Oceanus
The Greeks developed a creation myth to explain the origin of their world and place their universe in comprehensible terms. Hesiod in his Theogony related how Chaos, a yawning nothingness, was alone at the beginning of the universe. According to the G-rated version, Gaia, the Earth, came out of the nothingness and was surrounded by Oceanus, the primeval river god. They were followed by Erebus, Eros (Love), and the Abyss (Tartarus). Gaia gave birth to Uranus (the Sky) and was the mother of the twelve Titans.
Gaia Presenting Stone to Cronos
Uranus, fearing that his children might depose him, refused to have more children. Too late, as it turned out. The Titan Cronos deposed his father Uranus and married Rhea. Rhea had Cronos’ children but because he feared he would be deposed also, he swallowed them when they were born. Rhea gave him a wrapped-up stone to swallow when the youngest, Zeus, was born.
Zeus Battles Cronos
The son, Zeus, returned and deposed his father, then drugged him which forced him to throw up the children that he had swallowed. Zeus, supported by his siblings, waged war with his father. Cronos lost and he and the other Titans were hurled into Tartarus, a kind of hell. Zeus and his siblings reigned supreme from Olympus.
More about them tomorrow. Rita Bay
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