Greek Creation Mythology Overview
In Greek creation mythology, Chaos gave birth to Erebus, Love, and Gaia. Uranus and Gaia created the Cyclops and Titans, leading to conflicts and power struggles among the gods. The Titans were overthrown by Zeus and the Olympians, resulting in a war that ended in Zeus' victory and the Titans' imprisonment. Explore the fascinating tale of gods and power in ancient Greek mythology.
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Greek Creation Mythology In the beginning, there was CHAOS Out of CHAOS, came EREBUS the place of death and darkness Then LOVE was born, bringing order to CHAOS Out of LOVE, came LIGHT and GAEA (EARTH) GAEA alone gives birth to URANUS (SKY) URANUS and GAEA marry and create 3 CYCLOPS and 12 TITANS URANUS was a terrible father and a jealous husband Imprisoned the CYCLOPS deep in a cave in the Earth GAEA conspires with her youngest child, CRONUS, to kill URANUS CRONUS kills URANUS URANUS vows the TITANS will pay Cronus dumps his body parts in the ocean
GREEK CREATION MYTHOLOGY CRONUS become ruler of TITANS Marries his sister RHEA Both URANUS and GAEA prophesized that CRONUS will be overthrown by his son Every child RHEA gives birth to, CRONUS swallows whole After 5 swallowed children, RHEA hides herself and the baby, ZEUS, and gives CRONUS a stone to swallow ZEUS, raised in secret by nymphs, plots will RHEA to save his siblings RHEA and ZEUS give CRONUS a potion that causes him to vomit up the other OLYMPIANS The war that follows, between OLYMPIANS and TITANS, ends with ZEUS releasing the CYCLOPS to defeat the TITANS Imprisons the TITANS in TARTARUS for all time
The Titans The Titans: Also known as the Elder Gods ruled the Earth before the Olympians over-threw them. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus dethroned by his son Zeus. Most of the Titans fought with Cronus against Zeus Exceptions: Prometheus, Epimetheus, Oceanus During their rule the Titans were associated with the various planets.
The Titans Zeus THE TITANS Gaea + Uranus=Titans & 3 Cyclopes And 3 Hecatoncheires http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=240301580989id=09fcee4c5d1d131c2a35406cd745084durl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tourismturkey.org%2fimg-all-last%2foceanus.jpg Titans Mnemosyne Crius Phoebe Cronus Rhea Oceanus Tethys Hyperion Dione Themis Iapetus Coeus Oceanus Children of Iapetus Prometheus Epimetheus Atlas Prometheus Atlas
THE OLYMPIANS: are a group of 13 gods who ruled after the over-throw of the Titans. All the Olympians are related in some way. They are named after their dwelling place Mt. Olympus. Mt. Olympus Apollo THE OLYMPIANS RHEA + CRONUS=OLYMPIANS Children of Cronus and Rhea Zeus Poseidon Hades Hestia Hera Demeter Athena Children of Zeus and Hera Hephaestus Ares Olympians children of Zeus Artemis and Apollo Dionysus Hermes Athena Olympian w/o parents Aphrodite Aphrodite The Olympians
Myths: 1. traditional story 2. about a supernatural being or unlikely event 3. explains some natural phenomena in the world. Zeus: king of the gods; loved women Hera: Zeus wife (and sister); jealous Hera Hades: Zeus brother; god of the underworld Poseidon: Zeus brother, god of the sea Zeus Demeter: Zeus sister, goddess of the harvest Athena: Zeus child, goddess of wisdom and skill Hades Demeter
Apollo: god of the sun and music Hours: Apollo s servants Aphrodite: goddess of love and beauty Apollo Ares: god of war Hermes: son, messenger, and friend of Zeus Ares Roman Hercules or Greek Heracles: half human child of Zeus, demi-god of strength Persephone: daughter of Demeter, wife of Hades Eros: god of love, son of Aphrodite Hermes Elysian fields: where the good go after death Tartarus: Hades kingdom, land of the dead Elysian fields
Styx: river around Hades where the dead enter by ferry boat Nymphs: nature goddesses of woods and seas Pegasus The Fates: 3 sisters/goddesses who controlled destiny Pegasus: Perseus winged horse Centaur Centaur: half man, half horse Minotaur: half man, half bull Minotaur Satyrs: half man, half goat Satyrs River Styx
