In the Beginning (Creation)

Chaos

A state, place, or time, beyond the known, familiar, and reliable world.

Gaea

The personification of Earth.

Tartarus

The deep abyss that is used as a dungeon of torment and suffering for the wicked and as the prison for the Titans.

Eros

The Greek god of love and sex.

Erebus

The personification of darkness.

Uranus

The personification of the sky and one of the Greek primordial deities.

Cyclops

Giant one-eyed creatures.

100 - Handed Giants

Three monstrous giants, of enormous size and strength, each with fifty heads and one hundred arms.

Titans

The twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth).

Oceanus

A Titan son of Uranus and Gaia, the husband of his sister the Titan Tethys, and the father of the river gods and the Oceanids, as well as being the great river which encircled the entire world.

Phoebe

The grandmother of the Olympian gods Apollo and Artemis.

Leto

A childhood goddess, the daughter of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe, the sister of Asteria, and the mother of Apollo and Artemis.

Hyperion

Father of Helios (Sun), Selene (Moon) and Eos (Dawn).

Helios (Helius)

The god who personifies the Sun.

Selene

The goddess and personification of the Moon.

Atlas

A Titan condemned to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity.

Prometheus

A Titan responsible for creating or aiding humanity in its earliest days.

Epimetheus

The brother of Prometheus, the pair serving "as representatives of mankind".

Themis

The goddess and personification of justice, divine order, law, and custom.

Mnemosyne

The goddess of memory and the mother of the nine Muses by her nephew Zeus.

Rhea

The mother of the five eldest Olympian gods (Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Poseidon, and Zeus) and Hades, king of the underworld.

Dione

An oracular goddess and Titaness.

Cronus

The leader and youngest of the Titans.

Furies

Chthonic goddesses of vengeance.

Giants

A race of great strength and aggression, though not necessarily of great size.

Hestia

The virgin goddess of the hearth and the home.

Demeter

The Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth.

Hera

The goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth.

Hades

The God of the dead and riches and the King of the underworld, with which his name became synonymous.

Poseidon

One of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.

Zeus

The chief deity of the Greek pantheon.

Crete

The largest and most populous of the Greek islands.

Amaltheia

The nurse of Zeus during his infancy.

Metis

The pre-Olympian goddess of wisdom, counsel and deep thought, and a member of the Oceanids.

Thunderbolt

A weapon given to Zeus by the Cyclopes.

Helmet of Invisibility

A helmet or cap that can turn the wearer invisible.

Trident

A three-pronged spear.

Mount Olympus

The home of the Greek gods, on Mytikas peak.

Styx

A goddess and one of the rivers of the Greek Underworld.

Charon

The ferryman of the Greek underworld.

Proper Burial

Essential for assuring successful passage into the afterlife.

Cerberus

A multi-headed dog that guards the gates of the underworld to prevent the dead from leaving.

Hermes

The herald of the gods.

3 Purposes of Typhon Myth

Illustrates Zeus’ ability.

Explains a natural phenomenon.

Explains why Egyptians worshiped gods in animal forms.

Typhon

A monstrous serpentine giant and one of the deadliest creatures in Greek mythology.

Egypt

A country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula.

Sicily

An island in the central Mediterranean Sea and one of the 20 regions of Italy, situated south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe.