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Creation Myth
The Creation Myth: How it All Began
• Gaia was either born of Chaos or simply rising on its own. The Earth
surrounded and engulfed Chaos.
• From where Chaos and Gaia came is neither explained nor
elaborated.
• Hesiod simply states that they came first-and that the Earth came
into being to serve as a solid foundation for the home of gods.
• From these first three (Chaos, Gaia and Eros) and the possible
addition of Tartarus, a grim and terrifying region below the earth,
there originated all that exists.
From Love
came
light
and
earth
Known as
Gaea united with one of her
offspring, Uranus, the sky.
and
Frightening offspring were born to them
The Universe begins to take shape
• The Daughters
• Theia, who would become an early goddess of light
• Rhea, an earth goddess who would later become mother of the
Olympian Gods
• Themis, another earth or mother goddess
• Mnemosyne, a personification of Memory
• Phoebe, who would become an early moon goddess
• Tethys, who would become the most ancient goddess of the sea
The sons were named:
• Oceanus, the first born of the Titans, both the god of the primordial river and
the river itself, who flowed from the Underworld in a circular and never ending
stream around the edge of the earth
• Coeus, who would become the father of Leto, the mother of the Olympian Gods
Apollo and Artemis
• Crius, who would become the father of Astraeus
• Hyperion, who would become an early god of the son
• Iapetus, who would become the father of Prometheus
• Cronus, the youngest of the titans, but the craftiest and most daring.
The 12 Titans
Males Females
• Oceanus • Tethys
• Coeus • Rhea *
• Hyperion • Themis
• Crius • Mnemosyne
• Iapetus • Phoebe
• Cronus * • Thia
Three Giants
• As the myth goes, from this foam emerged the fully formed
goddess of love: Aphrodite (whose name in Greek just
means that, "emerging out of foam").
• Naked and riding on a scallop shell, Aphrodite first touched
land on the island of Cythera, but found the place too small
for her comfort.
• Instead she stepped ashore on Cyprus.
• From Uranus's severed manhood, fell countless drops of
blood, which spattered all over Gaia.
• From this strange conception, Gaia bore many children,
including
Gigantes
Erinyes
Aphrodite
Alecto, Tisiphone and Megara
Thus, Cronus
swallowed each of his
children as soon as
they were born.
Rhea tricked Cronus. She hid her last baby and
gave Cronus a rock to swallow instead.
He vomited up his
children, who were now
fully grown . . .
. . . AND ANGRY!
Children of Cronus and Rhea
Hades
Poseidon
Zeus
Children of Cronus and Rhea
Hestia
Demeter
Hera
Artemis Aphrodite
Athena
WAR BETWEEN THE TTITANS AND GODS
Zeus - Supreme God; God of the
Sky