The Grecian's Mythology - COMPLETE

[tehodis]

Well, only one person guessed, and it wasn't right. But it was Hades, the best God. =D Here's three more cards. There will be a Hydra. And it's Heracles in Greek mythology. Hercules is roman.

 

Hades is the first son of Cronus and Rhea. The following four children born shared his fate of being swallowed at birth by Cronus. Zeus, the youngest, saved them, and like Poseidon, Hades was essential in the overthrow of his father. Though Zeus was deemed leader, the three brothers split the territory equally. Zeus took the sky, Poseidon the waters, and Hades the underworld.

Hades is best known for his abduction of Core. After conspiring with her father, Zeus, he took her to the underworld and made her Persephone, Queen of Tartarus. Demeter withheld from the world all the life it needed to survive, causing Zeus to request that his brother return Persephone to her mother. Before she left, Hades offered her a pomegranate, known as the food of the dead, so she would be forced to return to him. So, a third of the year Persephone spends in Tartarus with her husband, and the rest with her mother.

The king of the underworld didn't get around as much as Zeus and Poseidon did, but there was one instance in which he fell in love with Minthe, a nymph. When Persephone found out she was insanely jealous, and she turned Minthe into the herb, mint.

Hades was given a helmet of darkness that allowed him to see at night. Tartarus in the Greek world was located in the far west over the edge of the world. Though Hades was a terrible god, he wasn't an evil one. He rarely left the underworld and was never allowed to visit Olympus.

 

Hecate is the Goddess of the Dark of the Moon, the nights that there is no moon and the world above is as dark as the world below. She was the overseer of the world of the dead and was associated with magic and witches and also said to have the power to bestow on or withhold from mortals any gifts she chose. She mixed fertility with death to be used as earth power. During the daytime, she had somewhat of an influence over farming, but at night her interests were in witchcraft and ghosts. Witches and sorceresses, such as Medea, invoked her in their magic arts. Usually portrayed with three faces, she is the Goddess of Crossways. This is where the Greeks left their offerings monthly, at the crossways where three roads met. Because of her connection to the underworld, Hecate is often portrayed as having similar traits as those of Persephone. She offered to make sure that Zeus' ruling was obeyed when it was decided that Persephone's time would be divided between her mother and Hades. Like Hades and Persephone, Hecate was never allowed to sit as a member on the council of Olympians.

 

The wicked are sent to everlasting torment and the good are sent to the Elysian Fields, which is a joyless but peaceful existence. Another myth tells that only heroes were allowed to enter the Elysian Fields.

 

1/2 of the set is now posted!

[_Chaoserver]

Truly awful, you're an embarassment to yourself.

[tehodis]

Ignorance is bliss. And so I will be ignorant when it comes to _Chaoserver.

 

With another reply, whether good or bad, comes a card. So here it is.

Helios, the Sun God, is the son of the Titans Hyperion and Theia. Helios' responsibility was to drive his divine chariot across the sky each day, with the sun trailing behind. The chariot was a gift from Hephaestus made of gold. The spokes on the wheels were silver, and rows of chrysolites and diamonds were along the seat, according to Bulfinch's Age of Fable. His sister Eos would announce his arrival each morning by the cock's crowing. In the evening, as the sun went down, he would return to the Islands of the Blessed, where he would let his horses graze in a pasture until the following morning. Helios was married to Rhode, and together they produced seven sons and one daughter. The most interesting story concerning Helios is about his son Phaëton, whose mother was a mortal woman. He allowed Phaëton to drive his chariot after promising his son that he would give him anything he desired. He tried to talk Phaëton out of it, but to no avail. The young boy lost control of the chariot and burned much of the Earth as a result. Zeus struck him dead before anymore damage was done. Helios was also referred to by his father's name, Hyperion, sometimes and later as Apollo, when the old gods gave way to the new.

 

EDIT: Added the histories of Castor, Pollux, the Centaur, Cerberus and Demeter.

 

EDIT2: Added the history of Chaos. (Includes Nyx, Erebus, Hypnos, Thanatos and Moros)

Also added the history of Charon.

 

EDIT3: Added the history of Core/Persephone, Dryads and Oceanids.

 

EDIT 4: Added the history of Eos, Pan, and Tyche.

 

EDIT 5: Changed the effect of Tyche's Fortune. Added history on Gaea, Uranus, and Medusa.

 

Edit 6: Added history for Hades, Hecate and Elysian Fields.

[kronoskopykat]

Pure Awesomeness. I'm a big fan of Greek Mythology, and you have hit every nail on the head with these cards. The card layout is perfect, the pictures are amazing, and any effects that your cards may have hint back to Greek myth, character, place, or object they're based off of. Congratulations *applause*. There's a positive rep heading your way, thanks to Kronoskopykat!! I give you a 11/10.

[tehodis]

Thank you so much! =D Here's another three cards. =D

 

Hephaestus is the son of Hera alone, but it is said that he could have been fathered by Zeus. When Hera saw that Hephaestus was born deformed, she was disgusted and threw him from the heavens. He landed in the sea and was rescued by Thetis and Eurynome, who raised him. He was given his first smithy and became a master craftsman. Hera, one day, was admiring a brooch that Thetis was wearing, and learned that Hephaestus had made it. She brought him back up to Olympus and gave him the finest equipment and materials.

Hephaestus was very curious about his parentage and couldn't accept the facts Hera kept dishing out...that he was fatherless. He even went so far as to lock her up and torture her! But she insisted that she was telling the truth.

Hera also arranged Hephaestus' marriage to the beautiful Aphrodite upon his return to Olympus. Hephaestus was ugly, ill-tempered, and lame in the legs. The three children, Aphrodite bore while married to him were fathered by Ares, with whom she had an ongoing affair. He did have a little revenge one day when he created a net of gold and threw it over the lovers as they laid together. He begged the other Olympians to punish them, but all they did was laugh, and Aphrodite "thanked" Hermes and Poseidon for freeing her by sleeping with them.

Hephaestus was the craftsman-of-the-gods and was not only their armorer and smith, but also made their dwellings and furnishings. He created Pandora, the first woman, he helped in the delivery of Athene by breaching Zeus' skull, and he created his own workers out of gold. He was a kindly, peace-loving god, as popular on earth as in heaven.

As with most Greek myths, there are numerous contradictions in the stories of Hephaestus that can't really be ignored. The first is the story of how he became lame in the legs. I wrote, above, that he was born that way, but there are other tales in which he came between Zeus and Hera as they were quarreling to take his mother's side. Zeus became extremely angry with him and threw him from Olympus, and he spent the whole day falling. When he landed, he broke both his legs and spent forever on crutches after that.

I also wrote above that Hephaestus helped to deliver Athene. In another story, Hera became pregnant with Hephaestus by herself as sort of a retaliation for Zeus bearing Athene. Sounds like a severe case of girls-can-do-anything-boys-can-do-its, huh?

 

Hera is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and the sister of Posiedon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, and Zeus. She was swallowed by Cronus as soon as she was born because of a prophecy claiming that he would be dethroned by one of his children. When she and her siblings were saved by Zeus, she was taken to Arcadia where she was raised by Temenus, and the Seasons were her nurses.

Hera was married to her powerful brother, Zeus. They shared four children (maybe more): Ares, Eris, Hebe, and Hephaestus. The latter is also said to have been Hera's child alone. She also had a daughter named Ilithyia, who was the goddess of childbirth.

Most of the stories about Hera are about her jealousy of Zeus' many affairs and illegitimate children. Her time seemed to be spent tormenting her husband's lovers and sometimes the children as well. Heracles, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, was the one who annoyed her the most, and she tormented him his entire mortal life. She was tricked into nursing him as an infant. When she discovered that he was Zeus' illigetimate son, she pulled him away, and the milk still flowing from her breast created the Milky Way.

In another story, Hera was out one day to find one nymph among a group whom she suspected Zeus was having an affair with. As she was looking them over, she was distracted by a chatterbox named Echo. As Hera stood listening to Echo go on and on, the other nymphs ran away. Hera was so angry that she punished Echo. The poor nymph could never again speak unless she was repeating someone.

 

Most people recognize this strongman by his Roman name, Hercules. Heracles is probably the most famous and well-known of the Classical heroes. He was born to Zeus and a mortal mother, Alcmene. Zeus wanted to father a great champion. Someone who could help fight and defeat the Giants as they were prophesized to return. Alcmene was married to Amphitryon. While he was away fighting the Teleboans, Zeus disguised himself as Amphitryon and laid with Alcmene for three dayless nights (this was accomplished by Zeus who asked Helios to "take a break"). A seer informed Amphitryon about the events that took place while he was gone and never touched his wife again for fear that Zeus would get jealous. When Hera found that Alcmene was pregnant, she tricked Zeus into promising great things for the next divine birth. Zeus, sure that it would be his son, agreed, but with Hera's assistance, Eurystheus was born just a few hours sooner.

Alcmene was terrified of Hera and abandoned Heracles after he was born. Hera was tricked by Zeus into suckling the "abandoned infant." This is how he was named -- Heracles means "Hera's glory." Bet that was like a slap in the face! When she discovered who the child was, she pulled him away from her breast. This is how the Milky Way was formed. Heracles was returned to Alcmene and Amphityron. The couple had another child named Iphicles, and Amphityron treated them equally. He was raised in luxury and was taught different things by many different people, such as Castor, Linus, Autoclycus, and Eurytus.

Amphitryon worried about the strength of this child, and rightly so. Heracles became angry with Linus and killed him! After this incident, Heracles was sent to live on a cattle farm until he was a man. Heracles was hardly a kind-hearted man. He fought in a battle against the Euboean army. After it was defeated, he took the leader, Pyraechmus, and had his body torn apart by horses. Hera was disgusted and punished him by making him insane. While he was inflicted with this madness, he attacked Iolaus, his nephew, killed six of his children, and two sons of his brothers, Iphicles.

When he returned to his "normal" state of mind, he was purified by King Thestius and went to consult the Delphic Oracle. There, he was instructed by the Pythoness to serve Eurystheus for twelve years in Tiryns. Eurytheus ordered Heracles to perform ten labors. Here are the ten (actually, twelve) labors in short:

# 1. He was instructed to kill the Nemean Lion. Since it was invulnerable to all weapons, he wrestled it and then strangled it. He skinned the Lion with it's own claws and wore the pelt as armor.

# 2. The Lernaean Hydra was the target this time. It had seven heads, but everytime Heracles would cut one of the heads off, two more grew in it's place. He had the assistance of his friend, Ioalus, who would burn each stump as the head was cut off. Because of this, this labor didn't count as one of the ten.

# 3. The third labor was to catch the Erymanthian boar. He dragged it all the way to Eurystheus, who was so frightened he hid in a bronze pot.

# 4. Heracles, unable to shoot the Stymphalian birds with his bow, scared them off with some rattles made by Hephaetus. The birds were brazen beaked, winged and clawed and were carnivorous.

# 5. This task took Heracles an entire year to complete! He was to capture Eone, the stag of Artemis, alive. It was so fast, he chased after it for a year.

# 6. This labor didn't count either. He was to clean the Augeian stables. It belonged to King Augeas who kept 3,000 cattled in it, and it had never been cleaned. PeeYew!!! He redirected the Alpheus and Peneius rivers. They flowed through the stable and washed the filfth away. Augeas claimed that the river gods did the work; therefore, it didn't count.

# 7. His next task was to capture the wild bull of Crete. This bull breathed fire and was destroying Crete when Heracles attacked it. He finally managed to bring it down and took it all the way back to Greece, where it became tame instantly.

# 8. This task involved capturing the man-eating horses of Diomedes. After defeating Diomedes and the Bistones, Heracles clubbed Diomedes to death and then fed him to his horses. He then harnessed them and took them to Mycenae where he dedicated them to Zeus.

# 9. His ninth labor was to get the girdle of the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta. She presented it to him as a present of love.

# 10. On this task, Heracles killed a monstrous giant with three heads named Geryon.

# 11. Heracles was sent to steal three golden apples from the tree guarded by the Hesperides. He asked Atlas to get them and in exchange he would bear the weight of the celestial sky on his shoulders until he returned.

# 12. This final labor was to drag Cerberus up from Hades. Hades allowed him to do so as long as he didn't use any clubs or arrows. He also rescued Theseus from the Chair of Forgetfulness while he was there.

Being free, Heracles returned to Thebes, evetually killing all of his children and his wife, Megara. He was driven insane once again by Hera. Medea helped to cure him. He went on to try and win the hand of Iole in an archery competition. He won, but the girl's father, Eurytus denied it and he was also accused of stealing some cattle. Heracles killed Eurytus' son, Iphitus, and had difficulty being purified after this. He was sent by Xenoclea, a Phythoness, to serve as a slave to Queen Omphale. He gave payments he received to Iphicles' orphans.

After leaving there, he went on to rescue Hesione. He did this in exchange for her father's, Laomedon, two horses. He killed the monster who was keeping Hesione, but Laomedon didn't keep his end of the bargain. This began a war, which ended when Heracles killed the King of Troy and all his sons but one -- Priam.

The next war he fought in was on the side of the Olympians against the Giants. The Gods were able to stun and wound the Giants, but only Heracles could finish them off. After the victory, Heracles went to avenge his mistreatment by Aegeus. Aegeus and his allies killed Iphicles, Heracles' half-brother, and Heracles retreated to Olenus. There, he took Deianeira's virginity, promised to marry her, and then left. The centaur, Eurytion, tried to marry Deianeira, but Heracles came back and killed him and his brothers. He and Deianeira went to Pheneus, where he resumed his attack on Aegeus. Aegeus and his sons were killed.

Heracles then went to compete at the Olympiad. It was there that he entered a wrestling match that ended in a draw; Zeus had disguised himself as a mortal. He finally reached Calydon where he married Deineira. They moved to the city of Ephyra, until Heracles accidentally killed, yet, another. They moved on to Trachis with their newborn son, Hyllus. On their way there, the Centaur Nessus tried to rape Deianeira as she crossed the Evenus river. After Heracles wounded him, Nessus convinced Deianeira that his blood and semen mixed together would make Heracles love her even more.

Heracles finally avenged himself against Eurytus and captured Iole. He returned home with her and left her in the care of Deianeira. When Deianeira heard that Heracles was returning home, she began to get jealous of Iole. She concocted the "love potion" Nessus gave her and put it on a shirt she gave to Heracles. When he put on the shirt, he went into a frenzy. The shirt caused excruciating pain and he asked his son, Hyllus to take him someplace where he could die alone. He carried his father to the top of Mount Oeata and built a pyre. Philoctetes lit the pyre burning Heracles alive, but a bolt of lightening came out of the sky and reduced it to ashes.

He was taken to Olympus where he married Hebe, the Goddess of Youth, and became a porter who waited by the gates each night for Artemis to return from her hunt.

[tehodis]

New day, new cards.

 

Hermes was born to Zeus and Maia in a cave in Arcadia. He grew extremely quickly and didn't need his mother's care for long. Zeus entrusted Hermes with a herald's staff, winged sandals, and assorted other things and saw that he was welcomed into the Olympian family.

Some of Hermes' children include Echion, Autoclycus, Daphnis, and Myrtilus. He had one affair with Aphrodite, which resulted in a double-sexed child named Hermaphroditus. He is also the father of Pan.

Though Hermes reported to Zeus, he was helpful to many of the gods. As the Divine Herald, he assisted Hades by gently summoning the dead and led the souls to their last home.

Hermes also played somewhat of a mid-wife in a few myths. When Semele burned to death by the sight of glorious Zeus, Hermes rescued the unborn Dionysus and sewed him up in Zeus' thigh. He delivered him three months later. He cut Asclepius from his mother's dead body and gave him to his father, Apollo.

 

Hestia is the goddess of the home and the hearth. She was the first born of the six Olympians and had a pretty rough start in life, as did her siblings; Hera, Demeter, Poseidon, Hades, and Hestia were swallowed by their father, Cronus, upon their births. Cronus was told by Gaea that one of his sons would dethrone him, so I guess he saw this as solving the problem. Needless to say, his wife, Rhea, was not happy at all. When she gave birth to their sixth child she decided to trick him. She wrapped a stone in blankets, he didn't know the difference, and he swallowed it whole!

This lucky, sixth child was Zeus. He was taken to an island where he was raised in secret, and he one day returned to dethrone his father. He became Cronus' cupbearer and was able to lace his cup with an emetic. This made his father vomit up Hestia and the others, full grown, in fact!

Hestia and her siblings from then became the Olympians; however, she later gave up her place on the Council of Olympians for Dionysus. Kind gesture, huh? Hestia represents personal security and the sacred duty of hospitality. She is the most charitable of all the Olympians, with the reputation of being the gentlest and most upright. She has no throne but evermore tends the hearth fire. The hearth is a symbol of life and the home, as well as her altar.

Hestia was worshipped daily. All newborns were carried around the hearth to be welcomed into the family. The hearth was taken care of by a female family member who was a virgin. Before each meal, it was normal for families to throw something on the hearth as an offering. She was the keeper and protector of private things; therefore, she received many prayers as well as sacrifices.

Each meal began and ended with an offering to Hestia. Prayers that were said before each meal normally began and ended with her name. Liquid was poured as a religious offering before sacrifices to honor her. There was a public hearth in every city dedicated to her, and this is where everyone came to get the fire for their hearths. Even as new cities were built, the new public hearth would be lit from another city's hearth. Her temples were built in a rounded shape.

 

The Hydra was the monstrous creature born to Echidna and Typhon. It had the body of a dog and eight or more venom-breathing heads - one of which was immortal. It lived in a swamp near Lerna. Heracles was sent to kill the Hydra on one of his tasks. It wasn't an easy process, for every time he cut off one of the creature's heads, another would grow back in it's place. He finally resorted to having his nephew, Iolaus, help him by burning the necks of the severed creatures so another head wouldn't grow. When all the heads were gone, he took the immortal head of the Hydra and buried it under a large boulder.

 

In the most ancient layers of Greek mythology Echidna was called the "Mother of All Monsters". Echidna was described by Hesiod as a female monster spawned in a cave, who mothered with her mate Typhoeus(Or Typhon) every major monster in the Greek myths.

 

Iris is the winged Goddess of the Rainbow and had much the same job as Hermes. She was a messenger of the gods who, instead of riding in a chariot, would ride on the rainbow to and from Olympus in her beautiful robe of many colors. She was an attendant to Hera, but was also loyal to other immortals like Zeus and Aphrodite. She was also the diety who separated the soul from the body after death. Since the soul exits through the eyes, the colored part was named Iris.

[ncheng1997]

great cards! :)

[Dwhale]

wow :) in my opinion your the BEST card maker in this whole site i dont know how you do if its noving having the best picture you'll have the best effect your just amazing wow is the only word to describe it.

[Dragon_Master]

the hephestus and hydra images are preety cool. You should make more sets.:D[/code]

[tehodis]

Thanks for the positive feedback y'all. =D Mostly because of Derek's super awesome comment, here's 5 more cards.

 

He is the youngest of 6 born to Cronus and Rhea. His father, Cronus, was warned that one of his offspring would dethrone him. To prevent that, he swallowed each of his children immediately following their births. Except for Zeus. Rhea saved him by replacing him with a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes, which he swallowed. Zeus was raised on Crete and cared for by the ash nymph, Adrasta, and her sister, Io. When he was grown, he returned, and with Rhea and Metis' help, was able to lace Cronus' cup with an emetic. This caused Cronus to vomit up the 5 gods and goddesses, fully grown, and the stone. After Zeus struck Cronus dead with a thunderbolt, they all assembled under Zeus' leadership.

Zeus was married to his sister, Hera. He came to her disguised as a little cuckoo bird and she took it from the storm Zeus had created, only for him to rape her. They were married in the spring, and their wedding night is said to have lasted three hundred years! Their children are Ares, Hebe, and Hephaestus - the latter is also said to have been Hera's child alone.

Zeus had many affairs, which resulted in a numerous amount of offspring. Core (also known as Persephone) is his daughter mothered by Demeter. He and Leto are the parents of Apollo and Artemis, Athena from Metis, Hermes from Maia, Epaphus from Io, Perseus from Danaë, Heracles from Alcmene, Aeacus from Aegina, and the list goes on and on. Zeus himself probably couldn't name all his children!

There are a number of stories in which Zeus changes his form to get something...usually a lover. In the form of a swan, he seduced Nemesis who bore the egg that was placed in the care of Leda. Danae was locked in an underground room with only a barred window to let in fresh air and light. Zeus became a shower of gold that fell into the little room and impregnated Danae. To get in bed with Alcmene, Heracles' mother, Zeus took the form of her husand, Amphitryon, and lay with her for three dayless nights.

 

Zeus' thunderbolts were crafted by Hephaestus, who was only one (other than Zeus) allowed to handle them.

 

Hades' helmet was known to allow him to see in the dark, although some myths claim that the wearer became invisible.

 

Poseidon is a brother of Zeus, the son of Cronus and Rhea. Poseidon was essential in the overthrow of Cronus, and used his trident to capture him. The three brothers, Poseidon, Zeus and Hades, then divided the world among themselves; Poseidon got the sea, Zeus got the sky, and Hades got the underworld. The land was fair game for all.

Poseidon originally wanted to marry the Nereid, Thetis, but was warned that a son born to them would overthrow him. So, he married Amphitrite. She initially ran to the Atlas Mountains, but Poseidon sent a messenger, a dolphin named Delphinus, to convince her to come back. The two eventually became parents to Triton, Rhode, and Benthesicyme.

Like Zeus, Poseidon wasn't very good at being faithful. He and Demeter had two children; Despoena, a nymph, and Arion, a wild horse. He is also the father of Halirrhothius, Orion, Parnassus, Cycnus (who was killed by Achilles), and Eumolpus. He also has two children with Aphrodite: Rhodus and Herophilus. He is also the father of Polyphemus, the Cyclopes.

It is said that Poseidon rode a golden chariot pulled by white horses. At his approach, storms ceased and sea creatures frolicked about the chariot. He had a beautiful palace under the sea, but was more often found on Olympus.

 

A Trident which was was capable of creating terrible storms and shaking the earth.

 

 

**The next ones will be posted when I receive 3 comments or more. (Or tomorrow, whichever arrives sooner).

[hadarmarom]

those are some good cards, I esspecially like the pictures for Zeus and Poseiden.

[Dante Dimercurio]

I LOVE GREEK MYTHOLIGY 10/10!!

[WolfDragonGod]

this cards or so cool 10/10 keep up the cool work.

[tehodis]

Thanks for the comments. Here's the next three cards.

 

 

 

[Dante Dimercurio]

OPkay so much good cards + a rep

[Death12328]

these aren't just good they are brillant, I know I Rarley say this but I was fascinated by these, mainly because I a big fan of greek mythology, 5 Stars

[tehodis]

Thank you so much for the support. =) Here's a few more cards. I'll add the history later.

 

 

 

[Dante Dimercurio]

wow nice

[tehodis]

A card for a comment. ^^

 

[Dante Dimercurio]

i LIKE THIS IDEA 10/10

[Dwhale]

wow you truly made history on this sit you kinda just joined and your the best crd maker you should be proud of yourself

[tehodis]

Heh, yeah right. I'm not the best. but thanks. ^^ Here's some more cards...

 

 

[tehodis]

New day, new cards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dragons-4-lyfe]

wow very nice!! 10/10 love the images

[Soul Immortal]

Well seeing how I wouldn't be able to keep up with all the errors you make imma let it slide. LOL

 

I like the Labyrinth. Do you know why? It's 1 of the few Spell Cards in this set that do have other effects other than increase ATK and DEF.

 

After reading some the stories, those Gods and Goddess sure did get it on with a lot of others. Probably got bored after so many thousands of years so what the heck aye. lol

 

Now for a card review;

 

- Easy to summon. Even for a high level monster.

- Killer against FIRE monsters.

- with the crown this monster becomes a 4100 ATK Monster that can pull any WATER Monster from the deck. Also it doesn't mention a limit of how many times it can use the effect so a full field of WATER Monsters?? If that was so then your opponent may as well give up, because you'll just have to pull out catapult turtle, and keep Summoning WATER Monsters to tribute until your opponent lose all their Life Points.

 

So guess what?

Very broken.

Summon this monster, equip with crown. Hmm who to Summon? oh yeh, I'll Special Summon another Poseidon. Now I got a 4100 plus a 3600 Monster for a total of 7700 ATK power. Other possible WATER Monsters could include: Catapult Turtle to do 2050 damage at the end of your turn, Hydrogeddon for some swarming or Levia-Dragon Daedalus with its 2600 ATK, and field destroying effect if Umi was somewhere on the field or hand.

 

Hope you like my reviews :D