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In the beginning there was only Chaos.After
Chaos Gaea the earth came into existence. Gaea was to become the
immortal loving mother of the gods and humanity. Gaea had a son
who was named Uranus. Uranus who was heaven covered the entire world
with his form. Gaea and Uranus had many children bringing forth
more immortal gods. These gods were the Titans, the Cyclops, and
the hundred hands. Uranus feared his children as he believed that
one day they would attempt to take his throne. Every time Gaea would
have a child Uranus would take it and bury it in the depths of Gaea,
the earth.Geae wept for her children and where they had been placed.
Gaea decided that she had to revenge the cruelty that Uranus had
perpetrated on their children. One night as Uranus was sleeping
low upon Gaea, Gaea
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took her son Cronos out from her depths. she
gave him sickle and told Cronus to wound his father with it.The
great Titan Cronus arose from his mother without fear, attacking
Uranus, Cronus wounded him with the sickle. The god Uranus wounded
by his son poured out great amounts of blood from his wound. The
god became so weakened that he rose high above the earth, never
to reach low onto Gaea (the earth), again.As the blood of Uranus
fell onto the earth and mixed with the soil it brought forth the
Giants, the Nymphs, and the Nereids. At this time the waves lapped
over Gaea creating froth as one drop of Uranus's blood mixed with
the froth the goddess Aphrodite was born and came into existence.
The god Cronus then became ruler and god of the entire world. |