Deictic Wars

Chapter 4 first Titan War

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The stage for the Titanomachy was set after the youngest Titan overthrew his own father, (Ουρανός, the sky and ruler of the cosmos), with the help of his mother, (Γαία, the earth).

Uranus drew the enmity of Gaia when he imprisoned six of her children — the three (giants with 50 heads and 100 arms) and the three (also giants, each with a single eye in the middle of its forehead) — within her womb. Gaia created a great , forged from adamantine, and hid it in a crevice on . Gaia then proceeded to attempt to convince 12 of her other children from Uranus, who were known as the Titans, to castrate Uranus. Only Cronus was willing to do the deed, so Gaia gave him the adamantine sickle and positioned him in the same crevice that previously held his sickle.

When Uranus met to consort with Gaia on Mount Othrys, Cronus ambushed Uranus, and with the adamantine sickle, sliced off his genitals, casting them across the . After doing so, Cronus freed the imprisoned Hecatonchires and Cyclopes, by slicing open Gaia's womb and promptly imprisoned them in . Cronus also quickly imprisoned Uranus deep below Tartarus. In doing this, he became the Ruler of the Titans. But Uranus cursed Cronus so that Cronus's own children would rebel against his rule, just as Cronus had rebelled against his own father. Uranus' blood that had spilled upon the earth gave rise to the , , and . From the mixture of semen and blood from his mutilated genitalia, arose from the sea where they landed in Cyprus.

...so soon as he had cut off the members with flint and cast them from the land into the surging sea, they were swept away over the main a long time: and a white foam spread around them from the immortal flesh, and in it there grew a maiden..."

Cronus took his father's title of ruler of land, sky, and sea. He then secured his power by forcing his siblings to bow down to his will.

Cronus, paranoid of Uranus's curse and fearing the end of his rule, now turned into the tyrant his father Uranus had once been, swallowing each of his children whole as they were born from his sister-wife . Rhea, who began to resent Cronus, managed to hide her youngest newborn child , by tricking Cronus into swallowing a magnetite rock, given to her by her mother Gaia, wrapped in a blanket instead. Rhea brought Zeus to a cave in , where he was raised by and the Meliae.

Upon reaching adulthood, Zeus masqueraded as Cronus' cupbearer. Once he had been established as a servant of Cronus, the gave Zeus a mixture of mustard and wine which would cause Cronus to vomit out his swallowed children, now grown. After freeing his siblings as well as the Hecatonchires and Cyclopes, Zeus led them in rebellion against the Titans.

Zeus then waged a war against his father with his disgorged brothers and sisters as allies: , , , , and . Zeus released the Hecatonchires and the Cyclopes from the earth (where they had been imprisoned by Cronus) and they allied with him as well. The Hecatonchires hurled stones. The Cyclopes forged for Zeus his iconic thunder and lightning, for Poseidon his trident and for Hades a Helmet of darkness. Fighting on the other side allied with Cronus were the other Titans with the important exception of and her son who allied with Zeus ( for , is the mother of Prometheus). was second in command after Cronus. The war lasted ten years, but eventually Zeus and the other Olympians won. had the important Titans imprisoned in much like did to his father, and the Hecatonchires were made their guards. Atlas was given the special punishment of holding up the sky. In some accounts, when Zeus became secure in his power he relented and gave the Titans their freedom.

relates the Titanomachy differently: "After Hera saw that , born of a concubine, ruled such a great kingdom (Egypt), she saw to it that he should be killed while hunting, and encouraged the Titans to drive Zeus from the kingdom and restore it to Cronus (). When they tried to mount heaven, with the help of , , and , cast them headlong into Tartarus. On Atlas, who had been their leader, he put the vault of the sky; even now he is said to hold up the sky on his shoulders."

The describes how following their victory, the three brothers divided the world amongst themselves: Zeus was given domain over the sky and the air and was recognized as ruler (also known as the Sky Father). Poseidon was given the sea and all the waters, whereas Hades was given the Underworld, the realm of the dead. Each of the other gods were allotted duties according to the nature and proclivities of each. The earth was left common to all to do as they pleased, even to run counter to one another, unless the brothers (Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades) were called to intervene.

as the war ended the grecko gods Zeus became the king of the sky, Poseidon king of the seas, and Hades and the king of the underworld