[Greek mythology] Grey-eyed goddess

The girl Yang Yan bestowed peach blossoms on is called Medusa.That's right, it is the existence that is not clear with Poseidon and turned into a snake girl by Athena.Now, she is just a priest, a follower of Athena.

It's just that this girl has a special origin, even Athena herself doesn't know the origin of this Medusa girl and her.

Once, Athena and Ares fought because they did not provoke the goddess. Ares, the god of war, cut off Athena's head, and part of the divine power fell into the depths of the earth to re-grow. This is the origin of Medusa, who inherited Athens. Na part of the divine power, is the incarnation of Athena.

If nothing else happens, the girl will assimilate with the spirit of Athena in repeated prayers, and finally merge into one, allowing Athena to regain her power and become the real goddess of war and wisdom.

But now, Yang Yan interfered.As the world's punishment for Athena, she took action to seal the power of Athena on Medusa, blinding Athena's perception.After finishing all this, she left the temple of Athena and wandered in the city of Athens.

Cecrops is worthy of being the true king of destiny. Without Athena's help, he would build Athena, and even attract all the city-states because of his virtue, and eventually establish a unified city-state system.

"But now, all the glory belongs to Athena. The real king has lost the possibility of unifying mankind. He even really let the gods walk into the earth, because Athena became the protector of cities from the beginning." Over the years, Apollo Aphrodite, Artemis, Zeus, and Hera sheltered city-states one after another and established their own human domains.

The influence of the gods interfered with each other, and believers of other gods gradually appeared in independent city-states.

There is a group of temples in the north of the city of Athens, which is the place of worship of the gods in the city of Athens.

Because Athena is the main god and the protector of the city, she accounts for more than [-]% of the believers, while other people worship the kitchen god who protects the family, the sun god who is in charge of arts, the moon god who manages hunting, and the god king who symbolizes power. and Tianhou and other great gods, and Hades also has a temple here.

Passing through the noisy pilgrims, step by step towards the temple of Hades, a layer of mist rose from his body, and then he turned into an ordinary woman and entered the temple.

There are many gods in the underworld, but only a few enjoy sacrifices on the earth.Only three gods are worshipped in this Temple of Hades in Athens, the central Hades, the death god Thanadus on the left and the wolf-headed Nubi on the right.

Thanadus, the god of death, holds a sickle in one hand and a holy lily in the other.There is a saying on the base of the idol: "Death is not the end, but the beginning of another journey."

He is the god responsible for granting death to people, and under his guidance, the dead enter the underworld.Good and evil are then judged under the judgment of the Judge.The God of Judgment with a wolf's head and a human body holds a golden scale with a white feather at one end.There is also a sentence on the base of his statue: "On the side of the balance, good and evil are intertwined. The living, be vigilant about your choices."

And the central Pluto was expressionless, wearing a black robe and staring at the door, as if he was staring at everyone who entered the temple.Anyone who enters here will be aware of Hades' gaze.There is also a sentence on the base of his statue: "The soul is the greatest wealth, in the darkness, embraced by the eternal night, bestowing eternal sleep."

The Temple of Hades is very deserted, and most people would not come here to perform sacrifices at all, which is in stark contrast to the bustle of the other nearby temples.

Except for a few priests and priests, only when people die in the city will they come here to ask the priests of the god of the underworld to be responsible for the funeral.

The purpose of Cecrops to build the Temple of Hades is to better receive the dead.Whenever a person in Athens died, they would be sent to the temple for embalming and burial.In this way, human corpses are not just thrown into the wild to breed plague and other diseases, but enter a long sleep under the guidance of the god of the underworld.The body returns to the embrace of the Earth Mother, while the soul belongs to Hades.

The souls of the dead enter the temple under the leadership of the priests, and there is no need for the guidance of the god of death at all. It only needs a monthly ceremony to send the dead to the underworld.

This kind of behavior to reduce the workload of Hades is what Hades and others are most happy to see.Therefore, in addition to Athena, other city-states also have a temple of Hades as a coordinate to guide the dead.

All the gods have jobs within their own scope, and because they have their own responsibilities, they are gods.But how to save trouble, quickly and complete the work satisfactorily, this is the method summed up by the gods in experience after experience.

The sun and moon gods built stars and no longer needed to go out to work every day. The two gods played freely on the earth.It is said that Apollo has had many illegitimate children.

Hades plus the left and right gods are known as the three gods of death, and they have more beliefs among humans than other gods of the underworld.Of course, it cannot be compared with the gods on the earth.

The cold temple was lifeless, Yang Yan reached out to touch the statue of Hades, and the three statues lit up at the same time to open the gate of Hades.

"Your Highness?" A girl who believed in the goddess of funerals came over in a panic, and hurriedly bowed when she saw the woman in front of her. This was a goddess from the underworld.

"Are you Dura's family?" The goddess Dura, the god of death, is in charge of funerals and mourning.She has no statue in the temple, but merely occupies a relief behind Death.

"Yes." As the girl came out, many undead appeared and watched Yang Yan cautiously around.

"I see that the death ceremony in your temple is still a few days away. How about this, I will take these undead away first and help you!" With a wave of the snake whip, all the undead were surrounded by her and brought into the underworld.

There are two gods at the entrance to Hades.As the goddess of the moon who controls the entrance to the underworld, there are three forked roads and a court at her feet.Standing in the Trial House is Nubi God, who is judging good and evil with a balance.

Yang Yan pointed to the court and said to the undead around: "You go to the court for trial. Good people will enter the fork on the left to go to Hades City for further trial. Evil people will enter purgatory from the right, and then enter the trial again after eliminating their sins. As for the center, that is the path that the gods walk on, so don't walk indiscriminately."

Telling them to go to the court, Yang Yan returned to the Ataya Mountains through the channel of God.Now there are five gods in the Ataya Mountains, besides Yang Yan and Dionysus, there are also Eris, the goddess of discord, Pandora, the goddess of misfortune, and Roper, the god of plague.The newly born God of Plague completely lost all memory, only retained the hatred for the light, and spread the plague disaster for the earth by Yang Yan's side.

Dionysus was looking at a map in the temple, on which he drew his next layout.

Yang Yan stood aside quietly, carefully identifying Dionysus' handwriting.Dionysus used a kind of protoss pattern, his style was unrestrained and wild, and the pattern was so dazzling that it was extremely difficult to recognize.

"The third daughter...the twelve generations...the golden fleece...the battle of Troy...the real king...the earth mother...?" Yang Yan secretly watched without disturbing Dionysus's thoughts until Dionysus raised his head :"You're back?"

"The matter is done, the next thing is to wait for Athena to come to the door."

Looking at Dionysus' plan, Yang Yan didn't ask much.Anyway, what he should know, he will definitely tell himself when the time comes, this is the tacit understanding between the two of them during countless years of companionship.

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Yang Yan concealed the source of Medusa's power. A few years later, Eros' golden arrow shot Poseidon and Medusa. Hit right.

Athena is a virgin goddess, and she has a bad relationship with Poseidon, so she immediately became furious when she saw such a situation.After all, Poseidon is the main god, she is not easy to deal with.But her own priestess dared to do this!In shame and anger, Athena cursed her into a snake girl and drove her out of the temple.By the way, Poseidon was driven out of Athens.

After recovering her sanity, Athena vaguely felt something was wrong, as if she had lost something.The goddess of wisdom scanned the temple carefully, and suddenly found peach blossom petals where Medusa had left.The crimson petals fell on the slate, and there was Medusa's blood on it.

Reaching out to touch the blood, Athena finally understood her connection with Medusa.And the peach blossom, which is the sacred flower of the goddess of revenge, is only available to her now.

Athena calmed down and thought about it, and rushed to the underworld to find Yang Yan to settle the score.

Yang Yan was discussing the disaster agenda on the earth with Pandora at this time.The gods who are in charge of disasters and misfortune can be regarded as a small god system, but it is a pity that human beings respect them and will not enshrine temples for them at all.They can only gain strength from the world with one disaster after another.

Working for the world, re-increasing the fertility of the soil after floods, and resting the earth after forest fires and volcanic eruptions.Therefore, a disaster is an adjustment of the world to nature.

"The city of Athens does not need disaster adjustments during this period, but many people died unjustly, and my priesthood of vengeance feels it. Pandora, you go to avenge the murderers who killed them, and take their souls to purgatory for punishment."

While the two goddesses were talking, Athena broke into the temple with a firm grip: "Hermona, give me an explanation." Putting the peach blossom petals aside: "What's going on with Medusa?"

Yang Yan winked at Pandora, and Pandora stepped back, closing the door and leaving only the two goddesses talking.

"I said what His Highness came to the underworld in a rage, so that's what happened. Tell me, how can you thank me. If I didn't help you, you may have fallen from the realm of the main god by now."

"Thank you? If I don't strangle you, you should thank me." With the victory scepter in her hand stuck on the floor tiles, the goddess looked angry.

Yang Yan asked Athena to sit down: "What's the hurry, if you have something to say, just say it."

Athena and Yang Yan are not close, even if there is Eros, the two will deliberately forget about it, keep a certain distance and communicate coldly.But when it comes to hatred, the two really have no hatred, and Athena doesn't want to doubt the goddess. "Tell me, what's going on?"

"Your Highness, why do you use oracles to interfere with the development of human beings?" Yang Yan sighed softly, and stretched her fingers towards Athena's curly hair. "Even you can't afford to interfere with the future of mankind."

"That's what Zeus meant." Athena frowned, and the goddess of wisdom who loved owls seemed to realize something: "Zeus is cheating on me? Is there a problem with the city of Athens?"

Yang Yan shook her head: "I can't say, I can only say that your actions in the city of Athens triggered the punishment of the world. This punishment is carried out by me, the goddess of retribution. I should try to weaken your divine power, but I will Your incarnation hides the power that prevents you from obtaining an incarnation, delays your possibility of progress, and cannot consummate your divine power within 100 years. This is your retribution. As for Medusa, she will be yours sooner or later in the future." Yang Yan Whispering in Athena's ear, the bright-eyed goddess' eyes became brighter and brighter: "Yes, yes, this plan is feasible. Well, it is indeed more convenient to use heroes to do it than to do it myself. But that is to say, the power of the future gods Are they all suppressed?"

The Goddess of Wisdom realized through her experience and the strategy Yang Yan gave her: "The world is deliberately suppressing the power of the gods?"

"It's not suppression, but the complexity of the fate of the world with the reproduction of human beings. It is best for the gods to minimize their interference with fate, so as not to cause major changes."

Athena seemed to understand, and stayed for a while to say goodbye and leave.

After returning, Athena changed her original policy. When she came to the oracle, she no longer directly issued orders, but used ambiguous words to guide her priests to understand, and they would spread the oracle to reduce their interference with humans.

"However, the interference with the true king has already made this goddess entangled in her destiny." After sending Athena away, the dense lines of fate intertwined in front of Yang Yan, and a big net enveloped the fate of the gods.Among them, Athena has the most fate lines. As the patron saint of Athens, this goddess has an inseparable connection with human beings.Moreover, she intends to unify mankind once, making the fate of mankind closely related to her. If mankind makes any major moves in the future, it will be easy to drag her into the Styx and fall.

The other main gods, those gods who protect the city-state are more or less influenced by humans, for their own believers.In the future, the war of the gods will surely break out among human beings.And this war is also the best time for everyone to kill the Earth Mother.

But although Mother Earth doesn't understand fate, she is not a fool.After the incarnation of Dionysus came, he vaguely understood that the direction of fate was different from that of the previous world.

And Cecrops is different from the previous world, giving birth to three daughters and then dying.A daughter had an affair with Zeus. Under the threat of Hera, Zeus sent her to the end of the earth in order to protect her.A daughter is married to a hero appointed by Athena, who becomes the second king of Athens.As for the youngest daughter, she usually married someone else and had children.

"It's not right, it's so wrong. The world today is very different from what I experienced in my last life. Does that mean that I can no longer be prophetic?" Earth Mother thought hard in the temple: "If this is the case, then the Lord God will not According to the ranking of the previous world, as long as one dies, can I give way to my incarnation? How can Hercules be worthy of a main god. And I can slowly kill him step by step A bloodthirsty killing intent flashed in Earth Mother's eyes, and she summoned Ekadena to release Typhon...