Greek Gods

There is a very long list of Greek gods and goddesses, according to Greek mythology. The Greek stories about the gods and goddesses have been translated into English and other languages and in doing so, some of the stories do not coincide with each other. How the story goes depends on who translated the story, Most of the stories follow about the same path but others were very different. Some of the gods were born of different mothers or fathers, depending on who translated the genealogy of the Greek gods and goddesses. One can only decide for themselves which story they want to believe is the right one.

It is stated according to the ancient Greeks that in the beginning, there was only the god named Chaos. Chaos was a dark abyss which was soundless, formless, with no signs of life. Chaos then created Gaea (Earth, Ge, Mother Earth, or Gaia) Uranus (the Sky, Ouranus, or the Heavens), Eros (Desire), and Erebus, and Nyx. Gaea and Uranus then married and gave birth to the first 12 Titans, 3 Cyclopes, and 3 Hecatonchires. The names of the Titans were, Rhea, Cronus, Oceanus, Tethys, Crius, Coeus, Phoebe, Lapetus, Themis, Mnemosyne, Hyperion, and Theia. The names of the 3 Cyclopes (giants with one eyeball in the middle of their foreheads), were Brontes, Steropes, and Arges. The names of the 3 Hecatonchires (giant creatures with 50 heads and 100 arms each) were Cottus, Briareus, and Gyges.

Cronus married Rhea and they gave birth to Hera (goddess of marriage and birth), Hades (god of the Underworld, ruler of the dead), Demeter (the fertility goddess), Hestia (goddess of domestic life), Poseidon (god of the sea), and Zeus (supreme ruler of Mount Olympus and ruler of all gods).

Oceanus married Tethys, and they gave birth to the rivers and river nymphs, the Oceanids (which were the ponds, lakes, and springs).

Mnemosyne married Zeus and their children were the nine Muses. The Muses were all young women who gave inspiration to artists and also to engineers. Their names were, Clio (Muse of history), Urania (Muse of astronomy), Melpomene (Muse of tragedy), Thalia (Muse of comedy), Terpsichore (Muse of dance), Calliope (the Muse of epic poetry), Erato (the Muse of love poetry), Euterpe (the Muse of lyric poetry), and Polyhymnia (the Muse of the songs of the gods).

Zeus was also with Themis and their children were Horae, Eunomia, Dike, Eirene, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos.

Lapetus and Clymene gave birth to Atlas, Menoetius, Prometheus, and Epimetheus.Atlas was famous for carrying the world on his shoulders.

Coeus married Phoebe and they gave birth to Leto, and Asteris (Stars). Many other offspring followed after that and there were many gods and goddesses, according to Greek mythology.