![]() They can appear anywhere they want, in many places at once. Hercules was able to fight Apollo to a stalemate. If they choose to engage in physical battle they can be injured through the proper weaponry. They can tire or be overpowered by immortals and even demigods. This is why they were the most powerful and influential gods on Olympus. The Big Three, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, after overthrowing the Titans, took one of the three largest physical domains on Earth (the heavens, the oceans, and the Underworld). Since their true, divine form is too powerful to be looked upon by mortals or demigods, all gods can choose any form they desire, even animals, as stated by myths of Zeus and his mortal lovers. The limits of a god's power in this regard is unknown, as is to what extent they can cross into the domain of another. ![]() Gods possess a limitless amount of control over their domain, as well as many general powers including being able to appear anywhere, having divine strength and capabilities that surpasses those of mortals, and manipulating the elements among other vast amounts of control over the world. ![]() A case in point is the one of Morpheus and Hypnos who both have control over dreams and sleep. In addition to their immortality, all gods draw most of their power from their sphere of control or domain, but they all share certain powers, and even abilities specific to their individual domains can sometimes overlap. The gods are divine beings with a variety of powers, such as control of the weather and nature. This is exemplified when the Giants rebelled against the gods, and Hercules, the son of Zeus, helped them vanquish the Giants. He also conceived other gods from his affairs with other goddesses and nymphs.The Olympains had been challenged many times for their control of the world, but they have always managed to stabilize their rule, often with the help of demigods, children they conceived with mortals. Zeus married his sister Hera, and had several children with her including Ares, Hephaestus, Hebe, Eileithyia and Enyo. This marked the end of the Titan age and started the age of the Olympian gods. The final blow was delivered when Zeus, using his father's own scythe, cut Cronos into a thousand pieces and dropped them into Tartarus where he would never rise again. In gratitude, the Cyclopes forged a lightning bolt for Zeus, a trident for Poseidon and the helmet of darkness for Hades, while the sheer strength of the Hekatonkheires proved to be a great advantage against the Titan army. Having freed his siblings, as well as the Hekatonkheires and the Cyclopes whom Cronos had re-imprisoned in Tartarus, Zeus led a rebellion against the Titans. Zeus poisoned his fathers meal, forcing him to vomit out his children. He returned to his father's palace to free his siblings who, being immortals, remained alive and undigested within their father's stomach. ![]() He would have devoured his third son Zeus as well, but Rhea, unable to bear the pain of losing another child, entered into an alliance with Gaea, smuggled her son away to safety, and gave her husband a rock instead to devour.Īfter years of hiding, Zeus was finally old enough and strong enough to overthrow his father. Hestia first, then Demeter, Hades, Poseidon, and Hera. They were the sons and daughters of the Titans Cronos and Rhea.įearing his children would overthrow him in the same way he had done to his own father Ouranos, Kronos devoured his first two sons and his three daughters after they where born. The six oldest gods and goddesses were Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus.
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