Chapter 532: The Twelve Principal Gods (Part II)
Athena had fought with Poseidon for the ownership of the Attic, the immortal six gods were invited by them to be judges, the gods decided to let them have a competition, whoever gave the most useful to humans would get the land, Poseidon struck his trident against the rock, a war horse roared out, and Athena poked her spear into the ground, and an olive tree with silver leaves immediately grew on the ground, and the gods ruled that the olive branch was a symbol of peace, much more useful than the war horse used for killing war.
Hera, the queen of the gods, the goddess of marriage, the goddess of women and fertility, the queen of the universe, the goddess of the highest status, presides over marriage and childbirth, defends the family, is the sister of Zeus, and is united with Zeus.
Zeus courted his sister Hera, but was rejected, so he turned himself into a soaked cuckoo bird and flew to Hera's side, and the deceived Hera felt pity for the drenched bird and put the bird on his chest to warm it, and at this moment, Zeus appeared and took possession of Hera while she was panicking.
Three hundred years after the secret union of Zeus and Hera, Zeus announced this to the gods, and at the wedding feast of Zeus and Hera, the Earth Mother Gaia presented him with a golden apple from the Holy Garden. When Zeus and Hera were united, the earth celebrated their happy marriage by giving birth to many apple trees full of golden apples, which are also known as the Tree of Life.
Hera was the most authoritative goddess, she wore golden straw sandals and sat on the golden temple, her glory and majesty were simply incomparable, Hera was the queen of heaven, she was very authoritative, the gods were intimidated by her majesty, she was authoritarian, jealous, and quite belligerent.
Apollo. He is the protector of mankind, the god of light, the god of prophecy, the protector of migrants and voyagers, the god of healing, and the god of disaster relief, and is marked by a harp, a bow and arrow, and a crown made of palms, eros, and laurel trees.
Zeus was very fond of the goddess Leto, and after they fell in love, Leto became pregnant, but it caused Hera's jealousy.
Hera was jealous of her cousin, Leto, the goddess of darkness who had married Zeus before her. He prevented her from giving birth on the earth, and ordered the gods of the earth to forbid help Leto, so that Leto hid in the earth in agony, with no place to live, and not only that, Hera also sent the giant serpent skin, born of Gaia, the mother of the earth, to pursue, and the arrival of Pitong undoubtedly made Leto even worse.
Later, she turned into a swan and came to a floating island, and with the help of Zeus, fixed the floating island to the bottom of the sea with four heel pillars. Apollo and his sister Artemis were born on this island, which was later named Delos.
When Apollo was born, his body glowed with golden light, and the goddesses of heaven screamed with joy.
In order to gain the recognition of the gods, Apollo decided to go to Mount Olympus to show his unique skills, but the gods of Olympus did not take him seriously at all, especially Hera, who looked down on him at all. So, Apollo decided to go out into the world on his own. And he has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and his fame is getting bigger and bigger.
Once, Apollo met Cupid, the little god of love, and he laughed at Cupid's arrows like toys, and it was impossible to establish immortal feats, and Cupid took out two arrows of different colors from his quiver. One is of gold and the other is lead, the arrow of gold is the arrow of love, and the arrow of lead is the one that resists love.
Cupid shoots a golden arrow at Apollo and a lead arrow at the fairy Daphne. A love tragedy began, Apollo fell in love with Daphne, and Daphne saw Apollo as if he saw a devil, and finally, in order to avoid Apollo, Daphne turned into a laurel tree, and Apollo used laurel branches to decorate his bow in honor of Daphne.
Apollo was in charge of music and harp, but also dance, poetry and inspiration, poets and prophets relied on his revelations, Apollo was the god who illuminated the world, nothing escaped the judgment of this great god, and his miraculous light could shine everywhere, and sometimes illuminate the wisdom of people, making everything tangible and possible.
One of Apollo's sons was named Asclepius, he would heal the sick and save people, and bring the dead back to life, so that the order of nature was destroyed, and hell was empty, Hades was furious, and went to Zeus to decide, Zeus killed Asclepius with thunder and lightning, and Apollo was powerless despite his grief.
Artemis, the goddess of the moon, is the sister of Apollo, the god of the sun, and she is a lively, fit, hearty goddess who has almost the same divinity as her brother, with the first quarter moon as her bow and the moonlight as her arrow.
Nine days after Artemis was born, he helped his mother deliver his younger brother Apollo, and because he was chosen by the goddess of fate to be the goddess of midwifery, he asked his father Zeus for the job of taking care of women giving birth.
She was the goddess of hunting, and the protector of wild beasts, and she especially loved small animals, so that the pastures and cultivated fields were green and grassy, and the goddess often led the fairies who served her to find out the hidden places, parade and hunt, and whenever she was tired, she played the harp or flute, and danced with the fairies, and the goddess of the muses and the goddess of grace often came to help the fun.
Artemis, the goddess of the moon, brings dew, rain, and frost to the earth, and she brings benefits to the cultivated land, to the grain, to the fields where a good harvest is in sight, but if people forget to sacrifice to her, she freezes the crops with hail and banishes the wild beasts to trample them.
Artemis was fond of wandering through the forest and grassland, with a childish face and a quiver on her shoulder, often accompanied by a stag or hound.
Aphrodis, the goddess of love and beauty, was born from the foam splashed by Ouranos's severed sexual organs falling into the Aegean Sea, not only the goddess of sex, but also the goddess of friendship in the world, with white porcelain-like skin, a mixture of elegance and charm
On Mount Olympus, Hera and Athena both said they could rival Aphrodite, and once, while the gods were feasting, the goddess of strife crept into the banquet hall on Mount Olympus, and she placed a golden apple engraved with the words "Belong to the most beautiful" on the table.
Hera took the apple, but neither Athena nor Aphrodisi agreed, and asked Zeus to make a ruling, the matter was very tricky, Zeus had to give it to a shepherd named Paris, Hera promised to make him king, Athena promised to make him a hero, Aphrodisi promised to give him a most beautiful wife, Paris looked at the three goddesses, and after much consideration, he gave the golden apple to Aphrodis. The dispute between the three goddesses was resolved, and from then on, Aphrodisi became the undisputed god of beauty, but the terrible Trojan War broke out, and the gods were divided into two factions to participate, and in the end, there was a Trojan horse massacre. (To be continued......)