Greek Mythology Family Tree: Primordials, Titans & Olympians

Today I am going to show you the

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of the Greek and Roman gods. I will be using my Greek

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which, by the way, is available as a poster on my website. Useful graphics. In most cases, each Greek god had a Roman equivalent, for example, the Greek god Zeus was called Jupiter by the Romans in this video. I will use the Greek names throughout, but note that the Roman names also appear in the table, so I will look at three. generations of gods, the primordial gods of the Titans and the Olympians and one other thing I should mention before we begin, there are several different ancient sources that talk about these gods and sometimes they differ as to who was the father or son of who.

In some cases I had to make a decision and therefore you may not agree with that choice, but remember that we are talking about

mythology

here and therefore there is actually no correct version of events with those of us who are going to start here. first generation of God's primordial gods who, according to some sources, are said to have been born from chaos, these include the elder Eros, not to be confused with the young Aerys, who the Romans called Cupid, then we have Tartarus, the god original of the underworld, mother Gaia. earth the most important of the primordial gods Erebus god of darkness and nyx god of night now there are two gods here at the top who don't really fit anywhere on the tree since they exist beyond space and time is Cronus, the old father of time and Anan K, the goddess of Fate, do not confuse this Cronus written with CH with the Titan called Cronus written with k or C, who we will meet later, so the tree really begins from Gaia, from Gaia came three gods, the mountains, the sky and the sea called Oriya Uranus and Pontus take note of the colors because I use them throughout the graphic green represents the gods of the earth light blue represents the gods of the sky and dark blue represents to the gods of the sea now Gaia and Uranus actually became a couple and from them arose the cyclops monsters with one big eye, the tongue hecka curra monsters with fifty heads and a hundred arms and most importantly, the twelve

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, but before look at the

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, let's look at the rest of the primordial gods of Tartarus, the god of the underworld, several monsters come that are shown in brown, such as Cerberus the three-headed dog that guards the gates of hell the dragon that Jason and the Argonauts stole the Golden Fleece and the Sphinx which had the face of a human, the body of a lion and the wings of a bird some of the other Famous monsters of Greek mythology came from Pontus, the original god of the sea, these include the harpies, the mermaids and the Gorgons.

The most famous Gorgon was, of course, Medusa, who had snakes in her hair. One look at her face would turn anyone into stone. The descendants of Pontus also included Gray II, they are three gray witches who share one eye and one tooth and can see the future, finally from Pontus comes Nereus, another important god of the sea, sometimes known as the old man of the sea, he is the father of the narrates a large group. Of the female sea nymphs, the last group of beings that fall under the primordial category are those who came from Erebus and Nyx, these include Charon, the ferryman of the underworld, as well as several figures who are personifications of various concepts such as death or the dream. this box every time you see a black square it means a god or creature that lived in the underworld every time you see a red square it means a God who is a personification of a particular concept and who doesn't really fit into a category like earth sky, sea or underworld, well now it's time to look at this second generation of gods, the Titans, as I mentioned earlier, the Titans are the children of Gaia and Uranus and there are 12 of them.

Let's start again here on the left, first we have Oceanus and bindings god of the ocean and goddess of rivers take the place of Pontus in this second generation of gods and they are the parents of the ocean is the ocean EDS were a large group of goddesses of the sea, many of whom were mothers of other important gods which we will get to later we have Hyperion god of light and Thea goddess of ether from them we get Helios the original god of the Sun and Selene the original goddess of the moon the names Romans for these gods are the basis of our In solar and lunar terms, at this point I should point out that some of the twelve Titans are grouped as couples, but some are not one, that is, Crius married a daughter of Pontus and of From them arose Pallas, the original god of war.

Pallas married Styx and together they co-parented Kratos. In recent years, Kratos has become well known because he appears in the God of War video game series. He had a sister named Nike, after whom the famous shoe company is named, then we have Cronus, god of the harvest. and Raya, goddess of fertility, we will come back to them in a second, but for now keep in mind that in this generation we have a partner for the sea, a partner for the sky and a partner for the land, the rest of the Titans include to the famous goddess of law and order yes adesh god of mortal life Mnemosyne goddess of memory Koya s-- the celestial axis and phoebe a minor lunar goddess of these five Yepez is perhaps the most important because he was the father of ad 'menos the god who is often shown with a globe on his back, as well as Prometheus and Epimetheus, gods of foresight and hindsight.

Prometheus is the God who created humanity and Epimetheus is the God who married the first woman Pandora, whenever you see a purple box on this chart indicating that person. he is a mortal human or a demigod demigod, meaning that person had a father who was a god and a father who was a human. Let's go back to Cronus and Rhea, they are shown here in the middle because they are the king and queen of the The gods of this second generation originally Uranus and Gaia were the main gods, but according to a Greek myth they were replaced by Cronus and Rhea due to the following sequence of events.

For some reason, Uranus didn't like the hagits' questions and he decided to banish them deeply. within the earth he wounded and angered Gaia, therefore Gaia made a giant sickle and the Titans to castrate Uranus. Cronus, who was actually the youngest of the Titans, was the only one brave enough to do it, he was successful and from the blood of Uranus emerged the Furies goddesses of revenge, as well as several giants, the ash nymphs and, according to some sources, Aphrodite, due to this act, Crona and his companion Raya became the new king and queen of the gods, but Cronos foolishly decided to banish Hecate to Careese just as his father had done and therefore was He prophesied that one of Cronus's sons would eventually defeat him just as he had defeated his father.

Because of this, Cronus was afraid of his sons and decided to eat each of them as soon as they were born. Cronus and Rhea had done it. six children, these children would eventually become the third and final generation of gods known as the Olympians, the first five were devoured by Cronus, but when the sixth child named Zeus was born, Raya decided to play a prank on Cronus, she wrapped a stone and He gave it to Cronus instead of baby Cronus eating the rock thinking it was Zeus and therefore Raya was able to hide Zeus in a safe place until the time he was old enough to launch a war against him. father; that war became known as the Battle of the Titans and, as prophesied, Zeus was able to defeat Cronus, thus becoming the third and last king of the gods.

He also managed to open Cronus's stomach and free his brothers and sisters. He released the Hagit Raise and instead imprisoned the Titans by having the hackathon lead his guards. so let's take a closer look at these six children of Cronus and Rhea. First there was Poseidon. Poseidon married one of the nearby diners and became the new god of the sea. Demeter took on the role of Cronus and became the goddess of the harvest. Zeus, of course, became king. of the gods but he was also the new god of the sky and in particular the god of thunder married his sister Hera who became queen of the gods and was the goddess of women there was also Hades who became the new god of the underworld and Hestia who became the goddess of the hearth just like there are 12 main Titans, there are also 12 main Olympians, but because there are only six original siblings, some of Zeus' children are also included to make it to number 12, in fact, Hades is not included in the 12, so there are actually seven sons of Zeus who are considered the chief Olympians, so we get that perfect number 12, so first there is a goddess of wisdom, Thena , from which the city of Athens takes its name.

She was the daughter of Zeus with his first wife Metis, one of the oceans, then with his wife Hera Zeus had Hephaestus, god of fire, and Ares, god of war. Fourth, we have Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, according to some sources she is the daughter of Zeus, but according to others she was born from the sea when Uranus was castrated fifth is Hermes son of Zeus and Maia who was daughter of Atlas Hermes He is the messenger of the gods and is the one with the wings on his helmet, he also fulfills many other roles.

However, and because of this, he is considered both a god of the earth and a god of the sky, finally we have Apollo and Artemis, the new god of the sun and the goddess of the moon, his mother was a daughter of the coast and Phoebe Apollo was also the god of medicine and the arts and Artemis was also the goddess of the hunt, so those seven along with the five up here made up the twelve main Olympian gods. As you have probably noticed, there are many gods in this chart and I have been skipping over some of the minor ones, but let me take the time to point out a few more before continuing, most of these are considered the various children of Zeus by many different women, both goddesses and mortal women, so there is Persephone, daughter of the zoo, and Demeter, she was. kidnapped by Hades and made queen of the underworld, then there is Daiki, the goddess of justice, she is blindfolded and you can often see statues of her standing in front of the courts, there are also the muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, they were goddesses who inspired musicians and artists, then mortal women, we have Perseus, after whom Percy Jackson from Rick Riordan's books is named, and of course Heracles, perhaps the greatest of all Greek heroes, finally, when it comes Of the sons of Zeus, we cannot forget Dionysus, god of wine. and as such, one of the most popular gods in the Greek pantheon, he is sometimes considered one of the 12 main Olympian gods instead of Hestia.

There are a few more gods I would like to point out. The first is Eros, known to the Romans as Cupid. He was the son of Ares and Aphrodite and is usually depicted as a baby holding a bow and arrow. It is said that whoever he hits with his arrow will fall in love with the next person he sees. Aphrodite also had a son with Hermes, aptly named hermaphrodite Eze. who was neither man nor woman and finally Hermes had a son named Pan who looks like a faun and is the god of shepherding, although in other sources he existed long before Zeus, so, as I said, there are many other characters in this graphic that I didn't have time to mention it, but I hope this video gave you an overview of the family tree of Greek mythology and how the main Greek and Roman gods are related once again.

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