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Mythology 101
According to
Goddess Ruxton
First, there was…
CHAOS = A DARK NOTHINGNESS!
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MOTHER EARTH
EMERGED
SHE FORMED THE
WORLD
AND HAD A
INTERESTING WAY OF
DOING IT …
MOTHER EARTH PRODUCED A
SON NAMED URANUS
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URANUS WAS THE
SKY
THINGS WERE GOOD
AND THEN …
THEY HAD KIDS
TOGETHER!!!
APPARENTLY THE
GREEKS WEREN’T
BOTHERED BY THIS!
RAIN FELL FROM THE SKY AND
PLANTS GREW …
AND ANIMALS APPEARED FROM
THE RIVERS AND THE SEAS …
NEXT, MANY STRANGELY SHAPED
MONSTERS AND GIANTS WERE
BORN …
AMONG THESE WERE THE
CYCLOPES!
BUT URANUS WAS A JERK AND
TREATED THE CYCLOPES BADLY!
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HE BANISHED
THEM TO THE
“UNDERWORLD”!
LATER SOME HUMAN-SHAPED
TITANS/GIANTS WERE BORN …
REALLY BIG
NO – NOT THOSE
FOLK! TITANS!!!
MONSTER-LIKE
THESE TITANS BECAME THE
FIRST GODS AND GODDESSES!
BUT MOTHER NATURE WAS NOT
A HAPPY CAMPER …
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SHE WAS STILL
BITTER FROM THE
BANISHING
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SHE ENCOURAGED
THE TITANS, LED BY
CRONOS, TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT
IT!
ALL “UNDERWORLD” BROKE
LOOSE!
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CRONOS KILLED
URANUS WITH A
SICKLE!
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HE TOOK OVER ALL
POWER!
AS URANUS FELL … THE WORLD
CHANGED!
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THREE DROPS OF
URANUS FELL AND
FORMED ERINYES (a.k.a.
FURIES)
THESE WERE SPIRITS OF
REVENGE!
THEY HOUNDED
MURDERERS –
ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT
KILLED A RELATIVE! 
YET ANOTHER DROP FELL INTO
THE SEA AND …
APHRODITE
WAS BORN!
(THE GODDESS OF BEAUTY)
CRONOS THEN MARRIED HIS
SISTER AND THEY HAD FIVE KIDS
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CRONOS WAS TOLD THAT
ONE OF HIS KIDS WOULD LATER
KILL HIM SO …
HE SWALLOWED EACH ONE AS IT
WAS BORN!!!
MOTHER NATURE DECIDED SHE
HAD TO SAVE HER SIXTH CHILD
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TRICKED CRONOS
INTO SWALLOWING A
STONE WRAPPED IN
BABY CLOTHES
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THE 6TH CHILD (ZEUS)
WAS HIDDEN AND
SPARED!
WHEN ZEUS GOT OLDER …
WAS ON HIS MIND!
ZEUS POISONED CRONOS!
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HE RETURNED HOME
IN DISGUISE
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SLIPPED A POTION
INTO HIS DRINK
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AND WATCHED HIM
CHOKE!
SUDDENLY, SOMETHING WEIRD
HAPPENED …
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ALL OF THE KIDS
CRONOS
SWALLOWED …
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CAME OUT!!!
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HESTIA, DEMETER,
HERA, HADES &
POSEIDON WERE
BACK!
AS A RESULT, A BIG BATTLE
HAPPENED AND IT WAS …
ZEUS & COMPANY
CRONOS & MOST
OF THE TITANS
WHEN THE FIGHT WAS OVER
ZEUS WAS VICTORIOUS!
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ZEUS BANISHED ALL
THE TITANS AND …
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TO PROVE A POINT,
MADE ATLAS, A
TITAN, HOLD UP THE
HEAVENS FOR
EVERMORE!
NEW JOBS WERE FORMED:
ZEUS
HADES/PLUTO
POSEIDON
MOUNT OLYMPUS BECAME HOME
FOR THE GODS …
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ACTUAL MOUNTAIN IN
GREECE
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VERY REMOTE & HIGH SO
ANCIENT GREEKS
BELIEVED IT WAS HOME
OF GODS
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TRANSFORMATION TO
IMAGINARY PLACE ABOVE
EARTH
AND THEN THERE WERE
WEDDING BELLS…
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ZEUS MARRIED HERA
(HIS SISTER!)
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BECAME KING &
QUEEN
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LIVED ATOP MOUNT
OLYMPUS
EARTH & THE GODS/GODDESSES
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HUMANS INHABITED
THE EARTH
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GODS FREQENTED TO
REWARD OR PUNISH
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MYTHS SOMETIMES =
OCCASIONAL LOVE
AFFAIRS w/HUMANS
AND NOW …
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YOU ARE STUCK STUDYING
MYTHOLOGY!!!
THANK YOU GREEK
ANCESTORS!