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.
Gaea + Uranus=Titans & 3 Cyclopes The Titans Zeus THE TITANS Gaea + Uranus=Titans & 3 Cyclopes And 3 Hecatoncheires Titans Mnemosyne Crius Phoebe Cronus Children of Iapetus Rhea Prometheus Oceanus Epimetheus Tethys Atlas Hyperion Dione Themis Iapetus Coeus Oceanus Prometheus Atlas
RHEA + CRONUS=OLYMPIANS 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 THE OLYMPIANS RHEA + CRONUS=OLYMPIANS Children of Cronus and Rhea Children of Zeus and Hera Zeus Hephaestus Poseidon Ares Hades Olympians—children of Zeus Hestia Artemis and Apollo Hera Dionysus Demeter Hermes Athena Olympian w/o parents Aphrodite Apollo Athena Aphrodite The Olympians
2. about a supernatural being or unlikely event 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 Hades: Zeus’ brother; god of the underworld Poseidon: Zeus’ brother, god of the sea Demeter: Zeus’ sister, goddess of the harvest Athena: Zeus’ child, goddess of wisdom and skill Hera Zeus Hades Demeter
Apollo: god of the sun and music Hours: Apollo’s servants Aphrodite: goddess of love and beauty Ares: god of war Hermes: son, messenger, and friend of Zeus 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 Elysian fields: where the good go after death Tartarus: Hades’ kingdom, land of the dead Apollo Ares Hermes Elysian fields
Styx: river around Hades where the dead enter by ferry boat Nymphs: nature goddesses of woods and seas The Fates: 3 sisters/goddesses who controlled destiny Pegasus: Perseus’ winged horse Centaur: half man, half horse Minotaur: half man, half bull Satyrs: half man, half goat Pegasus Centaur Minotaur Satyrs River Styx