During ancient times, there were many things people did not understand. For instance, they didn’t know why the seasons changed. They didn’t know why the winter months were cold and the spring and summer months were warm or hot. Why the sun was out during day time and why the night sky had stars and a moon were also a mystery for them.<\/p>\n
In order to explain the many mysteries of life, myths were told. These myths were stories explaining history, customs and nature. Myths of the Ancient Greeks<\/a> were stories that explained how things came to be.<\/p>\n These stories were about gods and goddesses that explained things such as:<\/p>\n Ancient people believed that the gods and goddesses made things happen. So, if they worshiped a deity, the god or goddess would make things happen for them.<\/p>\n Myths are:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Greek myths were stories created thousands of years ago. They were told and retold over generations. The stories centered on the importance of right and wrong, intelligence and bravery and featured terrible creatures and heroic battles. Even the gods could be punished or rewarded for their deeds. The Greek myths were a big part of the ancient religion of Greece.<\/p>\n The Greek gods and goddesses lived at the top of Mount Olympus. Mount Olympus was the meeting place of the gods and goddesses<\/a>. They built their palaces and homes there. Only the gods and goddesses could live there, and no human was allowed there under any circumstances.<\/p>\n The beginning of the world according to Greek mythology was called Chaos<\/a> because there was nothing. From nothing came light, Sky (Uranus<\/a>) and Mother Earth (Gaia). Gaia<\/a> and Uranus created six twins who were known as the Titans<\/a>. Two of the six twins were Cronos and Rhea.<\/p>\n After giving birth to the six twins, Gaia and Uranus gave birth to three Cyclopes<\/a>. The Cyclopes were giants who each had fifty heads and one-hundred arms. Uranus was very unhappy with his Cyclopes offspring and forced them to return to their mother’s womb.<\/p>\n The pain of carrying the six Cyclopes so angered Gaia that she planned revenge against Uranus. She asked the six Titans, her twins, to help her. Her youngest twin, Cronos<\/a> came to his mother’s aid. He cut off his father’s private parts with a sickle he had made.<\/p>\n Cronus threw his father’s private parts into the sea. Some versions of this myth have the goddess Aphrodite<\/a> created from Uranus’s blood in the sea. Some of the blood was also said to drop on earth and create several kinds of scary offspring.<\/p>\n Cronos then married Rhea, his sister. They had six children: Demeter<\/a>, Hestia<\/a>, Hera<\/a>, Poseidon<\/a>, Hades<\/a> and Zeus. A prophet told Cronos that one of his children would eventually overthrow him. In order to prevent this, Cronos swallowed each of his first five children after birth.<\/p>\n Rhea was very sad when she was unable to raise and take care of her first five children. When she became pregnant with her sixth child, she tricked Cronos. Instead of giving Uranus her baby Zeus, she gave him a rock wrapped in a blanket. Cronos swallowed the rock thinking it was the baby.<\/p>\n\n
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The Story of Rhea<\/h2>\n