#rhea greek mythology

[sarafangirlart]

kinda curious what do you think about rhea

I think she’s a pretty interesting character, I’m really fascinated by her relationship with Hera since there aren’t really any sources directly stating what their relationship is like but we do get enough to speculate.

When Zeus tried to seduce/trick Hera as a cuckoo, she says she can’t sleep with him bc of their mother (to which he says that he’ll marry her) now what did she mean by this? Did she mention their mother bc she’s shy about having sex? Bc she’s scared that Zeus won’t respect her consent so she brings up their mother? Or is it bc Rhea doesn’t approve of them together? There is a lot arguments for and against all of these and it’s fun to speculate.

There’s also the fact that Hera mentions Tethys a lot, constantly praising her foster mother while never really talking about Rhea much. There is also the fact that some sources state that Rhea raised Dionysus and that she was there to comfort Leto while giving birth. Which I’m 100% sure Hera is upset about, does she feel that her mother prefers Zeus over her?

Complex mother-daughter relationships are my shit.

I kinda don’t like when Rhea is portrayed as only trying to save Zeus, I feel like she would try to rescue all of her children ever since Hestia was eaten. After all, there are several stories about Hera and Poseidon not getting eaten.

[satoshy12]

Meeting the Clocky family

Kronos/Clockwork invited his family to his favorite son's birthday party.

Totally forgetting, he never told them he wasn't insane anymore and was doing much better.

Well, to be fair, Kronos just planned to invite Hestia and forget about the rest. Only she is a good girl, but once he wrote, she wrote back, thinking it was a trick.

So he allowed her to get the rest of them.

Danny: " So this is your family?"

Kronos;" Yeah. You ever read about the Titan of Time?"

Danny: " The one who ate... Oh, you really were crazy!"

Hestia:" It doesn't shock you that he eats us."

Danny:" And? He never tried to eat me."

Clockwork:" You barely have any meat."

Danny:" And a baby God has. "

Clockwork:" Yes. Believe me on that."

The seven children of Kronos and his wife weren't sure what to think.

Danny just blew a raspberry against Clockwork and joined the rest of Ghost for a talk.

[starfanatic]

Greek Mythology Headcanons pt.2

-Apollo has this constant need and desire for perfection. If he isn't perfect at something, he instantly tries to fix it. He constantly needs validation and praise from people in order to feel satisfied with himself. This behavior surprisingly came from Ares. Apollo feared being scorned by Zeus like Ares is, so he does anything in his power to be everything his father would want in a son. Beautiful, Charismatic, Strong, Fast, EVERYTHING.

-Nerites and Ganymede are super close friends. Both are lovers of the big three, so they got a LOT in common. Nerites is kind of the more outspoken and loud one, while Ganymede is sweet and quiet. Nerites is what made Ganymede feel so comfortable on Olympus, because at first Ganymede was too uncomfortable because he was a "mere" human among gods.

-On the other hand, Adonis and Hyacinthus was a odd but interesting duo in itself. Essentially, Adonis is just insane in half the shit he says or does, and Hyacinthus somehow gets convinced of it somehow. Just know that if you see Hyacinthus and Adonis running towards a specific direction... run. the. other. way.

-Athena does not understand emotions as much as she thinks. Ares is a natural at understanding and deciphering emotion, but for some reason she doesn't get it and it always bothered her. Even though she doesn't understand emotion doesn't mean she can't feel them, but she definitely doesn't express it a good way.

-Cronos could have been a good father. When Zeus was his cupbearer, Cronos often said that he saw Zeus as a son and constantly praised him left and right. He even displays sorrow for his lost children to Zeus' surprise. This is what makes it so hard for Zeus to kill him at the end, because Cronos kept screaming "TRAITOR" until he was thrown into tartarus.

-(This could be interpreted either way since I like them as friends but also as lovers) Hermes is oddly possessive over Apollo but nobody notices because of his innocent, care-free attitude. It's not possessive in a bad way, more like "It's my job to comfort and protect Apollo. What do you mean he has other friends? That's stupid!"

-Apollo almost never looks the same day to day. His hair is ALWAYS styled differently by a day to day basis. Sometimes its curly, sometimes it's pin straight. Sometimes it's tied up, other times its flowing down his back. Sometimes he wants to wear white, others he wants to wear red. That boy never stays consistent.

[ancaxbre]

I just love the way the Greek gods were depicted riding their sacred animals. The pose is so elegant and dignified, yet dainty. Like check out:

Apollo riding a griffon

Artemis riding a deer

Poseidon and Amfitrie riding their sea centaur buddy together

Dionysus riding a leopard

Rhea riding a lion

And then there's Hermes on a ram, which I have to stan for te completely opposite reasons😂

[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

[allmythologies]

greek mythology: rhea

rhea is the mother goddess. when she bore zeus, she hid him away in crete, and instead gave kronus a rock to swallow when he swallowed the rest of her children after hearing one of his children was destined to overthrow him. her sacred animal is a lion.

[amoratearte]

The Valyrian Fourteen 🔥

Terrax 🌱

Mother Earth. First Godly flame. Queen of all creation, made light, is the antithesis of chaos. Had six children with her first son and husband, Arrax, and was betrayed and dethroned by them.

Based off: Gaia/Rhea

[moplopbool]

Kronos as requested!! He looked a little awkward alone, so I drew Rhea too :)

[athenepromachos]

Bit more detail about these gorgeous murals. They were painted by Karl Friedrich Schinkel in c.1827 and were originally in the Palais des Prinzen Karl and Ordenspalais in Berlin which Schinkel remodelled in the C19th. During the Nazi regime, the building was used for the Ministry of Propaganda. Sadly though, the building was destroyed in 1945 leaving us with only a few photographs. The murals depict the Greek Gods and are really gorgeous 😍 🏛😍

Rare shot of the Interior

Rhea gives Cronus a swaddled stone to eat instead of baby Zeus ☠️

Zeus with his Eagle and Hera with her Peacock 🦅🦚

Hades and Persephone with a fabulous looking Kerberos 🐕💀

The divine twins Artemis and Apollo 🏹🏹

Dionysus and a dancing Maenad 🍇🍇

[0lympian-c0uncil]

Hera: You don't think I can fight because of my gender!

Rhea: I don't think you can fight because you're in a wedding dress. For what it's worth, I don't think Zeus can fight in that dress either.

Zeus: Perhaps not. But I would make a radiant bride.

[sarafangirlart]

I really fuck with the idea that Kronos does feel guilt and shame for eating his children, bc not only does it make him a more layered character, it actually makes him an even more menacing and disturbing antagonist. Bc even tho he knows he breaks Rhea’s heart over and over, even tho he knows he robs his children of their childhood and condemns them to long years of pain, even tho he dearly loves his wife and would’ve loved his children just as deeply if he raised them, he still loves power even more and his love for his wife and children will never come first.

[godsofhumanity]

Rhea, staring at Kronos: Need a man who is battling inner demons. Battling inner demons and losing. It's only hot if he's losing.

[deathlessathanasia]

I've talked about this before, but I feel the need to do it again.

It is not that I am a big fan of incest or anything (and they are gods! Why even care about the incest anyway?), but it is actually important that Hera is also the sister and not just the wife of Zeus. It is actually important that she is called “the most glorious child to issue from crafty Kronos and mother Rhea” (Homeric Hymn 5), “eldest/most revered daughter of Kronos” and “august goddess, daughter of great Kronos” (the Iliad), “the supreme celestial goddess, daughter of Kronos” (Pindar Pythian 2). It is not for nothing that Hera emphasises her birth and not just her marriage when talking to Zeus: “And yet my labor must not be rendered worthless; for I too am a god, and my parentage is from the same place as yours, and devious Cronus bore me to be his most revered/eldest (πρεσβυτάτην) daughter. For both these reasons, my birth and also because I am called your wife, and you are lord among all the immortals.” (Iliad IV) or “I—who claim to be the best/noblest (ἀρίστη) of the goddesses, both by birth and because I am called your wife, and you are lord of all the immortals.” (Iliad XVIII).

“It is not possible, nor is it seemly to refuse your request; for you sleep in the arms of almighty Zeus.”, Aphrodite tells Hera in Iliad XIV, but a few lines earlier she also says: “Hera, eldest goddess, daughter of mighty Cronus, speak what you will; my heart compels me to accomplish it, if I am able to accomplish it, and if it can be accomplished.”

To change her parentage because eww, incest! is to diminish her status, to accentuate the already existing power imbalance between her and Zeus even more, and to make her authority depend primarily if not solely on her marriage.

And of course this doesn't just apply to Hera, because family connections are meaningful for all the gods. Demeter is so closely associated with her mother Rhea that they can even be identified with each other. It does say something that Gaia, Rhea and Demeter are some of the only four or so goddesses in Hesiod's Theogony who are given the title “mother”. Persephone was not just some irrelevant flower goddess until Hades made her important and respected, she was the daughter of the king of the gods. To take away their connections (and only theirs; nobody ever seems to change Hades' parentage) just because you are uncomfy with Persephone being married to her uncle is just... weird, not particularly interesting, and certainly not inherently less problematic.

[olympushit]

Zeus: Mom, are you proud of me?

Rhea: Shhhh, I told you many times don't call me mom in public!

[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:

[artbyanca]

Rhea, the mother of the gods.