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less developed siblings whose lives were short yet filled with so much passion, both good and bad.
     
    Gaia was the Earth, worshipped by all, human and mythical creatures alike.  She was sacred across the lands. Gaia, also called Mother Earth , bore Uranus, the sky and starry heavens without congress.  She later bore Pontus, the sea.  She took her son Uranus as husband and their joining was sacred, marry ing together the Earth and the H eavens.  With Uranus, she bore Acheron, the God of Rivers, Python, the twelve Titans, the one-eyed Cyclops, and the three Hecatonchires, the hundred handed. After these children, Gaia later bore oth er children including unicorns and dragons however, her labors were terrible.  During her labor, the mo untains rose; the valleys shaped, and in her pain, deep crevices bore the marks of her children’s birth.  Her labor gave way to the fundamental formation of the corporeal world. 
     
T he Titans
 
    Of the wombs and loins of the original elements sprang forth creatures with quite human emotions.  They were not evil nor good, they were the elements of balance , springing forth from the originals.  The titans were the children of the Earth and the Heavens and with their birth; they came into being as sibling pairs.
     
    Oceanus, Father of River Gods, gave rise to hundreds of species of Oceanids with his bride Tethys, Goddess of the Fertile Ocean.  She bore three thousand children including the sea nymphs. They were a giving, festive, and joyous lot, bequeathing a bounty of fish to the land dwellers.  Tethys visited the fresh water springs and lakes leaving gifts of nature’s beauty to the land dwellers.   Oceanus and Tethys also created Clymene, Goddess of Fame and Infamy.
     
    Hyperion took to wife the timid Thea.  Together they created Helios, the Sun, Selene, the Moon, and Eos, the D awn.   Thea also conceived the Cercopes, the trickster monkeys.
     
    Iapetus, Father of Mankind took care of the powerful mountains and was husband to Themis, one of the two Earth Goddesses.  Themis was the stern Goddess of Order and Justice, as well as an oracle.  Iapetus and Themis brought into being Atla s, Epimetheus, Prometheus, and M enoetius.  Themis was also Zeus’s second consort where she bore him Horae.
     
    Crius, t he Ram, took to wife Mnemosyne, the Goddess of Memory who bore Eurybia and Astraeus.   In an act of betrayal, Zeus seduce d Mnemosyne , who bore Zeus the nine Muses. 
     
    Coeus, God of Intelligence and Deep Searching Questions married Pheobe, Goddess of Wise Counsel and Thoughtful Replies.   Their daughters were Asteria and Leto.
     
    Cronus was the youngest of the Titans.  A fter castrating his Father Uranus, he became the Father of the Gods.  With Uranus retreating into the unknown, Cronus and his consort Rhea, Mother of the Gods, became the first true monarchs of the Gods.  However, according to the Fates, history would repeat itself and the age of peace and prosperity that civilized the world for thousands of years was to end as Cronus was destined to bear the same fate as his father.  Cronus and Rhea fathered Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia.  Prophecy claimed that as his father before him, his children would overthrow him.  To avoid the fate of his father, Cronus ate all his children but one, Zeus.  Rhea tricked Cronus into swallowing a stone so Zeus escaped his sibling’s fate.
     
    The War of the Gods
     
    It was told Uranus was terrified, shamed, and disgusted with the unsightly children Gaia bore him so he locked them deep in the bowels of the Earth.  Gaia endured the pain of carrying her monstrous children and the burden of heartbreak for losing them.  She begged her Titan sons to free her children and rid her of her pain.  They were frightened to go against Uranus, but one rose to the challenge, the youngest of her children, Cronus. 
     
    Gaia created a sickle for her youngest out of elements and celestial magic that could slay