[Greek mythology] The daily life of the master of the abyss

Since Hera had four brothers and sisters who were coveting her, Zeus held a grand wedding with her.

Almost the same as when he married Metis.

The beautiful and noble Goddess of Marriage wore the crown of the Empress, and the Hall of the Empress finally ushered in the second master.

The newlyweds were sweet, and soon Hera was pregnant.

Then Hera, who was dazzled by Zeus' tenderness, suddenly discovered that Zeus had found Leto at some point.

The point is, Leto is pregnant.

This is very embarrassing.

As we all know, although Zeus has a bunch of wives and a bunch of daughters, no goddess has yet given birth to his eldest son.

Now that Hera is the Queen of God, her eldest son is naturally the most advantageous for her.

After all, the Greek gods, from the first generation gods to the low-level gods with no status, all have a natural emphasis on the eldest son.

The higher the status, the more so.

If Leto conceived much earlier than Hera, then Hera would accept her fate, but now no one knows whether Hera's child was born first or Leto's child was born first.

And their children are male or female.

Hera almost gritted her silver teeth.

Why was she stunned by Zeus back then!

But now even if he hated her, there was nothing he could do.

All you can do is keep your position.

For this, she begged Demeter to drive Leto out of the land.

——Demeter got the authority of the earth granted by Gaia, which is known to all the gods.

Tartarus understood Gaia's approach very well.

Wearing a vest is a vest, but strength is absolutely impossible.

But it did pity Leto.

Women who are pregnant, even goddesses, are vulnerable.

If her elder sister Astria hadn't stepped forward and turned into a small island to accept her, Leto might have been drained by the child in her womb.

Seeing this, Zeus realized his conscience, and used his divine power to conjure four diamond pillars, which fixed Asteria and became a small island.

As for whether he is because of Leto or Astria, don't care.

With the help of her sister, Leto can finally give birth with peace of mind.

She gave birth to a girl first.

Phoebe, the goddess of the moon far away on the earth, Selene, the goddess of the full moon on Mount Olympus, and Hecate, the goddess of the dark moon living in the underworld, all felt the change of the moon priesthood.

The last phase of the moon, the crescent, welcomes its owner.

The crescent moon and the goddess of hunting, Artemis.

After Artemis was born, she quickly began to help the mother goddess deliver the baby. After nine days and nine nights, another child was finally born.

Helios, who was driving the chariot of the sun, felt the touch of the priesthood of the sun, and his complexion changed.

The two priesthoods of the sun and the moon are different from other priesthoods.

While priesthoods can be repeated, Sun and Moon cannot.

For example, Phoebe is obviously the body of the moon, but under pressure, she has to hand over the control of the moon, making Selene, who is only in charge of the moon phase, become the main god of the moon.

As for Helios, he obtained control of the sun from his father god, who betrothed Leon, and even his mother god specially built a sun chariot for him.

It can be said that compared with his younger sister Selene, who has a covetous owner of the Moon, the Sun God he inherited from his own father is particularly stable.

But now, another deity related to the sun was born.

The handsome and gentle male god's face darkened slightly.

Although Father God has taken countless precautions for him, but...

Still have to guard against

Yes, another child of Leto, the god of light and the sun, Apollo.

There is also a small episode on the way of Apollo's birth.

Hera sent a giant python named Piton to prevent the birth of Apollo. Fortunately, Artemis was very reliable even though he was just born, and repelled him with his powerful divine power.

Apollo: Thank you sister, otherwise I would be finished. tt

And not long after Apollo was born, Hera didn't know whether she was so angry that she moved her fetus or something, so she also gave birth.

A boy was born, the god of fire and forging, Hephaestus.

I don't know if it's because Hera was always angry during pregnancy, which affected the child's development, and Hephaestus's appearance is too plain.

What's more, he was born with a disabled leg.

So, because of Apollo's birth, Hera fell into rage, and Hera, who was suspected of suffering from postpartum depression after giving birth to him, threw him directly off Mount Olympus.

Fortunately, the kid was lucky and fell into the sea.

The goddess of the sea, Tesis, saw that the niece she raised was almost like this, so she adopted Hephaestus helplessly.

——Hera and her sister were sent to the sea for protection after they escaped, and Hera, as the youngest goddess, received the care of Tesis, who treated her no worse than her own daughter.

She was afraid that her little niece would regret it.

When Hephaestus was picked up, there was another goddess beside Tesis, the second wife of Zeus and the daughter of Tesis, Eurynome.

Eurynome, who has three daughters, naturally knows how to take care of children, so she also helps her mother take care of Hephaestus.

Seeing that Hera, who was originally gentle and considerate, became so angry, Zeus devoted himself to accompany her for a period of time, and soon gave birth to her second son, the god of war, Ares.

Ares is different from Hephaestus, he is delicate and cute, and he will be a handsome man at first glance.

Hera was in a good mood.

Seeing that Hera was in a better mood, Tesis went to visit Hera wearing the exquisite brooch made for her by Hephaestus.

Hera was naturally very happy to see her aunt who loved her the most. Seeing the brooch on her chest, she asked her with great interest who made it.

Tethis replied, "It was made by your son, Hephaestus."

As smart as Hera, he naturally understood what she meant at once.

In fact, when she calmed down, she also regretted it very much.

After all, it was her child, a piece of flesh that fell from her body.

"Aunt Tesis, help me bring him back... No, I will pick him up myself," Hera said.

Hephaestus is a kind god.

In response to that sentence, I am ugly but I am gentle.

cough.

Although he still didn't trust the mother god, but when he saw that Hera specially built a casting room for him, and there was guilt in his eyes, this soft-hearted god forgave his mother god.

Zeus was quite happy with Hephaestus' return.

God of forging, he can finally throw those three giants away!

this is amazing.

Not long after Hephaestus came back, he received a big task.

Zeus got a headache and asked him to split his head open.

Hephaestus:……? ? ?

Hello, Father God, are you alright?

Let him open a ladle for him?The gods don't play like this!

Zeus... Zeus IQ is still online.

Although he felt that if the pain continued, he would be stupid.

It felt like something was in his head... That's why Hephaestus split his head open.

Anyway, I can't die... No matter how painful it is, there is no difference between death, it's better to open it and see what's wrong.

What else could Hephaestus do?

If you don't accept Zeus, you have to scold him to death!

So he opened a ladle for Zeus.

A ball of light flew out from Zeus's head, and turned into a blond goddess with bright eyes and white teeth, elegant and noble, and full of manners.

He also wears golden armor and holds a spear in his hand.

It looks heroic without losing the gentle beauty of a goddess.

Hephaestus felt his heart beating so fast.

God of love and beauty far away in the abyss, he seemed to fall in love with this goddess at first sight!

This Hephaestus had a young boy's heart fluttering, while the other Zeus's wound was healed, looking at the girl in front of him with a look of surprise on his face.

...Metis.

She looks exactly like Metis!

However, she was blond and blue-eyed just like him.

The strong and persistent goddess looked at him with a smile, very similar to Metis but without that infatuation and love, but alienation and respect: "Father God, I am Athena, in charge of wisdom and war. "

"...Who is your mother god?" Zeus' voice was hoarse.

"Metis," Athena replied.

Then Zeus sent Athena away.

Tesis has not left yet, just in time to take Athena away.

The Goddess Canghai was also stunned when she saw her granddaughter.

Then I saw her wink at her secretly and mischievously.

That familiar delicate expression brought an idea to Tesis's mind.

She bid farewell to Zeus and took Athena back to the sea.

The bedchamber of Oceanus and Tesis.

"Father God, Mother God, it's me." Athena showed a bright smile, but tears fell from her blue eyes.

"My Metis-Tethis hugged her lost and found daughter, crying bitterly.

Oceanos couldn't believe it either, but his intuition told him that this was his beloved daughter.

"Metis..." Holding his wife and daughter in his arms, Oceanos didn't ask Metis why she came back from the dead, but just silently enjoyed the reunion that he thought was impossible.

"His Majesty Tartarus helped me." Athena explained softly, "But from now on, I will be just Athena."

"It's okay, just come back." Tesis wiped away the tears on his face, and looked at his daughter carefully, for fear that she would disappear again.

"Don't worry, Mother God, I won't be so stupid again." Athena comforted Tesis softly.

The palace, which had become cold since the goddess of resourcefulness was devoured, was now extremely warm.

"Metis, don't tell anyone else about this except me and your mother goddess." Oceanos stroked Athena's hair and said warmly.

"Why?" Athena asked subconsciously, then realized something and stopped.

"Just as you think." Oceanos said: "Your sisters, who knows if they have the intention to show favor to Zeus? Eurynome was forced by Zeus, but I don't guarantee Is there anyone who really wants to flatter Zeus?"

"Well, I see." Athena nodded, indicating that she would be obedient.