A story believed by a particular group of people to explain the unexplainable

A BEING WHO TOLD THE FUTURE. IF THE ORACLE SAID IT, IT CAME TRUE.

Sound familiar? Big Bang?

FATHER SKY

Mother Earth

One very important Titan, Cronus, became the father of the gods and goddesses.

that one of his children would take over and rule over him.

EVERY TIME RHEA HAD A BABY, HE WOULD EAT IT.

AND GAVE IT TO CRONUS. HE SWALLOWED IT THINKING IT WAS A BABY.

BY HUMANS. THAT BABY WAS ZEUS.

TO CHALLENGE HIS FATHER, AND FREE HIS SIBLINGS.

FREED HIS FIVE SIBLINGS FROM CAPTIVITY.

THREW THEM INTO THE OCEAN. THE OCEAN BUBBLED AND...

WAS BORN.

HIM IN THE UNDERWORLD. HE CHAINED UP HIS BODY PARTS.

FREED HIS SIBLINGS, HE BECAME THE GOD OF ALL.

AMONG THE REST OF THE MAIN SIX.

MAIN GOD. SYMBOLS: LIGHTNING BOLT AND EAGLE

GOD OF THE SEA. SYMBOLS: TRIDENT AND SEAHORSE

GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD SYMBOLS: GEMS AND SIX HORSE CHARIOT

THEY DID NOT GET TO RULE THE BIGGER THINGS, BUT THEY STILL HAD IMPORTANCE.

ZEUS' jealous wife. Goddess of women and childbirth. SYMBOLS: GOLD/BEAUTY AND PEACOCK

GODDESS OF THE HOME. SYMBOLS: HEARTH AND FIRE.

GODDESS OF THE HARVEST. SYMBOL: GRAIN AND SHEATH OF WHEAT.

NOT LESS IMPORTANT, JUST NOT THE MAIN SIX

THE ORACLE TOLD ZEUS ONE OF HIS CHILDREN WOULD RULE OVER HIM. LIKE FATHER; LIKE SON?

ZEUS ATE HIS CHILDREN. ONE DAY HE HAD A TERRIBLE HEADACHE.

IT. ALL OF THE SUDDEN HIS HEAD SPLIT OPEN AND...

SHE CAME OUT WITH A WARWHOOP AND FULLY GROWN.

GODDESS OF WISDOM AND WAR. SYMBOLS: OWL AND OLIVE BRANCH. SHE ALSO WORE A HELMET AND CARRIED A SHIELD.

GOD OF WAR. SYMBOLS: WOLF AND DAGGER

MESSENGER GOD. SYMBOLS: MEDICAL STAFF, WINGED HELMET AND SHOES

GOD OF MUSIC AND POETRY. SYMBOL: LYRE AND POETRY BOOK

GODDESS OF THE MOON, HUNT, AND VIRGIN WOMEN. SYMBOLS: BOW/ARROW AND MOON.

GODDESS OF LOVE. SYMBOLS: DOVE, SWAN, AND DOLPHIN

GOD OF THE FORGE AND CYCLOPS. SYMBOLS: METAL

GOD OF WINE AND REVELRY. SYMBOLS: WINE, GRAPES, AND TIGER

APHRODITE'S HENCHMAN. USED HIS ARROWS TO MAKE HUMANS FALL IN LOVE OR IN HATE.

gave man fire and had to pay the price for it

DOOMED TO CARRY THE WORLD ON HIS SHOULDERS

GODDESS OF VICTORY

DAUGHTER OF DEMETER. WIFE OF HADES.

MERMAIDS THAT WOULD SING TO LURE MEN AND THEN KILL THEM.

ONE EYED GIANT. SONS OF POSEIDON. HELPED IN THE UNDERWORLD.

HORRIBLE CREATURE

THE MOST FAMOUS, MEDUSA

half man, half horse

HALF GOAT, HALF MAN- most famous, Pan

WOMEN CREATURES OF THE FOREST

ZEUS' PET

GUARD TO THE UNDERWORLD

BIRDS THAT COULD REGENERATE THEMSELVES

HALF MAN, HALF BULL

the ones we will learn for now.