He was also responsible for passing judgement to gods and
mortals. He has the power of nature, carrying the lightning bolt has hs weapon.
A tribute to his power. The natural world was scary for the mortals. They did
not know why lighning strikes randomly during storms. So they said they were symptoms of gods
power.
Origin : theogony, same as book of genesis
In the myth, cronos was the king of the titans, then the
most powerful gods in the universe. They were not well civilized. As god, he
must mate and produce offsprings. So he mates with his own sister, Rea. Old
saying says that no one is good enough for our family than our own family. So incest
was common. Hades, posoidon and zeus. But cronos was scared that his own son
would replace him and become more powerful. So cronos decides to swallow them
up. Now since they are immortals, they cannot die. They are just locked into
his belly. Rea is horrified. When rea is pregnant again, she goes to a cave and
gives birth to zeus. When cronoz demands of the child, she gives him a rock to
swallow. Zeus is saved. Myth says zeus was born on the island of crete on a
mountain. Zeus grows up in the cave. He needs to reinstate his own position. If
he loses, he will have to go to tarturus, the hell. Highest peak in Greece,
mount Olympus. Other children grew up inside belly. Zeus mixes something and
gives to cronos. Cronos becomes ill and starts vomiting. First the rock comes
out which rea had given her. That rock is today the foundation for the ancient
temple of Delphi, the home of the oracle. It ws a temple where people would
come to ask god for advice. Zeus now has siblings by his side who have escaped
from cronos’s belly. But he needs more manpower to defeat cronos. There were
forgotten brothers of cronos, the Cyclops in tarturus , and the 100 handers. Zeus
convinces them to be on his side. They are happy since zeus has released them
and treates them equally. Cyclops present zeus with a gift, the power of
lightning.
Battle begins
100 handers throw mountains on other side. Zeus throwing
lightning. Actual volcanic eruptions happened there.tifon is summoned by
cronos. Dion temple dedicated to zeus built near mt Olympus. Eagles were symbol
of zeus. Zeus has this uncontrollable sex drive. He changed forms to mate with
them. Sometimes eagle, sometimes swan
and sometimes bull. One day he got attracted to this woman god called metis. Metis
means practical wisdom. Prophecy tells that one day his son wil defeat him, so
he swallows metis. He absorbs her wisdom too. He needs a new wife. He marries his
sister, Hera. Hera is powerful. Queen of goddesses. She is jealous as zeus is
always going uot with other women. So she plans to overthrow zeus. She ties him
on his own bed. All Olympians gather together.
All other Olympians were condemned Apollo and posoidon to
built walls of troy. Justce has been done.
Once zeus sees humans involved in cannibalism. He gets
angry. Punishes by sending storms for 9 days and 9 nights. Only 2 people
survive by travelling in an ark. After this incident came Christianity which started
replacing the authority of zeus.
