2007-01-22 22:57:07 · 10 answers · asked by jinni 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Cronus, in Greek mythology, ruler of the universe during the Golden Age. He was one of the 12 Titans and the youngest son of Uranus and Gaea, the personifications of heaven and earth. The first sons of his parents were the three Hecatonchires, the 100-handed, 50-headed monsters whom Uranus had imprisoned in a secret place. Gaea sought to rescue them and appealed for help from her other offspring, including the Cyclopes. Cronus alone accepted the challenge. He attacked Uranus and wounded him severely; Cronus thus became the ruler of the universe.
Cronus and his sister-queen, Rhea, became the parents of 6 of the 12 gods and goddesses known as the Olympians. Cronus had been warned that he would be overthrown by one of his children, and he swallowed each of his first five children as soon as it was born. Rhea, however, substituted a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes for their sixth child, Zeus. Zeus was hidden in Crete (Kríti), and when he was grown, with the aid of Gaea, forced Cronus to disgorge the other five children together with the stone. The stone was later removed to Delphi. Zeus and his five brothers and sisters waged war on Cronus and the other Titans. Zeus was aided by the Hecatonchires and the Cyclopes, whom he freed from the prison where they were kept by Cronus. Cronus and the Titans were thereafter confined in Tartarus, a cave in the deepest part of the underworld. The Roman counterpart of Cronus is Saturn, the god of sowing and seed.
2007-01-22 23:23:49 · answer #1 · answered by tmprrlyTrysta 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kronos and Rhea, the titan king and queen, are their parents. Kronos swallowed all but Zeus as babies. After Zeus was born, his mother hid them. He quickly grew to a man, freed his siblings and led a war against the titans for control of the universe. Since the titans are immortal, he couldn't kill them, but could only confine them. If I remember my mythology correctly, Kronos is trapped beneath a large mountain. Atlas was also a Titan - he was forced to hold up the heavens.
2007-01-23 07:09:34 · answer #2 · answered by kati9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kronos
2007-01-23 12:11:27 · answer #3 · answered by MMM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kronos, king of the Titans, mothered by Rhea, his wife
2007-01-23 07:01:59 · answer #4 · answered by the atomic penguin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chronos, otherwise known as Saturn. The mother is Rhea.
2007-01-23 07:09:26 · answer #5 · answered by darth_maul_8065 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chronos.
2007-01-23 11:52:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kronos is correct.
2007-01-23 07:03:57 · answer #7 · answered by sschlee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
earth
2007-01-23 07:02:25 · answer #8 · answered by ajaj_desai 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well... the answer is...Kronos...saturn (mother Rhea)
................regards pari...............
2007-01-23 08:03:50 · answer #9 · answered by pari 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't look @ me.
2007-01-23 07:05:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋