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MALES |
Herkul
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Herkul Tenesco Neraka 28.09.2003 Location: Borovnica, Slovenia |
| HERKUL - (lat. Herkules, Herakles) in Greek mythology is a great figure of valor and muscle strength. Hercules bravery earned him a place among the gods. After he left the mortal world, he found a position on Mount Olympus, the gods' dwelling place. Zeus, the King of the gods fell in love with Alcmene, the wife of Amphitryon. In a short time, Alcmene conceived Hercules. This angered Hera and she tried to kill Hercules. Hercules survived his first fatal assault with a miracle. When Hercules reached adulthood he became a famous warrior. The honorable penance of Hercules and his eventual success is what makes him so special. His success brought him immortality, which would have been unthinkable for ordinary mortals. Hercules' first task was to peel off the skin of the horrifying Nemean Lion after capturing one. His next task was to kill The Lernean Hydra. The Lernean Hydra was a serpent with nine heads, which never gave peace to the lives of those around it. The third task for him was to bring a Hind (a sacred red deer) from Ceryneia to the king. The deer was the pet of Diana, the Moon goddess.The fourth task for Hercules was to bring a live Erymanthian Boar. After this success, Eurystheus was planning to make something tougher for Hercules. He commanded Hercules to force out an enormous flock of birds, which assembled at a lake near the town of Stymphalos. The eighth task was to bring the Man-Eating Horses of Diomedes. It was followed by the battle against the Amazonian female army to get the belt of Hippolyte, the queen. The tenth labor was an awesome one. The tricky assignment was the eleventh one. Eurystheus asked Hercules to get the Apples of the Hesperides. These were the golden apples gifted by Hera to Zeus. This Greek mortal Hercules is undoubtedly the greatest hero of Greek Mythology. Hercules is still considered to be the perfect mythical character. |
Zeus
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Boreas Pride&Dignity aka Zeus 30.10.2009 Location: Borovnica, Slovenia |
| ZEUS - was the supreme god and ruler of Olympus. He was known by many titles: Lord of the Sky, the Cloud- gatherer, the Rain-god and Zeus the Thunderer, all of which show which force of nature was considered to be the most important in Ancient World - rain and his image appeared on most Greek coins. In most other mythologies the "ruler-god" was usually associated with the sun, but in Greece the climate is hot and dry making rain the scarce, life-giving force. The people of Greece worshipped this idol as their god. Zeus became one of the Seven Wonders of the World. His power, although great, was not boundless, Zeus had no control over The Fates and Destiny. Like all Greek divinities, Zeus was subject to pleasure, pain, grief, and anger, but he was most susceptible to the power of Eros - love, which often got the objects of his desire in a lot of trouble with his wife, Hera. Zeus was the guardian of political order and peace. He govern and follow a policy; his decisions were rarely arbitrary or set forth with passion; they corresponded to hidden intentions, the wisdom of which was ultimately revealed. He was the ultimate dispenser of good and evil to all mortals. Zeus was called the master of the gods, and "father of men." |
FEMALES |
Heba
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Impala Tenesco Neraka aka Heba 13.05.2004 Location: Borovnica, Slovenia |
| HEBA - (lat. Hebe) was the goddess of youth and the cupbearer of the gods who served ambrosia at the heavenly feast. She was also the patron goddess of the young bride and an attendant of the goddess Aphrodite. Herakles received Hebe in marriage upon his ascension to Olympos, a wedding which reconciled the hero with Hebe's mother Hera.In Greek vase painting Hebe was depicted either as the bride of Herakles, or the cupbearer of the gods, pouring ambrosia from a pitcher. Sometimes she was represented with wings like the goddesses Iris and Nike. "Hebe, the most beautiful of the goddesses, walks forever in Olympus beside her mother Hera, goddess of marriage" (Pindar, Nemean Odes 10.15). |
Fides
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Inga Tenesco Neraka aka Fides 13.05.2004 Location: Borovnica, Slovenia |
| FIDES - In Roman mythology, Fides ("trust") was the goddess of trust. Her temple on the Capitol was where the Roman Senate kept state treaties with foreign countries, where Fides protected them. She was also worshipped under the name Fides Publica Populi Romani ("trust towards the Roman state"). She is represented by a young woman crowned with an olive branch, with a cup or turtle, or a military ensign in hand. She wears a white veil or stola; her priests wear white. Rome's second king, Numa Pompilius instituted a yearly festival to Fides, and directed the priests to be borne to Her temple in an arched chariot drawn by two horses and should conduct Her services with their hands wrapped up to indicate protection. |
Eos
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Jennie Tenesco Neraka aka Eos 08.03.2005 Location: Borovnica, Slovenia |
| EOS - was the rosy-fingered goddess of the dawn. She and her siblings Helios (the Sun) and Selene (the Moon) were numbered amongst the second-generation Titan gods. Eos rose up into the sky from the river Okeanos at the start of each day, and with her rays of light dispersed the mists of night. She was sometimes depicted riding in a golden chariot drawn by winged horses, at other times she was shown borne aloft by her own pair of wings. Eos had an unquenchable desire for handsome young men, some say as the result of a curse laid upon her by the goddess Aphrodite. Her lovers included Orion, Phaethon, Kephalos and Tithonos, three of which she ravished away to distant lands. The Trojan prince Tithonos became her official consort. When the goddess petitioned Zeus for his immortality, she neglected also to request eternal youth. In time he shrivelled up by old age and transformed into a grasshopper. |
Belona
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Belona Pride&Dignity 30.10.2009 Location: Beograd, Serbia |
| BELONA - (lat. Bellona) was an Ancient Roman war goddess. She is believed to be one of the numinous gods of the Romans and is supposed by many to have been the Romans' original war deity, predating the identification of Mars with Ares. She accompanied Mars into battle and is taken variously as his sister, wife or daughter. She is also the mother of Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome. Bellona's attribute is not a sword and she is depicted wearing a helmet and armed with a spear and a torch. Bellona was believed to inspire a warlike frenzy and enthusiasm (much like that of the Norse berserkers), and her earliest sacrifices are said to have been human. She is described as loud and active, barking orders or war-cries. She is credited with inspiring violence, starting wars, and goading soldiers into battle; Virgil described her as carrying a bloodstained scourge or whip. She was believed to make wars and battles go well for those who invoked her. Her name comes from the Latin for war, bellum, and her original feast day was June the 3rd. Bellona had several shrines and temples in Rome, though most are known only from inscriptions referencing them, as well as a temple in Ostia, the port city of Rome. |