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he was told by an oracle that one of his sons would overthrow him so he "killed" them. but one day his wife hid her son and gave him a rock wrapped in a blanket instead. the boy hidden was Zeus and did overthrow his father and made him throw up his brothers and sisters
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∙ 14y agoDemeter, Hera, Hades, Hestia, and Poseidon. He tried to devour Zeus also but his mother Rhea prevented that with a trick. She gave a stone wrapped in clothes and said that it was Zeus, Cronus ate it and Zeus was hidden in a cave on mount Ida.
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∙ 12y agoCronus is the Titan god of time, that which consumes is destructive: thus the eating of Hera (Air), Demeter (Earth), Poseidon (Sea), Hades (Death), Hestia (Fire) - represents times continuing cycle despite these powerful natural forces that his children represented.
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∙ 14y agoYes, he swallowed Hera, Demeter, Hestia, Poseidon, and Hades whole. Rhea tricked him into swallowing a rock in baby clothes instead of Zeus.
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What is Poseidon's original myth?
That he was nearly eaten after his birth by his father, the Titan Cronus. However, he was saved by his mother Rhea, who concealed him among a flock of lambs and pretended to have given birth to a colt, which she gave to Cronus to devour.
What kind of sentences can you make with the word devour?
You won't believe how fast the children will devour that cake!
Is Posiden the son of Cronus or Gaia?
Poseidon is the son of Cronus and Rhea. Who are children of Gaia.
Which of Cronus children did he not eat?
Zeus
Who isThe father of Zeus and who swallowed his children?
Cronus is the father of Zeus. Cronus swallowed his own children. But Rhea saved Zeus and hid him from Cronus so he wouldn't swallow him. Rhea gave cronus a rock wrapped in cloth instead of Zeus so Cronus swallowed the rock.
Which child was hidden by Cronus?
Cronus didn't hide any children. It was his father, Uranus, who hid Cronus' brothers, Hecatonchires and Cyclopes.
Why did Cronus swallow Hades?
Why did cronus swallow his children? Let ME explain this better. Cronus was told that the next son he would have would kill him and rule the gods. So, cronus ate his 5 children. But his wife hid the last child and gave cronus a rock instead of Zues and when he was old enough he had metis create a potion that would make cronus spit up the children he had swallowed. After the gods/godesses were out of cronus they all fought him. The titans helped cronus. The ttans were sent to tartarus where they would be punished forever and Cronus was killed.
What were Cronus and his siblings called?
Cronus was a titan. He had children which were gods whom he ate to save his power. Luckily his wife saved one son, Zeus, who later made Cronus vomit up the other children.
Who swallowed 5 of his children when they were born?
Cronus!
Who swallowed his own children and a stone?
Cronus
Who created the castration of Cronus?
It wasn't cronus who got castrated it was his father Uranus. It was the plan of Gaia.She did not want her children to suffer so she told cronus what to do.
What is the story of hades birth?
Hades and his siblings were the children of Cronus and Rheia. Since Cronus heard that his children would destroy him, he ate them after Rheia gave birth to them. When Zeus was born, Rheia gave Cronus a rock to eat, and he threw up the children he had already consumed. One of these upchucked children was Hades.
