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Creation Myths

Creation Myths. Gaia. Gaia Uranus Pontus Mountains Erinyes Giants Gaia + Tartarus = Typhoeus. Uranus and Cronos. Uranus imprisoned the children of Gaia His youngest son Cronus overthrew him by castration with a sickle. Cronos and Zeus. Cronos ate his children

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Creation Myths

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  1. Creation Myths

  2. Gaia • Gaia • Uranus • Pontus • Mountains • Erinyes • Giants • Gaia + Tartarus = Typhoeus

  3. Uranus and Cronos • Uranus imprisoned the children of Gaia • His youngest son Cronus overthrew him by castration with a sickle

  4. Cronos and Zeus • Cronos ate his children • He was deceived by Rhea to swallow a stone • Zeus was hidden in Crete until adulthood

  5. Titanomachy • Zeus defeats the Titans and throws them into the Tartarus • His secret weapon is the thunderbolt • Atlas punished to hold the sky on his shoulders

  6. Gigantomachy • Zeus defeats the giants and then the world is divided • Zeus takes Heaven • Hades takes earth • Poseidon takes sea • Hestia (household) • Hera (marriage) • Demeter (fertility)

  7. Zeus (Jupiter) Poseidon (Neptune) Hermes Apollo (-n /Gr.) Hephaistos (Vulcan) Ares (Mars) Hera (Juno) Aphrodite (Venus) Demeter (Ceres) Hestia (Vesta) Athena (Minerva) Artemis (Diana) The 12 Olympians

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