Here is the story of the Greek myth Titan Cronus🔎🔍
Titan Cronus-father of the greek gods(Zeus,Hestia,Hades,Poseidon)
Note:Cronus swallowed his children in whole
unlike the painting.
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In Greek mythology, Cronus (also spelt Kronos) is a Titan and the youngest son of Uranus (Heaven/Sky) and Gaia (Earth). He dethroned Uranus and became the world's first king, ruling over his siblings and fellow Titans. Cronus married his sister Rhea and was eventually overthrown by his son Zeus.
Cronus' origin story is most famously told in Hesiod's (c. 700 BCE) Theogony. He is linked to the Roman god Saturn, the Egyptian god Geb, the Phoenician Ēl, and the Hittite/Hurrian god Kumarbi.
Birth & Family
According to Hesiod, Cronus was the youngest child of Uranus, the primordial deity of heaven and the sky, and Gaia, the primordial deity of the earth. Uranus and Gaia had six male Titans and six female Titans (Titanides):
And then she lay with Heaven, and bore
Deep-whirling Oceanus and Koios; then
Kreius, Iapetos, Hyperion,
Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne,
Lovely Tethys, and Phoebe, golden-crowned.
Last, after these, most terrible of sons,
The crooked-scheming Kronos came to birth
Who was his vigorous father's enemy.
(Hesiod, Theogony, 131-138)
The Titans are rarely represented in art and are not found in many myths; however, they played an essential role in the creation story of the Olympian gods. Uranus and Gaia also gave birth to the Cyclopes (giants with one eye) and the Hecatonchires (giants with a hundred hands).
Cronus & Uranus
Although Uranus and Gaia had many children, Uranus grew jealous of them and hid them under the earth, so they never saw the light of day. Gaia hated how her children were being treated and devised a plan to save them. She invented grey steel and made a sharp sickle. She told her children of her plan, but they feared taking a stand against their powerful father. Cronus was the only one who volunteered to help his mother, as he was envious of his father's power.
Then crooked Kronos, growing bold,
Answered his well-loved mother with these words:
"Mother, I undertake to do the deed;
I do not care for my unspeakable
Father, for he first thought of shameful acts."
(Hesiod, Theogony, 167-171)
Gaia told Cronus to hide in her bedchamber as Uranus would be visiting her that night. Cronus hid, holding the sickle and ready to carry out his mother's plan. As a lustful Uranus attempted to make love to Gaia, Chronus struck, slicing off his father's genitals. The blood landed on Gaia, who gave birth to the Erinyes (Furies). Cronus threw the genitals into the ocean behind him, where they eventually made their way to Cyprus. The foam from the genitals would subsequently result in the birth of the goddess Aphrodite.
Cronus as King of the World
Cronus imprisoned his father deep in Tartarus (the infernal region) along with the Cyclopes and Hecatonchires in caves. With his father now out of the way, Cronus became the first king of the world. He took the sky from Uranus and the earth from Gaia and threatened his siblings Oceanus and Tethys to grant him control over the sea. He trusted no one and ruled alone.
Cronus' rule was regarded as the Golden Age, a time when there was no disease, hunger, or hardship. The people, known as the Golden Race, were happy, and once they died, they became spirits and could watch over their loved ones. Some heroes chose not to die but were instead transported to the Isles of the Blessed at the end of the world, which Cronus also ruled.
Cronus & Zeus
Cronus married his sister Rhea, and they had six children: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus, father of gods and men. However, Cronus was a troubled and paranoid father, as his parents had warned him that his own children would turn against him, just as Cronus had turned against his father.
