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)