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Who is the rain god in Greek mythology?
The rain god is Zeus, the head of the twelve main gods of Olympus. Zeus is also the god of heaven, rain and thunder.
Zeus is the son of the Titan Cronus (the ninth god). Cronus is the combination of the creative and destructive powers of time, the god of creation and destruction of time and space, the time that devours everything, the god-king who ruled the universe before Zeus, and his grandparents are Uranus, the god of heaven, and Gai, the god of earth. Ya, his mother is Rhea, the goddess who controls the passage of time. Rhea gave birth to many children, but each one was eaten by Cronus as soon as they were born. When Rhea gave birth to Zeus, she was determined to protect the little being. She wrapped a stone in cloth and lied that it was a newborn baby. Cronus swallowed the stone in one gulp. As a result, Zeus escaped disaster and was sent to be raised by Cronus's sister, the Nymphs.
When Zeus grew up, he knew his life experience and was determined to save his brothers. He married Metis, the goddess of wisdom, and followed his wife's plan to lure his father Cronus into taking a vomiting medicine. After taking the medicine, Cronus continued to vomit and vomited out the children in his belly. They are Hestia (Εστα, Hestia), Demeter (Δμητρα, Demeter), Hera (ρα, Hera), Hades (δη, Hades) and Poseidon (Ποσε?δν, Poseidon).
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Zeus was extremely disgusted with his father's tyranny. He contacted his brothers and launched a war against his father's generation.
The war lasted for ten years, almost destroying the universe, but there was still no winner. Later, Zeus followed the advice of his cousin "Prophet" Prometheus and went to rescue the imprisoned Cyclops and Hundred-Armed Giants. In order to repay this kindness, the Cyclops gave Zeus lightning fire, Poseidon's trident, and Hades' invisible helmet; the hundred-armed giant fought bravely on the battlefield. Finally defeated Cronus.
Zeus imprisoned their father and the defeated Titans in a prison in the underworld. In order to prevent them from escaping, Zeus ordered Hades to build bronze doors, windows and walls around the prison, and then ordered the hundred-armed giant and the three-headed dog to guard it.
At this time, Gaia, the mother of the earth, gave birth to a monster named Typhoeus (Typhoeus/Typhon/Typhaon/Typhos), which posed a great threat to the world and fought against the gods. Zeus then went to fight with him, striking him with lightning, fire and thunder, and the fire burned into Typhon's heart and made him lose his strength. Regarding Typhon's final fate, one theory is that he was crushed underground near Mount Etna. When he is angry, he causes the volcano to flow out lava.
A few years later, Gaia was resentful of Zeus for imprisoning her Titan sons, so she encouraged Alcyoneus, the giant king, to rebel against Zeus. But under the resistance of Hercules and the gods, Alcyoneus finally failed and was cast into hell. After the great victory, it was time to decide who would be king. Zeus and his brothers refused to give in to each other. Seeing that they were going to war again, Prometheus proposed to decide by casting lots. As a result, Zeus became the king of heaven, Poseidon became the king of the sea, and Hades became the king of the underworld. From then on, Zeus was finally able to rule the world safely and became the supreme ruler in charge of the universe, and lived in the palace on Mount Olympus with his brothers and sisters.
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