth to 12 Titans, all powerful giants – 6 boys and 6 girls. Atlas is the son of one of the Titans

Gaea gave birth to more children… Three huge one-eyed giants called Cyclopes And three Hecatoncheires – each off these monsters had 50 heads and 100 arms.

Oranos hated these ugly children and threw them away into the Underworld This greatly angered Gaea and she convinced Cronus, one of the Titans, to overthrow Oranos.

Cronus succeeded in overthrowing Oranos and became the new Lord of the Universe But Cronus worried that one of his sons would overthrow him just as he had overthrown his own father… so he swallowed each child as it was born.

This made Cronus’ wife, Rhea, very angry Finally, she hid the youngest child, Zeus, and tricked Cronus with a rock wrapped in a blanket.

When Zeus grew up… He overthrew Cronus by causing him to throw up his brothers and sisters (who had been living in the stomach of Cronus) These siblings were now fully grown. Zeus also freed the imprisoned Hecatonchires and Cyclopes who were in the underworld. They were more than willing to help in the battle. Two Titans – Prometheus and Epimetheus – also switched sides and helped the Olympians .

The war between the old gods and the new gods lasted 10 years – but finally Cronus and the Titans were defeated. When Mother Earth was finally peaceful, the rule of the Universe was divided between the 3 brothers: Poseidon became the god of the sea Hades became the god of the underworld Zeus became the King of Gods & God of Heaven and Earth

The Great Olympians The Cyclops built a palace on Mt. Olympus for Zeus with 12 thrones: one for each of Zeus’ brothers, sisters, his children and Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love. The 12 great Olympians ruled from the top of Mt. Olympus forever after.

HERE ARE YOUR ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE EA: GOD/GODDESS POSTER: Aphrodite – TABLE 1, RED Apollo – TABLE 1, BLACK Ares - TABLE 2, RED Artemis - TABLE 2, BLACK Athena - TABLE 3, RED Demeter - TABLE 3, BLACK Hades - TABLE 4, RED Helios - TABLE 4, BLACK Hephaestus - TABLE 5, RED Hera - TABLE 5, BLACK Hermes - TABLE 6, RED Persephone - TABLE 6, BLACK Poseidon - TABLE 7, RED Zeus - TABLE 7, BLACK Cupid - TABLE 8, RED Cronos - TABLE 8, BLACK