Jumat, 09 Juli 2010
CENTAUR
Centaur is a mythical creature from Greek mythology. this creature is half human from head to waist and half horse from waist to feet (literally they have four feet). Centaurs was the descendant of the Centaurus a son of the music god Apollo. their behavior was uncouth and a small amount of wine can drove them wild. There are many things could happen when centaur smell a wine few of them are:
When Heracles felt entertain by Pholus one of the civilized centaur. He offered Pholus a bottle of wine to drink. Pholus could not refuse the offer. When Pholus open the jar of wine, even his brother who was a mile away from them can smell the wine scent and it instantly turn them into crazy or wild. They almost killed Heracles if he not succed driving them off with flaming arrow.
Another thing that happen if Centaur smell a wine is causing Centaur to fight with other guesses in the wedding party of Theseus's friend Peirithous.
There is one centaur named Chiron, he's Cronus's son he served as a tutor for many heroes including Heracles and Jason he taught about music, medicine and also skill of hunting.
From: mythweb.com
TETHYS
Tethys is the titans goddess of water that nourish the earth. She was one of Gaia and Uranus daughter. She was the wife of Okeanos her own brother, the earth encircling, fresh water stream and the mother of Potamoi, Okeanides, and Nephelai. Potamoi is rivers, Okeanides is springs stream and fountain and Nephelai is cloud. Tethys is well known as the nurse or the grandmother. During the war of the Titans, Tethys raised rhea as her god-child she also educated Hera that is why she is called the nurse.
Tethys once ever help Hera by cursing the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor to forever cycle the sky and never drop below the horizone. Hence explaining why they are circumpolar.
from: theoi.com
Minggu, 06 Juni 2010
RHEA
From: about.com
Minggu, 30 Mei 2010
CRONUS
Rhea is really mad because she lost her children and try to save her youngest son Zeus by tricking Cronus. She exchange Zeus with rock and she brought Zeus to the island of Krete. When Zeus already growing up he fight Cronus to get his siblings back by forcing Cronus to throw them up, he begin to fought Cronus and the other Titans and defeated him and send him and the other Titans to Tartarus.
From: www.theoi.com
Minggu, 23 Mei 2010
URANUS
Gaia the Mother Earth
The Titans
The Titans is the elder gods who ruled the earth before the Olympians defeated them and send them to Tartarus. The male Titans known as the Titanes and the female Titans is known as Titanides. The parents of the Titans are Gaea or Gaia and Uranus. Gaia created Uranus and then Uranus becomes her husband. The first generations of the Titans are the parents and the aunts and uncles of the Olympian Gods and Goddesses. There are twelve children of Gaia and Uranus:
- Cronus (aka Saturn)
- Rhea (Cronus and Rhea were the parents of the Olympian gods and goddesses)
- Iapetus (father of Prometheus, Atlas, and Epimetheus)
- Oceanus (father of nymphs)
- Hyperion (father of sun-god, moon, dawn)
- Themis (Zeus' second consort, mother of the Hours, Fates)
- Thea (Hyperion's mate)
- Mnemosyne (mated with Zeus to produce the Muses)
- Phoebe (Coeus' mate)
- Coeus (father of Leto & Asteria)
- Tethys (Ocean's mate)
- Crius (father of Pallas, Astraeus, and Perses)
These first generations of the Titans are the parents of the Olympians. Beside the Olympians they also Titans also produce others offspring from mating with other Titans or other creatures. The second generations of the Titans are:
- Asteria
- Astraea (Dike)
- Astraeus
- Atlas
- Eos (Dawn)
- Eosphorus (or Hesperus)
- Epimetheus
- Helius
- Leto
- Menoetius
- Pallas
- Perses
- Prometheus
- Selene
The ruler of the Titans was Cronus after he defeated his father Uranus and he ruled until his child defeat him and the other Titans and send them to Tartaurus.