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Cronus, in Greek mythology, was born to the primordial deities Uranus (the sky) and Gaia (the earth). He was the youngest of the Titans and played a crucial role in the overthrow of his father, Uranus, driven by a desire for power. Cronus later became the ruler of the Titans, but his reign was marked by fear of being overthrown by his own children, leading to his infamous act of swallowing them at birth. This cycle of betrayal and power struggles is central to the mythological narrative surrounding Cronus and his lineage.

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Did Poseidon fear Cronus?

Quite possibly, as Cronus the father of Poseidon swallowed him shortly after birth.


How did hades come to be?

If you mean birth, Cronus and Rhea.


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.


What is Zeus notable birth?

Zeus was born by the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Cronus was notorious for being a very jealous and greedy deity. Out of the fear one of his children could take his throne, Cronus swallowed every child Rhea was giving birth to. However, when Rhea gave birth to her last child, Zeus, she managed to trick Cronus with the help of the Titans Uranus and Gaea. She gave her husband a rock in swaddling clothes to swallow, as a substitution to her child, and sent Zeus away to the Greek island of Crete. Special daemons named "Curetes" made noise by hitting their shields, so that Cronus would to not hear the cries of the baby.


What did Cronus do to all of his children?

Cronus, fearing that his children would overthrow him as he had overthrown his father, swallowed each of them at birth. This included Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon. However, his wife Rhea saved their youngest child, Zeus, by hiding him and giving Cronus a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes instead. Eventually, Zeus forced Cronus to regurgitate his siblings, leading to a rebellion against Cronus and the Titans.

Related Questions

Did Poseidon fear Cronus?

Quite possibly, as Cronus the father of Poseidon swallowed him shortly after birth.


How did hades come to be?

If you mean birth, Cronus and Rhea.


Did Poseidon have a normal birth?

Rhea gave birth to him normally, but than Cronus swallowed him.


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 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.


When did Cronus eat Poseidon?

At the birth of Poseidon when the babe was shown to him by Rhea, his wife.


What is Hera's origins?

First there was chaos then Gaia and uranus came and then there is Cronus and his brood then Cronus's wife (Rhea) gave birth to six children and one of them was Hera.


Hades' method of birth?

He was born the usual way by his mother Rhea.


When was the god cronus born?

Cronus was the last born of the twelve Titans, children of Gaia and Ouranos. The year/date of birth for him and other Greek gods or goddesses are not told.


Did hades and poseidon become gods before they got eaten?

Rhea and Cronus, their parents, were the ruling Titan god and goddess; they were deities at birth, and they were swallowed whole by Cronus, not eaten.


Hades the god of under world birth or origin?

Hades was born to the Titans Cronus and Rhea.


Why was chiron created?

In Greek myth, his birth was a affair between Cronus and Philyra, a daughter of Oceanus.