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How many gods are there in ancient Greek mythology and what do they care about?
We don't know how many gods there are in ancient Greek mythology. In the genealogy of ancient Greece, everything began with chaos. Since primitive times, there are mainly three generations of gods.

The first generation of gods is the primitive god: the god of chaos. The world began with him, and he gave birth to Gaia, the mother of the earth; Tal Tallas is the god of the abyss of hell; Erebus is the god of darkness; Nyx, the goddess of the night; Eros, or eros, is the god of love and the embodiment of love, fertility and sexual desire.

Gaia's other children are Uranus, the god of heaven; Bendus is the sea god; Ourea is a mountain god.

The second generation God is Titan (the first generation Titan is 12 Titan): 1, Koos (κ ο? ο? Coeus): celestial bodies. Fobo's husband.

2.Cleos (κ ρ? ο? (Chris): Natural forces, celestial bodies, etc.

3, Cronus (κ rho? νο? The youngest of the twelve titans. The second generation of God King overthrew the Father God and became the second generation of God King. Later, he was considered to be in charge of time because he was mixed up with kronos.

4, Hyperion (υ π ε rho? ων? Hyperion): The god of patrol in the sky is also related to the sun. Father of the sun, moon and dawn.

5, Partos (ι α π ε τ? : Partos): The ancestor of mankind.

6. Mnemosyne (Munueta Munu Sigma? The goddess of memory, the mother of the muse. Zeus' fifth wife.

7.Osenas (ω κ ε α ν? Oceanus): Also known as Oxius, the eldest son of the Twelve Titans. The river god of Dayang River, the god of pure water, and the father of all river and sea goddesses.

8. Fobo (φ ο? βη? Goddess of light. The name is "Phobos", which means Brilliant, the mother of Leto and astoria.

9.Rhea (ρ? α? Mother Earth. Cronus's wife, the second queen. Later, because she was mixed with Cybele, she was regarded as a great goddess.

10, Tessie (τ η θ? Tethys: the goddess of the sea, the first queen of the sea, the goddess of water, nutrition and rain.

Teia 1 1(θε? α? Theia): the mother of the goddess of light, the goddess of the sun, the goddess of the moon and the goddess of the dawn. Hyperion's wife.

12,themis (θ? μι? (Simis): The goddess in charge of the earth and the laws of nature, who was later regarded as the teacher of law and justice because of her combination with the god of Olympus.

The second generation Titan is the descendant of the first generation Titan. For example, Helius is the sun god, the son of Hyperion and Teia, and the brother of Selene and eos; Selene is the moon goddess, the daughter of Hyperion and Teia, and the sister of the sun gods Helius and Leona eos. Astoria is the goddess of meteors. The daughter of kus and fauber, etc.

The third generation of gods is the gods of Olympus. They all live on Mount Olympus. Zeus overthrew his father's rule and established a new ruling order. There are the twelve gods of Olympus, which are also the most well-known Greek gods: 1, Zeus (δ? ο? /Ζε? Zeus (God King, Universe, Thunder): the head of the twelve main gods of Olympus, the Lord of the gods, the god of the sky, lightning and dark clouds. .

2. Hera (? ρ α, Hera) (Tianhou, marriage and childbirth): One of the twelve gods of Olympus, Tianhou, the patron saint of ladies, is in charge of marriage and childbirth.

3. Hestia? στ? α, Hestia (furnace, flame): one of the twelve gods of Olympus and one of the three virgins. She has the power to control all the stoves in the world and has a high position. She is the leader of all the goddesses on Mount Olympus.

4, Poseidon (π ο σ ε ι δ? ν, Poseidon) (sea, horse, marine life): one of the twelve gods of Olympus, in charge of the vibration of the ocean and the earth.

5. Dmitry (δ? μ η ρ ρ α, Demeter) (agriculture, grain and harvest): one of the twelve gods of Olympus, the goddess of high agricultural yield.

6. Athena (? θ? ν η, Athena) (wisdom, art, female red): one of the twelve gods of Olympus, one of the three virgins, the goddess of wisdom, the goddess of female labor, the goddess of composition and war dance, the goddess of spinning technology, gardening, navigation, court, military strategy and talents.

7. Apollo (α π? λ λ ω ν, Apollo (light, prophecy, art, poetry and medicine): One of the twelve gods of Olympus, he is god of light, the god of Oracle, the god of music and poetry, the god of migration and navigation, the god of animal husbandry, the god of promoting the harvest of agricultural products, one of the gods of human civilization, the god of medical treatment and the god of poverty alleviation.

8.artemis (? ρτεμι? Artemis (Hunting, Nature and Wild Animals): One of the twelve main gods of Olympus, one of the three virgins, the goddess of hunting, nature and mountains, caves, wild animals, wilderness, pregnancy and rebirth, and the goddess of sudden death and plague recovery.

9. Ares (? ρη? Ares (war, military disaster, martial spirit, chariot race): One of the twelve main gods of Olympus, the god of war, the god of strength and courage, representing tyranny and blood in war and human disasters.

10, Aphrodite (? φροδ? τ η, Aphrodite) (Beauty, Love and Sexual Desire): One of the twelve gods of Olympus, the goddess of love and beauty, corresponding to the Roman goddess Venus.

1 1, hephaestus (? φαιστο? Hephaestus) (flame, casting, handcraft): One of the twelve gods of Olympus, Vulcan, the god of forging and craftsmanship, and the patron saint of blacksmiths.

12, Hermes (? ρμ? Hermes (emissary, travel, business, thief): One of the twelve gods of Olympus, the emissary of the gods. God of business activities, markets, tourism and transportation, god of travelers and thieves, extraditor of the underworld, son of Zeus and Maya.

13, Dionysus (δ ι? νυσο? Dionysus) (Wine, Brewing, Carnival): Replacing Hestia as one of the twelve gods of Olympus, Dionysus, Drama, Banquet and Harvest.

14, hades (? ιδη? (Hades, the Soul of the Dead): In some versions, he is one of the twelve gods of Olympus (the secret instrument of Ulysses), but he is generally excluded because he is the ruler of the underworld and does not live on Olympus. The god of the underworld is in charge of human death, and the soul of the underworld sometimes sends plague to human beings.

15, Prometheus (π rho ο μ ο θ ε? ; ): In Greek mythology, he is one of the wisest gods and the earliest descendant of Titan. His name means "foresight".

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