The Creation Story

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The Creation Story
the creation story
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In the beginning
there was
Chaos
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NIGHT
DEATH
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LOVE
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From Love
came
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light
and
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earth
Known as
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Mother Earth
Gaea
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Gaea united with one of her offspring, Uranus,
the sky.
and
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Frightening offspring were born to them
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Hecatonchires(100-handed monsters)

• Briareus the Vigorous
• Cottus the Furious
• Gyges the Big-Limbed

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The Cyclopes

• Huge beings each with only one eye in the middle
  of their foreheads. They were great builders and
  smiths.

Uranus hated these creatures and imprisoned them
in the center of the earth.
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The 12 Titans

• Males
• Oceanus
• Coeus
• Hyperion
• Crius
• Iapetus
• Cronus

• Females
• Tethys
• Rhea
• Themis
• Mnemosyne
• Phoebe
• Thia

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Gaea, wishing to free her children and vent her
wrath upon Uranus for his treatment of her
offspring, enlisted the aid of Cronus, her Titan
son. With a weapon similar to a sickle, Cronus
wounded his father. From the blood and wounded
parts sprang up a strange collection of beings
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Gigantes
Erinyes
Aphrodite
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Cronus, the new Lord of the Universe, took his
sister Rhea for his bride.
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When Cronus defeated Uranus, becoming lord of the
universe, Uranus prophesied that Cronus children
would in turn overthrow him.
Thus, Cronus swallowed each of his children as
soon as they were born.
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Rhea tricked Cronus. She hid her last baby and
gave Cronus a rock to swallow instead.
Zeus grew up in the care of nymphs on Mt. Ida.
The goat Amalthea provided him with milk, and one
of her horns was later presented by Zeus to the
nymphs.
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When the time was right, Zeus came back. He gave
his father a poison drink which made Cronus
violently ill.
He vomited up his children, who were now fully
grown . . .
. . . AND ANGRY!
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Children of Cronus and Rhea
Males
Hades
Poseidon
Zeus
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Children of Cronus and Rhea
Females
Hestia
Demeter
Hera
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Other Olympians
Aphrodite
Artemis
Athena
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Hephaestus
Hermes
Apollo
Ares
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WAR BETWEEN THE TTITANS AND GODS
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Zeus - Supreme God God of the Sky Poseidon -
God of the Sea Hades - God of the Underworld
ALL HAVE POWER ON EARTH
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CREATION OF MAN
The Metals Theory
_Golden Race_______________________________ The
Silver Race_____________________________ The
Bronze Race____________________________ The Age
of Heroes___________________________ The Iron
Race______________________________
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creation of man and animals
The Story of Prometheus and Epimetheus
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creation of animals
Epimetheus
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creation of man
Prometheus
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