People today, even if they don’t understand the history of Western mythology, can still point out a few gods, such as the sun god Apollo, the goddess of wisdom Athena, and perhaps the god Thor [witness], etc.... But the stories we see from various classic paintings are extremely

Nowadays, even if you don’t understand the history of Western mythology, you can still point out a few gods, such as the sun god Apollo, the goddess of wisdom Athena, and maybe the god Thor [witness], etc....

However, the stories we see from various classic paintings are extremely bloody. The reason is that ancient Greek mythology is complicated and completely ignores ethics. And the source of these stories starts with the male god who can give birth to children...

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Eat this article, please do not bring any scientific and logical thinking: if you are serious, you will lose

01 Self-reliance god

In the beginning, the world was in chaos (Kaos). The Chaos God Kaos is the first god and the ancestor of all Greek gods. He is the only god in the world, so naturally he can't find a wife. For the sake of God's reproduction, he gave birth to four children by himself.

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This includes the Earth Goddess Gaia. Gaia is the original god in Greek mythology. Westerners often call the Earth "Gaia", which is Mother Earth. The status is equivalent to the "Houtu" of China's "Emperor and Empress".

Gaia is the beginning of the world, that is to say... all the gods who appear next must respectfully call her... Auntie!

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After Gaia was born, she slept on a large stone in Mount Olympus, naked and spread her legs apart. Suddenly, a warm wind blew between Gaia's legs, so Gaia became pregnant. In her sleep, she gave birth to three children: the god Uranus, the old sea god Pentos, and the mountain god Uriya.

Gia and her son Uranos gave birth to a Titan God Group, six men and six women.

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In Western languages, Titan means huge, amazing.

There are six male gods: the river god Okanos, the dark god Koos, the sun god Xuperion, the Titan giant Iapetos, and the god Kronos (Please focus on this little male god

There are six goddesses, the goddess of light Tia, the goddess of time Rhea, the goddess of water Temis, the goddess of memory Monemosinne, the goddess of moon Fubo, and the goddess of ocean Thetis.

h, Gaia's relationship fades and she doesn't want to talk anymore. Uranos refuses to break up, so Gaia handed the sickle to her youngest and most powerful son-Ke Ronos. Kronos cut off his father's life and threw it into the Aegean Sea.

"Croonos' castration" is this "castration", and the sky and the earth are separated from it.

was thrown into the Aegean Sea and fell into a shell, and Aphrodite was born in the shell, yes, that is, the Venus we are familiar with!

Boticelli's "Venus and the God of War" discusses seniority, Cronus wants to call Venus... Aunt?

Do you feel this painting look familiar? For details, you can see here. The guide to the road for a hundred years was humiliated, and he was so crazy to regain his face. After being injured, Uranus fell into the darkest cave underground under the pursuit of his children, Taltaros. In the Western world, Uranus is named Uranus. Name.

The rule of the first generation of gods ended like this. It was the reign of the second generation of king Kronos.

But this new era is based on Uranus's vicious curse: you will pay the price! You will be overthrown by your own son like me! (It seems like Big Big Wolf

02 The one who eats the child is here, run

0 Cronos married his sister Rhea and gave birth to five children at the beginning. Looking at the five children, the eunuch god curse above left a psychological shadow on Cronos.

He was afraid of being overthrown by his son, so he eventually became the person he hated the most:

He swallowed all five children! [Black Line]

"The God of Agriculture Devours His Son" Goya/Rubens

Beef, it's even more terrifying than crazy, I just started eating it! [Puffing lips]

The next plot is really like the bloody eight o'clock stage. After Rhea gave birth to Zeus, in order to protect Zeus from being eaten, he wrapped a stone with cloth and pretended that Zeus had deceived Cronos.

Zeus is the Thor who dominates the heavens. He holds a thunder spear and keeps the eagle away

But Cronos didn't see it at all and swallowed the stone. Are God’s five senses so bad? Forget it, don't be brainy! [Wipe sweat]

Zeus was raised by Rhea's sister. Later, Zeus disguised himself as a wine dealer and drank vomit wine for his father. Cronos spit out Zeus's five older brothers and sisters.

They are Pluto Hades, Aquaman Poseidon, Stove Goddess Hestia, Agriculture Goddess Demeter, Jealousy and Family Goddess Hera and... a stone.

Hello guy, God is worthy of being a god, and he has not digested the food he eats at all.

Zeus drove his father out while he was weak, and his brother and sister elected Zeus as the new god king. Establish a new God's Government in Mount Olympus.

The era of the third generation of gods has also begun.

03 The strongest Neptune Zeus came

After the establishment of the new kingdom of God, Zeus was worried about the prosperity of Olympus's people. Zeus first married his sister Hera and gave birth to God of War Ares .

"Zeus and Hera" Antonbale Carrazi

Ares, everyone is familiar with you. As long as you have watched the superhero movie "Wonder Woman", one of the villains in it is the God of War Ares.

"Wonder Woman"

He is very angry and martial, and fighting is the source of his strength, so he always provokes battles in the world. So the story of Wonder Woman is not a mess. What is this a villain? [Smile]

"Wonder Woman" screenshot

OK, next I will talk about Zeus, the strongest Neptune in the universe. After marrying Hera, I spent a total of 38 html women !

①Female guest: sister, Dark Goddess Leto, she gave birth to a pair of siblings, the sun god Apollo and the hunting goddess Artemis;

Hera, who was cheated on for the first time, was blown up, but was coaxed back by the scumbag Zeus, and gave birth to a Vulcan God Hephaestus. Female guest No.

②: Cousin Maia got together and gave birth to the envoy Hermes; female guest No.

③: Fellow sex with cousin Motis, Motis is pregnant. But the goddess of fate said that this child will overthrow you. Zeus was so scared that he swallowed his pregnant cousin into his stomach (Why can't you learn to swallow children?! It's really speechless [beat]

"Goddess of Wisdom" Ricci (meaning) Oil painting on canvas

Then Zeus was in a splitting headache, so he quickly let the Vulcan split his head. A girl jumped out, and this was Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war.

At this point, all the twelve main gods of Olympus were born.

"Olympus", Van Lu, ceiling oil painting, Marble Hall of the New Palace in Potsdam, Germany

Let’s review these twelve main gods:

Everything rain and dew, Zeus, Cuckold Hera, Hestia, Neptune Poseidon, Demeter of agriculture, Apollo, Goddess of Light, Artemis, Goddess of Hunting Artemis, Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Beauty, Ares of War, Hephaestus, Goddess of Fire, Hermes, Goddess of God, Athena, Goddess of Wisdom.

④Female guest: Danahe, a woman on earth, turned into a golden rain and drifted in, and the two gave birth to the great hero Perseus.

"Danae and the Golden Rain" Adolph Ulric Weitmuller, Swedish National Museum

And their son, Parsius, is the hero who killed Medusa.

"Pelseus and Medusa" Antonio Canova, Metropolitan Museum of

⑤ female guest: Queen Lida of Sparta took a bath, Zeus turned into a swan and flew to the queen, and the queen became pregnant. Later, Lida gave birth to the first beauty in ancient Greece Helen .

"Lida and the Swan"

⑥ Female guest: Alcmene, with her, gave birth to Hercules. By the way, Arcmene was one of Zeus's sons, the granddaughter of Perseus.

In other words, Zeus and his great-grandchild gave birth to their own grandsons! [Bowing] Female guest of

⑦: Zeus also transformed into a bull and tricked Europause to give birth to Salpedong. Female guest

⑧: transformed into a lot of fog and gave birth to Epaphos with Io.

This way, half of the gods are Zeus' children. It turns out that Zeus's romantic history is half of the Greek mythology history.

Greek mythology is just the tip of the iceberg of Greek culture. Greece also has architecture, law, art, etc. worthy of everyone's understanding and exploration.

On the holy mountain of Greek mythology, there is moonlight every night and gossip every day. Central American professor Li Jianqun will help you clarify the chaotic relationship between Greek mythological figures at one time, and take you into the ruling career of the third generation of leaders of the gods with Zeus as the core and create the achievements of Greek civilization that creates these bloody stories. The gods in Kangkang's Western world are actually less bottom line than Ms. Zheng and Mr. Zhang abandoning them! [Thinking]

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