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    1) In the beginning there was only chaos, then Night, Erebus, and Love appeared, bringing order. Gaea emerged and mated with Uranus, bearing many offspring including the Titans. 2) Uranus was a cruel father who imprisoned his monstrous children. Gaea plotted with Cronus, who castrated Uranus. Their offspring came from Uranus' blood and genitals. 3) Cronus became the ruler but swallowed his children born to Rhea. Zeus was saved and later defeated Cronus by tricking him into vomiting the children. Zeus led the gods to victory in the Titanomachy war.

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    1) In the beginning there was only chaos, then Night, Erebus, and Love appeared, bringing order. Gaea emerged and mated with Uranus, bearing many offspring including the Titans. 2) Uranus was a cruel father who imprisoned his monstrous children. Gaea plotted with Cronus, who castrated Uranus. Their offspring came from Uranus' blood and genitals. 3) Cronus became the ruler but swallowed his children born to Rhea. Zeus was saved and later defeated Cronus by tricking him into vomiting the children. Zeus led the gods to victory in the Titanomachy war.

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    1) In the beginning there was only chaos, then Night, Erebus, and Love appeared, bringing order. Gaea emerged and mated with Uranus, bearing many offspring including the Titans. 2) Uranus was a cruel father who imprisoned his monstrous children. Gaea plotted with Cronus, who castrated Uranus. Their offspring came from Uranus' blood and genitals. 3) Cronus became the ruler but swallowed his children born to Rhea. Zeus was saved and later defeated Cronus by tricking him into vomiting the children. Zeus led the gods to victory in the Titanomachy war.

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    Gemcel Joy T.

    Cariaso
    BSEd English 2A

    Creation of the World

    In the begining there was only chaos. Then out of the void appeared Erebus, the unknowable
    place where death dwells, and Night. All else was empty, silent, endless, darkness. Then
    somehow Love was born bringing a start of order. From Love came Light and Day. Once there
    was Light and Day, Gaea, the earth appeared.

    Then Erebus slept with Night, who gave birth to Ether, the heavenly light, and to Day the earthly
    light. Then Night alone produced Doom, Fate, Death, Sleep, Dreams, Nemesis, and others that
    come to man out of darkness.

    Meanwhile Gaea alone gave birth to Uranus, the heavens. Uranus became Gaea's mate covering
    her on all sides. Together they produced the three Cyclopes, the three Hecatoncheires, and
    twelve Titans.

    However, Uranus was a bad father and husband. He hated the Hecatoncheires. He imprisoned
    them by pushing them into the hidden places of the earth, Gaea's womb. This angered Gaea and
    she ploted against Uranus. She made a flint sickle and tried to get her children to attack Uranus.
    All were too afraid except, the youngest Titan, Cronus.

    Gaea and Cronus set up an ambush of Uranus as he lay with Gaea at night. Cronus grabed his
    father and castrated him, with the stone sickle, throwing the severed genitales into the ocean. The
    fate of Uranus is not clear. He either died, withdrew from the earth, or exiled himself to Italy. As
    he departed he promised that Cronus and the Titans would be punished. From his spilt blood
    came the Giants, the Ash Tree Nymphs, and the Erinnyes. From the sea foam where his genitales
    fell came Aphrodite.

    Cronus became the next ruler. He imprisoned the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires in Tartarus.
    He married his sister Rhea, under his rule the Titans had many offspring. He ruled for many
    ages. However, Gaea and Uranus both had prophesied that he would be overthrown by a son. To
    avoid this Cronus swallowed each of his children as they were born. Rhea was angry at the
    treatment of the children and ploted against Cronus. When it came time to give birth to her sixth
    child, Rhea hid herself, then she left the child to be raised by nymphs. To concel her act she
    wrapped a stone in swaddling cloths and passed it off as the baby to Cronus, who swallowed it.

    This child was Zeus. He grew into a handsome youth on Crete. He consulted Metis on how to
    defeat Cronus. She prepaired a drink for Cronus design to make him vomit up the other children.
    Rhea convinced Cronus to accept his son and Zeus was allowed to return to Mount Olympus as
    Cronus's cupbearer. This gave Zeus the opertunity to slip Cronus the specially prepaired drink.
    This worked as planned and the other five children were vomitted up. Being gods they were
    unharmed. They were thankful to Zeus and made him their leader.

    Cronus was yet to be defeated. He and the Titans, except Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Oceanus,
    fought to retain their power. Atlas became their leader in battle and it looked for some time as
    though they would win and put the young gods down. However, Zeus was cunning. He went
    down to Tartarus and freed the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires. Prometheus joined Zeus as
    well. He returned to battle with his new allies. The Cyclopes provided Zeus with lighting bolts
    for weapons. The Hecatoncheires he set in ambush armed with boulders. With the time right,
    Zeus retreated drawing the Titans into the Hecatoncheires's ambush. The Hecatoncheires rained
    down hundreds of boulders with such a fury the Titans thought the mountains were falling on
    them. They broke and ran giving Zeus victory.

    Zeus exiled the Titans who had fought against him into Tartarus. Except for Atlas, who was
    singled out for the special punishment of holding the world on his shoulders.
    However, even after this victory Zeus was not safe. Gaea angry that her children had been
    imprisoned gave birth to a last offspring, Typhoeus. Typhoeus was so fearsome that most of the
    gods fled. However, Zeus faced the monster and flinging his lighting bolts was able to kill it.
    Typhoeus was burried under Mount Etna in Sicily.

    Much later a final challenge to Zeus rule was made by the Giants. They went so far as to attempt
    to invade Mount Olympus, piling mountain upon mountain in an effort to reach the top. But, the
    gods had grown strong and with the help of Heracles the Giants were subdued or killed.

    The Children of Chaos and Gaea


    Chaos gave birth to Erebus (Darkness) and Nyx (Night). Erebus slept with his sister Nyx, and out
    of this union Aether, the bright upper air, and Hemera, the Day, emerged. Afterward, feared by
    everyone but her brother, Night fashioned a family of haunting forces all by herself. Among others,
    her children included the hateful Moros (Fate), the
    black Ker (Doom), Thanatos (Death), Hypnos (Sleep), Oneiroi (Dreams), Geras (Old Age),
    Oizus (Pain), Nemesis (Revenge), Eris (Strife), Apate (Deceit), Philotes (Sexual
    Pleasure), Momos (Blame), and the Hesperides (the Daughters of the Evening).
    Meanwhile, Gaea gave birth to Uranus, the Starry Sky. Uranus became Gaea's husband,
    surrounding her from all sides. Together, they produced three sets of children: the three one-
    eyed Cyclopes, the three Hundred-Handed Hecatoncheires, and the twelve Titans.

    The Castration of Uranus


    However, Uranus was a cruel husband and an even crueler father. He hated his children and didn’t
    want to allow them to see the light of day. So, he imprisoned them into the hidden places of the
    earth, Gaea's womb. This angered Gaea, and she plotted with her sons against Uranus. She made
    a harpe, a great adamant sickle, and tried to incite her children to attack Uranus. All were too
    afraid, except the youngest Titan, Cronus.
    Gaea and Cronus set up an ambush for Uranus. As he was preparing to lay
    with Gaea, Cronus castrated him with the sickle, throwing his severed genitals into the ocean. It is
    unclear as to what happened to Uranus afterward; he either died, withdrew from the earth, or exiled
    himself to Italy. From the blood that was spilled on the earth due to his castration, emerged
    the Giants, the Meliae (the Ash Tree Nymphs), and the Erinyes (the Furies). From the sea foam
    that was produced when his genitals fell into the ocean, arose Aphrodite, the Goddess of Beauty.

    Cronus Devouring His Children


    Cronus became the next ruler. He imprisoned the Cyclopes and
    the Hecatoncheires in Tartarus and set the dragoness Campe to guard them. He married his sister,
    the Titaness Rhea, who bore him five children. However, Gaea and Uranus had both prophesied
    that Cronus would eventually be overthrown by one of his sons. So much like his
    father, Cronus maltreated his children, devouring each of them at the time of birth. Rhea was
    distressed by Cronus’ treatment of her children and, just like Gaea before him, plotted against her
    husband. On the advice of her mother, when it was time to give birth to her sixth child, Rhea hid
    herself on Crete, leaving the new-born child to be raised by the nymphs of the island. To conceal
    her act, she wrapped a stone in swaddling clothes and passed it off as the supposed baby to Cronus,
    who, unaware of her intentions, swallowed it yet again.

    The Return of Zeus


    The child was Zeus. Raised by the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, and the she-goat Amalthea, he
    quickly grew into a handsome youth in a cave on the Cretan Mount Ida. When the time came, he
    left Crete to ask his future wife, the Titaness Metis (Wisdom), for an advice on how to
    defeat Cronus. She answered by preparing a drink indistinguishable from Cronus’ favorite wine
    but designed to make him vomit for ages. Zeus disguised himself as the gods’ cupbearer and, after
    a while, successfully slipped Metis’ drink to Cronus. The plan worked perfectly: Cronus started
    vomiting and spilled out all of Zeus’ five siblings, but only after throwing up the stone. Called
    Omphalos, or the Navel, the stone was later set up at Delphi by two eagles Zeus sent to meet at the
    center of the world. Overwhelmed with gratitude, Rhea’s children
    – Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon – recognized Zeus as their leader.

    The Titanomachy
    However, Cronus was still in command – and yet to be defeated. He was too old to protect himself
    from the attacks of his progeny, but he enlisted the help of the faithful Titans, who also feared the
    new generation of gods. This led to a decade-long war between the Titans and the Olympians,
    remembered by generations hence as the Titanomachy. Atlas became the Titans’ leader and led
    his armies to many victories. At one point, it even seemed that Zeus would be defeated. However,
    at the advice of Gaea, he went to Tartarus and released the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires. In
    gratitude, the Cyclopes provided Zeus with his signature thunderbolt; they also made a trident
    for Poseidon and a helmet of invisibility for Hades. The tables had turned.
    However, as so many times before, the final victory would not be the result of brute force, but it
    would happen due to a cunning little trick, possibly devised by Prometheus, who deserted from
    the Titans’ army beforehand. Armed with boulders, Hecatoncheires set an ambush for the Titans.
    At the right time, Zeus retreated his forces, drawing the Titans into the Hecatoncheires’ trap. The
    Hundred-Handed ones started raining down hundreds of boulders, with such a fury that
    the Titans thought the mountains were falling down upon them. They ran away, and Zeus could
    finally consider himself the King of the Universe.
    Zeus exiled the Titans who had fought against him into Tartarus. He made an exception
    with Atlas, though: being the leader of the opposing force, he was punished to hold the universe
    on his shoulders.

    Zeus and Typhon


    Zeus’ power would be challenged on few occasions afterward. Just after the Titanomachy, his
    grandmother Gaea, outraged by the imprisonment of her children, issued forth one last child of
    her, the monstrous Typhon. He was so fearsome that most of the gods fled the second they saw
    him; however, Zeus didn’t hesitate. He faced the monster and using the power of his lightning
    bolts, he was able to defeat it. Typhon was subsequently buried under Mount Etna in Sicily.
    They say that you can still hear him growling under the volcano. And that someday in the distant
    future, he will return to challenge Zeus once again.
    Olympians:
    Zeus
    Poseidon
    Hades
    Athena
    Ares
    Artemis
    Apollo
    Aphrodite
    Hera
    Hermes
    Hephaestus
    (Heracles)

    Sources/References:
    http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/creation.html

    https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/The_Myths/The_Creation/the_creation.html
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology

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