#saving zeus from hera’s chains saving hephaestus and dionysus

[hermesmoly]

Thetis being fiercely loyal to Hera (rejecting Zeus’ romantic advances) but also being fiercely loyal to Zeus (saving Zeus from the chains that Hera and co bound him) honestly gives off child of divorce vibes (except the couple in question are eternally married)

[aliciavance4228]

Greek Mythology: Funny Moments

I've wrote "The Iliad: Funny Moments". I've wrote "The Odyssey: Funny Moments". Now I'm going to write this post, so that the Holy Trinity would finally be complete.

Note: When it comes to basically any Greek Myth there's a very fine line between hilarious, weird and straight up disturbing. So please, do acknowledge the fact that everyone might have different opinions about this post..

1. It's hilarious that Acrisius tried to avoid the prophecy of being killed by his grandson Perseus by shipping him and his own daughter Danae away, only to end up dead due to a freak accident when Perseus accidentally hits him on the head with a discus while playing afuneral game. Said funeral was the result of an adventure caused by Perseus being shipped away.

2. One myth had Hephaestus take revenge on Hera for throwing him off Mount Olympus by crafting a golden throne that glued her to her seat when she sat down. He only relented when Dionysus got him too drunk to resist being taken back to Olympus.

3. One story details how Hera was so spectacularly angry at Zeus that she left Olympus. After failing to persuade her to return, Zeus asked for help and was told to make a wooden doll, dress it in a bridal veil, and tell everyone he was getting remarried to lure Hera out. It worked.

On that note, Zeus and Hera's wedding night is said to have lasted for 300 years. 300 years. Divine or not, they must have been really sore after that (or at least exhausted).

4. Hephaestus gets pissed off because his wife Aphrodite is cheating on him with Ares and makes a golden net which he hides by their bed. The next time they start getting it on, the net catches them and hauls them into the air and Hephaestus calls all the other gods to have a good look. The whole of Olympus stands around laughing, and Apollo asks Hermes, 'So, would you mind being chained up naked for everyone to see?' Hermes promptly replies that he wouldn't mind a bit, provided he got to sleep with Aphrodite.

5. An unintentional example, but if you look at some versions of Tiresias and Arachne's myths, Athena has really bad luck when it comes to helping people. A boy almost sees her naked and she tries to shield his innocent eyes? Whoops, she blinded him! A rival tries to kill herself and Athena tries to show her mercy by saving her? Whoops, now her rival's a spider!

6. Speaking of Tiresias, the alternate story of his blindness has a share of funny in it too. He saw a pair of snakes mating one day and separated them with his cane, causing him to be turned into a woman. In following years, adventures as, among others, a temple prostitute ensued, until, meeting the same pair of snakes again and this time leaving them alone, his original form was restored... only for him to happen upon Zeus and Hera in a heated debate about who gets more pleasure out of sex, men or women. They see Tiresias and are immediately like, "Hey, YOU spent time as both a man and a woman! Answer!" He does, which causes Hera to blind him. As even Zeus can't undo what another god did, he gifts him the talent of prophecy via an ability to speak to birds instead. Just in case you wonder, his answer was women.

Wheter his answer was honest or he said that fearing that he might face a worse punishment if his answer was "Men." is debatable.

7. Aphrodite, Hephaistos and Eros are making weapons, in particular Eros is making a javelin. Ares comes in with a strong spear and begins making fun of his son's creation. Eros says it's heavy and says he should try to pick it up. Ares does so, only to find he can't lift it up and his hand is stuck under it.

"Ergh, it's really heavy. Take it back."

"No, you can keep it."

8. The poet Sappho of Lesbos, who (may have) wrote poetry about her love for women and who gave the names to you know exactly what, was supposedly married to Kerkylas of Andros, a name that roughly translates to Dick Allcock from Big Man Island. (Turns out Mr. Biggus Dickus might have existed!) He may be fictional, and "of Kalamamos" may have been better because that means "of pen island", roughly

9. Aphrodite finds out some women of a city don't worship her, because they believe that they’re prettier than her. She gives them terrible B.O. so their husbands will divorce them. Yes, the same person who tried to kill Psyche for similar reasons decided to make some girls smell bad.

10. The start of Hermes' life. He was born in a cave where his mother hid from Hera, and after the birth, his mother Maia tucked him in really tight then went to sleep. Hermes, barely a few hours old, leaves, makes a lyre out of a tortoise, steals 50 cows from Apollo, then goes back to the cave before the sun is up. Apollo notices his cattle missing, and knowing he himself sang and walked right after birth, does not fall for Hermes' cutesy act. He instead drags Hermes in front of Zeus (who tries not to laugh when Hermes starts with the boldfaced lie of "I'll tell you what happened, I, barely a day old, was sleeping soundly when THIS OAF HERE walks in and accuses me of theft!") for judgment. The end of it is that Hermes can keep the cattle, can tell fortunes with dice but in no other way, and becomes the god of thieves among his outrageously long list of tasks.

11. One of Bellerophon's exploits is calling the sea to flood the plain of Xanthus after an attempt on his life. Trying to appease him, the women from the palace lift their dresses up and rush to him. Alas for them, poor Bellerophon ran away for the hills when he saw all those naked women hell-bent on having their way with him.

12. When Herakles has to spend one year as Queen Omphale's slave, she promptly decides to humiliate him by swapping their roles, meaning she gets to wear his lion-skin and wave his club while the mighty hero must wear dresses and weave as a good Ancient Greek housewife. It kinda backfired in a way: it didn't humiliate him but Herakles realized weaving was quite relaxing compared to all this monster-slaying...

13. One myth had Dionysus, god of wine and madness, visit the Underworld to resurrect Ariadne and his mother Semele. When Hades asks for Dionysus to leave his "best beloved" behind as the price, Dionysus leaves his finest wine and/or makes a grapevine grow, and Hades deems it adequate payment.

14. During Heracles' Tenth Labour, he was in a desert and became so frustrated at the heat that he shot an arrow at Helios, who was busy driving the Sun. Helios was impressed at his audacity and gave him a magic cup to cross safely.

15. One day when Ares and Aphrodite were having sex, Ares had his companion/lover Alectryon guard the door in case Helios wandered by, as he'd tell Hephaestus of their indiscretion if found out. Alectryon fell asleep on guard duty and Helios caught them in the act, so as punishment Ares turned him into a rooster, which heralds the sun's arrival by crowing.

16. One version of Zeus's backstory had him raised by a nymph named Amalthea (the other version says he was raised by a goat with the same name, which is funny in of itself). To hide him from Cronus, who ruled the sea, sky, and earth, he was either dangled on a rope from a tree to be in none of those domains, or hid in a cave while a bunch of soldiers made loud noises to cover his cries.

17. The Orphic Mysteries version of Persephone's abduction describes that when Hades opened the earth to steal Persephone, a bunch of pigs fell in with her, much to the consternation of the swineherd Euboleus. Later, to cheer up a mournful Demeter, an old lady named Baubo showed her own genitalia, making the goddess laugh and getting her to eat.

18. The variable fates of Cancer, a large crab who Hera summoned to hamper Heracles while he is fighting the Lernaean Hydra. Heracles either easily crushed it underfoot and Hera memorialized it as a constellation, or it's a constellation now because Heracles kicked it off into the stars.

19. Persephone's daughter Melinoe was either conceived or born at the River Cocytus, where Hermes happened to be stationed as psychopomp. One can only hope he got a raise after that.

20. Poseidon invented the first horse in an attempt to woo Demeter, only to be so distracted by the horse he forgot about Demeter completely.

Credits: TV Tropes

[loemius]

im too like fuzzy from cough syrup to answer YOUR question-- Hephaestus is associated with copper specifically from my understanding, but I know a lot of modern helpol folks associate him with stuff like computers, the internet, metal in general. Hephaestus needs some love, whats some other things you associate him with, either upg or historically (I kinda like thinking of him as the god of disability aids like wheelchairs and prosthetics)

OH BOY I LOVE THIS QUESTION!!!!! i love hephaestus and i am so glad to spread some love for him. thank you for this fantastic question <333 historically speaking: -cranes! paper cranes are really fun and easy to make and would be an awesome votive for him. -donkeys! i think about this one a lot and his myth with dionysus where he'd been cast out of olympos and dionysus was the one who came after him and was able to convince him to return, and he rode back on a donkey: "One of the Greek legends is that Hephaistos, when he was born, was thrown down by Hera. In revenge he sent as a gift a golden chair with invisible fetters. When Hera sat down she was held fast, and Hephaistos refused to listen to any other of the gods save Dionysos--in him he reposed the fullest trust--and after making him drunk Dionysos brought him to heaven." [theoi.com, Pausanias 1.20.3] i mean just look at him on his steed. i love it. [also sourced from theoi.com]

-this is a weird one but chains. he's got a lot to do with chains, from the aforementioned binding of hera to the net of chains to capture ares and aphrodite in their affair to the binding of prometheus. i havent quite developed my thoughts on this yet, but i think it's very interesting. -hammers. he's often seen depicted with his hammer, and of course he helped zeus give birth to athena by using his hammer to split his head open. having experience in metalworking really made me appreciate this more, because there are SO many different kinds of hammers and using the wrong one can completely change the outcome of your work. also, its hard work! makes me think more about just how strong lord hephaestus is to make such grand works. -i think about him a lot with jewelry making, since he's got quite a few historically attested pieces of jewelry that he's made. upg: -i also associate him with mobility aids of all kinds. i also think about him and apollo working together to make medical technology, which means a lot to me as someone who's had health struggles. -i also associate him with computers too. i pray to him when my technology doesnt work LMAO -tobacco. i liked to smoke a cigarette with him before id go into the metal shop (dont smoke please its terrible for you) -the smell of metal. weird one but id go into the metal shop and take a sniff and be like :') ahhhhh hephaestus. i worked a lot in copper and bronze bc theyre soft and cheap metals, and the smell of copper on your hands after spending hours on the jewelers saw... like nothing else in this world. -soldering. when i learned to solder i would pray to him to help me do it well and get a good solder. it is harder than you think, especially when working in silver which can and WILL melt if you're not careful enough. it really made me appreciate how diligent and patient he must be. on a similar note, annealing metal also made me think of him. annealing is the process of heating and quenching metal to strength it once it gets too soft and you are quite literally just blasting it with a torch until it’s red hot. takes so much patience and carefulness. -open flame cooking. he's associated with fires after all and just. tossing something on the grill or over a campfire always makes me think of him. i also think of zeus when i grill things but i dont have a reason for that other than grilling is dad behavior and he is the ultimate dad. -LEGOS. any time i play with legos i am thinking about him. its the building aspect and the creativity. -really i think about him, athena, and apollo a lot when i'm creating, especially 3d works for hephaestus. i'm pursuing a bfa so i make a lot of things, and i think a lot about his skill and dedication to the craft when i make them.

thank you so so much for this ask!!! i loved answering this and would love to hear others thoughts on this <3 gods bless you with health and happiness!!!

[kennan73888]

Legends Fables & Myth Timeline [June 27, 2022]

Organizing the timeline without the stories crossing each other, or so I’ll say. It’s more the planning of the year when each character appears and exists within the words. For example, Book A has Lee as a helper then, somehow, Book K shows Lee’s first appearance in the story plot. I love all of the characters to be there, but it won’t make sense when they appear later.

Before Time

Lucifer created his first demon, Lillith, and others with her.

Angels and Demons went on a rebellious phase, starting a war in heaven.

Michael seals Lucifer in a cage that’s buried deep within hell.

4004 BC

The universe exists, creating three archy.

Choronzon (Demon) and Cassiel (Angel) became good friends, keeping it a secret from their division.

3575 BC

The Titans defeat Uranus and lock him in Tartarus.

Few Uranus pieces fell into the sea, and Aphrodite froths traveled from Kythera to to Cyprus.

3256 BC

Kronos knew that one day his children will fight for his throne, so he’ll swallow them when they’re born. His wife, Rhea, saves one child by hiding him in Diktean Cave.

Zeus grows up in the Diktean Cave near Lyctus.

3135 BC

Zeus frees his brothers and sisters from within Kronos’ stomach then wages war against Kronos.

3100 BC

The Olympians release the Hecatonchires and the Cyclops from imprisonment in Tartarus and allied with Zeus.

Prometheus, and Epimetheus; they attack the Titans, commanded by Atlas.

3090 BC

The war lasted for ten years.

Zeus and the Olympians rule over Greek, and the Titans were imprisoned in Tartarus.

2908 BC

Zeus swallowed Metis, his first wife.

2900 BC

Demeter’s daughter, Kore (Persephone), was born when she slept with Zeus.

2895 BC

Zeus takes Hera as his wife.

2862 BC

Ares was born from Hera and Zeus.

2858 BC

Hephaestus was born and thrown off from Olympus because Hera was ashamed of his shriveled foot. After being thrown, Thetis and Eurynome saved him.

2810 BC

Hebe was born by both Zeus and Hera.

2802 BC

Due to a headache, Zeus orders his sons and Poseidon to break his head. From it, Athena emerges.

2785 BC

Zeus fools with Leto, creating Artemis and Apollo.

2744 BC

Aphrodite came from the sea, and Zeus adopted her as his daughter.

Aphrodite then became the wife of Hephaestus.

2710 BC

Hermes was born from his mother, Maia, and father, Zeus.

2658 BC

Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, is abducted by Hades as his wife.

Three sisters, who serve Persephone, were transformed into sirens by Demeter, out of anger, forcing them to search for her daughter.

Many months passed, the siren eventually gave up and settled on the flowery island of Anthemoessa.

2640 BC

The search for her daughter ends after Demeter knowing who’s the suspect.

2305 BC

Prometheus stole fire from Hephaestus and gave it to men.

2294 BC

The gods created the first mortal woman, Pandora, and gave her to Epimetheus as his wife (as punishment).

Pandora is given a jar as a wedding present and told not to open it, but she doesn’t listen, opens it, and humanity suffers the consequences.

2167 BC

Prometheus was chained on a mountain in the Caucasus because of a prophecy he refused to share with Zeus.

1972 BC

Dionysus, the son of Zeus and Semele, daughter of Cadmus is born.

1667 BC

Prometheus and Io met, telling her future and her descendants (Hercules) in 13 generations (about 400 years).

Zeus has an affair with Io (Ioun) the daughter of Inachus the son of Oceanus and carries her off to Egypt.

1606 BC

Hephaestus divorce Aphrodite.

1530 BC

Eros fell in love with Psyche.

1444 BC

Eros cast an arrow through Hephaestus that he nearly rape Athena.

Erichthonius was born by the semen of Hephaestus, that’s left on Athena’s thigh.

1418 BC

Parthenope first met Medusa on the island, Sarpedon.

1415 BC

Erichthonius rules at Troy.

1397 BC

Erichthonius (Erechtheus by Homer) rules at Athens.

1322 BC

Medusa got slain by Perseus

After being beheaded by Perseus; Pegasus and Chrysaor were born from Medusa's dead body.

 1317 BC

Imhotep (Ardath) was born in Egypt.

1289 BC

Imhotep and his lover, Ankh-es-en-amon, were mummified.

1286 BC

Heracles was born.

1268 BC

Heracles frees Prometheus from imprisonment.

Cacus, a barbarous, fire-breathing giant of Latium (central Italy), who was slain by Heracles. He was a son of Hephaistos.

1234 BC

Heracles dies and becomes a god then marries Hebe.

1232 BC

Helen was born by Leda and Zeus, who disguised himself as a swan.

1213 BC

Thetis married a mortal, Pelius.

Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite compete with each other, seeing who’s the fairest.

Pylius, son of Hephaestus and man of the island of Lemnos (Greek Aegean) who cured the Trojan-War hero Philoktetes of his snake-bite wound.

1174 BC

Poseidon punished Odysseus for harming one of his sons.

The siren sisters were almost drowning deep in the sea, when their father, Achelous, formed a cocoon around them, keeping them safe.

1171 BC

Hermes fathers Pan by Penelope, the wife of Odysseus.

990 BC

Solomon was born in Jerusalem, Israel.

970 BC

Solomon became King in Israel.

Solomon made his first demon contract with four demons; Amaymon (East), Corson (West), Ziminiar (North), and Gaap (South).

968 BC

The four great witches, Sonadia (West), Glinda (South), Kalinya (East), and Gayelette (North), were created by Solomon through magic.

931 BC

Solomon made a deal with God and somehow failed to keep that promise to end up trapped in one of hell layers.

The only way to set Solomon free is his 72 pillars that build throughout the world.

770 BC

Romulus and Remus were born by Rhea Silvia, and their father, Mars.

Afraid of the prophecy, Rhea Silvia’s father threw the children in the river, hoping to drown.

A lovely female wolf found them and raise them as her own.

755 BC

Remus and Romulus meet a necromancy, Gayelette, who grants them the power to transform into any animals.

Remus broke one of the rules, killing a man, and was forever cursed to transform into a maniac werewolf during the full moon. Besides, Remus can turn a human into a beast with a bite of his blood.

Romulus tried to kill Gayelette in revenge but got in return by turning into a bat. Out of anger, Gayelette too curses him, craving for blood and a bite of his blood will turn any human into a vampire.

753 BC

Roman First Founded, naming it after Romulus.

One of Romulus’ men is afraid that Remus will rebel against his brother, so he planned to kill him. Romulus found out about the plan and killed him, threatening his men if they so-ever had any evil thoughts.

719 BC

One of the Greek Goddesses, Artemis, fell in love with Romulus.

Apollo found out about this and cursed Romulus. At each skin contact from the sun, his skin will burn.

Apollo argues his sister by tricking her into cursing Romulus, which was confused for Remus, condemned him instead.

Remus and Romulus suffer their curse.

Artemis saw her mistake, so she gave them speed and strength to overcome their evil.

718 BC

Romulus gave up his throne as King in Roman.

700 BC

Remus went on a deep dive when he suddenly saw three giant cocoons in the sea.

Remus pulls it to the shore, then it breaks, showing three little girls emerge.

Remus and Romulus raised the three girls as their daughters.

356 BC

Alexander the Great was born.

323 BC

Alexander died but was brought back by an unknown vampire.

499

Arthur was born at Tintagel Castle

529

Mordred born by an incestual incident

556

Where Arthur lied to eternal sleep

Mordred was killed by Arthur

1199

Dealing with the Frog Prince became a bad deal for the little Princess.

1278

The Notre-Dame de Paris building was under construction, Crane arose after finishing being carved.

1431

Vlad the Impaler was born in Sighișoara, Romania.

1442

Vlad and his younger brother were sent to the court of Ottoman Sultan Murad II as collateral to assure the sultan that their father, in a reversal of his previous position, would support Ottoman policies.

1447

Vlad ran away from the sultan, even though he and his brother are living, however, the on edge he felt

One harsh weather in the mountain, Vlad enters a cave but is attacked by the three sirens.

While trapped in the cave with the three sirens, he has the same goal: searching for the 72 pillars.

Vlad met the four great witches.

God freed both Solomon and Lucifer after Vlad convinced him.

1448

Vlad returned, having been informed of the assassination of his father and elder brother at the hands of Walachian boyars (nobles) the year before.

Vlad then embarked upon the first of a lifelong series of campaigns to regain his father’s seat.

His opponents included the boyars as well as his younger brother, who was supported by the Ottoman sultan. 

Vlad emerged briefly victorious but was deposed after only two months.

1456

After an eight-year struggle, Vlad again claimed the voivodate.

1462

Igor was born to a gypsy mother, who died of an unknown disease with his father.

Igor’s uncle, Frollo, took him in while raising him, naming him Quasimodo.

As an infant, Quasimodo was secretly taken care of by Crane, one of the weakest gargoyles.

1465

Aurelia made a deal with a dwarf, along the way while having a child with him.

1466

For the first time, Igor met Crane face-to-face.

Redd, Malik, and Keziah were onto Crane’s little secrets.

1472

The betrayal was one of Vlad’s best men. He assassinated his wife, and son, including him.

Vlad nearly lost his life because of deception, then Romulus turns him into a vampire.

With his new abilities, Vlad got rid of the traitors and took over the castle.

1482

Igor met a beautiful gypsy, Esmeralda.

Without Crane on Igor’s side, he sneaks to the festival by himself.

By accident, he was discovered and held as a fool at the festival.

Esmeralda saw how miserable Igor felt in place, so she intervened and took him with her.

Through the gypsies hiding place, Esmeralda shows him the life of living as a gypsy.

Igor was introduced to a gypsy who can see anyone’s future through a crystal.

While looking through Igor’s future, the gypsies went unconscious because there’s too much information to handle.

The death of Esmeralda causes Igor, unable to let her go. Death came to take Igor’s soul in exchange for Esmeralda’s life when he came to offer his. The soul Crane had was nothing special compared to a human-like Igor.

1485

Carabosse found a beautiful raven during the pouring season.

1544

Abigail (snow white stepmother) became a maid.

1546

William was born, abandoned in the Amazon rainforest.

1655

Gretel escapes with her double, Hansel, from her palace being invaded.

1779

An experiment from the Prodigium lab escaped, feeding on anything that moves.

All the animals in the forest got consumed, causing the huntsman to feel uneasy, believing that the woods are cursed.

The Nimrod came to hunt it down.

Soon it escaped once again, storing itself in a cart, carrying it to London.

While settling down, its first victim was an alley cat then a couple came after.

It transforms into a cat, blending itself in the city.

It was soon adopted by a little girl and her family, naming it Sweeney.

1781

Benjamin Barker was accused of a crime he didn’t do and was exiled from the country.

Under Turpin’s watch, he kept Lucy and her daughter under his wing, for now.

Lucy doesn’t want to get raped by Turpin, so she slit her throat.

Unable to leave, Barker sneaks through the city to get his family.

He heard the news about his wife being dead through suicidal.

Barker tries to get revenge by sneaking into the Turpin room but gets shot instead.

Barker was about to be thrown in the river when Sweeney came and consumed the men.

Barker saw it was his cat and patted it head before dying.

For the first time, Sweeney felt an uncertain emotion.

He consumes Barker.

1785

Sweeney Todd reopened the Barker shop, on top of Mrs. Lovett pie bakery.

Todd sworn himself to kill Turpin and everyone that hurts his family.

After finding out Mrs. Lovett unrequited love, Todd fools her by turning her into his assistant to take revenge.

The only family living was Johanna Barker.

1790

Ichabod went to Sleepy Hollow.

1792

Adam was created in the lab by Victor Frankenstein, his father.

Adam met Victor’s wife and accidentally killed her due to his unknown strength.

Victor went in rage and chased after Adam till he lost his life.

1796

Edmond was born.

1802

Lucian was born in New York.

1804

Dr. Jeremiah Griffin was born.

1815

Edmond got betrayed by his three friends and traded to the Prodigium, turning into part of an experiment.

Edmond became a ghoul.

Alejandro saved a young child, Matakara, and raised her as his daughter.

1821

Through those cruel experiments, Edmond finally escaped and met Gayelette.

1826

Lucian became part of the Men of Letters.

1830

Edmond seeks his revenge.

Dr. Griffin went invisible while helping Lucian, but can never find an antidote to cure him.

Lucian bit Remus so hard that it drew out blood. Within those blood Lucian accidents take it, he became the new birth of Lycan.

1832

Erik was born in Boscherville.

Francois was created in the lab and escaped.

1839

Erik died at age seven from a collapse and trap inside a cave, which turned into a phantom.

Marguerite was born, with her fraternal twin sister, Charlotte.

1840

Eleanor d'Aubigné was born in France.

1844

Dr. Griffin was testing his new invisibility until he spotted his younger brother.

To help his brother, Dr. Griffin, helps him through disguises.

1846

Hyde was born in Paris.

1848

Marguerite fell in love with Eleanor’s appearance when they first met while their parents got married.

Eleanor’s father got a heart-attack for some unknown reason.

1849

Lorina was born.

1852

Alice was born.

1854

Edith was born.

1856

Hyde was found in London and adopted, changing his name into Henry Jekyll.

Hyde had amnesia, from what his adopter believed it was the war’s fault, so he restarted as a new person.

1858

A ball was announced.

1860

Lorina went missing and was taken to Wonderland.

1869

Alice follows a rabbit then enters Wonderland.

While staying in Wonderland, Alice learns his older sister, too, went there.

Searching for his missing sister, Alice went through many trials.

1871

Erik bought the Palais Garnier, with different managers to manage.

1878

Thomas Edison invented Jeno and called Hadaly.

1881

Erik taught a woman how to sing then fell in love with her.

The woman couldn’t return the feeling, for she loves a different man.

Vlad donated the theater repairmen while Adam tagging along.

Later, Erik takes an interest in Adam.

1887

Romulus and Remus die, becoming a tree.

Gayelette lay in bed as her ardor consumed by a core that planted in the body.

1888

Dr. Griffin met Will in an Amazon Forest.

Jekyll transforms into Hyde and begins his savages way of murder.

Holmes and Watson are finding who’s the killer.

Utterson, Jekyll’s friend, tried to understand his situation.

1890

Vlad met a woman named Mina that had a similar appearance to his dead wife.

The two became good friends.

1896

Lucy Westenra

Renfield is dead, being killed by Van Helsing.

Quincey, born before his mother, Mina, became a vampire.

1921

Ardath, Imhotep, was awakened from the dead.

Ardath met his reincarnation lover, Evalyn Grosvenor, who accidentally awakened him.

Evalyn thought she would be cursed but misunderstood when Ardath confessed his love.

After what Ardath tells her about turning her into immortal.

Evalyn never loved him, and she purposely killed him and became immortal herself.

Ardath was saved by Solomon and was under Vlad’s care.

The betrayal of his love was so much that he turned into a drinker.

1930

Watson and Holmes were captured by the Prodigium, becoming an experiment of entertainment. They then suicide to escape the torture.

1933

Ardath kills Evalyn.

1983

Sherlock was born.

John was born.

2000

Aleister and Cassiel were slain by the Archangel, Michael, for forming a relationship.

God save the two rogues.

2002

Christian was born in a cult church, Soho, London.

2010

Sherlock first met John, making them roommates in 221B Baker Street.

2013

Christian awakens as the AntiChrist.

The Secondary Revelation War began.

[tipsycad147]

Hephaestus – The Greek God of Crafts

Hephaestus (Roman equivalent Vulcan), also known as Hephaistos, was the Greek god of blacksmiths, craftsmanship, fire, and metallurgy. He was the only god to ever be thrown out of Mt. Olympus and later return to his rightful place in the heavens. Depicted as ugly and deformed, Hephaestus was among the most resourceful and skilled of the Greek gods. Here’s his story.

Origins of the Myth of Hephaestus

Hephaestus

Hephaestus was the son of Hera and Zeus. However, some sources say that he was Hera’s alone, borne without a father. The poet Hesiod writes of a jealous Hera, who conceived Hephaestus alone because Zeus had given birth to Athena alone, without her.

Unlike the other gods, Hephaestus was not a perfect figure. He is described as being ugly and lame. He was either born lame or he ended up lame after Hera threw him away.

Hephaestus is often depicted as a bearded middle-aged man, who wore a Greek workman’s hat called pilos, and a Greek workman’s tunic called eximos, but he’s also sometimes depicted as a younger man with no beard. He is also portrayed together with the tools of a smith: axes, chisels, saws, and mostly hammers and tongs, which are his foremost symbols.

Some scholars place the explanation of Hephaestus’ less-than-perfect appearance on the fact that blacksmiths such as him normally had injuries from their work with metal. The toxic fumes, the furnaces, and the dangerous tools normally scarred these workers.

Exile from Mt. Olympus

After a quarrel between Zeus and Hera, Hera threw Hephaestus from Mount Olympus, disgusted by his ugliness. He landed on the island of Lemnos and was possibly crippled from the fall.  After falling to earth, Thetis looked after him until his ascent to heavens.

Hephaestus  built his house and workshop by the island’s volcano, where he would hone his skills of metallurgy and invent his groundbreaking crafts. He remained here until Dionysus arrived to fetch Hephaestus and return him to Mt. Olympus.

Hephaestus and Aphrodite

When Hephaestus returned to Mt. Olympus, Zeus ordered him to marry Aphrodite, goddess of love. While he was known for his ugliness, she was known for her beauty, making the union an uneven match and causing an uproar.

There are two myths as to why Zeus ordered this marriage.

After Hera got stuck on a throne that Hephaestus built for her, Zeus offered Aphrodite, who was the most beautiful goddess, as the prize for freeing the queen goddess. Some Greek artists show Hera being held to the throne with invisible chains built by Hephaestus and portray the exchange as his scheme to wind up marrying Aphrodite, the goddess of love.

The other myth proposes that Aphrodite’s dashing beauty had caused uneasiness and conflict among the gods; to settle to dispute, Zeus ordered the marriage between Hephaestus and Aphrodite to keep the peace. Because Hephaestus was ugly, he hadn’t been viewed as a likely contender for Aphrodite’s hand, making him the best choice to end the competition peacefully.

Hephaestus Myths

Hephaestus was a fine craftsman and a resourceful blacksmith who created marvelous pieces. Besides Hera’s golden throne, he crafted several masterpieces for the gods, as well as for human beings. Some of his best-known creations were the scepter and aegis of Zeus, the helmet of Hermes, and the locking doors on Hera’s chambers.

Many the myths with which he’s associated, incorporate his craftsmanship. Here are some:

Pandora: Zeus commanded Hephaestus to sculpt the perfect woman out of clay. He gave instructions of the voice and the features the maiden was to have, which were meant to resemble the goddesses. Hephaestus sculpted Pandora and Athena brought her to life. After she was created, she was named Pandora and received a gift from each god.

Prometheus’ Chains: Following Zeus’ orders, Prometheus was chained to a mountain in the Caucasus as vengeance for having given fire to mankind. It was Hephaestus who fabricated Prometheus’ chains. In addition, an eagle was sent every day to eat Prometheus’ liver. The eagle was created by Hephaestus and brought to life by Zeus. In Aeschylus’ Prometheus Bound Io asks Prometheus who chained him, and he answers, “Zeus by his will, Hephaistos by his hand”.

Prometheus’ chains and the eagle that tormented him were shaped by Hephaestus

Hephaestus against the Giants and Typhon: In Gaia’s attempts to dethrone Zeus, the gods fought two important wars against the Giants and the monster Typhon. When the war against the giants began, Zeus summoned all the gods to fight. Hephaestus, who was nearby, was one of the first ones to arrive. Hephaestus killed one of the giants by throwing melted iron on his face. In the war against Typhon, after Zeus managed to defeat Typhon, he threw a mountain on the monster and commanded Hephaestus to remain on the top as a guard.

Hephaestus and Achilles’ Armor:  In Homer’s Iliad, Hephaestus forged Achilles’ armor for the Trojan war at the request of Thetis, Achilles’ mother. When Thetis knew her son would go into war, she visited Hephaestus to ask him to create a shining armor and a shield to protect him in battle. The god obliged and forged a masterpiece using bronze, gold, tin, and silver, which offered Achilles immense protection.

Achilles’ Armor was Crafted by Hephaestus

Hephaestus and the River-God: Hephaestus fought the River-god, known as Xanthos or Scamander, with his fire. His flames burned the streams of the river causing great pain. According to Homer, the fight went on until Hera intervened and eased both immortal beings.

The Birth of Athens’ First King: In a failed attempt to rape Athena, Hephaestus’ semen fell on the thigh of the goddess. She cleaned her thigh with wool and threw it on the ground. And so, Erichthonius, an early king of Athens, was born. Because it was the ground that bore Erichthonius, he’s mother is supposed to be Gaia, who then gave the boy to Athena who hid him and raised him.

Symbols of Hephaestus

Like Athena, Hephaestus helped mortals by teaching them the arts. He was the patron of craftsmen, sculptors, masons and metalworkers to name a few. Hephaestus is associated with several symbols, which represent him:

Volcanos – Volcanos are associated with Hephaestus since he learned his craft among the volcanos and their fumes and fires.

Hammer – A tool of his craft which symbolizes his strength and the ability to shape things

Anvil – An important tool when forging, it’s also a symbol of bravery and strength.

Tongs – Required for grasping objects, especially hot objects, the tongs signify Hephaestus’ position as god of fire.

In Lemnos, where he reportedly fell, the island became known as Hephaestus. The soil was considered sacred and powerful since they thought the ground where the mighty Hephaestus had fallen had special properties.

Hephaestus Facts

1- Who are Hephaestus’ parents?

Zeus and Hera, or Hera alone.

2- Who is Hephaestus’ consort?

Hephaestus married Aphrodite. Aglaea is also one of his consorts.

3- Did Hephaestus have children?

Yes, he had 6 children called Thalia, Eucleia, Eupheme, Philophrosyne, Cabeiri and Euthenia.

4- What is Hephaestus the god of?

Hephaestus is the god of fire, metallurgy, and blacksmith.

5- What was Hephaestus’ role on Olympus?

Hephaestus crafted all the weapons for the gods and was the blacksmith to the gods.

6- Who worshipped Hephaestus?

Hephaestus crafted all the weapons for the gods and was the blacksmith to the gods.

7- How did Hephaestus get crippled?

There are two stories related to this. One states that he was born lame, while the other states that Hera threw him out of Olympus when still an infant because of his ugliness, which caused him to become lame.

8- Why did Aphrodite cheat on Hephaestus?

It’s likely that she didn’t love him and was only married to him because she had been forced into it by Zeus.

9- Who saved Hephaestus?

Thetis saved Hephaestus when he fell on the island of Lemnos.

10- Who is Hephaestus’ Roman equivalent?

Vulcan

In Brief

Although Hephaestus’ story began with setbacks, he manages to win back his deserved place in Mt. Olympus with his hard work. His journey takes him from being cast out to being the blacksmith of gods. He remains among the most resourceful and skilled of the Greek gods.

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[thefoolwholovestheworld]

zeus didn't force aphrodite to marry hephaestus. he promises the hand of the most beautiful goddess/his most beautiful daughter (in the versions where she's his daughter) to whoever manages to save hera from the golden throne hephaestus built. you gotta know that zeus loves hera more than anything and was probably at his most vulnerable and desperate in history of greek myths.

aphrodite was more than happy because she hoped ares would manage to break the chains. he failed, like everyone did.

eventually dionysus went to hephaestus, got him drunk and proposed that he freed hera from the throne so that he'd get to marry the most beautiful of all goddesses. hephaestus liked this idea and so he did free hera and since zeus promised, he couldn't take his words back and aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, was married to someone she didn't love, and the ugliest of gods on top of that.

and in mythology hephaestus isn't mocked because his wife is unfaithful to him. it's actually the other way around. once, hephaestus caught aphrodite and ares in a net, and he called the entire olympian council to look at their naked forms trying to escape or hide themselves and laugh. everyone already hated ares, but zeus was even more ashamed and hateful of him.

I feel like I forgot how to draw lol just a 3/4 face with a chipmunk anime cheek and tiny chin. Though I am drawing a round chubby face so it's not like I didn't have a reason to try and make chubby cheeks but I definitely overshot.

I'm making Persephone plus size because I desperately want to draw that. I wanna really practice and work on being able to draw various body types regardless of available references... because if I make a comic I have to be able to draw them from any angle doing any gesture, so even if I can't find or make a reference I still need to know how fat and muscle rests and moves because adding weight to the 3D models in csp just kind of inflates them like a balloon. Which can still help but not as much as a real reference...

I wanna build Hephaestus broad and heavy set too because he's a smith, but he's strongly associated with ugliness... I can make a lot if scarring from being tossed... Hephaestus has such a raw deal man... I really do feel bad for him, like imagine you're married to the most beautiful goddess, but only because she's being punished and everyone agreed you were the worst person to be married to? And then your wife is actually in a relationship with someone else and continues to be in that relationship and all in all everyone makes fun of you for being a cuckold in the historical sense so once again everything just ends up with your peers mocking you but also demanding the fruits of your labour constantly. Like shit... life sucks for Hephaestus. He goes to Demeter to petition politely to marry Persephone and Demeter was so repulsed she dragged Persephone into hiding (dramatic oversimplification) (the story also takes time to mention that at this point he was still married to Aphrodite, but had given up on it because she just went back to Ares. Like I do think it's also awful to marry Aphrodite to someone she doesn't like to try and punish her for being able to hold power over Zeus and to try and force her into a more obedient role... the whole marriage between them was just Zeus being the absolute worst...

[hermesmoly]

So i saw @loloisafangirl and @ellakay69 do this (your answers are amazing👌) so i thought, why the Hades not?

1. Persephone. Everytime I hear Persephone's name I smile. There's just something about her character and lack of myths that make you want to write about her. Plus she's a queen and a spring goddess, that's goals. Athena is badass tho.

2. Not a fan of both but I'd choose Arachne. I used to hate Poseidon because of Medusa, until i found out Medusa was originally a gorgon and her rape was only added later on. Plus, spiderwebs are cool.

3. The Odyssey: Don't get me wrong, I love the Iliad, especially at *intensely playing Careless Whisper* Patrochilles moments, but Odysseus reuniting with Penelope and Telemachus will always melt my heart. Odysseus is also my favorite greek hero.

4. bOTH. Zeus is like my sexy button-down shirted wine dad who'll let you stay past 12AM, and Hades is the gloomy but cool uncle who'll let you take Cerberus to the park. Why must one always be hated while the other loved? Why not love both?

5. Helen. I like Andromeda (her mom is like Agammemnon; they both suck) but Helen's been a victim her whole life just because of her beauty. He was kidnapped by Theseus, kidnapped by Aphrodite as a prize to Paris, taken away from her husband and daughter, blamed for a war she didn't cause, almost being killed by her husband? Girl didn't deserve any of that :(( I'm glad she and Menelaus reconciled (another reason i love The Odyssey)

6. I have a lot of favorite myths, but this one takes first place: Hephaestus saving Hera from her chains.

I know greek tumblr likes to joke about Hephaestus hating Hera and Hera yeeting him out of Olympus, which i do find funny. But. Why. Do. People. Forget. That. He. Forgave. Her. When he first freed Hera from her throne, it's not because of forgiveness or Dionysus' words but it's for the hand of Aphrodite. He freed her for a prize, he hated her. But when Hera was chained for her act of rebellion, you should think Hephaestus would be happy, knowing the woman who threw him away was suffering. But he didn't. When he saw his mother chained high above all Olympus all the anger, all the resentment yeeted out of the window, and all he could think was "No. Not like this. I have to save her." Hephaestus the "I have no mother" god rescued his mother from her chains. He has forgiven her even when she did not deserve it. And she calls him "dear son" and he calls her "mother". And when Zeus struck him out of Olympus, he found it in himself to forgive his stepfather too. He found it in himself to forgive, and I think that's beautiful.

7. Like Ella said, all the rape myths are disgusting, and sometimes even goddesses cause them (Artemis having Dionysus rape her cousin Aura// Hera sending Tityos to rape her cousin Leto) but the absolute worst myth for me is Oedipus Rex (poor poor Oedipus)

8. Spot. I choose Spot.

9. Ladon!!! I mean, Hera's scary dragon guarding the tree of golden apples. I need him with Smaug's voice tho.

10. Icarus in a heartbeat. Boy just wanted to fly :((

(Plus Theseus is a humongous ass for leaving Ariadne on the island and for kidnapping a twelve year old to bang)

11. Definitely Odysseus and Diomedes. One of them is the sneaky hated descendant of Hermes, and the other is the hero of Athena who was badass enough to injure Ares. Both own my heart.

12. So the dead gay heroes eyyy? I love both but I'll pick Achilles because he's gayer

13. HYPERION☀️: CRONUS CAN SUCC IT

14. Rhea: it's heartbreaking that Cronus ruined her family and ate 5/6 of the kids. A sad titaness :((

15. *with a megaphone* APOLLO!!!!! He's literally the best olympian and his haikus rock (try to change my mind!) He's greek's bi disaster and he simply radiates awesomeness.

16. If you haven't seen my blog, It's Zeus/Hera. I'm simply trash for them. I like the angst and the drama and how no matter how much Zeus' cheats, she's still there for him. They have a playboy/snarky girl vibe that i just really love ahhhhhhhhhhh. My other ships are Poseidon/Pelops, Demeter/Iasion, Hades/Persephone, Apollo/Hyacinthus, and Aglaia/Hephaestus.

17. Psyche Revived By Cupid's Kiss by Antonio Canova. Simply breathtaking.

18. @asphodelon's amazing Hades and Persephone. I love her way of portraying them as a stern but sweet couple.

19. Poseidon. Nereus only appeared in like one myth, where Herc kicked his ass. Poseidon is the man-bunned hawaiian shirted uncle. He's cool.

20. Not fond of them both but Echidna. She's the momster of all monsters. She's scary.

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