the olympian creation myth
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THE OLYMPIAN CREATION MYTH
GAIA
DARKNESS (TARTARUS) THEN EROS
GAIA GAVE BIRTH TO PONTUS
THEN TO URANUS WHO SENT DOWN RAIN TO FERTILISE HER
CHILDREN – TITANS, CYCLOPES, HECATONCHIRES
URANUS FORCED GAIA TO KEEP CHILDREN SHUT INSIDE HER
GAIA PERSUADED CRONUS TO PUNISH FATHER – CUT OFF GENITALS AND THREW THEM AWAY
DROPS OF BLOOD FELL ON GAIA AND SHE CONCEIVED ERINYES (FURIES)
GENITALS FELL IN OCEAN FORMING WHITE FOAM – FROM THIS WAS BORN APHRODITE
CRONUS FREED SIBLINGS AND BECAME KING. TOOK SISTER RHEA AS MATE
FORETOLD THAT CRONUS WOULD BE DEPOSED BY SON. SO SWALLOWED CHILDREN AS SOON AS BORN
RHEA TRICKED CRONUS BY GIVING HIM STONE RATHER THAN SIXTH CHILD - ZEUS
ZEUS HIDDEN FROM FATHER AND RAISED BY NYMPHS
WHEN ZEUS BECAME AN ADULT HE TRICKED CRONUS INTO DRINKING AN EMETIC WHICH MADE HIM VOMIT UP CHILDREN
WAR – YOUNGER GODS, CYCLOPES AND HECATONCHIRES AGAINST TITANS AND CRONUS
GODS WON AND TITANS IMPRISONED IN TARTARUS
GAIA ANGERED – SENT TYPHON
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