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Greek Mythology: Poseidon, The Father Of The Gods

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The Father of all the Gods is Zeus. Zeus is the God of thunder and married to Hera, his sister, the symbol that represents him is the lighting bolt as he does represent the thunder and wind of nature, he can create peace or chaos with his power. He also has two other brothers their names are Poseidon, God of the Sea, and Hades, God of the Underworld. Zeus has the power of lighting, thunder, and wind as he is able to create winds and summon dark, thunder clouds. Zeus also had a lust for Metis and chased her the direct way, once he got what he wanted, He and Metis created a goddess by the name of Athena.
Poseidon is not the Father of the Gods, but rather God of the Sea, he protects all aquatic features. Poseidon is the second brother behind Zeus, his other younger brother was Hades. Poseidon is also married to Amphitrite, who is the granddaughter of one of the titan gods, Oceanus. His symbol is the trident and his powers give him the ability to shake the Earth, create earthquakes and shatter objects on the Earth’s lands. A myth is believed that a Pegasus was created by Poseidon, his father and Gorgon Medusa, his mother.
Hades is the God of the underworld as well as the God of Wealth. His other two …show more content…

He is the son of Zeus and Leto. His powers are being able to cure illness and diseases as well create it using his arrows shot from his bow and his important task was to harness his chariot and ride out across the sun and move the sun across the sky to change the time of the day from sunrise to sunset. His symbols that recognize him are the Dolphin and the Laurel, a holy tree that symbolized him. The Inhabitants of Delos helped Leto gave birth to Apollo and Artemis at the island as Zeus did not want Leto giving birth on land was kind of odd to ban his wife from doing so. Apollo was also worshipped on the island of Delos as Leto promised that Apollo would always favour them for helping her with

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