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In the beginning there was nothing. There was 

only a vast void of emptiness known as the 

chaos. But that soon changed when the first 

three immortal beings sprung into existence. 

The first to emerge was Gaea the Mother Earth. 

Then came Tartarus who would manifest 

himself as the underworld. And finally there 

was Eros who brought love into being. Gaea, 

without any partner gave birth to Uranus 

(father sky), Ourea (Mountains), and Pantus 

(Sea). She made Uranus her equal and married 

him so they could rule over all that came into 

being and give birth to new immortal beings.

Gaea

Tartarus

Eros

The first six immortal children Uranus and 

Gaea brought into being were the three 

Hundred-Handed Giants and the three 

Cyclopes which were expert craftsmen. Gaea 

loved her children but Uranus hated them 

because he feared their terrible strength. So as 

each child was born Uranus took them, bound 

them, and threw them all into Tartarus where 

they would be imprisoned for eternity. Gaea 

hated Uranus for taking her children away 

from her. She longed for her children, but she 

bottled her feelings waiting for the ideal 

moment to get revenge.

The next immortal children born to Gaea and 

Uranus were thirteen Titans. These Titans and their 

children became the oldest generation of greek 

gods. They included Helios, Selene, Oceanus, 

Themis, Cronus, Rhea, Atlas, Prometheus, and 

Epimetheus who married the first mortal women 

Pandora. Gaea longed for revenge against Uranus 

and wanted to free her imprisioned children in 

Tartarus. So she came to her Titan children and 

asked for help overthrowing Uranus. All the Titan 

children were too afraid though with the exception 

of one. Cronus, the youngest and bravest of the 

Titans, agreed to help his mother. To aid him, Gaea 

gave Cronus a flint sickle which he would use to 

defeat his father.

Cronus found a hiding spot while Uranus and Gaea 

laid beside one another on the seashore. When 

nightfall came Cronus decided to strike. He emerged 

from his hiding spot and defeated his father with the 

flint sickle. Being immortal Uranus did not die, but his 

power had ended and his bodied joined the sea. From 

Uranus' blood Gaea brought forth three black-clothed 

furies and a group of beings called the Giants. 

Eventually, Aphrodite the goddesses of beauty also 

emerged from the foam of the sea where Uranus had 

been defeated. Cronus had deposed his father and his 

rein had begun. But like Uranus, Cronus also feared 

the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handed Giants refusing to 

free them. Gaea felt betrayed by Cronus because he 

did not free her children. This now made Cronus an 

enemy of Gaea.

Gaea being a goddesses of prophecy was able to tell Cronus his 

destiny. The angry and disappointed goddess took delight in telling 

Cronus that his own son would one day overpower him as he 

overpowered his own father. Cronus wanted to rule for all eternity so 

he devised a way to escape his fate. Every time he and his wife Rhea 

bore another child Cronus took no chances. As soon as the child was 

born he would take it from Rhea and swallow it in one bite to prevent 

the child from growing up and overthrowing him. Cronus swallowed 

five of his children whole including Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and 

Poseidon. This caused Rhea great distressed and when she was 

pregnant for a sixth time she was determined to keep Cronus from 

eating the child. She devised a plan with Gaea to give birth in secrecy 

on the island of Crete and have nymphs raise the baby to adulthood in 

safety. After the baby had been born and was safely hidden, Rhea gave 

Cronus a baby sized rock wrapped in a cloth for him to eat thinking it 

was the new born baby. The trick worked and the baby, who was 

named Zeus, was able to grow in to adulthood without Cronus ever 

knowing.

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