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Mythology Creation: How the world began At firstthere was only Chaos Chaos gave birth to: Erebus (Darkness) The dwelling of Death an of Night Night, alone, produced: Doom, Fate, Death, Sleep, Dreams and Nemesis. Then: Eros or Love was born Through Eros, Erebus and Night gave birth to:  Heavenly Light, The DayAnd The Light Day and Light had two children: Gaea or the Earth And Gaea alone bore the Heavens Called Uranus The first children ofGaea and Uranuswere monsters-- *3 had 100 hands, 50 heads (The Hecatoncheires) *3 were Cyclops “wheel- eyed” *12 were Titans The 12 Titans Cronus Oceanus Iapetus Hyperion Crius Coeus Rhea Thetis Dione Mnemosyne Themis Phoebe A Bad Father Uranus- the Heavens, hated his children He imprisoned the monsters as soon as they were born Gaea was upset and asked for help Her son Cronus wounded his father “terribly”. From his blood other monsters were born: the Furies, Ashtree Nymphs, Giants and Aphrodite/Venus. Cronus and Rhea married. But Cronus feared a child would overthrow him as king, So he ate his first five children!!! One Child was Saved! Before Cronus could eat the last baby Rhea hid the baby and Gave Cronus a Rock to eat instead! When the baby grew up He came back and with the help of his grandmother forced his father to disgorge his siblings This was Zeus Called Jupiter by Romans He became King of the gods Source There are many versions of creation in Greek mythology. The source for this show was Edith Hamilton in her book Mythology.