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Monday, July 31, 2017
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Titanomachy
After Zeus saved his siblings, he decided to wage war against the Titans.
Zeus had on his side his siblings Hades and Poseidon.
The Cyclopes and Hekantochires also joined Zeus side after he had rescued them, but also the Titan Prometheus with his mother Clymene sided with Zeus.
They were based on mount Olympus
On the other side, the Titans that took part in the war were
Hyperion, Coeus, Cronus,Crius and Iapetus.
Iapetus sons Menoetius and Atlas took also part in the war.
Atlas was an important leader for the titans during the Titanomachy.
They were based on Mount Othrys.
Some of the titans and their children choose not take part in the war, they preferred to wait and see what side would be victorious.
Initially when the war started Zeus had on his side only his 2 brothers and for many years the both the Olympian gods and the Titans were equally strong but when eventually the cyclopes, the Hekantochires and Prometheus
joined Zeus side and victory came closer for the Olympians.
The cyclopes were very skilled in creating new useful weapons for the gods and the Hekantochires used their hundreds of hands to throw rocks and mountains to the titans causing them great damage.
During the war the earth was shaking, the sea was boiling and the sky creaked and groaned. After ten years of war the Titans had become weak and could barely fight anymore. So Zeus launched a final attack using his lightening bolts and one such bolt struck Menoetius, sending him into the depths of Tartarus.
This was the end of the war and victory for the Olympian gods.
After the war Zeus punished all the titans that opposed him by sending them to Tartarus to be imprisoned by new bronze gates crafted by Poseidon and the Cyclopes. The Hecatonchires were given the position of prison guards.
Atlas was given special punishment though, for he was charged with holding up the damaged sky for all eternity. The Cyclopes would become craftsmen for the gods with forges upon Mount Olympus and beneath various volcanoes.
The remaining Titans that did not take part in the war were not punished and remained free.
The cosmos was itself divided amongst the three male Olympians through the drawing of lots. So Hades was given dominion over the Underworld, Poseidon became lord of the world’s waters and Zeus became lord of the heavens, and with it the position of supreme deity.
Zeus had on his side his siblings Hades and Poseidon.
The Cyclopes and Hekantochires also joined Zeus side after he had rescued them, but also the Titan Prometheus with his mother Clymene sided with Zeus.
They were based on mount Olympus
On the other side, the Titans that took part in the war were
Hyperion, Coeus, Cronus,Crius and Iapetus.
Iapetus sons Menoetius and Atlas took also part in the war.
Atlas was an important leader for the titans during the Titanomachy.
They were based on Mount Othrys.
Some of the titans and their children choose not take part in the war, they preferred to wait and see what side would be victorious.
Initially when the war started Zeus had on his side only his 2 brothers and for many years the both the Olympian gods and the Titans were equally strong but when eventually the cyclopes, the Hekantochires and Prometheus
joined Zeus side and victory came closer for the Olympians.
The cyclopes were very skilled in creating new useful weapons for the gods and the Hekantochires used their hundreds of hands to throw rocks and mountains to the titans causing them great damage.
During the war the earth was shaking, the sea was boiling and the sky creaked and groaned. After ten years of war the Titans had become weak and could barely fight anymore. So Zeus launched a final attack using his lightening bolts and one such bolt struck Menoetius, sending him into the depths of Tartarus.
This was the end of the war and victory for the Olympian gods.
After the war Zeus punished all the titans that opposed him by sending them to Tartarus to be imprisoned by new bronze gates crafted by Poseidon and the Cyclopes. The Hecatonchires were given the position of prison guards.
Atlas was given special punishment though, for he was charged with holding up the damaged sky for all eternity. The Cyclopes would become craftsmen for the gods with forges upon Mount Olympus and beneath various volcanoes.
The remaining Titans that did not take part in the war were not punished and remained free.
The cosmos was itself divided amongst the three male Olympians through the drawing of lots. So Hades was given dominion over the Underworld, Poseidon became lord of the world’s waters and Zeus became lord of the heavens, and with it the position of supreme deity.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
THE GHOST SHIP
Somewhere
in the middle of the sea, there is an old wooden pirate ship. Many
sailors have seen it appearing out of nowhere and then after some
short time vanishing again. Nobody has any information about, but
many believe it is a ghost ship that must have a tragic story behind
it.
One
stormy night A large cruise ship crashes into a sea rock causing the
ship to sink, thankfully all the passengers manage to find there way
to the lifeboats and manage to escape the sinking ship with them. All
passengers but poor John who was alone in his cabin drunken and
passed out. The ship sunk with him and he begun to drown.
It looked like it was the end for him, but then suddenly something
graped his arm and started to pulling him back to the surface of
the sea. From there the unknown force pulled him far away from the
sinking ship all the way to the mysterious pirate ship and then he
was pulled on an old wooden pirate ship, where they emptied the water
from his lungs and tried to wake him up.
Finally
after lots of efforts, John slowly opened his eyes, but what he saw
scared him so much that he let out a loud scream. Everywhere he tried
to look he was surrounded by pirates with bodies that were completely
rotten, full of holes and missing various body parts. John tried find
a place to hide or maybe run away but it was pointless, he was on a
ship and there was nowhere he could go. The thought of jumping in the
water crossed his mind, but then one of the pirates spoke, he looked
like he was the captain of this ship. He told John that they would
not harm him and that they would bring him back on land. John despite
his fear managed to ask them who were they and what were they.
The
captain replied to him by saying that they were ghost pirates that
they had died a long long time ago and that the he and the other
pirates could not hurt anyone anymore, they could only save people
now, while hopping that their sins one day would be forgiven.
John
upon hearing the captain words, felt his fear retreat a little, he
was still grossed out by their looks and was not sure if he could
trust the captain words, but he was also curious now. So he asked the
captain why they could not hurt anyone and what were their sins that
they hoped that would be forgiven one day.
The
captain of the ship explained to John, that a long time ago, he and
his crew were very terribly violent and bloodthirsty pirates, they
looted many ships and slew the crew of these ships, without showing
any mercy to anyone, not even to women or children. But on one these
ships among the crew was an very beautiful woman, nobody could resist
this beauty and we did unspeakable things to her and finally we
killed her, but before her final breath left her body she spoke and
revealed to us that she was a sea nymph daughter of the god Poseidon
and she cursed all of us to be turned into ghost pirates roaming the
seas for all eternity unless we manage to atone for all our sins.
Only then we would be able to die in peace.
John
was amazed by this strange story, he would normally not believe such
story as true, but the living ghost pirates in front of his eyes,
left no room for denial.
Several
hours later the ship reached land and for John was it time to leave,
he thanked them for rescuing him and left. He never saw or heard of
ghost pirates again in his life.
THE
END.
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Monday, July 24, 2017
Sunday, July 23, 2017
The boy and the old note. Part 4 (Ending)
The woman was now completely healed, she did not look like a monster anymore, she approached the boy, gave him a hug and thanked him multiple times. The boy was amazed by everything that was happening, he could not believe that the ugly creature turned into a woman by just giving her some flowers.
After she finished kissing him, the boy asked her, who she was and why was rotting in the lake? The woman told him that her name was Amelia and that she used to be a fairy. But she was not a kind fairy she was greedy and helped others only when it benefited her.
So one day the other fairies growing tired of behavior visited an old Witch and told the Witch to punish the greedy fairy and so she did, the fairy would be trapped in the lake until someone would come along and showed her kindness but because she looked like a rotten corpse and not like a fairy nobody wanted to approach her, until the boy came along.
The boy after hearing this story, was even more amazed now but was curious about the note he had found in the bottle and asked the woman about and the woman told him, that the note was written by the witch herself and then she put in a bottle and teleported it, somewhere random, the witch said the one will find it will help you.
The boy was happy that saved that woman, afterwards the woman promised the boy only to show kindness. So she adopted the boy, found a job and they both lived happily together.
THE END
After she finished kissing him, the boy asked her, who she was and why was rotting in the lake? The woman told him that her name was Amelia and that she used to be a fairy. But she was not a kind fairy she was greedy and helped others only when it benefited her.
So one day the other fairies growing tired of behavior visited an old Witch and told the Witch to punish the greedy fairy and so she did, the fairy would be trapped in the lake until someone would come along and showed her kindness but because she looked like a rotten corpse and not like a fairy nobody wanted to approach her, until the boy came along.
The boy after hearing this story, was even more amazed now but was curious about the note he had found in the bottle and asked the woman about and the woman told him, that the note was written by the witch herself and then she put in a bottle and teleported it, somewhere random, the witch said the one will find it will help you.
The boy was happy that saved that woman, afterwards the woman promised the boy only to show kindness. So she adopted the boy, found a job and they both lived happily together.
THE END
Saturday, July 22, 2017
The boy and the old note. Part 3
The boy hesitated to answer, should he really help this terrible looking creature?
After a short time remaining silent, he decided first to ask what kind of help it needed. The creature told him, that she needed to be freed from this lake. So the boy asked her how can he free her from the lake, he is just a little boy. The creature told him that, that a simple task, all he had to do is show her kindness and then she would be free.
The boy was now confused, how could he show kindness and should he even show kindness to the being, what if it attacked him after being freed? He looked at her face and saw sadness and pain in her eyes, it looked like she was suffering.
He took a deep breath and looked around, he found some beautiful night flowers, so he picked them up. Then he took another deep breath and walked to the shore off the lake and stretched his arm to offer her the flowers, he had just picked up.
At that moment the creature asked if these were for her and nodded with his head and told her that these were a gift of kindness from to her and so shebstretched her arm to take the flowers in her hand. Once the flowers were firmly in her grasp she showed a warm smile.
Then shortly afterwards a thick moon ray started to shine directly on her and she was transformed into beautiful woman, that walked out of the lake wearing a flower dress...
After a short time remaining silent, he decided first to ask what kind of help it needed. The creature told him, that she needed to be freed from this lake. So the boy asked her how can he free her from the lake, he is just a little boy. The creature told him that, that a simple task, all he had to do is show her kindness and then she would be free.
The boy was now confused, how could he show kindness and should he even show kindness to the being, what if it attacked him after being freed? He looked at her face and saw sadness and pain in her eyes, it looked like she was suffering.
He took a deep breath and looked around, he found some beautiful night flowers, so he picked them up. Then he took another deep breath and walked to the shore off the lake and stretched his arm to offer her the flowers, he had just picked up.
At that moment the creature asked if these were for her and nodded with his head and told her that these were a gift of kindness from to her and so shebstretched her arm to take the flowers in her hand. Once the flowers were firmly in her grasp she showed a warm smile.
Then shortly afterwards a thick moon ray started to shine directly on her and she was transformed into beautiful woman, that walked out of the lake wearing a flower dress...
Thursday, July 20, 2017
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Zeus early life
When Zeus was born, his mother hid him in a cave on the island of Crete.
There he was raised by a Nymph called Amalthea, with goat milk and honey, while at same time Kurites smaller soldier gods danced shouted and clashed their spears at the shields, so that Cronus would nor hear the baby cries.
Then When Zeus reached manhood he cut his father's stomach open pulled out all his siblings that had been eaten.
After that the young gods freed the Gigantes, the Hecatonchires and the Cyclopes from tartarus the abyss.
As a token of their appreciation, the Cyclopes gave Zeus the thunder and the lightning. Which became Zeus symbols of power.
Zeus and his lightening
A Cyclops
There he was raised by a Nymph called Amalthea, with goat milk and honey, while at same time Kurites smaller soldier gods danced shouted and clashed their spears at the shields, so that Cronus would nor hear the baby cries.
Then When Zeus reached manhood he cut his father's stomach open pulled out all his siblings that had been eaten.
After that the young gods freed the Gigantes, the Hecatonchires and the Cyclopes from tartarus the abyss.
As a token of their appreciation, the Cyclopes gave Zeus the thunder and the lightning. Which became Zeus symbols of power.
A Cyclops
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
The boy and the old note. Part 2
The curiosity for the boy was to strong to resist, he remembered there was a lake near by so he collected his courage and walked towards the lake that was outside the town.
The moon was almost in the middle of the night sky, midnight was not far away. Luckily the moon was also almost full so he had no trouble seeing. 15 minutes later he arrived at the lake, the moon was in the middle of the sky now and as he approached the lake he saw something moving in the water. Maybe it was fish he thought.
But to his surprise it was not finish. A very terrifying creature appeared out of the lake, it looked somewhat human, like a woman but the body was completely rotten as if she was dead already for years, many parts of the body, the flesh had completely fallen off, revealing her bones.
The boy was terrified and wanted to run away screaming but he was frozen and he could not move or open his mouth.
The creature spoke and asked the boy if he was there to kill her, the boy did not reply, so after a moment the creature asked the same question again. This time the boy managed to say no quietly.
Then the creature asked if he was there to make fun of her or at laugh at her fate. The boy again quietly replied no.
The creature spoke again and this time it asked, why was the boy visiting the lake at the middle of the night, maybe to test his courage? The boy remained silent for a moment then he explained that he found a message in a bottle that brought him here. The creature look surprised now. She told him that she was surprised that someone found her message after 500 years. Afterwards she asked him if he was kind enough to help her...
The moon was almost in the middle of the night sky, midnight was not far away. Luckily the moon was also almost full so he had no trouble seeing. 15 minutes later he arrived at the lake, the moon was in the middle of the sky now and as he approached the lake he saw something moving in the water. Maybe it was fish he thought.
But to his surprise it was not finish. A very terrifying creature appeared out of the lake, it looked somewhat human, like a woman but the body was completely rotten as if she was dead already for years, many parts of the body, the flesh had completely fallen off, revealing her bones.
The boy was terrified and wanted to run away screaming but he was frozen and he could not move or open his mouth.
The creature spoke and asked the boy if he was there to kill her, the boy did not reply, so after a moment the creature asked the same question again. This time the boy managed to say no quietly.
Then the creature asked if he was there to make fun of her or at laugh at her fate. The boy again quietly replied no.
The creature spoke again and this time it asked, why was the boy visiting the lake at the middle of the night, maybe to test his courage? The boy remained silent for a moment then he explained that he found a message in a bottle that brought him here. The creature look surprised now. She told him that she was surprised that someone found her message after 500 years. Afterwards she asked him if he was kind enough to help her...
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Birth of Aphrodite and Zeus
When Cronus cut Uranus' genitals he threw them behind him into the sea. The foam from his genitals gave rise to Aphrodite ( meaning "foam-arisen") goddess of love and beauty, while the Erinyes (furies), and the Meliades emerged from the drops of his blood.
Cronus learned from Gaia and Uranus that he was destined to be overcome by his own children, just as he had overthrown his father. As a result, although he sired the gods Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades and Poseidon by Rhea, he devoured them all as soon as they were born to prevent the prophecy. When the sixth child, Zeus, was born Rhea sought Gaia to devise a plan to save him and to eventually get retribution on Cronus for his acts against his father and children.
Rhea secretly gave birth her sixth child Zeus in Crete, and handed Cronus a stone wrapped clothes, which he swallowed thinking that it was his son.
BIRTH OF APHRODITE
CRONUS EATING HIS CHILDREN
CAVE WHERE ZEUS WAS BORN
ZEUS
Cronus learned from Gaia and Uranus that he was destined to be overcome by his own children, just as he had overthrown his father. As a result, although he sired the gods Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Hades and Poseidon by Rhea, he devoured them all as soon as they were born to prevent the prophecy. When the sixth child, Zeus, was born Rhea sought Gaia to devise a plan to save him and to eventually get retribution on Cronus for his acts against his father and children.
Rhea secretly gave birth her sixth child Zeus in Crete, and handed Cronus a stone wrapped clothes, which he swallowed thinking that it was his son.
CRONUS EATING HIS CHILDREN
Saturday, July 15, 2017
The boy and the old note. Part 1
There are many worlds in the Multiverse and all these worlds are filled with countless stories, this is one such story:
In a different world from ours in a world filled with miracles and magic, there lived an orphan young boy on the streets of a small town. He survived by eating left overs that taverns threw away.
One day, while this boy was searching though the garbage near a Tavern, he finds an old bottle with a piece of paper inside. The boy managed to pull out the piece of paper and look at it. There was a handwritten message on it, but the boy could not read. So he put the piece of paper in the pocket of the dirty pants he was wearing and continued his search for food.
Later after he had managed to find something to eat and the sun had begun to set, while he was looking for a place to sleep, an lady approached him, thinking that boy might be hungry she gifted the boy some apples to eat.
He thank the lady for her kindness, he also asked her if she could do one more small favor for him, so he showed her the note he had found and asked her, if she could read it for him, she agreed.
When the lady looked at the note, she realized it was a very old note, written in an older version of the language that the people spoke these days. So she explained to him, that she could only approximately tell him what was written on the note because it was an old language that she did not understand well. The boy told that was alright, so the woman tried to read it.
"If heart kind to terror ugly, visit the water place, night middle."
After the lady finished reading the message, she told the boy that she had no idea what this message could mean. The boy told that it was alright and that it was not so important, it was just an old message he found in a bottle and he was curious about it. He thanked the lady again for her help and left.
Afterwards the boy found an empty stable that he could use to sleep in it.
As he was lying on the hey, he was thinking about the message and what it could mean. He figured that water place could mean a river or a lake and that night middle, most likely meant midnight. As for the first part of the message it was something about kindness in heart, but he was not sure it had to do with ugly terror.
In a different world from ours in a world filled with miracles and magic, there lived an orphan young boy on the streets of a small town. He survived by eating left overs that taverns threw away.
One day, while this boy was searching though the garbage near a Tavern, he finds an old bottle with a piece of paper inside. The boy managed to pull out the piece of paper and look at it. There was a handwritten message on it, but the boy could not read. So he put the piece of paper in the pocket of the dirty pants he was wearing and continued his search for food.
Later after he had managed to find something to eat and the sun had begun to set, while he was looking for a place to sleep, an lady approached him, thinking that boy might be hungry she gifted the boy some apples to eat.
He thank the lady for her kindness, he also asked her if she could do one more small favor for him, so he showed her the note he had found and asked her, if she could read it for him, she agreed.
When the lady looked at the note, she realized it was a very old note, written in an older version of the language that the people spoke these days. So she explained to him, that she could only approximately tell him what was written on the note because it was an old language that she did not understand well. The boy told that was alright, so the woman tried to read it.
"If heart kind to terror ugly, visit the water place, night middle."
After the lady finished reading the message, she told the boy that she had no idea what this message could mean. The boy told that it was alright and that it was not so important, it was just an old message he found in a bottle and he was curious about it. He thanked the lady again for her help and left.
Afterwards the boy found an empty stable that he could use to sleep in it.
As he was lying on the hey, he was thinking about the message and what it could mean. He figured that water place could mean a river or a lake and that night middle, most likely meant midnight. As for the first part of the message it was something about kindness in heart, but he was not sure it had to do with ugly terror.
Ancient Greek Creation Myth
In the beginning there was chaos. Chaos was according to the ancient Greeks a big gap of nothing. From Chaos Gaia (Earth) emerged together with Tartaros the Abyss, Erebus the Darkness and Nyx the Night.
Nyx
Gaia gave birth to Uranus the sky.
Uranus together with Gaia became parents of the 12 Titans, the one eyed cyclops and the Hecatonchires creatures with one hundred arms.
But Uranos did not love his children and trapped them into the abyss.
This made Gaia furious so she convinced the youngest titan Cronus to castrate his father.
And so he did and Cronus became the Leader of the titans.
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