Tag Archives: rhea

My God Can Beat Up Your God

Posted on November 27, 2021 by Nathan

I can’t remember how I was originally signed up for Quora, but I do find it interesting to read some of the answers, especially about mythology. Like much of the Internet, answers are from both experts and people who are just … Continue reading →

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Sorry, I Was Creating the Milky Way

Posted on October 11, 2015 by Nathan

The name “Milky Way” comes from the appearance of a band of stars and other celestial objects visible in the sky at certain times. It’s actually a view of the galactic plane from the outer spiral arm on which Earth … Continue reading →

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Kouretes in the House

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Nathan

One group of beings from Greek mythology that I couldn’t recall having read about before but that stuck with me when I read Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods were the Kouretes, warriors and ritual dancers who attended to the infant Zeus. … Continue reading →

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Incest and Peppermints

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Nathan

One thing you’ll note if looking at a genealogy of the Greco-Roman gods is that there’s a lot of incest going on in that family. Kronos married his sister Rhea, and their children included Zeus and Hera, who also married … Continue reading →

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Zeus or Consequences

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Nathan

As ruler of the Greek gods, Zeus was considered by the ancient Greeks as one of the most powerful entities in the world, with only Destiny and the Fates remaining outside his control. His father Kronos, faced with a prophecy … Continue reading →

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Don’t Go Breakin’ My Hearth

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Nathan

As goddess of the hearth, Hestia was a quite important deity in ancient Greek and Roman society, but there is very little mythology pertaining to her. It’s strange how the phrase “hearth and home” is still pretty commonly used, even … Continue reading →

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Make Way for the Demetric System

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Nathan

Considering the importance of agriculture in ancient society, it is not at all surprising that ancient pantheons pretty much always had at least one fertility deity. In fact, a lot of the earliest known gods fit into this category, and … Continue reading →

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The Wrath of King Neptune

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Nathan

I was originally thinking of profiling Krishna this weekend, but seeing the Percy Jackson movie reminded me that I don’t think I’d ever done a proper post on Poseidon (or Zeus, for that matter, but he’ll have to wait, unless … Continue reading →

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