Who is older Hades or Zeus?

Zeus had several brothers and sisters who were also powerful gods and goddesses. He was the youngest, but the most powerful of three brothers. His oldest brother was Hades who ruled the Underworld. His other brother was Poseidon, god of the sea.
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Who was born first Hades or Zeus?

Zeus was the youngest child and through the machinations of their mother, Rhea, he was the only one that had escaped this fate.
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Who is older Zeus or god?

Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach. In most traditions, he is married to Hera, by whom he is usually said to have fathered Ares, Eileithyia, Hebe, and Hephaestus.
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Which Greek god is the oldest?

Hestia was the first born child of the Titans Cronus (Kronos) and Rhea, making her the oldest Greek God.
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Who is older than Hades?

Who is the oldest of the Big Three? Hades the god of underworld was the eldest among the three great god brothers. Then came Poseidon the ruler of the aquatic world. The came the mighty Zeus the king of the Olympian Gods amd the ruler of the sky.
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Who was the very first god?

Brahma the Creator

In the beginning, Brahma sprang from the cosmic golden egg and he then created good & evil and light & dark from his own person. He also created the four types: gods, demons, ancestors, and men (the first being Manu).
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Is Zeus the youngest god?

Zeus had several brothers and sisters who were also powerful gods and goddesses. He was the youngest, but the most powerful of three brothers. His oldest brother was Hades who ruled the Underworld. His other brother was Poseidon, god of the sea.
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Is Hades stronger than Zeus?

Even though Hades is more powerful, that doesn't mean he has to be king. Look at Poseidon. He's more powerful than Zeus and more likable, but he isn't king either. Zeus is better at ruling than Poseidon and Hades.
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Which mythology is the oldest?

The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the most well known Mesopotamian myths, and is often regarded as the oldest known piece of literature in the world.
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Who is the oldest Greek Titan?

The eldest of the Titans, Oceanus was married to his sister Thetis. Together the two produced over 6000 spirits of the oceans and streams, known as the Oceanids.
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Who is the strongest god?

Zeus was the Greek god that both deities and man would call upon for help. Zeus would help the other gods, goddesses, and mortals if they needed help, but would also invoke his wrath upon them if he felt they weren't worthy of his help. This made Zeus the strongest Greek god in Greek mythology.
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Who is Zeus afraid of?

The answer is simple: he was afraid of making Nyx angry. This story is unique because Zeus usually is not afraid of angering the other gods or goddesses.
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Who was Zeus first child?

In some versions of Greek mythology, Zeus ate his wife Metis because it was known that their second child would be more powerful than him. After Metis's demise, their first child Athena was born when Hephaestus cleaved Zeus's head open and the goddess of war emerged, fully grown and armed.
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Who is the 13th Greek god?

13. Dionysus. Dionysus is the Greek god of wine. He was often considered an outsider of the Twelve Olympians because he had a mortal mother.
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Who is the oldest god in Norse mythology?

Aurgelmir, also called Ymir, in Norse mythology, the first being, a giant who was created from the drops of water that formed when the ice of Niflheim met the heat of Muspelheim.
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Is Zeus older than Odin?

Who is older, Zeus or Odin? Since Odin is credited with having a hand in creating the world itself, it is safe to say that he is older than Zeus. However, the first written accounts of Zeus are much earlier than the first ones we have of Odin.
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What came before the Greek gods?

The Titans were the Greek gods that ruled the world before the Olympians. The first twelve Titans were the children of the original gods Uranus (Father Sky) and Gaia (Mother Earth). Cronus - The leader of the Titans and the god of time.
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Which is older Greek or Egyptian mythology?

That means that Egyptian mythology is in place in 1600 BC. Greece is much more recent, as oldest tragedies are coming back from 800 BC (Homer and Hesiod).
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Who would win Odin vs Zeus?

So the fact that Thor was able to hold his own against Zeus speaks volumes, and I think is good enough evidence to say that between Odin and Zeus, Odin is more powerful than Zeus, perhaps even more than just "Slightly more powerful."
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Who is stronger Zeus or Thor?

5 Stronger: Zeus

He might not be as well known (as a Marvel character), but rest assured few are his equal-- and crtainly not Thor. Super strength, super speed, and super durability make up all of the requisites of being a super god.
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Why did Zeus banish Hades?

In the 1997 Disney film Hercules, Hades is banished from Olympus by Zeus for attempting to seize his position as the ruler of the gods.
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Is Poseidon stronger than Zeus?

Is Poseidon stronger than Zeus? Poseidon wielded more authority than Zeus. Even though Zeus is a skyfather and divine lord, Poseidon is physically stronger, as well as a divine lord and a transcendent merman. A celestial lord rules over the lesser gods.
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Who was Zeus greatest enemy?

Typhon challenged Zeus for rule of the cosmos.
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Who was Zeus favorite son?

1. Apollo: Zeus' Best-Known Son. Of all the sons Zeus fathered, Apollo is perhaps the best known. Apollo was conceived during an illicit affair between Zeus and Leto (Zeus was married to Hera at the time), along with a twin sister named Artemis.
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