Mythology Creation: How the world began
MythologyCreation:
How the world began
At firstthere was only Chaos
Chaos gave birth to:
Erebus(Darkness)
The night and
Erebus and Night gave birth to:
Eros, or Love
Eros gave birth to:
The DayAnd The Light
Day and Light had two children:
Gaia or the Earth
And
TheHeavensCalled Uranus
The first children ofGaia and Uranuswere monsters--
*3 had 100 hands, 50 heads*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 FatherUranus- the Heavens hated his children
• He imprisoned the monsters as soon as they were born
• Gaia was upset and asked for help
• Her son Cronus wounded his father “terribly”. From his blood other monsters were born: the Furies, ? 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 was Edith Hamilton in her book Mythology.