mythology lesson 1 creation

MythologyCreation:

How the world began

At firstthere was only Chaos

Chaos gave birth to:

Erebus(Darkness)

The night and

Erebus and Night gave birth to:

Eros, or Love

Eros gave birth to:

The DayAnd The Light

Day and Light had two children:

Gaia or the Earth

And

TheHeavensCalled Uranus

The first children ofGaia and Uranuswere monsters--

*3 had 100 hands, 50 heads*3 were Cyclops “wheel-

eyed”*12 were Titans

The 12 Titans• Cronus• Oceanus• Iapetus• Hyperion• Crius• Coeus

• Rhea• Thetis• Dione• Mnemosyne• Themis• Phoebe

A Bad FatherUranus- the Heavens hated his children

• He imprisoned the monsters as soon as they were born

• Gaia was upset and asked for help

• Her son Cronus wounded his father “terribly”. From his blood other monsters were born: the Furies, ? Venus

Cronus and Rhea

married.• But Cronus feared a child would overthrow him as king,

• So he ate his first five children!!!

One Child was Saved!•Before Cronus

could eat the last baby

•Rhea hid the baby and

•Gave Cronus a Rock to eat instead!

When the baby grew up

•He came back and with the help of his grandmother forced his father to disgorge his siblings

This was Zeus

• Called Jupiter by Romans

• He became King of the gods

Source

There are many versions of creation in Greek mythology. The source for this was Edith Hamilton in her book Mythology.