Zeus (Deity)

## Zeus

God of the Sky, Weather, Clouds, Thunder and Lightning; Kingship, Fate, Justice, Law and Order

## Identity, Naming & Whereabouts

### Epithet(s) (English)

* King/Father of the Gods (Olympians)
* Ruler of Olympus
* Skyfather

### Alias(es) (English)

* Son (by Cronus & Rhea)
* Brother (by his siblings)
* Father (by his children)
* Grandfather (by his grandchildren)
* Uncle (by his nephews/nieces)
* Cousin (by other cousins)

### Nickname(s) (English)

* Coward (by Loki)
* Old Man (by Kratos)

### Title(s) (English)

* God of the Sky
* God of the Weather
* God of Wind
* God of the Clouds
* God of Thunder
* God of Lightning
* God of Storms
* God of the Kingship
* God of Fate
* God of Justice
* God of Law
* God of Order
* God of Hospitality
* God of the Heavens

## Characteristic Overview

### Symbol(s)

Thunderbolt
Eagle
Bull
Oak

### Language

* Greek
* English

## Chronological, Professional & Political Information

### Previous Affiliation(s)

* Olympian Gods
* Council of Gods

### Previous Student(s)

His fellow children and other Olympian offspring

### Partner(s)

* Metis
* Hera

### Previous Partner(s)

* Poseidon
* Hades

## Personal Statistics

### Fate

Sacrificed his life by fending off the Great Beast to save the survivors in Ragnarök

### Relative(s)

* Chaos (Ancestor)
* Erebus (Granduncle)
* Nyx (Grandaunt)
* Tartarus (Granduncle)
* Eros (Granduncle)
* Uranus (Grandfather) †
* Gaia (Grandmother) †
* Cronus (Father) †
* Rhea (Mother)
* Oceanus (Uncle) †
* Tethys (Aunt)
* Hyperion (Uncle) †
* Theia (Aunt)
* Coeus (Uncle)
* Phoebe (Aunt)
* Crius (Uncle)
* Themis (Aunt/Lover)
* Iapetus (Uncle)
* Mnemosyne (Aunt/Lover)
* Typhon (Uncle)
* Thera (Aunt)
* Gyges (Uncle) †
* Aegaeon (Uncle) †
* Cottus (Uncle) †
* Dyntos (1st Older Brother)
* Nox (1st Older Sister)
* Sylvanus (2nd Older Brother)
* Hestia (2nd Older Sister)
* Hades (3rd Older Brother/Son-in-Law) †
* Demeter (3rd Older Sister/Lover)
* Bacchus (4th Older Brother)
* Hera (4th Older Sister/2nd Wife) †
* Poseidon (5th Older Brother) †
* Terra (5th Older Sister)
* Mercurius (6th Older Brother)
* Medusa (6th Older Sister/Daughter-in-Law) †
* Chronos (7th Older Brother)
* Palutena (7th Older Sister)
* Metis (Cousin/1st Wife)
* Leto (Cousin/Lover)
* Maia (First Cousin Once Removed/Sister-in-Law)
* Semele (Lover/Great-Granddaughter/Sister-in-Law)
* Aegina (Lover) †
* Europa (Lover) †
* Dia (Lover) †
* Leda (Lover) †
* Danae (Lover) †
* Thetis (Lover)
* Arciadeus (Son by Metis)
* Athena (Daughter by Metis) †
* Ares (Son by Hera) †
* Dolos (Son by Hera) †
* Hebe (Daughter by Hera)
* Artemis (Daughter by Leto)
* Apollo (Son by Leto)
* Muses (Daughters by Mnemosyne)
* Persephone (Daughter by Demeter/Sister-in-Law by Hades) †
* Aphrodite (Daughter by Dione)
* Aecus (Son by Aegina) †
* Minos (Son by Europa) †
* Rhadamanthus (Son by Europa) †
* Pollux (Son by Leda) †
* Peirithous (Son by Dia) †
* Perseus (Son by Danae) †
* Fenyx (Daughter by Thetis)
* Vulcan (Nephew by Dyntos and Hera) †
* Hephaestus (Nephew by Dyntos and Hera)
* Dionysus (Nephew by Bacchus and Semele)
* Pegasus (Nephew by Poseidon and Medusa) †
* Theseus (Nephew by Poseidon and Aethra) †
* Triton (Nephew by Poseidon and Amphitrite)
* Pelias (Nephew by Poseidon and Tyro)
* Nyads (Nieces by Poseidon)
* Atlas (Nephew by Poseidon)
* Diaprepes (Nephew by Poseidon)
* Mestor (Nephew by Poseidon)
* Azaes (Nephew by Poseidon)
* Ampheres (Nephew by Poseidon)
* Gadiros (Nephew by Poseidon)
* Elasippos (Nephew by Poseidon)
* Mneseas (Nephew by Poseidon)
* Evaimon (Nephew by Poseidon)
* Autochthonos (Nephew by Poseidon)
* Hermes (Nephew by Mercurius and Maia) †
* Pandora (Niece by Erebus and Medusa) †
* Hercules (Grandson by Arciadeus and Alcmene) †
* Phobos (Grandson by Ares and Aphrodite)
* Orkos (Grandson by Ares and Alecto) †
* Kratos (Grandson by Ares and Callisto)
* Deimos (Grandson by Ares and Callisto) †
* Andromeda (Daughter-in-Law) †
* Lysandra (Granddaughter-in-Law by Kratos) †
* Laufey (Granddaughter-in-Law by Kratos) †
* Asclepius (Grandson by Apollo and Coronis)
* Ceryx (Grandson by Hermes and Pandrosus) †
* Ariadne (Granddaughter by Minos and Pasiphaë/Niece-in-Law by Dionysus)
* Calliope (Great-Granddaughter by Kratos and ) †
* Atreus (Great-Grandson by Kratos and Laufey)
* Polyphemus (Nephew by ) †
* Amphitrite (Cousin by Oceanus and Tethys/Sister-in-Law by Poseidon)
* Helios (Cousin) †
* Selene (Cousin)
* Eos (Cousin) †
* Perses (Cousin) †
* Atlas (Cousin)
* Prometheus (Cousin)
* Epimetheus (Cousin) †
* Zora (Cousin)
* Lora (Cousin)
* Aeëtes (First Cousin Once Removed)
* Circe (First Cousin Once Removed)
* Boreas (First Cousin Once Removed) †
* Nike (First Cousin Once Removed)
* Medea (First Cousin Twice Removed)
* Thanatos (First Cousin Once Removed) †
* Morpheus (First Cousin Once Removed)
* Charon (First Cousin Once Removed) †
* Nemesis (First Cousin Once Removed)
* Sisters of Fate (First Cousins Once Removed) †
* Erinys (Second Cousin by Thanatos) †

### Equivalents

* Allah, Bel-Nimrod (Arabian)
* Amun (Berber)
* Baal-Haddu, ʾIlu (Canaanite)
* Amun, Serapis (Egyptian)
* Dyḗus ph2tḗr (Proto-Indo-European)
* Anu, Bel-Marduk (Mesopotamian)
* Þórr, Óðinn, Týr (Norse)
* Baal-Hammon (Phoenician)
* Dyaus, Indra (Hindu)
* Perun (Slavic)
* Velchanos (Minoan)
* Ahura Mazdā (Zoroastrian)

## Powers and Abilities

### Previous Power(s)

Godly powers
Immortality
Essokinesis/reality-warping
Aegis
Regeneration
Electrokinesis
Lightning intangibility
Shapeshifting
Teleportation
Atmokinesis
Flight
Portal creation
Summoning
Sealing
Animation
Mind imprisonment
Power bestowal
Power removal
Duplication
Astral projection

## Portrayals

### Voiced By (Foreign)

Unknown

**Zeus**, also known as the "**Skyfather**", is both a fictional character and tritagonist of the *Historic Tales* series created by David Jaffe and Scott Phillips. He was a God who was revered in the Earth's Greco-Roman mythology.

He was also the youngest child of the Titan King, Cronus, and Rhea. All of the infant gods, including his siblings were eaten by Cronus out of fear of a prophecy that one god (his own or not) is destined to overthrow him one day.

Thankfully, Zeus was saved from the fate, thanks to his mother's trickery against her husband, and secretly grew up to manhood in secrecy until the time came for him to save his siblings and all the world's gods from Cronus.

From then the Gods engaged the Titans into a cataclysmic conflict that would shape the world. Victorious thanks to all the combined efforts and the Blade of Olympus, Zeus banished the Titans into the pits of Tartarus for eternity.

After the war, he and the other gods, including his fellow siblings would decide the fate balance of the world as fair equals. Zeus would ultimately get the lion's share by taking Cronus' throne and to be the King of Olympus.

"*All immortals, even I included... are at times... powerless. We're all not infallible.*"

—Zeus.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Corey Burton (English), Haruhiko Tsumi (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

### Appearance

Like all the Greek gods, Zeus is very tall, muscular, and handsome. He had shoulder-length dark brown hair, a neatly trimmed brown-and-gray beard, and bright electric-blue eyes. He wears blue and white robes with threads of gold and golden accessories.

* Hair Color: Brown-and-Gray
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Electric-Blue
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: 273.8 cm (8'11") (presumably)
* Weight: Not Known

## Relationships

### Family

* Chaos (Ancestor)
* Erebus (Granduncle)
* Nyx (Grandaunt)
* Tartarus (Granduncle)
* Eros (Granduncle; Deceased)
* Uranus (Grandfather; Deceased)
* Gaia (Grandmother; Deceased)
* Cronus (Father; Deceased)
* Rhea (Mother)
* Oceanus (Uncle; Deceased)
* Tethys (Aunt)
* Hyperion (Uncle; Deceased)
* Theia (Aunt)
* Coeus (Uncle)
* Phoebe (Aunt)
* Crius (Uncle)
* Themis (Aunt/Lover)
* Iapetus (Uncle)
* Mnemosyne (Aunt/Lover)
* Typhon (Uncle)
* Thera (Aunt)
* Gyges (Uncle; Deceased)
* Aegaeon (Uncle; Deceased)
* Cottus (Uncle; Deceased)
* Dyntos (Brother)
* Nox (Sister)
* Sylvanus (Brother)
* Hestia (Sister)
* Hades (Brother/Son-in-Law; Deceased)
* Demeter (Sister/Lover)
* Bacchus (Brother)
* Hera (Sister/2nd Wife; Deceased)
* Poseidon (Brother; Deceased)
* Terra (Sister)
* Mercurius (Brother)
* Medusa (Sister/Daughter-in-Law; Deceased)
* Chronos (Brother)
* Palutena (Sister)
* Metis (Cousin/1st Wife)
* Leto (Cousin/Lover)
* Maia (First Cousin Once Removed/Sister-in-Law)
* Semele (Lover/Great-Granddaughter/Sister-in-Law)
* Aegina (Lover; Deceased)
* Europa (Lover; Deceased)
* Dia (Lover; Deceased)
* Leda (Lover; Deceased)
* Danae (Lover; Deceased)
* Thetis (Lover)
* Arciadeus (Son by Metis)
* Athena (Daughter; Deceased)
* Ares (Son; Deceased)
* Dolos (Son; Deceased)
* Artemis (Daughter)
* Apollo (Son)
* Muses (Daughters)
* Persephone (Daughter/Sister-in-Law; Deceased)
* Aphrodite (Daughter)
* Aecus (Son; Deceased)
* Minos (Son; Deceased)
* Rhadamanthus (Son; Deceased)
* Pollux (Son; Deceased)
* Peirithous (Son; Deceased)
* Perseus (Son; Deceased)
* Fenyx (Daughter)
* Vulcan (Nephew; Deceased)
* Hephaestus (Nephew)
* Dionysus (Nephew)
* Pegasus (Nephew; Deceased)
* Theseus (Nephew; Deceased)
* Triton (Nephew)
* Archons of Atlantis (Nephews)
	+ Atlas
	+ Diaprepes
	+ Mestor
	+ Azaes
	+ Ampheres
	+ Gadiros
	+ Elasippos
	+ Mneseas
	+ Evaimon
	+ Autochthonos
* Pelias (Nephew)
* Nyads (Nieces)
* Hermes (Nephew; Deceased)
* Pandora (Niece; Deceased)
* Hercules (Grandson; Deceased)
* Phobos (Grandson)
* Orkos (Grandson; Deceased)
* Kratos (Grandson; Deceased)
* Deimos (Grandson; Deceased)
* Andromeda (Daughter-in-Law; Deceased)
* Lysandra (Granddaughter-in-Law; Deceased)
* Laufey (Granddaughter-in-Law; Deceased)
* Asclepius (Grandson)
* Ceryx (Grandson; Deceased)
* Ariadne (Granddaughter/Niece-in-Law)
* Calliope (Great-Granddaughter; Deceased)
* Atreus (Great-Grandson)
* Polyphemus (Nephew; Deceased)
* Amphitrite (Cousin/Sister-in-Law)
* Helios (Cousin; Deceased)
* Selene (Cousin)
* Eos (Cousin; Deceased)
* Perses (Cousin; Deceased)
* Atlas (Cousin)
* Prometheus (Cousin)
* Epimetheus (Cousin; Deceased)
* Zora (Cousin)
* Lora (Cousin)
* Aeëtes (First Cousin Once Removed)
* Circe (First Cousin Once Removed)
* Boreas (First Cousin Once Removed; Deceased)
* Nike (First Cousin Once Removed)
* Medea (First Cousin Twice Removed)
* Thanatos (First Cousin Once Removed; Deceased)
* Morpheus (First Cousin Once Removed)
* Charon (First Cousin Once Removed; Deceased)
* Nemesis (First Cousin Once Removed)
* Sisters of Fate (First Cousins Once Removed; Deceased)
* Erinys (Second Cousin; Deceased)

## Abilities and Powers

As the King of Olympus, Zeus was arguably the most powerful of all the Olympians, more so than even his brothers Poseidon and Hades, despite being the youngest of his siblings.

His actions on the mortal world are confined by the will of the Fates, and even he did not dare face all the other gods on Olympus when they banded together.

### Powers

* **Olympian Physiology**: As the son of Cronus, he has immense power.
	+ **Immortality**: As a God, he was immortal and can live forever. Like his brothers and other Olympian deities, Zeus did not age and is unaffected by time or succumbing to mortal frailty as sickness or impotence of any kind, he could not be killed by earthly weapons; only divine forces and weapons like the power of Hope, the Blade of Olympus or other gods and Titans can kill him.
	+ **Superhuman Durability**: Zeus possessed immense levels of superhuman durability that he was tremendously durable but ultimately proved not to be invulnerable.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina**: Zeus had tremendous amounts of superhuman stamina, able to fight Kratos for an extended period of time without ever slowing down.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**: Zeus possessed incredibly immense levels of godly superhuman strength. He could easily overpower almost anything in Creation for an extended period of time.
	+ **Remote Viewing**: Zeus was capable of remotely viewing events happening miles away and sensing the prayers of the Greeks.
	+ **Telepathy**: Zeus could enter the minds of others to communicate telepathically or project memories.
	+ **Telekinesis**: Zeus could manipulate objects through telekinesis. His telekinetic aura was colored light blue and glowed around the objects he telekinetically manipulated.
		- **Flight**: Zeus was capable of hover, flight and levitation at amazing speeds.
	+ **Advanced Electrokinesis**: As the God of Thunder, Zeus could generate and manipulate powerful lightning bolts at will to an unrivaled degree. He is able to generate extremely powerful and fast Thunderbolts that can shatter huge mountains and kill Titans. In addition, Zeus can manipulate lightning to empower his attacks, move faster, generate a lightning shield and cause an explosion of electrical energy.
		- **Electrogenesis**: Zeus is able to physically create and project electricity from his hands as bolts of lightning. In moments of anger, his eyes glowed blue and shot tiny volts of electricity.
		- **Teleportation**: Zeus was capable of teleportation, manifesting himself through lighting strikes or bright flashes of light. When Zeus uses this ability to leave elsewhere, it also leaves a rain of electric charges behind, only to appear seconds later somewhere else.
	+ **Portal Creation**: Zeus while under his Grave Digger guise, created a portal for Kratos to travel out of the Underworld.
	+ **Atmokinesis**: As God of the Sky, Zeus was capable of manipulating and control over parts of the weather that involved storms, allowing him to generate thunderclouds or create a tornado. He can combine clouds with his electricity to make his lightning much more powerful, to the point that a single spear of lightning was able to blast down a Giant during Ragnarök.
		- **Supernatural Concealment**: By covering a village in dark clouds, he was able to shield anyone from his enemy's sight.
	+ **Chlorokinesis**: Zeus was able to conceal
	+ **Regeneration**: Zeus could regenerate from almost any wound. He can heal even from wounds inflicted by other godly power back with relative ease. Ironically, the Blade of Olympus, a weapon of his own creation can harm him, but he can heal from non-fatal wounds inflicted by it.
	+ **Shapeshifting**: Like all Olympians, Zeus could alter his size and shape at will. He made himself look as the oldest of the Olympians, despite actually being the youngest of his siblings. He could also transform himself, taking the form of a giant eagle as well take the form of a human such as King Periander, or grow hundreds of feet tall. He even created and assumed the identity of an old man, the Grave Digger, to keep watch over Dante in secret.
	+ **Wildness Manipulation**: Zeus can control or influence the behavior of animals, allowing him to calm wild animals, as seen when he induced a bear to nurse Kratos.
	+ **Summoning**: Zeus was able to summon a legion of creatures to fight at his side, examples are the Siren Widows he used to fight Kratos.
	+ **Sealing**: Zeus was able to collect all the evils of the world and seal them inside of Pandora's Box.
	+ **Animation**: Zeus was able to harness other beings' godly powers and use them to bring the Colossus of Rhodes to life.
	+ **Power Bestowal**: Zeus is capable of granting powers to others, as shown when he bestowed a mortal warrior should he chose to follow him with immense magical attack power and mana reserves and regeneration, supernatural enhancements to their equipment, and great electrical powers that allow them to control space as they drape the playing field with electricity, forcing their opponents to scatter in all directions as well as disable their abilities for a time. He also gave Kratos the power to shoot powerful thunderbolts.
	+ **Astral Projection**: Zeus was able to project an image of himself to communicate to Kratos and grant him the power to use his thunderbolts.
	+ **Power Absorption**: Zeus was able to drain power from other beings in order to strengthen himself.
		- **Duplicate Creation**: After absorbing Gaia's heart, Zeus was able to create duplicates of himself that are much weaker but could use many of his attacks.
	+ **Astral Form**: After he was almost killed, Zeus displayed the power to manage his soul "to a higher existence" in means of overpowering non-physical foes, although Athena reached that potential after Ragnarök.
		- **Mind Imprisonment:** In his astral form, Zeus was able to imprison Lucifer in his own mind.
	+ **Power Removal**: As the King of the Gods, Zeus can remove the powers of other gods at will, even if a said god is not an Olympian.
	+ **Weapons Forgery**: Zeus had the ability to create powerful divine weapons. The most powerful weapon he has ever created was the Blade of Olympus, which is what he used in during the Gig-Titanomachy.

### Abilities

* **Master Combatant**: Zeus, having centuries of fighting experience, was a highly capable fighter, extremely skilled in using his weapons but he is also an exceptional hand-to-hand combatant. His skill allowed him to challenge Kratos on almost equal footing for an extended period of time before losing.

## External links

* Zeus *Wikipedia*
* Zeus *Blood of Zeus Wiki*
* Zeus *God of War Wiki*
* Zeus *Heroes Wiki*
* Zeus *Myths and Folklore Wiki*
* Zeus *Villains Wiki*