Family tree of the Greek gods

Imagine there is a big family of magical beings called the Greek gods. They all live in a really big house called Mount Olympus. The head of the family is the god named Zeus. Zeus has a lot of siblings and children, and they are all very special because they are gods, which means they have magical powers.

Zeus' parents are Cronus and Rhea. Cronus was a really bad dad, and he used to eat all of his children because of a prophecy that said one of them would overthrow him. But, one day, Rhea tricked him and gave him a rock to eat instead of their baby son, Zeus. When he grew up, Zeus came back and defeated Cronus and took over as the king of the gods.

Zeus had a lot of wives and many children, and some of them also became gods. One of his wives was Hera, who was also his sister. They had a lot of kids, like Ares, the god of war, and Hephaestus, the god of blacksmiths.

Zeus also had children with other women, like Demeter, the goddess of agriculture, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, and Apollo, the god of music and the sun. Another son of Zeus was Hermes, the messenger god, who was really fast and could fly with his magical sandals.

These gods had their own children, and they also had relationships with each other, which created even more gods. For example, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, was born from the sea foam after the god Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus and his genitals were thrown into the sea.

The family tree of Greek gods can be really confusing because there are so many of them, and they are all related in weird ways. But, what is important to remember is that they were all really powerful and did amazing things. And, even though they had flaws and made mistakes, they always tried to help people and protect the world they lived in.