The Myths of Greeks

Did you ever wonder how the idea of 12 gods living on top of a mountain started?

An article by a professor at University of Switzerland and encylopedia.com, about Greek mythology will provide some answers.

How did Greek Mythology start?

Around 700 BC, a poet named Hesiod Theogony offered the first written theory of Greek Mythology. It was called the Theogony and it tells the story of of the universe’s journey from nothingness (Chaos, primeval void) to being, and details a very detailed family tree of elements, gods and goddesses who evolved from Chaos and descended from Gaia(Earth), Ouranos(Sky), Pontos(Sea) and Tartaros(Underworld). Later Greek writers and artists used these ideas for inspiration for their own work. This shaped people’s beliefs about Greek Mythology.

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At the beginning of all gods is Chaos, a crack dark, empty indescribable being, which is where Gaia/Earth and Eros/Love emerges. Gaia marries Ouranos and their offspring is called the Titans. Cronos marries Rhea and gives birth to the Olympians Hestia, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Zeus, Cronos ate all of them at birth except for Zeus because Rhea tricked him by giving him a boulder to eat. When Zeus was older, he made a drink and gave to Cronos and he threw up all the children he ate. There was then a war between the Olympians and the Titans, and the Olympians won. 

I think the reason that the 5 gods that were swallowed was immortal or else they wouldn't be alive, and all they did was grow up in their father's stomach. The article says that the Gods could transform so I am also guessing that they transformed into something smaller which is how they grew up in a place with very few room(the stomach)

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