Well, my favorite Greek myth was the one about the embodiment of death and original God of the Underworld [Thanatos-Greek, Mors-Roman] before Zeus, Hades, and Poseidon took over and enslaved him to Hades. He was older and more powerful than they were but couldn't take all three of them on- kinda sad because he felt at peace with his position and Hades didn't want the job to begin with.

His parents were the godly representation of Darkness and Chaos and his twin brother is Hypnos, the god of sleep [a play on the fact that the dead often appear to be asleep]. It was common practice for the Greek to worship Thanatos because it was believed that because he felt so embittered by his humiliating situation as shepherd to souls that if he didn't like you he would allow the Keres [spirits of violent death] to take you- otherwise he would give you a very peaceful death.

I've always enjoyed Greek mythology- if you need more I'd be happy to provide.

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Oh, it's not that I'm asking for information. XD I'm a Grecophile ( self made word...haha...), and I adore its mythology as well. I was asking if anybody had any stories or Mythological figures they wanted me to feature on my webblog or something XD

Oooooh. Okie dokie!
Could you feature the Thanatos story then? :3
I also love the one about Helios with the boy who helped return his sheep- one of the few cute stories I've been able to find in Greek mythology, unfortunately.

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Heh. XD Yeah, cute stories are few and far between. I do like the story of Hermes and Apollo... I think it was Apollo, at least, or was it Dionysus? ( gonk )

I've looked around in the books I have, and on a few really good sites, and I can't find hide nor hair of the usurped Thanatos story. o3o; They talk about him, but none of them mention that he was replaced as king of the underworld.

Hmm...that's probably because some confuse Thanatos with Orcus, who was a Roman god of the dead. I gave it a better look and it seems that there was some confusion in the translations of the stories when Greece was taken over. Some exchange Orcus for Pluto and Hades while others exchange him for Thanatos/Mors- thus the explanation of him becoming overthrown. Well, huh. :/

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"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."