Why these three goddesses are my favorite
My three favorite goddess from Greek Mythology
Today we will go over Aphrodite (goddess of love and beauty) Artemis (goddess of the hunt) and Athena (goddess of wisdom). So, without further ado, here are the three I find the most interesting.
Aphrodite the super attractive goddess of love and beauty
The girl who was born from the sea
Cronus slashed at Uranus (Father heaven) Golden Ichor, the (Blood of the gods) poured onto the floor. Uranus shrieked in pain. Then it was all over, Uranus was dead.
Of course, gods and goddesses are immortal, but Cronus (Uranus’s son) cut Uranus into pieces until only his spirit remained.
No, Uranus wouldn’t reform any time soon.
Uranus’s blood splashed onto the earth giving life to powerful beings.
The the last drop of Uranus’s blood splashed into the sea.
The powerful liquid bubbled, and born from the sea foam was a beautiful goddess. The most beautiful in fact. Her name was Aphrodite.
She lifted her face to the heavens, (What was left of Uranus) Then she made her way to Mount Olympus.
When she arrived, there was quite a bit of commotion. The goddess was so beautiful, that all the gods started falling for her, they started to fight. Soon the goddesses grew jealous of her beauty and the fact that she was stealing their boyfriends and immortal husbands.
Hera (goddess of marriage) Was especially angered. She was married to the king of the gods Zeus, and here he was flirting with this “New” goddess.
Then, she came up with a plan to keep Zeus loyal and stop all the fighting. Hera’s son, Hephaestus (god of metalwork) was standing not far away.
He had no chance of winning the lovely Aphrodite. He was so ugly that when Hera gave birth to him, she threw him off of Mount Olympus. He was Aphrodite’s exact opposite.
Hera smirked, she was the queen of the gods, she was in charge.
“I have an idea to stop all this foolish fighting”. Announced Hera, “The lovely Aphrodite will marry my son, Hephaestus so that none of you will be jealous, for nobody can be jealous of Hephaestus”.
The gods agreed, it was impossible to be jealous of the god of metalwork. Aphrodite was horrified, but that didn’t matter, she was soon married to Hephaestus. Rather unhappily I might add. Hephaestus gave her an ugly grin.
Aphrodite shrieked, she had seen more handsome blowfish! “Hey”. Crooked Hephaestus. The other gods and goddesses started to laugh. Aphrodite did NOT want to be the laughing stock of Olympus.
Soon she was taken to Hephaestus’s godly palace. Of course, it was not fancy, I mean he was the good of metalwork after all. It was basically a scrapyard.
Everyday Hephaestus would leave his palace to go do some metalwork. He would be gone for hours. Soon, Ares began to regain interest in Aphrodite. He visited her while Hephaestus was away without Hephaestus’s knowledge.
One day, Helios (god of the sun) was flying over Hephaestus’s palace and just happened to see Ares and Aphrodite holding hands through the kitchen window.
Helios was Hephaestus’s friend so, he decided to tell Hephaestus of this great insult. Hephaestus was furious, but he could not do anything after all Ares was the god of war, and Hephaestus was the crippled god of metalwork.
Then Hephaestus came up with an idea, a brilliant idea. He got to work immediately. When he was done he sighed, feeling sort of reluctant.
Later that day, as always Ares meet up with Aphrodite, They sat on Hephaestus sofa and started talking when Hephaestus dropped an impenetrable net on them! They were stuck fast.
Hephaestus called all the other gods and goddess to come to watch, and Ares and Aphrodite were made the laughing stock of Olympus. After that Aphrodite left Hephaestus for Ares and Hephaestus continued his work he was no longer bothered that Aphrodite was not his wife, he didn’t need a wife like that after all.
Aphrodite’s Roman name is Venus. Hephaestus’s Roman name is Vulcan. Ares Roman name is Mars.
Artemis immortal goddess of the hunt
Want to be immortal? Then join Artemis’s hunters, No boys allowed.
Hera, goddess of marriage was jealous because Zeus had had another affair, this time with a daughter of the Titans, Coeus, and Phoebe. The girl’s name was Leto, Hera cursed Leto by making all the land reject her so that she could not give birth.
Leto wept in pain, she searched the earth for somewhere, anywhere where she could give birth in peace.
“Please!” She cried, “Let me find a place to bear my children!”
After a long search, Leto came across the island of Ortygia. The island was beautiful. Ortygia was not connected to the ocean floor, and here Leto gave birth to her first child, Artemis.
As soon as Artemis was born she changed form and helped deliver her twin brother Apollo.
Artemis became the goddess of childbirth but she was also the goddess of many more things.
Artemis soon gained followers, (No they were not on Instagram) Her followers were called the hunters. maidens that can be mortal, demigod, or nymph.
They had to swear to there loyalty to Artemis and in turn, Artemis would grant them immortality.
On one condition, The had to swear to reject men forever. If a hunter broke her vow, they would be shamed and Artemis would take away their immortality. Artemis was the protector of all women, she was loved and respected by the Greeks.
Artemis is the goddess of Wild animals, the hunt, fertility and childbirth, and vegetation
Her Roman counterpart is Diana and Artemis was also worship by the Amazons.
Athena the most powerful mind of the ancient world
(Surprisingly, not many of us are born from our father’s forehead)
Zeus was angry again. He had just heard a prophecy that his wife, Metis would bear him a child so strong that the child would overcome him.
Metis was a Titan. She was the mother of wisdom and deep thought. When she heard Zeus coming, she could sense he was angry, of course He was always acting as if he was standing on hot coals.
“METIS!” Zeus yelled, Metis instantly turned herself into a fly. (Do not try this at home) Zeus thundered into the room. (literally) Lightning bolt in hand. He caught sight of the fly, he knew it was Metis. He grabbed the tiny insect and swallowed it.
Metis was introduced to her new home, Zeus’s stomach. Little did Zeus know he was too late. Metis was already pregnant with her daughter Athena.
One day, Zeus experienced a terrible headache, he groaned and winced. He begged for help, then all of the sudden the goddess Athena sprang from Zeus’s forehead in full battle armor.
“AHHHHHHHHH!” Zeus screamed in pain, (You would too if you had a goddess in full battle armor spring from your forehead) Even for a god, that hurt.
“Nice to meet you”. said Athena. Golden ichor (The blood of the gods) Sprang from Zeus’s forehead. So, the goddess Athena was born. She would soon become a powerful and respected goddess amongst the Greeks.
Later Athena would go on to be the goddess of, wisdom, courage, civilization, strategic warfare, mathematics, inspiration, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, skill, and law and justice.
Her Roman name is Minerva and she is the Patron of Athens. Her counterpart is Ares.
