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GM Creation Titans & Gods Myth Copy 2011 English I/Ms. Hoffman Name: ____________________________________________ Greek Mythology unit Date: _____________________________ Period: _________ from Retold Classic Myths Soon after, another immortal being was created. This was Erebus, the black hole of death. His home was called "Tartarus," or the Underworld. “The Creation of the Titans and Gods” Erebus then joined hands with his great sister Night, and they wept. From their tears, Light and Day came into being. "With great power comes great fear. " Light and Eros danced on the spiral to create still another immortal being. She was Gaea, the Earth. Her power was great and her belly brimmed with Does that seem like a contradiction? Not to the Greeks. They wisely life. Gaea gave birth to the Mountains and the Sea. But her belly wasn't guessed that even the mightiest ruler in the universe would feel empty yet. She next gave birth to the greatest of all her children: Uranus, the Sky. Gaea made this son her equal so he would surround her on all sides. threatened. So threatened, in fact, that he let his fear swallow everything—including his love. Then Gaea produced the Stars and the Four Seasons. After the delivery of these children, she married her son Uranus. He then became the supreme ruler of all creation. Gaea and Uranus had many children together. Their first In three offspring were the Hundred-handed Ones. Each of these giants sprouted the beginning was darkness. fifty heads from his mighty shoulders. And each had a hundred mighty arms Nothing existed. swinging in all directions. They were named Cottus, the Furious; Briareus, No human form. the Vigorous; and Gyges, the Big-limbed. No plant, animal, or sea creature. Not even the stars, The next three children of Gaea and Uranus were the Cyclopes. Each of sound, or wind existed. these frightening creatures had one huge eye in the middle of his forehead. Just small bits of things floated The mighty Cyclopes controlled the storm powers. Brontes was Thunder, through infinite space. These things Steropes was Lightning, and Arges was the Rain. Fearful that their strength were seeds for what would later would be far greater than his own, Uranus took care of this threat in a brutal become everything that ever was. way. After each son was born, Uranus hurled him deep into the earth. These things and this space were called Chaos.' For nine days and nine nights the sons fell, before finally landing in Tartarus. There they were instantly chained to the floor, never to see light After countless ages, the bits of things slowly began to swirl. They swirled again. And what a wretched prison! Deep, dark Tartarus was as far below the faster and faster until the first immortal being, Eros—or Love—appeared. earth as the stars are high above. Eros was the force of attraction that caused all other things to be. After each child was safely imprisoned, Uranus chuckled. He was now help you as well." happy and content that his position as rule would never be challenged. "I'll rule over earth and everything forever!" Gaea, on the other hand, was That evening, they carried out their plan. After Helios had carried the sun shocked by her husband's actions. She deeply grieved for her children. Yet across the sky and gone to sleep, Uranus came to the sea. He saw his wife by she kept her feelings quiet, for she knew revenge would be hers one day. She the shore and lay down next to her. In the bushes nearby, Cronus crouched. had the power of foreseeing the future. The night was so black that he could barely make out his father's sleeping figure. He would have to wait for his sister to appear. The next children born to Gaea and Uranus were the thirteen nature gods, It wasn't long before Selene rose to shine the moon brightly over Uranus. the Titans. The Titans possessed the powers of earthquakes, volcanos, and Cronus could now easily see his father's figure. Quietly he crept out from his hurricanes. Among them was Helios, god of the sun, and his sister Selene, hiding place and over to Uranus' side. Then raising the sickle high in the air, goddess of the moon. Oceanus, the god of the rivers which circled the globe, he brought it down and wounded his father. was a Titan as well. Others were Cronus, Rhea, Atlas, and Prometheus. With the birth of the Titans, Gaea realized the time had come to take Cronus laughed and then shouted triumphantly. "Your time as ruler has revenge against Uranus. So she took a piece of stone and shaped it into a ended. Father! No one will support you once they find out how weak you are. sharp sickle. Then she went to her sons. I now rule over all!" "Your father is very cruel," she said in a voice that sounded like a huge Gaea now quickly turned to the new god of the sky. "Well done, my son. whirlwind. "He imprisoned your brothers in Tartarus because he feared them. And now it's time to release your brothers from their dark prison." So now I need your help. We must defeat Uranus and rescue your brothers." Cronus stepped back with a cruel smile. "I didn't overthrow my father for Her sons were silent. They were terrified of their father's power. How you," he declared. "I did it for me. I'm now supreme ruler. That means even could they ever risk what their mother was suggesting? you must bow to my wishes! I have no reason to release my brothers A soft chuckle came from behind Gaea's sons. It came from the youngest except to please you. And that isn't enough." son, Cronus. He was laughing at his cowardly brothers. Gaea knew that behind his bold words, Cronus was just like his father. "Not one of you has the courage to help Mother? I'm surprised at you," He also feared the power of the Cyclopes and Hundred-handed Ones. Cronus said with a mocking smile. He pushed his way past his tall brothers to the front. "Well, never leave to Gaea glared at her son. "Cronus, you may have won your father's others what you can do yourself. Mother, I'll help you! I'm not afraid!" Gaea throne. But believe me, it doesn't end here. You also will be dethroned gazed knowingly at her brave son. As she had foreseen, Cronus was the only by one of your sons. That is your fate." one with enough daring to destroy Uranus. Gaea presented the sharp sickle to Cronus. "Be careful with this blade, my Cronus laughed. "I'll fool fate just as I've fooled you! son. Its sharp edge is for your father, not for you. Tonight, hide in the bushes by the sea. I will sleep there with Uranus. Your sister Selene will be there to I will have no children. Therefore, I'll reign forever!" "But what about Cronus?" Rhea asked. Gaea smiled. "Clever Cronus. I know a trick to fool him. Since he expects you to give him the child, At first, it seemed that Cronus would indeed triumph. But in time, fate do so. But to a father with a heart of stone, why not present a stone? began to work on him. He fell in love with and married his sister, After you give birth, find a rock the size of a baby. Wrap that in a Rhea. And soon she presented a beautiful baby girl to her husband. blanket and offer it to Cronus. He'll swallow it whole without ever Cronus gazed at little Hestia with adoring eyes. Suddenly, Gaea's suspecting." words screamed in his head. Cronus' eyes became boiling pools of madness. He grabbed the baby from Rhea's arms and quickly Rhea followed her mother's advice. She gave birth to a baby son, Zeus, swallowed her. "There!" he thought to himself. "The child is gone. on the isle of Crete. Then she returned to her husband with the well- Fate has been defeated." wrapped rock. Rhea had four more children: two daughters, Demeter and Hera, and As soon as Cronus heard news of the birth, he came to Rhea's side. He two sons, Hades and Poseidon. Each time Cronus demanded to see the bent down beside her and gazed sweetly upon the bundle in her arms. infant. And each time, he madly seized the babe and swallowed it. For a moment, Rhea began to panic. The look on her husband's face Rhea's heart cried with longing. She wanted children so much. Yet it was so loving. She feared Cronus might actually want this baby. was inevitable that her cruel husband would destroy every one. But as had happened five times before, Cronus' eyes grew mad. He Finally Rhea sought out her mother, Gaea. “Mother, I beg you for seized the bundle, opened his huge mouth, and swallowed it. Then he help,” she said. “I am pregnant again. And even now Cronus is smacked his lips happily. waiting, ready to swallow this poor babe, too. Please, I don't want him to take this one. What can I do?" "There!" he thought once again. "The child is gone. I have thwarted fate again. No one is cleverer than I am!" But Cronus wasn't quite as Gaea comforted her daughter. "I understand the pain you feel, dear clever as he thought. For not only had he swallowed a rock.
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