In the beginning there was Gaea. She has existed so long that no one, not even the gods, know how or when she was formed. She was, however, a lonely goddess, and desolate. In time Ouranos came to be, and they quickly fell in love. The conceived a multitude of children. At first there were the Cyclopes, strong one-eyed behemoths who were master smiths. Then were born strange creatures with fifty heads and a hundred arms. Finally came the Titans, gods of great beauty and strength. The embrace of Ouranos' embrace was so great, that the children were trapped in the earth's womb.
Gaea grew angry with Ouranos; she did not want him to be her master. So she created a sickle and gave it to the Titans. Only Chronus, the youngest of the Titans had the courage to do it. He took the sickle and cut off his father's penis, separating the earth from the sky. It is said that from his blood came the furies, raging goddesses who punished murderers.
After she was free Gaea created Pontus, the great seas, and took him as her next lover. From this union sprang the forests and animals, as well as the first men.
Chronus took the position of ruler of the earth. He took Rhea, the Titaness as his wife. Under him man flourished, and people lived in harmony. He did not set his brothers, the Cyclops free, and this angered Gaea. She knew that his son would overthrow him, just as he had. Unfortunately he was warned by an oracle of just this fact, so he swallowed his offspring as soon as they were born.
When Rhea was carrying her sixth child she pleaded to mother earth for help. Gaea heeded her plea and gave her this advice. She was to wrap a rock on swabbing as if it were a child, and send her real son away. Chronus, thinking the rock was his son would swallow it. Zeus, her son, was whisked away to the island of Crete, where he was raised my nymphs and nursed by the magical goat Amaltheia who's horns spouted ambrosia and nectar. On Crete he took Metis as his wife. Metis advised Zeus that he needed allies of his own to overthrow Chronus. Metis gave Chronus a potion that would induce vomiting, so he threw up Zeus's five siblings. Chronus fled in fear of these new gods. Zeus then freed the other sons of Gaea, the Cyclops and hundred-armed beasts. Grateful, the Cyclopes forged gifts for the gods, a trident for Poseidon, a cap of invisibility for Hades, and greatest of all Thunderbolts for Zeus.
The other Titans were not so frightened, and they revolted, except for Prometheus and Epimetheus left to join the new gods. A battle ensued, but the Titans were defeated. They were cast into Tartarus, the deepest prison in earth, and the hundred-armed monsters stood at the gates to make sure they never escaped. Atlas, the strongest Titan, was sent to the end of the earth to carry it on his back.
Angry with Zeus that he cast her other offspring into Tartarus, she sent two monsters against him, Typhon and Echidna. The gods were routed, but Zeus made a stand. When Typhon picked up Mount Aetna to throw at the gods, Zeus hit it with a thunderbolt, trapping Typhon inside. Seeing this, Echidna retreated to a cave, where she gave birth to six monsters, with their own stories surrounding them.
Finally the world was at peace. The Cyclops were also masons, and build a splendid palace on Mount Olympus for the gods. Iris, the messenger created a rainbow bridge from the top of Mount Olympus to the ground for the gods to travel. The wounds of battle healed, and the earth was reborn.
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