In the Beginning of Greek myth.

the story of Gaia and Uranus

In the Beginning of Greek myth.

(The tale of Uranus & Gaia, and the creation of all)

The story of creation, as told in Greek myth begins with chaos giving birth to Gaia, the earth. With no lover the earth mother brought Uranus, the sky, into creation. The earth and sky were fruitful, they gave birth to the Titans, the Cyclopes, and the Hundred-hands. Uranus was pleased with his titan children and showed them favore over the others. The Cyclopes and hundred-hands he imprisoned deep in the earth, back into Gaia’s womb.

A mother by nature loves her children, the earth mother was no different. In her anger of the treatment of her children by Uranus, Gaia forges a razor sharp sickle out of flint. Only the youngest of the Titans answered her call to punish the sky, clever Cronos. The lord of time waited for his father to lie with his mother, and then he ambushed Uranus, cutting off his manhood and tossing it into the sea.

The castrated sky is said to have either died from his wounds, or at least retreated forever from the earth. From the detached sex-organ, the goddess of love was created, Aphrodite. The blood spilt of the sky gave birth to the ash-nymphs of Melos, the giants of Greek mythology- Gigantes, and the Erinyes or Furries .

Cronos, after defeating his father, became the new supreme deity. The Titan lord locked away the Cyclopes and Hundred-hands in Tartarus, the hell of Hades. The god of lightning Zeus would later alie with these creatures against his father  Cronos and the other titans in the battle for control of the universe, this is known as the Titanic battle. That is a story for another time however.

Author's Note

this is how the myth goes, part of a youtube project i've started to make learning the oldest stories easy.

Reviews

[SM Davis]

The castrated sky… love it! You haven’t lost your touch old friend. 100 daisies!

[Just Me]

Aphrodite was born after Cronos was defeated:
Once Zeus had freed his brothers (Hades, Poseidon) and his sisters (Hestia, Demeter, Hera) from Cronos they all battled the Titans. When the battle was over many Titans were thrown into Tartarus, others were given punishments (Atlas holds the sky on his shoulders for example), and others were killed. Cronos was one of the Titans killed by Zeus and his remains were tossed into the ocean. And Aphrodite was born from the sea foam and his remains.
Other than the Aphrodite portion of this, I wouldn't be surprised if that is how Cronos defeated Uranus because I never knew that part of the story. I've only ever known that he was defeated and that Cronos took his place.

[Roger Ferguson II]

while that too is true, this is also a myth believed and told by the greeks. I have heard both and you will find that often myths tend to overlap and contradict. this is a less known myth. I used multiple sources when writing this myth so my facts are in order. in most tails the goddess is the oldest of the gods, as she is in my telling.
According to Hesiod's Theogony, she was born when Cronus cut off Uranus' genitals and threw them into the sea, and from the sea foam (aphros) arose Aphrodite. Thus Aphrodite is of an older generation than Zeus.
I also used my encyclopedia of greek mythology, a book on greek myths, and many webpages.
If you read Rick Roridan's books, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, heroes of Olympus. he too uses this creation myth, but is aware that there are multiple myths on the same thing.
Greek myths are my passion, i have studied it for years.

[bellaswan]

oh wow he castrated his own father?

[samtheman]

s**t i never knew

[Junert]

I've always loved greek mythology. And this is great knowledge.

[Androglossia]

Mythology was my first love. I found it highly exceptional and remarkably beautiful. It's like a world within our world. This is a great start. Keep it up:)

[Yheela]

I'm a big fan of Greek myth.
They were so creative and laid back when it came to their gods.

You've captured their beginning very well.

[lord brandon]

this was interesting, but greek myths arent my thing

[Roger Ferguson II]

thank you