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How Greek Gods Were Born by Josh V

Thousands of years ago,people worshipped hundreds of gods. There were three main groups of gods. There was the Roman, Egyptian, and Greek. You will be learning about the Greek gods.

According to Greek myths, Earth was a lonely young planet, with mountains, lakes, streams, ravines, and many other things. The only thing she lacked was company, for there was nothing alive on her besides the plants. That all changed the day she met Uranus, lord of the universe.

They began to like each other, and soon Earth became Mother Earth by giving birth to 12 children. She called them the Titans. Before the Titans, she had given birth to other children. They were the Cyclopes and the hundred-handed ones. Uranus was disgusted with the look of them. He then banished them into Tartarus, the deepest part of Mother Earth.

Mother Earth was angry with him for that. To her, her children were perfect. So when she had the Titans, she asked the boys if they would take down their father. They all said no, except Cronos, the youngest Titan. Mother Earth then forged him a sythe and sent him on his way.

Cronos defeated his father and was then lord of the universe.He didn't free the hundred-handed ones and cyclopes either. Once again Mother Earth grew angry. Cronos didn't care and soon married one of his sisters. His wife had five children, but Mother Earth and Cronos both knew that one of his children would take down Cronos, the way he had done to his own father. So he ate all of his children his wife had to solve the problem. All but one.

It turns out that his wife was expecting a sixth baby and asked Mother Earth for help, for she was sick of Cronos eating her babies. Mother Earth was hoping she would ask, so she gave her some advice. Then she walked away smiling.

When she had her baby, and Cronos came to eat him, she took the baby and hid him in a cave. Then she took a rock and wrapped it in baby clothes to make Cronos think it was a baby. Well, he certainly thought it was. He took one huge gulp and down went the rock. While Cronos was ruling the universe, a young god was being raised in that cave. His name was Zeus.

Well, baby Zeus cried a lot, so Mother Earth put some noisy earth sprites outside the cave so that Cronos would never know that Zues wasn't in his stomach. Finally, when he was a young man, he strode out of that cave for the first time in years. He was going to face Cronos. But first he needed more people to join his side. Some people like his brothers and sisters.

He figured out a way to bring them back. A few days after he had thought of the plan, he tried it. First he disguised himself as a merchant and gave Cronos a mixture of wine and mustard and told him that if he drank it he would be invincible. He believed him and drank it. But it was so terrible tasting that BLAH!!!! he threw up. He threw up his 3 sisters, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia. He also threw up his 2 brothers, Posidon, Hades, and even the rock! They immediately joined Zeus. Cronos knew his time was up and fled, surrendering his powers.The other Titans did not want to be ruled by Zeus. They wanted Cronos. So, as a result, They declared war.

The gods and the Titans fought a brutal battle, but in the end, the gods won. They also had let the Cyclopes and The Hundred Handed Ones. They were part of the reason they won the war. So they put the Titans in Tartarus and let the Hundred Handed Ones keep guard. Mother Earth was now mad with Zeus for putting the Titans in there. She sent the most horrible monsters after them. At first they fled, But suddenly Zeus stopped an turned to fight. With Zeus' lead, the gods took down a monster, while the other one fled to a cave.They won the battle and became the rulers of the universe.

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