[Greek mythology] The fountain of youth

As a veteran primitive god, Gaia has given birth to many children. Among her children are powerful god sons like Uranus, and ordinary nymphs like Echo who have almost no power.

Because Echo helped Zeus's lover escape, assisted Zeus to delay time, deliberately entangled the queen Hera and nagged endlessly, and let go of the fairies who had an affair with Zeus, which made the queen Hera very angry.

Therefore, Hebe punished her. She made this Echo, who didn't know when to speak, lose the right to speak forever. last few words. (Echo becomes the source of the echo.)

Fortunately, she has a mother, the goddess of the earth, Gaia. Echo cried bitterly and asked her mother, Gaia, to help her. After Gaia learned about her daughter, the goddess Gaia, who had entered a weak stage, thought it was a good thing. Compared with power, words are not important. She helped her daughter Eko seize the origin of the echo, so Eko, an ordinary nymph fairy, became a god with the power of the echo.

While Hebe was talking with Aphrodite, the ground suddenly began to tremble. Hebe standing on the ground swayed from side to side, and a few big holes were opened from the ground. Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, Grabbing Hebe who was sliding down the gap in the ground, she took Hebe to the sky, "It seems that she has already felt Echo's death."

They stepped on the clouds, and the change of the earth was more obvious from the sky. The earth shook violently, and the land was torn apart. An old woman in a gorgeous robe came out from the ground. After the old woman came out, the violent tremor of the earth stopped.

Aphrodite half-protected Hebe behind her, "Did you feel her anger? She woke up from a deep sleep, but this will make her weaker."

That person was Gaia. She held a scepter with a golden pattern in her hand, and she staggered to the dead Echo. Her face could not hide the grief, and the wrinkles on her face were trembling. She used the scepter heavily Hitting the ground, "Who!!!"

She was in a deep sleep and came here because she felt the death of her daughter. The land is the incarnation of Gaia, and the land here reflects the whole process of Echo's murder for Gaia.

She gritted her teeth and said the name of God Mu, she tore him apart!

Gaia's crone-like appearance symbolizes the constant weakening of her strength, but even so, the aftermath of her knocking on the ground, or the roar when she was angry, made Heber unable to resist, if it wasn't for Afro Dite unloaded most of Gaia's power for her...

Is such a terrifying power the original god?Even if she has weakened like this.

Aphrodite saw Gaia who was out of control because of the loss of her daughter. She regained her composure and flew back to the ground with Hebe. She said to Gaia, "You are getting more and more irritable now. In an unstable mood, you will Continue to fall until it is described as the main body, and return to the original source."

Gaia looked even older than before, her hair had completely turned silvery white, and her condition was obviously getting worse. She smiled wryly, and propped up her rickety body with a scepter, "If it wasn't for the cunning Zeus, it would be hateful!" Demeter! How did I end up in this state?"

The earth is the appearance of Gaia. It can be said that she is the original goddess who holds all the authority of the earth. However, Zeus will not allow other gods to dictate to him. , gained the trust of Gaia.

Afterwards, she turned her face and refused to recognize anyone. Gaia was originally too attractive. In the eyes of Zeus, she was like a threatening but delicious big cake. The cunning Zeus had already set his sights on her, and his sister Demeter was on the way. It has the same function as the Earth Mother Goddess Harvest!

Together, they conspired to steal part of Gaia's power. Adding the bias of the law, Zeus suppressed her power, and Gaia's power continued to decline. If this continues, she will merge with her own body, the earth.

"I can't even protect my own daughter!" Gaia looked very sad, not only because of the death of a daughter, maybe she will die and disappear in the world soon...

Aphrodite sneered, "This is not at all like the you I know. Collect her body and let her be reborn under the earth."

Hearing this, Gaia stroked her rough bark-like skin, "It's not the same me at that time, looking at this face, can you still see it's me? I really want him to experience this feeling!" She The cloudy eyes were full of hatred, she stared at Heber, "Say hello to Zeus for me."

It felt like being stared at by a poisonous snake, Heber could not help but tremble, "Hey! She is not on Zeus' side, you will scare her." Aphrodite said dissatisfiedly, blocking Gaia's sight.

"Gaia moved the cloudy eyes away from Hebe, and the pressure dissipated, "Oh...Zeus is such a cold-blooded and ruthless person, and that kid Hera will regret it..."

If it weren't for Aphrodite supporting her, Hebe might have fallen to the ground because of the pressure. Gaia's Wia was much heavier than Zeus gave Hebe, and Aphrodite was still a With a relaxed look, Heber couldn't help but guess that maybe Aphrodite was far more powerful than Zeus.

Gaia waved her hand to collect all the bodies of Echo on the ground, Gaia turned her head to Aphrodite and said, "...I know what you are looking for." Her wrinkled fingers pointed to Hebe, "This little girl I have my oracle on me, and I can no longer use it now, but you should know how to use it! Take the oracle and you will find what you want." (The ellipsis here is the real name of the beauty.)

"Even if I will lose consciousness forever, I will wait to see what happens to him!" Gaia turned her head and returned to the underground palace she was hiding under the surface, and the ground was solid again.

Heber subconsciously covered the oracle in his pocket, and Goddess of Beauty and Gaia really had a close personal relationship! "Aphrodite, you won't take away my oracle, will you?"

Hebe always has a special attachment to his own things, and he doesn't like others to take away his things. Aphrodite saw Hebe's attribute as early as the wedding of Thetis, and she comforted Hebe.

"You could see the fate of Paris in the water mirror that day, and I knew you had Gaia's oracle in your hand. Don't worry about Hebe, I won't take the oracle without your consent."

She winked at Hebe slyly, "But I want to get your consent." Did Aphrodite really need to borrow the oracle to find what she wanted?

Aphrodite continued, "I came to look for my lost precious thing. It is here, but it is not here now. I want to borrow the oracle to find my thing. This is why I appeared here." reason."

She helped Hebe remove the leaves from the top of his head, and she flicked Heber's smooth and small forehead, "Little miser, I will not borrow it for nothing, I promise to build a youthful love temple next to all my love temples in the world." The temple, the two temples stand side by side, where there is the temple of love, there is the temple of youth."

Apart from Zeus, there are many believers in the twelve main gods in the world. Faith in the world is very helpful to the gods in improving their divine power.

With Aphrodite's promise, Hebe's followers in the world will greatly increase, and it will not appear as a subsidiary temple of the goddess of beauty, but two temples will exist side by side.

There is no reason not to agree to such a condition, "Aren't you at a disadvantage?" She just borrowed a disobedient oracle in exchange for a lot of power of faith, and the conditions of the two parties are not equal.

Goddess of Beauty explained the purpose of the oracle to Heber, "Rather than seeing the fate of Paris, it is better to say that the oracle took you to experience Paris's life, and that is what you experienced. Time is divided into past, present, and future. The oracle may take you back to the past or the future, but the time you experience in the oracle belongs to the present for you, and the present can be changed."

This is a small part of "know yourself".

Heber understands the meaning of Beauty God, what she means is that when she sees other people's images, Heber is actually the person at that time at that place, and any action she takes can change the future.

Neither the future nor the past can be easily changed, which is part of "do not overdo anything."

"So Hebe is the one who took advantage of you, don't worry..."

Aphrodite smiled and looked at Hebe, she was really a rare and kind goddess in Olympus... and she dared not agree because she took advantage of it too much.

Olympus

Because Demeter couldn't bear the noise of her beloved daughter, she had no choice but to take Persephone out to play, but of course she was under her nose in Olympus, and she would never let her daughter out of her sight !

So she only took Persephone with her, and played in a remote place on the Shenshan Mountain. She never took her eyes off her daughter for a moment. She sensed a force passing by, but she didn't find any figure, who could hide her figure People only have their big brother Hades.

She waved her fan and carefully looked around Persephone. She couldn't accept any man appearing beside her daughter, and she put down the fan after a while, probably because she was thinking too much.

Her elder brother Hades is a workaholic and doesn't know how to enjoy himself. He doesn't leave Hades 360 days a year. At this point, he should be handling official business in Hades. Why did he come to Olympus? She was worried about Persephone , thinking too much!

In front of the closed door of the Temple of Youth, there is a guest, Hades, the king of Hades. He obviously did not encounter the situation that he was looking for someone else, and the other person was not at home. He was ready to knock on the door and invite Hebe's Hades. Si, he had no choice but to leave here after being rejected.

Zeus, who was sitting on the throne, sensed the arrival of Hades, "Huh? You came twice? What attracted you?"