Kronos took over the ruler ship
of the gods, but it turned out that he was as heartless and terrible
as Uranus. He didn't liberate the hundred armed and the Cyclops, on the
contrary he kicked them down in the Tartarus, the most deepest,
darkest and unhappy place in the underworld. He also took his sister
Rhea as
his wife, but Gaia predicted him immediately that one of his children would
bring him the same destiny as it happened to Uranus.
Rhea gave birth to:
Hestia, the goddess of the oven and the house rules,
she became later on the caretaker of the Olympus. Demeter
the goddess of the fertile earth, with tuft of wheat in
her hands, Hera, protector of the marriage, Hades
the god of the underworld,
Poseidon, the god of the sea and last but not
least Zeus.
Kronos knew the prophecy, and eat
immidiatly after their birth all his children. As Rhea was again pregnant
this time with Zeus she escaped to Crete in the mountains. Here she gave
birth to Zeus and entrusted him to a Goat who took care of Zeus, gave him
food and milk. Also Zeus was protected by the Kuerten small gods in form
of noise, moos or rustle. They all promised to take care of him. Instead
she gave Kronus a stone wrapped in a cloth and in his illusion he didn't
recognize the deception. .
The Beginning / Gods of the Olympus / Smaller Gods
