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🐆 ARTEMIS🏹

The goddess of the hunt is asleep
She does not walk tonight
Not a leaf nor a cat, a branch or a bat
Is awake or stirring outside

But there are nights and even days
When the woodland is alive
With the whip and whoosh and the ta-zing
Of her powerful arrows in flight

Artemis protects women and girls
And animals with hooves and wings
It is true, that she hunts them too
The animals, not the human beings!

She also has healing powers
The flu, measles or the mumps
Don’t have a chance when she’s around
She’ll pull you right out of the dumps

She is the goddess of nighttime
Of nature, moonlight and dew
She can transform into any creature
She can turn you into one too!

With her silver bow she is just grand
A huntress like her is rare
She never ever misses her mark
Be it a mean wizard or a hare

Sometimes Artemis spends time with her twin
Apollo the god of music and light
The woods are filled with laughter and song
And barbecues through the night.

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🐦‍⬛APOLLO🏹

Unlucky in love is this god of the sun
But everything else he has aced
Music, poetry, art and healing
He can even spread a plague

He can look into the future
Sometimes that makes him sad
Other times he uses that knowledge
For good things and for bad

Also a bit of a troublemaker
Apollo lost his powers twice
But not for long, he can sweet-talk a storm
When he is being extra nice

He loves his mother Leto a lot
And has saved her life a few times
The first time was when he was four days old
He was a gifted child of light

Apollo is also the god of the muses
He inspires them in their art
Their poetry can bring tears to your eyes
As the words sit around your heart

This god of goodness also has his bad days
Then diseases spread fungus-like
Making Apollo lose his temper
Guarantees one a terrible life

Apollo, like his sister Artemis
Is brilliant at archery
The laurel, raven, the bow and arrow
Are symbols of his divinity.

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⚡️ZEUS 🦅

Zeus is a grand old Greek god
He has fantastic powers
He can summon frightful storms
Lightning and thunder showers

He can also shift his shape
So you would never know
If your best friend yesterday
Was Zeus in-cog-nito

Zeus has fought many battles
With monsters, giants and gods
He goes in with his lightning bolt
Even humans feel his wrath

Cronus was Zeus’s father
And so the story goes
That his old dad went quite mad
And tried to swallow him whole

But his mother the goddess Rhea
She did intervene
And saved her little son from
Becoming Cronus’s last meal

On his throne on Mount Olympus
Zeus always keeps a watch
Since his brothers Poseidon and Hades
Would love to kill him off

But Zeus is all-powerful
Because he is also quite clever
He keeps all his friends very close
And his enemies even closer

Now you know who Zeus is
The king of all Greek gods
With his lightning rod and his eagle
He rules from his castle in the clouds.