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[[File:Greek trinity.png|thumb|300px|The Greek trinity and the distribution of the three kingdoms of the Earth: Zeus God (Heaven), Poseidon (Seas and oceans) and Hades (Underworld). Theos (minor gods) are the children of this trinity.]]

'''Greek mythology''' is a large collection of stories, started in [[Ancient Greece]], about the beginning of the world, and the lives and adventures of [[god]]s, [[goddess]]es, [[hero]]es, and [[heroine]]s.

== Gods and goddesses ==
The gods and goddesses in Greek mythology have special parts in the world. For instance, [[Zeus]] is the god of the sky, [[Poseidon]] is the god of the sea and [[Hephaestus]] is the god of metal work, forging and fire. They can make themselves invisible to humans and move to any place in a very short amount of time. Gods and goddesses also never get sick and can only be hurt by very unusual causes. This is called being [[immortality|immortal]]. The king of the gods was Zeus. The gods were children of the [[Titan (mythology)|Titan]]s such as [[Kronos]] and [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]].

Greek mythology has thirteen main gods known as the [[Twelve Olympians]] plus [[Hades]], the brother of Zeus. They were Zeus, Poseidon, [[Hera]], Hephaestus, [[Dionysus]], [[Athena]], [[Artemis]], [[Apollo]], [[Ares]], [[Demeter]], [[Aphrodite]] and [[Hermes]]. Before them there were the twelve Titans.

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Ares MK1888.png|Ares, Greek god of war
Apollo (PSF).png|Apollo, god of Sun and light
Fig4Venus aphrodite orientale portant l'anamaskhalister.gif|Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty
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== The myth of the Sun ==
The Greeks believed that the sun was pulled across the sky by a ''chariot'' driven by the god, [[Apollo]], (Or Helios, as some say, the titan who drove the 'sun chariot' across the sky before his successor Apollo)  and he himself was the god of archery, poetry, and Oracles. Every day, Apollo would drive the ''Sun Chariot'' across the sky.

== The Greek creation myth ==
The Ancient Greeks believed that in the beginning, the world was in a state of nothingness which they called [[Chaos (mythology)|Chaos]]. Suddenly, from light, came [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]] (Mother Earth) and from her came [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]] (the sky) along with other old gods (called primordials) like [[Pontus (mythology)|Pontus]] (the primordial god of the oceans). Gaia and Uranus had 12 children, the [[Titan (mythology)|Titans]]. The most important of the 12 children were [[Kronos]] and [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]].

Gaia gave birth to some monsters called [[cyclops]] and the hundred handed ones.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2019-03-03|title=Hecatoncheires|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hecatoncheires&oldid=885986008|journal=Wikipedia|language=en}}</ref> Uranus disgusted by the monsters threw them in [[Tartarus]]. Gaia, angered by Uranus, sought revenge on Uranus. Gaia used her son Kronos, who chopped off Uranus' genitals. Kronos threw Uranus into the ocean. From the blood of his genitals, came the goddess of love and beauty—[[Aphrodite]].

Kronos married his sister Rhea and gave birth to 6 children, who were called the gods. Kronos, who was afraid of a prophecy delivered to him a while ago (which stated that one day his children would cut him up), swallowed each of his children each time they were born. [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]] did not like this, so she saved Zeus and gave [[Kronos]] a rock to eat instead. Zeus was raised by a [[goat]] named [[Amaltheia]], in a mountain cave located in Crete. When Zeus was old enough, he tricked Kronos into drinking a mixture of wine and mustard. Kronos vomited up the rest of the gods, who, being immortal, had been growing up completely undigested in Kronos' stomach. Zeus and other gods then had a big war with the Titans. Zeus won with the help of the hundred handed ones and the cyclops. After they won the war Zeus cut Kronos into pieces and threw them into Tartarus.

Zeus was from then on the leader of the gods, [[Poseidon]] took over the oceans and Hades took over the Underworld. Zeus married his sister [[Hera]] and crowned her Queen of Olympus.

Men were created by the Titan [[Prometheus]], who did not participate in the war.

== Related pages ==
* [[List of Greek gods and goddesses]]
* [[List of people in Greek mythology]]
* [[Mythology]]
* [[Roman mythology]]

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