#Not Greek Myth Rhea

[seleniiium]

could you draw the titan Rhea?

Rhea, titan-goddess of fertility and motherhood.

+ baby Zeus ⚡

[dionysianivy]

𝐑𝐡𝐞𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐲𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐬

𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.

[lesbianbanana]

Greek Mythology Characters If They Wrote Books

- If You See A Girl Covered In Blood, She's Having The Time Of Her Life by Artemis

- Gardener's Guide To Common Flowers by Apollo

- A List Of All The Times I Fucked Shit Up by Athena

- Reasons Why You Cannot Be Better Than Me by Aphrodite.

- How To Be Illegal At 2 Hours Old by Hermes

- How To Be The Baddest Bitch Ever by Dionysus

- A Day In The Life Of An Ancient Greek Homicidal Housewife by Hera

- A Day In The Life Of An Ancient Greek Whore Husband by Zeus

- Why You Should Punch Your Brothers In The Face by Demeter

- Vague Dolphin Noises by Poseidon

- When Everyone Hates You But You're Literally Trying You're Best by Ares

- No Comment by Hephaestus

- God Forbid A Girl Have Hobbies by Persephone

- When You're Literally The Only Chill Dude Here by Hades

- Why Family Therapists Should Be A Thing by Hestia

- I Have The Stupidest Boyfriend Ever Prove Me Wrong by Patroclus

- How To Anger Your Great Great Grandfather (Step By Step) by Achilles

- A Series Of Incredibly Stupid Events That Are All My Fault by Odysseus

- Awkward Moment When You're Family Line Is Cursed by The House of Atreus

- I Introduce My Wife To My Mum (End Will Shock You) by Oedipus

- Why You Shouldn't Show Any Interest In Your Dad's Hobbies by Phaethon

- When You Accidentally Started A War But You're Literally Just A Girl by Helen of Sparta Troy

- When You're A Girlboss But Everyone Here Is Misogynistic by Atalanta

- How To Get A Wife Who Actually Likes You by Perseus

- Everyone Hates Me And Honestly Same by Heracles

- How To Raise Homosexuals by Chiron

- When You Try To Help A Pal Out But It Backfires by Asclepius

- Some Girl In The Woods Made Me Transgender by Sipriotes

- Ouch Fuck That Hurts by Actaeon

- I Was Supposed To Break The Cycle But My Husband Kept Eating Our Kids by Rhea

- Why You Should Teach Your Son To Stab People (i.e. Your Husband) by Gaea

- How To Cheat Death (*May Backfire*) by Sisyphus

[chimera-tail]

Rhea: *giving lessons* If a monster invades Mount Ida, what do we do?

Hera: Kill it.

Hades: Kill it.

Poseidon: Kill it.

Demeter: Kill it.

Zeus: Kill it.

Hestia: --with kindness.

Demeter: I'll speak to you at your funeral.

Rhea:

[sableunavailable]

Hella underrated goddess if you ask me

[divinationsanctuary19]

9 Metageitniōn| Μεταγειτνιών (Attic Calendar) - 14th of August/ 20th-24th of August

Helios (Ἡλιος), The Muses (Μουσαι) and Rhea (Ρεια, Μητηρ Θεων)

The Muses are: Melpomene the Muse of tragedy held a tragic mask, Thaleia Muse of comedy a comedy mask, Terpiskhore Muse of dance a lyre, Kalliope the Muse of epic poetry a lyre, Kleio the Muse of history a stylus and scroll, Polymnia the Muse of hymns a veil and pensive pose, Ourania the Muse of astronomy a globe, Erato the Muse of erotic poetry a lyre, and Euterpe the Muse of lyric poetry a flute.

Hesiod, Theogony 1 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) :

"Of the Mousai Helikoniades (of Helikon) let us begin to sing, who hold the great and holy mount of Helikon, and dance on soft feet about the deep-blue spring and the altar of the almighty Kronion [Zeus], and, when they have washed their tender bodies in Permessos [stream of Helikon] or in the Hippokrene (Horse's Spring) or Olmeios [stream of Helikon], make their fair, lovely dances upon highest Helikon and move with vigorous feet"

Rhea, Mater Megala

Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses 19 (trans. Celoria) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :

"In Krete there is said to be a sacred cave full of bees. In it, as storytellers say, Rhea gave birth to Zeus; it is a sacred place an no one is to go near it, whether god or mortal. At the appointed time each year a great blaze is seen to come out of the cave. Their story goes on to say that this happens whenever the blood from the birth of Zeus begins to boil up. The sacred bees that were the nurses of Zeus occupy this cave."

Ἡλιος

HELIOS (Helius) was the Titan god of the sun, a guardian of oaths, and the god of sight. He dwelt in a golden palace in the River Okeanos (Oceanus) at the far ends of the earth from which he emerged each dawn, crowned with the aureole of the sun, driving a chariot drawn by four winged steeds. When he reached the the land of the Hesperides in the far West he descended into a golden cup which bore him through the northern streams of Okeanos back to his rising place in the East.

Homeric Hymn 31 to Helius (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th - 4th B.C.) :

"Glowing Helios (Sun) whom mild-eyed Euryphaessa (Wide Shining), the far-shining one, bare to [Hyperion] the son of Gaia (Gaea, Earth) and starry Ouranos (Uranus, Heaven). For Hyperion wedded glorious Euryphaessa, his own sister, who bare him lovely children, rosy-armed Eos (the Dawn) and rich-tressed Selene (the Moon) and tireless Helios (Helius, the Sun) who is like the deathless gods."

[thingsphoenix21]

Rhea: You always let your emotions get in the way, that's the problem with you Hera. You don't think. Hera: Mom, please... Rhea: He's just the king, Hera. Not yours to keep. Hera: No, he's not. Rhea: So what are you telling me? That all of this revenge was worth it because he is the love of your life?

[theoihalioistuff]

Favorite obscure myth?

Don't really have a favourite. But I was recently thinking about Rhea wrestling against Eurynome, and that almost entirely lost myth sounds dope as hell:

"Pherecydes, again, who is much older than Heraclitus, relates a myth of one army drawn up in hostile array against another, and names Kronos as the leader of the one, and Ophioneos of the other, and recounts their challenges and struggles, and mentions that agreements were entered into between them, to the end that whichever party should fall into the ocean should be held as vanquished, while those who had expelled and conquered them should have possession of heaven". (Origen. Contra Celsusm 6.42 = DK 7B4 = Pherecydes fr. 4 Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers)

"And he sang how first of all Ophion and Eurynome, daughter of Okeanos, held the sway of snowy Olympus, and how through strength of arm one yielded his prerogative to Kronos and the other to Rhea, and how they fell into the waves of Ocean; but the other two meanwhile ruled over the blessed Titan gods, while Zeus, still a child and with the thoughts of a child, dwelt in the Dictaean cave; and the earthborn Cyclopes had not yet armed him with the bolt, with thunder and lightning; for these things give renown to Zeus." (Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 503)

"As he [Helios] shines on the Ophionides [descendants of Ophion] . . . ((lacuna)) the older gods [Titanes?]." (Callimachus. Aetia fr. 177)

"And thou, O brother, most beloved of my heart, stay of our halls and of our whole fatherland, not in vain shalt thou redden the altar pedestal with blood of bulls, giving full many a sacrificial offering to him who is lord of Ophion’s throne [Zeus]. But he shall bring thee to the plain of his nativity [Crete], that land celebrated above others by the Greeks, where his mother [Rhea], skilled in wrestling, having cast into Tartarus the former queen [Eurynome], delivered her of him in travail of secret birth, escaping the child-devouring unholy feast of her spouse; and he fattened not his belly with food, but swallowed instead a stone, wrapped in limb-fitting swaddling-clothes: savage Centaur [Kronos; reference to his union with Philyra], tomb of his own offspring." (Lycophron Alexandra 1191) he's worse than Nonnos

"For before Kronos and Rhea, Ophion and Eurynome, daughter of Okeanos, ruled over the titans. But Kronos overcame Ophion and Rhea overcame Eurynome, casting them into Tartaros. They ruled of the gods until they themselves were cast into Tartaros by Zeus when he took power." (Tzetzes on Lycophron 1191)

The most convincing theory I've read, in my opinion, is that Ophion and Eurynome are parallels of Okeanos (Ogenos for Pherekydes) and Tethys. Okeanos and Tethys are sometimes fitted into genealogies preceeding Kronos and Rhea as parents of the titans (Plato Tim. 40e), similarly to how Ophion and Eurynome are fitted into the succession myth. They are always banished to the river Ocean (save in Lykophron), to which Eurynome is always connected, being classified as an Okeanid by both Hesiod and Homer, who also makes her dwell there (Hom. Il. 18.394-405). Her watery association is also present in her sanctuary in Arcadia, where her xoanon had the form of a mermaid (Paus. 8.41.4-6). Nonnos still pictures Ophion inhabiting the ocean (Dio. 8.150-160), and the world-encircling river being imagined as a world-encircling serpent isn't too far-fetched, considering the orphic propensity for world-encircling serpents, and Okeanos' appearance in vase art. Perhaps a myth existed where Kronos and Rhea battled Okeanos and Tethys for the throne, but who knows. In any case all of this is just conjecture (fun conjecture though).

[sarafangirlart]

“What are you doing biological bro?”

[imur223]

Kronos: Let’s eat kids!

Rhea: Remember, you need to use a comma so you aren’t saying the wrong thing

Kronos, already eating Hestia: I said what I meant

[artbyanca]

Rhea, the mother of the gods.

[hermesmoly]

As much as I like reading about Zeus and Gaia in fiction (and the interesting interpretations of them having a less friendly/motherly and more abusive/hateful dynamic) I'm kind of more interested in Zeus' relationship with Olympos, a Cretan giant who was credited as Zeus' foster father. Olympos then betrayed Zeus and incited his brothers to kill Zeus before Zeus slain them. In his remorse, Zeus named the tomb after his fallen mentor (and presumably, named Olympus after him, which really speaks to how much Zeus cared about him even after the betrayal)

[writingamongther0ses]

Thoughts about the male gods of the six eldest in my WIP-

Hades looks like a mix of Kronos and Rhea, with his mother's dark hair and his father's golden eyes. His eyes are much more lively than his father's eyes though, and are a touch gentler. His children mostly inherit the golden eyes that resemble the gold he owns.

Poseidon looks like Rhea, with inky dark hair and deep blue eyes. His eyes have changed over the years to be more sea green. His children all resemble him, excluding Triton who resembles Amphitrite, but he doesn't mind that much. Someone had to get her lovely features.

Zeus looks like Kronos, with blonde hair and golden eyes. He changed his eyes to be sky blue to look like his mother and to honor his position. He's fiercely jealous and insecure over his features, to the point that his children look more like Poseidon or Hades then they do him.

[pelideswhore]

Rhea: You are what you eat.

Kronos: No, you’re messing with me.

Kronos: I can’t be my own child!

[chimera-tail]

Also… Zeus hcs????

Okay, so before I start, I just wanted to inform you that all these are pro(ish) Zeus since I don't tolerate anti-(insert name of the god) because I feel that even though the gods in the myths may have done terrible things (and in no way do I condone any of those things), it will be unjust to see them as just black and white whereas, in reality, they are much more complex than that.

Anyway, here are some Zeus hcs:

Zeus always felt isolated from his siblings. It wasn't that he was a forgotten child or something, but he felt left out because he led a very different life than his siblings, and he thought that they felt that he was entitled and had it easy since he wasn't swallowed which couldn't be farther from the truth because he, too, had his struggles in a different way.

Zeus is a 100% certified mama's boy. He might not have much respect towards women (as interpreted by his stories where he has assaulted women on multiple occasions), but he would destroy the person who tried to lay a finger on Rhea. He is also, naturally, the closest to her.

Zeus has always been extremely paranoid--he grew up in a warlike environment and has had first-hand experience of what it looks like from a very young age, unlike his siblings, who truly got exposed to it after they were regurgitated. He also was paranoid about the curse of being destroyed by his own child. He felt as though the world was against him and he would never be safe, which might also give an insight as to why he was how he was in the myths.

Zeus, due to having grown up in an environment which demanded nothing but the best from him, created a similar environment for his children, specifically his Olympian daughters. He is a perfectionist; he hates it, but it's hardwired in his brain, so he can't help it either.

Zeus, among all his siblings, is closest to Hestia. Apart from his mother, Hestia is the only one he'll listen to and would protect her at any cost. He feels that he could relate to Hestia the best because she is the firstborn, and the responsibility of her siblings falls on her. Also, she's the one who listens to him when he's going through something. She may think he is wrong in his actions, but she always lets him talk to her without him being mocked for not being as brave and strong as he portrays and, instead, being a normal deity who also has doubts, fears and weaknesses. Basically, Hestia is his only confidante (I just love the relationship between Hestia and Zeus, as there is just so much potential here :3).

That's all I could think of at the moment 😅. I know a couple of them are all over the place, but I'll add more if I get any ideas and get time as well because, unfortunately, exams are still going on, and my brain is completely fogged up.

[apollosgiftofprophecy]

Have you heard of the Kouretes?

https://www.theoi.com/Georgikos/Kouretes.html

I have! They're the ones who guarded Zeus when he was a baby. For a split second I confused them with the Corybantes, the children of Apollo & Thalia lol My brain skittered to a halt and went 'wait. timeline REALLY doesn't add up' XD

Also didn't help that both are associated with Rhea lmao