Zeus Candle

Top: Bergamot, Camphor, Sage

Middle: Oakmoss, Tobacco Leaves, Cedar

Base: Leather, Amber, Benzoin

Zeus, King of the Gods! Well, the new king of the gods after he defeated his father for eating his siblings. If you don't know that story...its a doozy -- and the whole reason for the Greek Pantheon! Zeus was the youngest child of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Cronus, fearful of a prophecy that one of his children would overthrow him, ate each of his children as they were born. Rhea, after giving birth to Zeus, hid him away. In her cunning, Rhea fooled Cronus by handing him a rock swaddled in cloth to devour.

Zeus was raised in secrecy and when he came of age he took on the task of defeating his father and freeing his siblings. He convinced the goddess Metis to join side of the fight and she gave Cronus a drink laced with ipecac, causing him to expel the children he had eaten. Zeus recruited many primordial gods to his mission and freed monsters from the pit of Tartarus. As a gift of gratitude for being freed, the Cyclopes armed Zeus with his iconic thunderbolts. Zeus, along with his allies, defeated the Titans and cast them to the depths of the earth.

After the war, Zeus and his brothers Hades and Poseidon drew lots to divide rule of the cosmos between them. Poseidon drew the seas, Hades the underworld, and Zeus granted dominion over the skies.

Zeus became the king of the gods and ruler of Mount Olympus, where the main Greek Pantheon resides. He married his sister, Hera, who became Queen of the Gods. Their marriage has always been troublesome as Zeus' constant infidelity flies in the face of everything Hera holds dear which often leads Hera to (rightfully) exact vengeance on Zeus and his lovers.