All the gods have their own dependents, but a long time ago, only the gods of the underworld had no dependents... There was no way, they were in charge of the dead, so how could the dead get their dependents?
So despite the fact that Hades rules the entire underworld, he actually doesn’t have many subordinates at all. Unlike other gods, Athena has her own city-state of Athens, Ares has the city-state of Spartacus, and Apollo’s city-state
There are more (although modern people are more familiar with Athens and Sparta, in fact many ancient city-states at that time were dominated by the belief of Apollo, and Apollo was very widely believed). Even Artemis had her own city-state.
Ephesus.
Poseidon is even more awesome. He owns a continent - Atlantis. Zeus does not have a specific family, but this is another situation. He is the king of the gods, so basically every city-state will
Serve him.
There is only Hades, not even a temple. (There is a cave in Eleusis, northwest of Athens, which is said to be the dividing point between the underworld and the human world. But it is not the only way to the underworld.
.There were many entrances to the underworld in ancient Greece. These things are somewhat contradictory. Residents of every place swear that there is an entrance to the underworld here. And this is a place of extraordinary significance to the ancient Greeks.
This place. In fact, experts have inferred from the ruins here that it was once a temple. From the reliefs and writings on the stones, they inferred that this temple was dedicated to Hades. You must know the god dedicated to Hades.
There are almost no temples.)
Not to mention city-states.
But after leaving the earth, the gods of Hades also began to have their own city-states.
In this way, you will have a stable belief and you can expand your family members.
What about dependents? There are existences between mortals and demigods. They are essentially the thugs of gods. These are also the private soldiers of their respective gods. They are all creatures shaped by the power of gods. They are not as noble as demigods, but
Much stronger than ordinary people.
They are the main force of the gods.
After all, demigods are still very precious.
But how should I put it? As for mortals, not many people are close to death. The most typical example is the folk. There are definitely more people who worship Guanyin than those who worship the King of Hell. Compared with death, everyone likes to represent life.
of fertility.
Therefore, Chinese gods and goddesses must be very popular if they are associated with sending children. In fact, many Chinese gods are related to sending children, such as Guanyin, the goddess of sending children, Zhang Xian, Bixia Yuanjun, and Tu Gong.
, the earthly woman is also responsible for giving birth to children, and by the way, there are some immortals who are beyond the reach of eight poles, who can also give birth to children, such as Maitreya Buddha... Maitreya Buddha is obviously the future Buddha, and other people's serious Buddhist gods, but they ended up coming to China.
, actually got related to sending a child!
In addition, there is the City God. The City God has a wide range of businesses. He takes care of half of the things in the sky and all the things on the earth. You can also go to the City God for things like delivering children...
But if you look at the Lord of Hell, of course he plays an important role in folk mythology. But if you look at his temples, there are very few. (There are still temples of the Lord of Hell, but compared with the temples of other gods, they are much less.)
In the world ruled by the Olympus god system, the situation is similar. Compared with the previous situation of Hades, where grandma does not kiss and uncle does not love, at least there is a breakthrough. Even if the city-states in many places do not have Hades,
Temples that are dominated by gods will also have many shrines, and some places with strong death beliefs will also have large temples such as the Temple of Hades.
This also leads to the fact that Hades, the king of Hades, has a relatively small army among the gods. Hades, the king of Hades, is like this, let alone the Queen of Hades.
Although the Queen of Hades has many responsibilities, she is still generally a pendant of Hades. Sometimes people who serve Hades will put up a statue of the Queen of Hades.
The image of Persephone reflects her duality. As the female ruler of the underworld, her image is that of a majestic and cold queen of the underworld holding a torch in one hand and a pomegranate in the other, together with Hades;
The goddess of harvest, her image is a beautiful girl holding ears of corn, or picking flowers in the grass with Artemis and Athena. When Persephone returned to the underworld, everything on the earth withered, and she returned to the earth to be with her mother.
At this time, all things revive, which is a symbol of rebirth and death. The offerings that people offered to Persephone, the goddess of the underworld, were black, sterile cows. There was no separate temple dedicated to her in ancient Greece.
The two goddesses Persephone and Demeter have always shared worship. In Eleusis, the common worship of these two goddesses has the nature of secret rituals. With the further development of religious concepts, the two harvest goddesses
Beginning to be regarded as the founder and legislator of settled life that is inseparable from agriculture. In Athens, people called Demeter and Persephone "Thesmophora (legislator)" and believed that
They are the protectors of marriage and family relationships. In autumn, a festival is held to commemorate them - the Legislative Goddess Festival.
For the ancient Greeks, after Persephone became the wife of Hades, the king of Hades, she changed from her former innocence to being ruthless and extremely terrifying. Persephone had great power in the underworld. She commanded the underworld.
Demons and monsters cut off the last connection between the dying person and the living; Persephone is also the embodiment of dark magic. She mercilessly pulls all life into the embrace of the dark abyss underground, so people call the grave
It is called "Persephone's room". Therefore, the ancient Greeks did not dare to call her by her name, but were only willing to call her "Cole" (meaning girl). Her story is also the background of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
Legend has it that this ritual allows those who participate in it to dine with the dead legendary heroes in front of the terrifying Persephone, thereby gaining eternal life.
[The Eleusinian Mysteries are the annual initiation rituals of a secret sect located in Eleusis during the ancient Greek period. This sect worshiped Demeter and Persephone. The Eleusinian Mysteries are believed to have originated in ancient times.
The most important of all secret worships. These worships and rituals are kept strictly confidential, and the initiation ceremony attended by all believers is an important channel for believers to communicate directly with God in order to obtain divine protection and rewards in the next life.
, this kind of ritual is still spread in many worlds even now]
In short, Persephone does not have a separate temple, so the number of her followers is particularly small.
Now it is easy to meet a man who dared to destroy the temple of that bitch Aphrodite for his mother, and he seemed to be very good. So Melinoe planned to take him directly to his mother's house
In front of him, let his mother personally grant him eternal glory and let him fight for the Queen of the Underworld forever (this is deceptive, after all, even the gods cannot make themselves eternal, let alone their followers).
At least Melinoe felt that this reward was definitely worthy.
Although traveling to the Almighty City is great and is the ultimate dream of almost all followers of the pantheon gods. But in comparison, those fanatical believers are still more willing to serve around their own gods.
Since the man in front of him is a fanatical believer of his mother, Persephone... there is no doubt about this. After all, a person who is willing to tear down the temple of an enemy god for the god he believes in, what is he but a fanatic believer?
It is impossible for city-states under the rule of many gods to be harmonious. Everything of mortals is driven by desire, and this is especially true in the city-state era. The city-state era is a huge rabble-rousing competition, dictatorship, republic, aristocratic representative system, and tribal alliance.
, family rule, in short, various governance systems and methods can be found here. At the same time, the territory of a city-state cannot be too large, which results in their ability to resist risks to be very, very small.
Often a flood can directly bankrupt a city-state, and a plague can only make a city-state disappear.
In short, under such uncertain circumstances, it is almost impossible for everyone to develop the economy safely and develop productivity.
So war has become the most commonly used option.
What should I do if I have no food?
Grab the one next door!
What should we do if we go bankrupt?
Grab the one next door!
The woman next door to Ma Dan is so beautiful, what do you want to do?
Grab the one next door!
Ma Dan is in a bad mood today. What should I do if I want to find something to do?
Grab the one next door!
As a result, war is simply the most common daily activity under the rule of Olympus. However, wars are so frequent, and it is not uncommon to commit massacres after the city is broken. But after the city is broken, people destroy temples and kill temple priests.
Very few.
Many times, the temple itself serves as a temporary shelter.
No one will destroy the temple of the true God.
Because that would lead to very terrible retaliation.
As I have said, the gods of Olympus are very petty and terrible. If you accidentally offend them, you have to be careful about revenge, let alone overthrow their temples?
This is a serious blasphemy! (In the movie The Trojan War, Achilles, played by Brad Pitt, cut off the head of the statue of Poseidon with a sword. This is a serious blasphemy. In fact, such a thing cannot happen.
, because blaspheming Apollo is actually the same thing as blaspheming all gods. This is an impossible situation. If Achilles really did this, his mother would be the first to stand up and kill him, because
His mother is also a god, she and Apollo are of the same class)
Generally speaking, a person who does this will definitely be in bad luck, not only him, but also his family, friends and even the country.
Even after they die, they will continue to be unlucky.
So there are only two types of people who dare to do this and actually do such things.
One is crazy.
There's nothing to say about this.
There is also a kind of fanatical believer who believes that the god he believes in is the greatest, and all others are scum. They will sacrifice their lives for revenge against the enemies of their god.
Such a good seedling cannot be rewarded enough.
Melinoe thought very well, giving Charon face while not violating the rules.
Simply great.
But Charon suffered.
He was just talking nonsense, and he even produced his own heir. He did have an heir, but the problem was that Thor was a living person!
Regardless of whether he is his heir or not, it is absolutely illegal to let a living person enter the underworld. And Thor is also a god. Although he is not a god of faith, if you take off the death suit from Thor, everyone can see that Thor
It’s a god, and he’s not a god from the Olympus pantheon, so that’s a lot of fun!
If things don't go well, Charon might be labeled as a traitor or an enemy agent.
"No...I..."
It's not easy to refuse. After all, Melinoe's good intentions were all done by you, Charon, and others didn't mean to make things difficult for you. They just went along with what you said, and the result was good, but it was a waste.
What does this mean?
"What's wrong?" Melinoe didn't understand why Charon was hesitant.
Charon really didn't know how to explain it. If he had known this, why not admit to smuggling.
At this moment, a golden light flashed across the sky.
Melinoe and Thor were caught in a golden net.
And the other end of the golden net.
Aphrodite grabbed the other end of the golden net with a smile on her face.
"Aphrodite!!!" Melinoe cried out.
Melinoe understood everything the moment she saw Aphrodite. At the same time, she turned her head and looked at Thor who was confused.
From this moment on, Melinoe felt pleased with Thor no matter how he looked at him.
To be honest, Thor is not ugly. Not only is he not ugly, he is actually very handsome. And it is especially in line with the aesthetics of Olympus. Olympus, including the civilization they derived from, are all standard visual animals.
They believe that a person's external beauty is directly related to his inner beauty. That is to say, good-looking people have good moral character, while people who are "ugly" in people's eyes have bad character. For example, the beautiful ancient Greeks
, especially men, are often described as "kaloskagathos", an adjective that combines "kalos" (meaning beautiful or handsome) and "agathos" (meaning good character or kindness).
In the evaluation of men, the focus of male beauty is on the body shape. An athlete's physique with round, strong muscles and low fat content is considered the most attractive. Just right, Thor is a big muscle tyrant!
A body with tendon meat will be as toned as you want.
Men with blond hair, full lips and glistening tan skin were considered the most beautiful in ancient Greece.
Well, Thor also fits the bill.
The most important thing is that Thor has a big beard!
It is also a big bonus for mature men to have beards! In ancient Greek culture, only elders and wise men were qualified to grow beards. Beards symbolize majesty and wisdom. The main cause of beards is endocrine problems.
So: the beard is the momentum! The ancient Greeks and the Vikings fought in similar postures. They were both a group of strong men with big beards, holding a shield, and roaring in battle.
The ancient Greeks believed that beards were sacred. The first strand of beard that Greek adult men shaved was dedicated to Apollo. Of course, this shaving ceremony was for future beard growth!
So a beautiful beard was very popular in ancient Greek times!
So all of a sudden, Melinoe suddenly discovered that the man in front of him was completely based on his own aesthetic point!