The Theme Show : 8/19/08 "It's All Greek to Me" Part 1 "Primordial and Olympian Deities"

So I got this idea, right? I wanted to do a podcast on Greek Mythology. Only problem was I had too many songs, even for an extended episode. So I decided to break it up ito chapters. There will be quite a few episodes (I'm guessing without having put them together yet, about five) posted over the next few weeks. They might even be pseudo-educational (though that doesn't mean that the "explicit" tag has been removed: just a note for you parents out there).

This episode is about Primodial Deities and The Olympians

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Setlist:

Primordial Deities: They existed before anything else and created the earth and the universe. In the beginning there was only Chaos, God of Nothingness. The earth was without form and void (I think I just stole that from te Genesis chapter of the bible?). He made from himself five children, Gaia (Goddess of the Earth), Tartarus (God of the Underworld), Nyx (Goddess of Night {Earth Darkness}), Erebus (God of Shadow {Tartarus Darkness}) and Eros (Goddess of Lust).

Nyx and Erebus bore Aether (God of Heaven) and Hemera (Goddess of Day).

Lastly there was Chronos (God of Time).

1) A Chaos of Desire by Alio Die 0:00

2) Earth (Gaia) by The Orb 3:40

3) Tartarus by Chris Huelsbeck 13:20

4) Tongue of Nyx by Imajika 16:30

5) The Erebus and the Terror by Billy Oskay 17:28

6) Eros by Ensemble Melponem 21:55

7) Aether 2 by Moodra 22:37

8) Hemere Persat by J.S.R. 23:57

9) Chronos Reel/Reel Around the Sun by Cormac 27:56

 

The Olympians: Gaia created from herself the god Uranus. She took him as a husband and they bore many children, including the Titans (to be covered in a later chapter). Two of these Titans, Cronus (not to be confused with Chronos above) and Rhea bore five children: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, and Hestia. Zeus then fathered the rest of the Olympians with various women. Ares and Hephaestus with Hera, Hermes with the nymph Maia, Aphrodite from Dione, Athena from Metis, Apollo and Artemis from Leto, and Dionysus from Semele. There are twleve Olympians (though you will count thirteen on this list). Hestia growing tired of her postion left the mount and turned over her rights to Dionysus. You may also notice the absence of Hades, who is not technically an Olympian (as he resides in the Underworld) who will be covered at a later time.

Aphrodite (Goddess of Love)

10) Aphrodite by Colette and Phil 31:40

Dionysus (God of Wine)

11) Dionysus by Jocelyn Pook 37:25

Hephaestus (God of Fire and Crafting)

12) Hephaestus (Original Mix) by Matheos 41:48

Demeter (Goddess of Agriculture)

13) On Demeter by Rachel's 46:52

Ares (God of War)

14) Ares by Kelly Andrew Keveny 53:37

Hera (Goddess of Marriage)

15) Hera by Theophilos 57:21

Hestia (Goddess of the Hearth)

16) Hestia by The Voices 1:01:03

Hermes (The God of Everything Not Already Covered. He was the Messenger of the Gods as well as the Guide of Dead Souls. He was alo the patron god of travelers, thieves, literature, orators, shepards and cowherds. It's probably a good thing he could run so fast!)

17) Hermes by Santana 1:10:41

Zeus (God of Thunder and Ruler of Olympus)

18) Oh Mighty Zeus [from Disney's "Hercules"] 1:14:43

Athena (Goddess of Warfare* and Domestic Arts. Athena differs from Ares in that she is the Goddess of civilised warfare, as opposed to frenzied uncontrolled barbarian-like rage, which is more what Ares is all about.)

19) Athena by The Who 1:15:20

Apollo (God of Healing and Music)

20) Apollo by Way Out West 1:19:00

Poseidon (God of the Sea)

21) Bulls of Poseidon by Gabriel Aliman 1:26:50

Artemis (Goddess of Animals and the Hunt)

22) Artemis by Dali's Car 1:32:20