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So i've been combing around the internet and i think i have found evidence for powers we skimmed over in the creation of Myth Zeus's page. I've written down some powers here while also linking to a thread where most of these were found Source
Firstly it appears Zeus has some level of fire manipulation as stated in the following quote
"...the Immortals all around fierce battling with the Titanes fought for Zeus. Already were their foes enwrapped with flame, for thick and fast as snowflakes pured from heaven the thunderbolts: the might of Zeus was roused and burning Gigantes seemed to breath out flames."- Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall Of Troy
He also seems to be able to command fire's total binary as well; water, now this could arguably just be weather manip but still it's good to make note of.
"Raincloud Zeus brought the waters up in mountainous seas on high and flooded all cities, how Notos and Boreas, Euros and Libos in turn lashed Deukalion's wandering hutch, lifted it castaway on waves in the air, and left it harbourless near the moon."-Nonna Dionyscia
He also seems to be able to grant power to lesser individuals: he grants one the gift of prephecy and he grants Hecate the power over Sea, Land and Heaven as well as assigning the other Gods their dominions. It is also implied he can Nullify one's powers because of this.
"The son of Kronos (Zeus) did her no wrong nor took anything away of all that was her portion among the former Titan gods: but she holds as the division, as was at the first from the beginning, privilage both in earth, and in heaven and in sea."- Hesiod the Theogony
Zeus was able to heal from Hepheasteus cleaving open his head with an axe and Athena's birth, a high low regen feat. This is disregarding statements claiming that Zeus' body is just a shell and his true form is a storm of Thunder and Lightning (a High to possibly Low-Godly level of regen) Immortality in Greek Mythology can be a complex matter as in certain versions not even Gods of greater power can kill a God
Zeus is also in some variants of Greek Mythology stated to have created multiple generations of humans, this being an example of Life Manipulation,
Additionally Zeus should be a baseline 4-B rather then a likely 4-B the reasoning for this is he is stated to have the power to shake or even destroy the Ancient Greek universe on multiple occasions. Considering the Ancient Greek universe is only Solar System level in size this is a solid 4-B feat as backed up by the following quote.
"And now his Thunder Bolts would Jove wide scatter, but he feared the flames, unencumbered, sacred either might ignite and burn the axle of the universe: And he remembered in the scroll of fate, there is a time appointed when the sea and the earth and the heavens shall melt and fire destroy the universe of mighty labour wrought"- Ovid Metamorphoses
Orphic Zeus is also on multiple occasions stated to be the originator of all granting him Abstract Existence and potentially concept manip though this can be discarded if desired.
I hope that with this in mind we can perhaps consider a revision of the powers and abilities Zeus has.
Firstly it appears Zeus has some level of fire manipulation as stated in the following quote
"...the Immortals all around fierce battling with the Titanes fought for Zeus. Already were their foes enwrapped with flame, for thick and fast as snowflakes pured from heaven the thunderbolts: the might of Zeus was roused and burning Gigantes seemed to breath out flames."- Quintus Smyrnaeus, Fall Of Troy
He also seems to be able to command fire's total binary as well; water, now this could arguably just be weather manip but still it's good to make note of.
"Raincloud Zeus brought the waters up in mountainous seas on high and flooded all cities, how Notos and Boreas, Euros and Libos in turn lashed Deukalion's wandering hutch, lifted it castaway on waves in the air, and left it harbourless near the moon."-Nonna Dionyscia
He also seems to be able to grant power to lesser individuals: he grants one the gift of prephecy and he grants Hecate the power over Sea, Land and Heaven as well as assigning the other Gods their dominions. It is also implied he can Nullify one's powers because of this.
"The son of Kronos (Zeus) did her no wrong nor took anything away of all that was her portion among the former Titan gods: but she holds as the division, as was at the first from the beginning, privilage both in earth, and in heaven and in sea."- Hesiod the Theogony
Zeus was able to heal from Hepheasteus cleaving open his head with an axe and Athena's birth, a high low regen feat. This is disregarding statements claiming that Zeus' body is just a shell and his true form is a storm of Thunder and Lightning (a High to possibly Low-Godly level of regen) Immortality in Greek Mythology can be a complex matter as in certain versions not even Gods of greater power can kill a God
Zeus is also in some variants of Greek Mythology stated to have created multiple generations of humans, this being an example of Life Manipulation,
Additionally Zeus should be a baseline 4-B rather then a likely 4-B the reasoning for this is he is stated to have the power to shake or even destroy the Ancient Greek universe on multiple occasions. Considering the Ancient Greek universe is only Solar System level in size this is a solid 4-B feat as backed up by the following quote.
"And now his Thunder Bolts would Jove wide scatter, but he feared the flames, unencumbered, sacred either might ignite and burn the axle of the universe: And he remembered in the scroll of fate, there is a time appointed when the sea and the earth and the heavens shall melt and fire destroy the universe of mighty labour wrought"- Ovid Metamorphoses
Orphic Zeus is also on multiple occasions stated to be the originator of all granting him Abstract Existence and potentially concept manip though this can be discarded if desired.
I hope that with this in mind we can perhaps consider a revision of the powers and abilities Zeus has.
