Chronos

Cronus: The God of Time | Titans of Greek Mythology

Cronos in ancient Greek religion, a male deity who was venerated by the population.
pre-Hellenic Greece, but probably not very venerated by the Greeks themselves; more
Later, he identified himself with the Roman god Saturn.

The functions of Cronus were related to agriculture; in Attica, his festival, the Kronia,
he celebrated the harvest and resembled the Saturnalia. In art, he was depicted as an old man who
held a sickle, probably originally a sickle but interpreted as a harpe, or
curved sword.
It can also be known as Kronos, depending on the English translation, and as
It is common to find Cronos being confused with Chronus, the Primordial god of
Time.
Who was Cronos?
In Greek mythology, (/ˈkroʊ nəs/ or /ˈkroʊ nɒ s/, US: /-oʊ s/, from Greek: Κρόνος, Krónos), he was the
leader and the youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of Uranus,
sky, and Gaia, the earth.
He overthrew his father and was the one who ruled during the mythological Golden Age, until his own
son of Zeus was overthrown and imprisoned in Tartarus. According to Plato, however, the deities Forcus,
Cronus and Rhea were the eldest children of Oceanus and Tethys.

Now he became the king of the Titans, and took his sister Rhea as his consort; she gave birth to
light for him Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon, all of whom he swallowed because of his own
parents had warned him that he would be overthrown by his own son.
The Story of Cronos
According to Greek mythology, at the beginning there was nothing. This was called Chaos. From this nothing came forth the
light, Mother Earth (Gaia) and the Sky (Uranus) were formed. From Gaia and Uranus came six twins.
known as the Titans. The six twin Titans were named Oceanus, Tethys, Coeus,
Phoebe, Hyperion and Thea, Creos, Themis, Iapetus, Clymene, and finally Cronus and Rhea.
Gaia and Uranus also gave birth to three Cyclopes, three giants, each with fifty heads.
and a hundred arms. Uranus did not like his offspring, so he forced them to return to the womb of
his mother.
The pain of carrying numerous children enraged Gaia, and she made a plan to take revenge on
Uranus. He called on the Titans to help him. The youngest, Cronus (master of time), came.
with her help. With her mother's help, she created a sickle and cut off her father's genitals when
he came to be with his mother.
Cronus threw the severed genitals into the sea. According to some versions of the myth, the part of the blood
that fell to the earth created all kinds of terrifying offshoots.

After defeating his father, he married his sister Rhea. The two had six children: Hestia,
Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Cronos, after each birth, would swallow the
first five children due to a prophecy that one of her sons would rise up to overthrow him. Rhea
he deceived Cronos with one of his children.

Zeus, instead of giving Cronos the child, gave him a stone wrapped in a blanket. He swallowed it believing that
it was the baby. Rhea then hid the baby Zeus on the island of Crete to be raised by the nymphs.
Later, Zeus would return to defeat his father in the battle between the Olympians and the Titans.
The family tree of Cronos. The parents of Kronos were two of the oldest figures in all of
Greek mythology: Uranus (the deified personification of the sky) and Gaia (the personification
deified of the Earth.
Therefore, their parents were very important, as were the king and queen of the Universe. The children
This couple of cosmic power was called the Titans. There were twelve, and Cronos was the youngest.
Uranus hated his children and hid them in the Underworld. Gaia could not stand this and began to
conspire with your children to defeat the king of the cosmos.

All the Titans were too afraid of Uranus to fight him, except for Cronos. Cronos
He took an iron sickle made by Gaia and attacked Uranus, castrating him. With that, Uranus was overthrown.
Cronos and Rhea took the throne as the new king and queen of the Universe.

Meaning of the name Cronos

Because his name was often confused with the Greek word for time, Chronos, it was
a stew represented as Old Father Time, with whom, conveniently, he shared little.
characteristics: mercy, a beard, and a scythe. In fact, in many cases, the two are
visually indistinguishable.
What powers did Cronos have?
Cronos was the King of the Titans and the god of time, particularly when he was seen as a
destructive and devouring force. Generally, it is described as a tall and powerful being that handles
a scythe. It possessed extreme strength and endurance, which can be attributed to its enormous size.
As King of the Titans, he is one of the most powerful, and his strength, durability, resistance and
resistance is almost as great, if not completely equal to that of Atlas. It was also the only one
Titan brave enough to confront his father Ouranos, dismember him and
become the new ruler of the world.
Cronos and the stages of creation
Cronos played a crucial role in the creation of the known universe, first as a rebel against
Uranus, then like the tyrant against whom Zeus directed his rebellion.
Chronos Rule: The Golden Age
After seizing power, Cronus married his sister Rhea and, for a time, everything seemed
Perfect. Finally, freed from her burdens, Gaea became happy again and more than generous,
producing harvests for all human beings by itself. Despite the efforts and the
hard work, humans lived carefree and healthy lives that ended peacefully and
only when they were very old.
Some say that even the gods themselves walked among humans during the reign of
Cronos. Undoubtedly, this was the Golden Age, the most beautiful of the five legendary ages.
of man. However, at some point, Cronos violently and dramatically changed his form
to act.
Fearing a rebellion, he imprisoned both the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires in Tartarus and
he ordered the dragon Campe to protect them. Alarmed by a prophecy that said he would be
overthrown by one of his sons, he began to swallow them all, one by one. Seeing that her husband,
essentially, she has transformed into Uranus, after becoming pregnant with her sixth child,
Rhea went to Gaia seeking help.
Wife of Cronos
Cronus would later marry his sister Rhea, also a goddess of the Earth, who was part
of the Titans. It had a temple on the Greek island of Crete in Phaistos, an ancient Minoan site.
Sons of Cronos
Hera, Hestia, Demeter, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Additionally, Aphrodite was born from his severed member.
that Zeus threw into the sea. None of his children were particularly close to him, Zeus was the one who was closest.
I interacted with him, but even then, that was only to castrate his father like himself.
Cronus had done it with his own father, Uranus.
Symbols or attributes of Cronos
Without a distinguishing symbol; sometimes part of the zodiac is shown in the image, the ring of symbols
from the stars. In his old man form, he usually has an exceptionally long beard
long and can carry a cane. It was normally represented with a harp, a scythe or a sickle,
What was the instrument he used to castrate and depose of Uranus, his father.