Who is the god ate?

Ate, Greek mythological figure who induced rash and ruinous actions by both gods and men. She made Zeus—on the day he expected the Greek hero Heracles, his son by Alcmene, to be born—take an oath: the child born of his lineage that day would rule “over all those dwelling about him” (Iliad, Book XIX).
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Who was the ATE?

Ate was the goddess of mischief and ruin in Greek mythology, daughter of Eris, goddess of strife, or in some accounts, daughter of Zeus.
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What is the name of the god that ate his children?

Saturn, one of the Titans who once ruled earth in Roman mythology, devours the infant child he holds in his arm. According to a prophecy, Saturn would be overthrown by one of his sons. In response, he ate his sons as soon as they were born. But the mother of his children, Rhea, hid one child, Zeus.
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Who was the 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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Who is the first King of Heaven?

"As for the Olympiakos (Olympian) Games, the most learned antiquarians of Elis say that Kronos (Cronus) was the first king of heaven, and that in his honour a temple was built in Olympia by the men of that age, who were named the Golden Race.
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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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Is Kronos a god?

Cronus, also spelled Cronos or Kronos, in ancient Greek religion, male deity who was worshipped by the pre-Hellenic population of Greece but probably was not widely worshipped by the Greeks themselves; he was later identified with the Roman god Saturn.
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Are Chronos and Kronos the same?

Kronos also called (Cronus) is [Saturn] in Roman Mythology, and is the Titan father of Zeus [Jupiter]. The Greek god of time is Chronos, who is a primordial form of Kronos, while Zas is the primordial form of Zeus.
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What is the story of Ate?

Ate, Greek mythological figure who induced rash and ruinous actions by both gods and men. She made Zeus—on the day he expected the Greek hero Heracles, his son by Alcmene, to be born—take an oath: the child born of his lineage that day would rule “over all those dwelling about him” (Iliad, Book XIX).
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What is the curse of Atreus?

This was a hereditary curse, plaguing the family for five generations with a vicious cycle of murder and revenge. The curse of the House of Atreus began when its founder, Tantalus, offended the gods by serving them a feast made of the dismembered remains of his own son, Pelops, in an attempt to test their omniscience.
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Who came before the Titans?

Hesiod, in his Theogony, considers the first beings (after Chaos) to be Gaia, Tartarus, Eros, Erebus, Hemera and Nyx. Gaia and Uranus in turn gave birth to the Titans, and the Cyclopes.
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Who is Hermes god of?

Hermes was the ancient Greek god of trade, wealth, luck, fertility, animal husbandry, sleep, language, thieves, and travel. One of the cleverest and most mischievous of the Olympian gods, he was the patron of shepherds, invented the lyre, and was, above all, the herald and messenger of Mt.
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What is the goddess of death's name?

Hel, in Norse mythology, originally the name of the world of the dead; it later came to mean the goddess of death. Hel was one of the children of the trickster god Loki, and her kingdom was said to lie downward and northward.
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Who was the most powerful Greek Titan?

Although he was the youngest son of Gaea and Uranus, Cronus was also the strongest of the Greek Titans.
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Is Saturn a god?

Saturn, Latin Saturnus, in Roman religion, the god of sowing or seed. The Romans equated him with the Greek agricultural deity Cronus.
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Who is the strongest Greek 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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Which god is Uranus?

Uranus is the sky god and first ruler. He is the son of Gaea, who created him without help. He then became the husband of Gaea and together they had many offspring, including twelve of the Titans.
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Who is the god of stupidity?

In Greek mythology, Koalemos (Ancient Greek: Κοάλεμος) was the god of stupidity, mentioned once by Aristophanes, and being found also in Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Coalemus is the Latin spelling of the name.
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How did Zeus died?

Kratos stabs Zeus (and Gaia) with the Blade of Olympus. The King of the Gods observes all of the destruction his son has caused to Greece, telling him that he would have much to do once their battle is over. They fight each other again until they are interrupted by Gaia, who was thought to have been killed by Kratos.
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Did Romans worship the god of poop?

Sterculius was the god of the privy, from stercus, excrement. It has been well observed by a French author, that the Romans, in the madness of paganism, finished by deifying the most immodest objects and the most disgusting actions.
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Is Zeus still alive?

He never dies, but he is seriously injured quite often, for a god. In one myth, his son Kyknos was killed by Heracles.
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Who is the god of future?

In Roman mythology, Janus was the god of beginnings, endings, doorways, transitions and time. He is depicted as having two faces – one looking towards the future and one looking towards the past.
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