Greek creation myth summary
According to greek myths, Earth began with Chaos. Some believe that Chaos was a person, others a spirit or object. In a mysterious unknown way, this vacancy, whether human or darkness, gave birth to Gaea, the earth, to Tartarus, the space beneath the earth, and to Eros, the god of love. Chaos also had Erebus, darkness of the netherworld, as well as Night, the darkness over earth. Erebus slept with Night, who gave birth to Ether and Day. Night also produced several others such as: Doom, Fate, Death, Sleep, Dreams, and Nemesis. Gaea then gave birth to Mountains, Uranus, and Pontus. Gaea mated with Uranus, him covering her; the sky and the earth, then produced 12 titans, 3 cyclopses, and three Hecatoncheires with fifty heads and a hundred arms each. Uranus was a horrible father for his kids, Him and the Hecatoncheires shared a mutual hatred. Full of anger, Uranus pushed them back into the womb is Gaea. While going through pain and misery, Gaea wanted revenge on her partner, asking each of the children to help, but only the youngest Titan, Cronus, was brave enough to face is father. ================================> |
As the blood fell to earth the Furies, who punish crimes, the Ash-Tree Nymphs, and the race of Giants were created. Cronus heaved the members into the sea, and from the foam arose Aphrodite, the beautiful goddess of love. She was the figure, or god, for the concept of love.
********************************************* Cronus had then become the king of Gods, then giving birth to Zeus, the ruler of all other God's. Iapetus, a Titan, brother of Cronus, gave birth to Prometheus. Prometheus was in change of creating human. Human was known as a less divine version of a god. Humans, as well as gods, could "stand and create fire". Human was created out of clay by Prometheus. Then Athena, goddess of war and wisdom, breathed life into the clay, thus, creating human. This is the story of creation according to the Greeks. Gaea^ |
family tree of the greek gods from the beginning of earth