How did Zeus Control the Gods? - Zeus' Confessions

our ancestors made sense of Reality by telling each other stories of their gods this is our attempt to bring those Tales back to life I am Zeus I rule the skies and stars I am the king of the Gods by being so I am Monarch of the universe yet of late I have near lost my people my subject and the moment this becomes true I will lose my throne and then least important to me by far I will lose my life [Music] but this is just the beginning for whomever takes my throne with Envy King there is only one I would trust with this task should I fail in it and he would never take that cup from me so I would be permitting a new tyranny to begin for we Immortals we are not just not as a rule my own history proves this I had to say Chronos my own father at the instigation of his wife rare and of his own mother Gaia thus I must break the cycle I must think I must think I take to the skies in the form of an eagle the bright moon greets me as I saw her Above the Clouds I fear the winds in my feathers the sun on my face I absorb its warmth I see the world beneath me my home a palace of the Gods then the visitor of perfect white clouds circling the mountain like a diadem the world Beyond is green and Lush towering ranges scatter across these lands the only true plane where we guards had flattened the mountainsides with the fury of our battles now they're healing some clouds still rise from areas burnt by Humanity with a gift of fire from Prometheus yet they are small Trails now something I will have to get to in time the humans chastisement I Glide upwards until I'm at the very tip of the Towering Colossus of rock and stone my home will impose I light on the speckled flat white of Snows now transformed to my True Form once more I look down on all of my Realm the lands around the Seas beyond that they are ruled by my brother Poseidon he's right of course I can never State this for fear of antagonizing Hades I see it of disappointing him but I did indeed control a lot [Music] Poseidon is my brother but he is far more like to our father than we are the two he could not be permitted to take the most important throne that of Olympus and the lordship of Disguise so yes I did it I made sure he would gain the seed in the Lots but they will never work out how this was done Poseidon will rage but never prove Hades will always trust in me and I will make it my business to never ever refuse Hades anything I could not have done it without them both of course yet it is not about gratitude alone my actions were for the greater universe and I must make sure that I continue in this vein never for me always for the realms or Liars I Summoner thrown out of the rock face and I sit when I measure my place my subjects my family I must build my lordship on a platform unassailable I must Forge a new order that will be strong that will last for I am all that stands between the manifold urges and egos of the Immortals as guards and the gentle defenseless world over which we roll War I can't allow myself to weaken to be overthrown I must stand as a ball walk again against a tempestuous nature of our kind I must be the gate against which all would be tyrants break I must be wise [Music] I am King of the universe but not by birth not really by right but by might and the throne claimed by force forever will need to be defended with it and this one can change the tempo we set the scales unless one has the witch to see the will to dominate the power to be unchangeable and I have near been disroned by my recent actions I wed lettuce at the urge of my mother and hers rare the titanus Gaia the primordial Mother Earth but from Mattis would have been birthed the very being who would have unseated me so it was prophesied by my grandmother Gaia and my grandfather Uranus sewing in my face by Chronos the curse of our line to ever be supplanted by our progeny hence to my shame I consumed Mattis and her babe so as to avert This calamity the child that spung from me was Athena she can never challenge my room I have averted fate this time yet in so doing I have garnered no small mistrust and enmity from my subjects and yet it must be I who is the ultimate Arbiter of the universe for I was trained to be ruler I was made to be a king [Music] any other who takes this seat will find it uncomfortable in the extreme it will consume them until they lash out at all around to be a king is a terrible thing I can assure you but again I was born for this raised for this trained for this well trying to take this unpleasant role perhaps not to hold it she did not teach me that an error or accident did she like faith that I could actually be victorious so why sit down the foundations of good governance or was it planned a built-in weakness generating a requirement to defer to others to her cannot be if this was her goal she has been blinded by her cleverness overestimated her influence and underestimated that which burns in the hearts of men all men the need for self-determination the hunger for power it can be a positive thing if it is harnessed correctly yet it can be the cause of horror and tyranny a flat off the leash Gaia now plays A Dangerous Game she was the one who birthed the first man yet she cannot know their hearts but no man can fathom the storms that rage in the hearts of women but thus can no woman know the heart of man not truly yet in this regard I am uniquely blessed now for I am not merely just Zeus I am Zeus matiata we shall work on this conundrum together she shall show me the hearts of women I shall know those of men we shall set up our template of rulership I must use my greatest mistake as a gift to create a world that will not only survive but thrive my cognition my new found wisdom we are Mortals we deities are a tempestuous bunch as I've seen you in souls are more potent than any Mortals so too are our passions forces of nature are we uncheckable unless by one of our own kind to match our power prickly and selfish or gods and goddesses are a moment from wrath but just as swiftly able to shift to clear skies of laughter I must learn how to move my people how to rule them and I decide on this now where others feel I must think for I Am The Rock on which reality is now built must be prepared to weather any storm my science Uranus Kronos both expose themselves they could not rule for they had not the wit to see they assumed the power was all that was required they saw the one truth and sorted the entirety of the matter for a king must be feared or he will be supplanted this was their error they ruled through fear alone and by doing so they merely revealed their own fear the fear of being supported on man's them and opened the door to Rebellion for that which a king fears coming true it must be possible hence cross himself gave me power simply and obviously fire his fear I cannot let this happen I must gain stability for my Realm I must master myself and in the entire court but how I must be loved by enough to maintain control and Authority I must be feared by those who would Glimpse my throne with Covetous eyes they must have freed themselves before ever I need to take action I must be everything that they are not I must exude power emulate Authority I must not just look the part play my part I must be a monarch born a king Beyond Compare unassailable the answer is simple I must be Zeus I must be like no other before me like none other who would attempt to supersede me I must rule their hearts not just their loyalties I must outshine all in ways that they understand hearts not in their minds if I try to rule with martial might alone I inevitably signed my own death warrant for I would need to defend this reputation forevermore should one of my court practice with me and surely I would need to do to retain my age than if they ever beat me so much has scratched my skin with a blade or boot then I would need to destroy them to forestall Rebellion to maintain the Mystique to never permits that god or goddess to be the center of any potential uprising I would need extinguish them with gross prejudice yet if I were to do this I would reveal my fear of being supplanted I would make the same invitation my sire and his did and this cannot stand to be seen as unjust is the worst failing of all to be a tyrant is to challenge every single person beneath you to take your prize this is hatred I must be feared but I must also make sure I do not tip the scales into being hated for if you take enough from the most timid of men or women eventually they will breed a hate so powerful that it will make lions out of door mice my only blatant Rivals of worth are at present my brothers Hades Poseidon perhaps one other but I shall consider her when I have sold the conundrum with the others but more will come the youths May outstrip me in power one day challenges will arrive no matter what I do so best to be prepared to have them defeat themselves before they even set out as I am so off to say I must Forge a reputation so formidable that none will ever believe I can be toppled move course this will be a lie I did not slay my father alone it took many of us to achieve this Dean could I face off against my brothers both even so even if I could what if more were involved can I take down a pack of wolves like some bear strike one down hard enough to terrorize the others into submission but if I do that I lose they will all see Chronos and Uranus in me I must be clever for no man can fight against all of reality and win and if he could there will be nothing left to rule when he was done so I dig deep I must be a lion I must pop regularly frequently and prolifically and it shall be with a goddess I need to have on my side for all time I will litter the court with mine own why simple a lion who takes command of the pride by defeating the old will destroy all the pups of his predecessor if I breed I lead for all of the mothers of these children they will have no choice but to inform me of plot to stand with me against a new cat for otherwise their progeny will be slaughtered my must be the lion my potent shall not be shown in my martial power I shall leave that as my last threat a thing that will be more entrenched as the time goes on my exploits are already legendary I will Harbor the respect they have garnered I Will Not Waste this in Tantrums or a PG displays let a young fear what they do not know have not seen that the older rival be unsettled in my presence my exploits magnified in their minds by the time spent between examples it is better to prevent a war than to win one and I shall seduce all that I need to hold to me with metis in my mind in my soul I know how the goddesses May best be wooed without guiding my tongue it's our glisten and drips sweet nothings into the ears of my conquests and through my coupling will I beget a whole generation of Gods all the while forcing their mothers to cleave unto me even when I do not know I am in danger have given no stricter or command they shall act on my behalf calming the hearts and heads of any who would stand against me for if they do not any who would replace me May well clean house of my progeny the mothers will protect me to safeguard their children and my success in these Endeavors will cow the unruly in the Min Folk they will ask themselves why so many of the goddesses have chosen to me permitted me to be with them and they will never see it never be able to put a finger on the Wellspring of My Success they will fear the unknown properties within me the command respect and even adoration at lust from the goddesses that are so important to them also let us be honest there is no man who does not fear his lover being taken from him by a stronger lion I shall hold this over them also my revenge of any misdeed need not be bloody for it to be total yet all of this is my previous consult working with me guiding me helping me see for as I stated I must be Zeus I must be true to myself or through my brief and directed youth I was taught so many things so swiftly but the lessons were not lacking in depth despite being so brief for I learned so quickly did you believe I ignored anything outside of War I did not I watched my grandmother not in her manifestation but in her grace I learned aloud a dandelion the grasses the trees and flowers the Roses must have all they bloomed how they grew their sweet sense their glowing colors are green and orange yellow and blue I would watch the skies the clouds of pure white the thunderheads of dark Fury arriving I saw the mountains and The Dales the valleys and the cliffs I respected the powers of the waters the domain of okianas I was called to by the skies the realm I would one day command but it was always grandmother I loved most the abundance the fecundity the Placid wholeness of her realm her being I learned to love the form of one as well as pride in my own sinew I learned of Mercy at her feet land of love and laughter and humility she guided me in so many ways but in this one way she cannot for despite being our creator there's no man I will be the avuncular Lord to the men folk the Lord in all ways I will love women I cannot help myself I will be with them for my passions no less to my kin I am a God and my passions run hot better to release them and sweet nothing's cooled into the ears of lovers better to tussle amidst the hay with a Philly to ease my struggling soul for otherwise my appetites will turn inwards my passions will be tainted from unto Darkness better to Love And Regret than to hate and burn and kill and dominate all with that power I can scarce control for I am King of the Gods I am the mightiest of all but I deny my nature should I twist myself to duty alone I will die inside I'm terrified of hearer terrified she will hold my heart and my soul in the palm of her hand but I can never let her know the power over me I must always be separate I can have her as my consort but I can never call her my equal but in public never to her in my heart I owe all to Hero my life my victory our world a world without tyranny she knows this deep down she has waited for me calmly she watches me run through her aunts and sisters yet there is bliss in each coupling respect and love but she knows I will end with her she will be my last wife ah poor hero she knows deep down that I am an alley cat a lion she may dream that she can cage me tame me but if I ever let this happen if I ever allow her to cut my Mane to draw my claws I will be ended my rule ended our tranquility ended so this I can never ever allow it will hurt me as much as her when I break her Covenant but victim I will for none can challenge me the universe will not survive Another War of this magnitude Gaia may not survive in our such War so my mind is set my course rolled out before me I thank you my first wife my first mistake the first mother of my first child although I can never miss you as we are now one I can mourn the man who did that to you I was so wrong my darling I did not love you but still I named edus and you were the mistake I will never make again I'm on your vision your beauty your freedom my Matters mother of my Athena I am so sorry but your sacrifice is also mine for gone is the boy who played at War gone as a boy who would have crushed his brothers to prevent Rebellion gone is the last chance of tyranny bye tyranny it is only Mattis that shackles me with her wisdom her knowledge I will do her Honor by being the ruler of the universe needs I shall never be perfect none of we Immortals can be thus but I will be no tyrant I will protect this world and every one of my subjects all will follow me obey me protect me for otherwise their children's lives are forfeit this this is the way I shall be a lord of love I shall not be a tyrant this is how I shall rule but the cat must have his claws [Music] how I hated doing that to Prometheus to be so vile to him when he was right and I was wrong the humans they did indeed require fire no gifts were left but I am the lion I am the king no matter the right or wrong of the matter he defied me and despite my hatred to treat him so by making an example of this God I stand my Hundred rebellions an odious task but one I did in the name of stability none can defy me and go unpunished none and so the years dip by I conquer themus first from her I beget the hoaray the seasons you know Mia who is good order daiki who is Justice Irene who is peace I couple with uranome and we burst the characters together [Music] with Demeter I give life to Persephone with minimazine I spawn the Messiah Cleo utopian Salia to episcopy erato caliope polyphemia urania and Mel pomene they are the muses I woo lito next from her I have my two golden children the twins Apollo and Artemis then finally unavoidably inexorably to hear I shall marry her and it shall last but I needed to lay my Royal oats first to act as lion and pop my pride to bursting for now each of these tightnesses and Olympia matriarchs will cleave unto me I would have it that I forced none and in my own way I love them all and of course The Offspring from our coupling are always a constant annoyance but also a constant Joy yet I am Zeus matiata I managed to leave each in such a way as they were not snubbed for any lovers can leave one another as long as there is respect and with each one I wooed I did my duty by them not only in bed but had caught and he just held in higher regard than ever before they have been queens of the heavens and secretly I hope or wish they could be again in this way are Shore up support from the goddesses but I also sow the seeds of resentment not at me but at each other for all now know that they can be put aside and this will protect me from my burning desire for her the knowledge that she is Queen but this can change if she tests me this I will hold over her head remind her of regularly so that she does not make her laughing stock of me so that she does not Rebel it's me or try to disappoint me and each of the new goddesses will eye her chair her position and all who have been wed to me will remember our coupling with bliss Bliss they would leave at the chance to return to it hence here I cannot risk an attempt to control me ever and so doing I cow the men of court I populate those forces that they are still crying out for tending for leadership for the patronage of a god or goddess at present I have only two real rivals two obvious ones one is my tempestuous brother Poseidon but I do not fear Him in all his Blaster all his power he forgets that it is I who trained him in the Arts of War and cunningly I did not tell him everything should he attempt to come at me he will do so in his predictably aggressive way I shall simply slay him where he stands he could attack Olympus could even level it with his mighty trident but that will be the end of the matter I could step into the skies and come down on him like well the obvious and end him my brother Hades is not cut from the same cloth he would not be blatant would not be stupid yet he is not the other rival I presently consider for Hades is wise control and most of all he is grateful he knows what I did for him knows he would still languish in the cold and dark within that horror Chronos if I had not gotten him out thus the only real threat to me is not a threat at all alas my gracious fear is that my tutor cannot know their place when a teacher cannot see their task is performed their fee paid their goal achieved they can become a problem alas this one is a primordial a generation move as though they have all a time and a world there is no imminence in their activities no urgency in their preparations but I know she is slowly moving the most potent threat to my rule perhaps the only being who could Dethrone me is gathering their forces Gathering their strength soon by their Reckoning at least Gaia do not make me do this you do not know what I am capable of none of them do I know her gigantes are gathering it will be soon it will be soon living mythology is our attempt to bring the stories of our ancestors back to life they explained their Universe through the medium of their religions their gods were not distant beings of academic study they were living breathing entities that reflected the wants needs good and evil in the very heart of humanity we only wish to encourage others to study the deep and Rich cultures of our forebears we hope you have enjoyed our labors if so then do consider liking and subscribing if you wish to support improvement in our endeavor then we do have a patron as well until next time be good to all but most especially yourself

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Length: 33min 55sec (2035 seconds)

Published: Sun May 07 2023