Cronus

= CRONUS = =  =

** Cronus is the god of time and is known as the harvest deity. Cronus was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, a race of powerful deities, during the Golden Age. He can be recognized the gray flint sickle he carries which was given to him by his mother, Gaea, the earth. Cronus used the sickle to chase his father, Uranus, the heavens, out of the universe. Cronus is married to Rhea. Together they had six children: Zeus, Hades, Poseidont, Hestia, Demeter and Hera. ** ** Cronus, like his father, was told a prophecy that one of his children would overpower him. Cronus was sure that it would come true, therefore, every time he and his wife Rhea, had a child he swallowed it. When his sixth baby, Zeus, Rhea, hid Zeus and gave Cronus a stone in an infant’s clothing to swallow instead. Zeus was then able to grow up on a remote island far away from his father. When Zeus came of age he banned together with his mother to trick Cronus into throwing up and thus releasing his children. Their plan worked and together with his sibling Zeus was able to overthrow his father. **

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[Aphrodite] [Apollo] [Ares] [Artemis] [Athena] [Cronus] [Demeter] [Dionysus]

[Hades] [Hephaestus] [Hera] [Hermes] [Hestia] [Poseidon] [Prometheus] [Zeus]