AR201 : Divine Mothers in Greek Mythology
22 Mar 2013
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Olympus (due to his lameness: rescued by the nereids hid him in an under water cavern for 9 years, myth of the return of hephaistos. Queen of heaven and main wife of zeus highest ranking among the olympian female deities: daughter of kronos and rhea. Goddess of marriage, weddings, wives and childbirth martial faithfulness. Heiros gamos of hera and zeus produced ares, hebe ( blooming youth cup bearer to the gods) and eileithyia ( coming goddess of sexual function of childbirth) Had hephaistos through parthenogeneis; also had typhon (told in the homeric hymn to. Apollo: parallels gaea and her son ouranos, retaliation for zeus having athena wanted to produce a stronger child than. Zeus to over throw him hephaistos = the only lame god. This didn"t work, she swatted him away and her breast milk spilled out lighting up the sky. Not in comparison to or dependent on male qualities but in union with them.
