Once more a love story of Zeus,
who else? This time he had an affair with his
sister Demeter, how you can see there were no taboos for the powerful
Zeus. Demeter gave birth to the very beautiful
Kore. She lived half a year as Queen in the
underworld and the other half of the year up on the Olympus.
As the Queen of the underworld later she got known as
Persephone.
So Zeus also slept with Persephone slipping inside
her in the shape of a snake. How you can see it needs a lot of fantasy
in the mythological stories, but especially this I like a lot.
However also Persephone got pregnant and gave birth
to Zagreus. He became the favorite son of Zeus and should get all his
knowledge, ability and wealth.
As
more Zeus loved him as more Hera hate this son. And once more Zeus hid
him and the small gods the Kuerten looked after him. But this time Hera
hate Zagreus so much that she send the titans to find him. They searched
him all around the world and one day they found him in a small cave. But
the titans were to huge to enter the cave and Zagreus was not going to
come out that easy. They entice him out of the cave with a mirror,
something Zagreus never saw before. They caught him and tare him in many
pieces. How you can see mythology can be really rude and does not shrink
for anything. Also the many love affairs and to be unfaithful remember
to the human being of today.
As Zeus
got to know about the death of his favorite son he raged and burnt
the titans to death.
The Beginning / Gods of the Olympus / Smaller Gods
