Why is Zeus above Poseidon?

[Young Faith]

This is just a curiosity that has been boggling me, and it could be born out of ignorance/misunderstanding the mythology.
However, in the Greek/Roman mythology, why is Beelzebul, as Zeus/Jupiter, the Father of all the Gods and Leader of Them, instead of Satan, as Poseidon/Neptune?

 

[HPS Lydia]

Hello

I believe there will be more written on this by HP HoodedCobra. However, the things we see according to the myths we have, are not as strictly correlated to how the Gods actually are. Satan is definitely the highest, yet other Gods might be more in our awareness for certain areas. As another example, in Ancient Egypt, Satan is Ptah, yet Ptah was not as well-known as Ra and other Gods.

There is definitely much that we do not know. Another thing is how some pantheons only have a dozen main Gods, yet there are more Gods who helped humanity, so some Gods might actually have or share certain aspects of other Gods. For all we know, certain things attributed to Zeus could be Satan (Father of all Gods) but things were simplified or allegorical.

 

[Hellenic SS]

As a Greek, this was a question I had as well. I suggest you read more about Poseidon and Zeus in the Joy of Satan website, specifically in the following links:

Beelzebub

Beelzebul: Advanced Information

 

[Ancient Africa]

Hello

I believe there will be more written on this by HP HoodedCobra. However, the things we see according to the myths we have, are not as strictly correlated to how the Gods actually are. Satan is definitely the highest, yet other Gods might be more in our awareness for certain areas. As another example, in Ancient Egypt, Satan is Ptah, yet Ptah was not as well-known as Ra and other Gods.

There is definitely much that we do not know. Another thing is how some pantheons only have a dozen main Gods, yet there are more Gods who helped humanity, so some Gods might actually have or share certain aspects of other Gods. For all we know, certain things attributed to Zeus could be Satan (Father of all Gods) but things were simplified or allegorical.

Is Ra Satan?

 

[Wotanwarrior]

Is Ra Satan?

I think Ra is Azazel, not to be confused with Amon Ra, which are two different gods.

 

[Egon]

As HP HC said Satan isn't just Poseidon but also Dionysus and Hephaestus, and "all the Gods". The Gods in the written myths are "Personas", and things they rule, and 90% not the literal accounts of the physical Deity.
For example Satan as Lucifer is Venus but his daughter Astarte is also Venus (Aphrodite), and Satan as Wodanaz is Mercurius, but obviously he isn't the same literal person as his son Thoth/Mercurius. It is said no Gods "would mess with Dionysus", not even Zeus - likely a reference of Zeus representing the supreme rulership over the physical universal laws and Dionysus the unseen occult laws that come before it. @Hellenic SS @Young Faith

 

[WiseDragon]

This is just a curiosity that has been boggling me, and it could be born out of ignorance/misunderstanding the mythology.
However, in the Greek/Roman mythology, why is Beelzebul, as Zeus/Jupiter, the Father of all the Gods and Leader of Them, instead of Satan, as Poseidon/Neptune?

There are actually other people who worshipped Baal-Zebul as their main God, I'm guessing this is because Baal was the God who was responsible for them from the start and the one who helped them the most.

Also you have to consider that most of the informaton about our Gods and their history has been altered and destroyed, so I wouldn't be 100% sure that they considered him the Father of all Gods, it could be a misinterpretation.

 

[Stormblood]

Zeus is King of the Sky, Poseidon is King of the Seas. Both are very powerful allegories for the eternal energy, even if different perspective. Water is deep and can reach infinite depths. Likewise, the sky is high and can reach infinite heights. Heights, depths... still infinite growth on a specific direction/vector.

Is Zeus King of the Gods? Sure. Baal-Zevulon is literally a Crowned Prince, which is the highest rank. Zeus, Poseidon and Hades are the "Big Three" of Graeco-Roman mythology, meaning the most powerful and of comparable strength. Triad of Gods that have about equal power in mythology are everywhere across the world.

More will definitely be revealed by HP Hooded Cobra, like HPS Lydia said, and it will be all be mind-blowing.

Another thing is how some pantheons only have a dozen main Gods, yet there are more Gods who helped humanity, so some Gods might actually have or share certain aspects of other Gods. For all we know, certain things attributed to Zeus could be Satan (Father of all Gods) but things were simplified or allegorical.

Doesn't that have to do with the steps of the Magnum Opus, with the 13th God in Greek mythology being Hades.

You also have groups of 8s and 9s in Egypt like you have 9 steps in Eastern versions of the Magnum Opus.

6 original Gods are there in Greek mythology, from which all the other Gods came. Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia and Hera. Similar to how in the Vedas you also have one male triad and one female triad: the Trimurti and the Tridevi.

All interesting choices of numbers indeed.

 

[Invictvs]

This is just a curiosity that has been boggling me, and it could be born out of ignorance/misunderstanding the mythology.
However, in the Greek/Roman mythology, why is Beelzebul, as Zeus/Jupiter, the Father of all the Gods and Leader of Them, instead of Satan, as Poseidon/Neptune?

It happens that in different cultures, different Gods are considered the highest, depending on that culture's nature and what it valued most. The highest god in each culture represented the culture's highest ideals, not necessarily the one who is their actual leader. The Egyptians who were more connected to the Sun, its nature and what it symbolizes, worshiped Ra as their highest god, for example. The Greco-Roman culture which was patriarchal and warrior-like made Zeus as the creator of the Gods. And so on.

 

[Young Faith]

I thank everyone for their answers, it is pretty much as I imagined, but I liked to hear what others had to say about the matter.
By the way, who would Hades be then? I lack that information.

 

[RockSeed13]

This is just a curiosity that has been boggling me, and it could be born out of ignorance/misunderstanding the mythology.
However, in the Greek/Roman mythology, why is Beelzebul, as Zeus/Jupiter, the Father of all the Gods and Leader of Them, instead of Satan, as Poseidon/Neptune?

I think the myths symbolize nature; when one is at the sea, above them is the sky, their body at the ocean, and under their feet is the underworld.