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By Sam Morrow, 6

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 Cronus’ father was Uranus, ancient god of the sky
and the heavens.
 Uranus had many children, the titans, with Gaia
(earth), his wife and mother.
 Fearing their power, he
sent them to tartarus
(the abyss), deep within
Gaia . Here the titans
were trapped for many
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 Gaia’s children pained her while trapped within.
 She constructed a powerful scythe and begged her
children to use it to kill Uranus.
 Only one of them,
Cronus, could do it.
 He took the scythe and
killed Uranus with it,
then took Uranus’s
place as lord of the
universe.
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 Cronus, now the ruler of the universe, married his
sister, Rhea (mother of the gods).
 Together, they had six
powerful children named
Hades, Demeter, Poseidon,
Hestia, Hera, and Zeus.
 These children were to
become more powerful than
even the titans themselves,
so Cronus tried to stop them.
 To prevent his children from overthrowing him,
each time one was born he devoured it.
 Hating to see her babies eaten, Rhea had her last
child, Zeus, in private.
 When he asked for the baby godling,
Rhea gave Cronus a rock wrapped in
blanket instead.
 The real Zeus matured, then cut open
Cronus’ stomach, saving the other
gods. They waged war on the titans
and won when Zeus cut Cronus apart
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with his own scythe.

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Uranus

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Rhea CRONUS

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Hades Poseidon Zeus

Hestia Demeter Hera

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