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Gaea | MOTHER EARTH; Mother of the Titans, Cyclops, and the Giants; All man originated from her |
Uranus | FATHER SKY; God of Heaven; Father of the Titans, Cyclops, and the Giants |
Cronus | Lord of the Universe; Ruler of the Titans; Swallowed children; Overthrown by son |
Rhea | Mother of the Olympian gods and goddesses; Zeus' mother |
Zeus | CHIEF OF THE GODS; most powerful god; many wives; thunderbolts |
Hera | ZEUS' jealous WIFE and SISTER; queen of the gods |
Poseidon | moody and violent GOD of the SEA, horses, and earthquakes |
Hestia | gentle Goddess of the Hearth |
Hades | God of the UNDERWORLD and of the Dead |
Demeter | Goddess of Growing Things/Harvest |
Hermes | Messenger God; God of Commerce, Science, Shepherds, Travelers, Merchants, and Thieves; invented the Lyre |
Hephaestus | kind GOD of FIRE and blacksmiths; built things for the gods |
Aphrodite | GODDESS OF LOVE; no parents; rose out of the sea on an oyster shell |
Ares | cruel GOD of WAR |
Athena | GODDESS OF WISDOM and War |
Apollo | TWIN God of the Sun, Moon, Music, Light, Reason, Purity, and Poetry |
Artemis | TWIN Goddess of the moon, hunting, and childbirth |
Dionysus | GOD OF WINE, fertility, and wild behavior; youngest god |