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Mythology and the planets

Mythology and the planets. By Alex Bustillo. Sun . Sun/Apollo . God of light, sun,   truth, prophecy , healing, music, poetry, and the arts.  Son of Zeus and  Leto . He has a twin sister . Artemis: goddess of forests and hills, childbirth, virginity, fertility. Mercury. Mercury/Hermes.

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Mythology and the planets

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  1. Mythology and the planets By Alex Bustillo

  2. Sun

  3. Sun/Apollo • God of light, sun,  truth, prophecy, healing, music, poetry, and the arts. •  Son of Zeus and Leto. • He has a twin sister.Artemis: goddess of forests and hills, childbirth, virginity, fertility

  4. Mercury

  5. Mercury/Hermes • Rome: Mercury • Greece: Hermes • Was a messenger • God of trade • He was the son of Maia Maiestas, sons of Atlas the titan who supported the heavens from the ranges.

  6. Venus

  7. Venus/Aphrodite. • Roman goddess. • Rome: Venus • Greece: Aphrodite • Goddess of love, sexuality, and beauty. • Born when Cronus cut off Ourano ' genitals and threw them into the sea.

  8. Earth

  9. Earth/ Gaia • Greek: Mother Nature. • Roman: Gaia. • She is a titaness. • Gaia was born from Chaos, the great void of emptiness within the universe. • She gave birth to Pontus  (the Sea) and Uranus (the Sky).

  10. Moon

  11. Moon/Aega/Diana • Nursed the infant Zeus in Crete. • Goddess of hunting. • She was a Titaness and then was changed to goddess by a constellation. • Her was mother Gaia. • Married to a mortal.

  12. Mars

  13. Mars/Ares • Greek god. • God of war and bloodlust • Son of Zeus and Hera. • Ares means : bane, ruin, curse, imprecation. • He is an important Olympian god.

  14. Jupiter

  15. Jupiter/Zeus • King of the gods. • God of the sky and thunder. • Son of Cronus and Rhea. • He was husband of his own sister Hera. • He was identify by a lightning.

  16. Saturn

  17. Saturn/Cronus • Roman titan. • God if agriculture and justice. • Son of Gaia and Uranus. • He eat his sons, so they wont take over the titans. • Zeus killed him. 

  18. Uranus

  19. Uranus/Uranus • Uranus was the son and mate of Gaia. • God of the sky. • Uranus and Gaia were ancestors of most of the Greek gods.

  20. Neptune

  21. Neptune/Poseidon • God of the sea. • The Earth-Shaker. • Brother of Zeus and Hades. • Poseidon was a major civic god of several cities. • Poseidon was a son of Cronus and Rhea.

  22. Pluto

  23. Pluto/Hades • God of the underworld and wealth. • Also known as Hades. •  Son of Saturn • Brother of Zeus and Poseidon. • Married his own niece.

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