The Wrath of Heaven
From a modern perspective, the relationship between mortals and the gods might seem to be very daunting and fraught with dangers. An immortal god can be your best friend and your strongest ally. The gods could also be your worst enemy. The deities seemed to be as fickle as any mortal.
Though the gods seemed more powerful than the goddesses, yet incurring the wrath and enmity of any of the goddesses caused some of the greatest events in Classical myths - including such events as the Quest of the Golden Fleece, Calydonian Boar Hunt, the Trojan War, and Heracles performing his Twelve Labours; these events and some others are told elsewhere, in separate pages.
However the wrath and enmity of the goddesses can also have devastating consequences on not only the life of the victim, but also on his or her family, or sometimes the entire kingdom can hang in the balance. The punishment of mortals, inflicted by the goddesses, can sometimes be as cruel and brutal as those inflicted by the gods.
Here you will find Greek and Roman myths containing how the gods and goddesses punished mortals.
Note that these tales are mostly written using Greek names for the deities, unless there are no Greek sources; which in this case I will use their Latin name such as in the story of Arachne, where I used Minerva instead of Athena.
For Leto, see the Titans. For Io, see the Heroines. For Sisyphus, see the Aeolids and the above tale on Aegina. For Tantalus, see the House of Pelops. For Tityus, see Leto.
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