emoved from actual mythology to state anything meaningful about them(Littleton 988).According to A dictionary of creation myths in the beginning there was Chaos,the gaping void, out of which sprang forth the earth, Gaia, Tartarus, Erebus (Darkness),and Nyx (night). Some believe that Eros (Cupid), also came from chaos even thought heis considered to be Aphrodites son. Earth was the first creature born from chaos, se wasalso the first to have children: Uranus (Sky), Pontus (Sea), and the mountains. Gaia andUranus Mated Creating a race of titans and titanesses who were: Cronus, Rhea, Themis,Hyperion, Oceanus, Coeus, Tethys, Iapetus, Cruis, Phobe, Theia, and Mnemosye. Uranuswas jealous of their children, and tried to push them back into the body of Gaia when itwas time for them to be born. Gaia gave the first born, Cronus, a sickle and instructedhim to cut of all of his fathers reproductive organs. After Cronus did this furies, giants,and nymphs were born from the drops of blood that hit the ground. It is often said thatAphrodite, the goddess of love was born from the genitals as they floated away in the seafoam. Cronus became the new king and freed his brothers and sisters from inside theremother (Littleton978). Cronus married his sister Rhea and together they had sixchildren: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, And Zeus. Cronus and Rhea were two of the most important titans because there childrenwere Gods. Cronus was afraid is children would overthrow him so he swallowed eachone as it was born. Rhea tricked him into swallowing a stone instead of her last childZeus. When he was old enough, talked his wife Metis ,a mortal, into creating a potionthat make Cronus throw up his brother and sister. not to long after that there was warbetween the gods and the titans. When the gods won Zeus imprisoned the titans insideGaia. Gaia the mated with her brother Tartarus and there offspring was the monsterTyphon. The only reason Gaia did this was b...
