Greek Creationism

Greek Creation Myth 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 He was deceived by Rhea to swallow a stone Zeus was hidden in Crete until adulthood 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 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) The 12 Olympians       Zeus (Jupiter) Poseidon (Neptune) Hermes Apollo (-n /Gr.) Hephaistos (Vulcan) Ares (Mars)       Hera (Juno) Aphrodite (Venus) Demeter (Ceres) Hestia (Vesta) Athena (Minerva) Artemis (Diana)