So this is what I learned in myth yesterday while reading my textbook

This is how the world began (according to the Greeks)

Chaos came first, then Earth and then the Sky

All 3 have names but I rather not mention it because everyone understands what chaos, earth and sky are.

Earth and Sky get it on but apparently Earth gave birth to Sky out of unknown powers LOL They have kids which are Titans but Sky said he didn't want any more kids. They have 2 more kids called Cyclopes and Hecatonchires (hundred-handers) but Sky got angry so he sent them both into the ground below the surface of Earth (which is like a dungeon) called Tartarus. Earth got mad at Sky so she sent forth her youngest child Cronus to cut off his genitals with a sickle. He succeeds LOL

So Cronus is the next generation. He marries his sister Rhea and have kids like Zeus, Hades, Hermes etc etc But a prophecy tells him that one of his children wi usurp the throne and become superior than him. So he decides to eat all his children. Rhea (the wife/sister) goes to Crete and hides her last child in a cave where he is nurtured and cared for by nurses etc She returns back to Cronus and wraps a stone to look like a baby. Stupid Cronus swallowed the stone.

And then Zeus being the youngest wanted his father to vomit out all the kids so he drugged him with a drink and out they came from his mouth. They refer Zeus as the father of the gods even though he was the youngest but because he was born out first, he's known as the oldest and protector of the gods.

THEN ZEUS LOL marries Metis and he gets the same fear from his children so instead he swallows his wife. He receives a massive headache and is helped by a guy called Hephaistos. Hephaistos grabs an axe and smacks it on Zeus' head and out came Athena!

Hoorah many more myths to read and remember. It's interesting but there's so many steps and reasons as to why these Gods became Gods and what they ruled etc. BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO READ ABOUT MEDUSA


Friday, August 9, 2013 12:23 PM