The Succession Myth

One of the major components of Theogony is the presentation of 'inheritance myth'. Clonna overturns Uranus and tells us how Zeus overturned Kronas and his brother Titan and why Zeus became the ultimate and permanent ruler of the universe.

Uranus produced many Gaia children (Titan, Scorpio, and Hecton Shire) but hated them, he hid it somewhere in Gaia. Gaia made a sickle with anger and pain made of a firm sickle and asked the children to punish their father. Her son Cronos, the youngest Titan, is willing to do so. [11] So Gaia "hides and buries" Cronus "12" and gives him a hard sickle, and when Venus and Gaia lied, Clonus reached out and castrated his father. [13]

Cronos dominated the universe and wanted to confirm that he remains strong. Uranus and Gaia predicted to him that one of his children would beat him, so he will surely swallow every child she gave birth when he marries Rhea: Hestia, Demeter, Hera , Hades, Poseidon, Zeus in that order. However, when Rhea was pregnant with Zeus, Rhea appealed parents Gaia and Uranus to help Zeus relief. So they sent rear to Clea Island to accept the new Zeus of Zeus and Gaia and hid him in the cave under the Aegean. Rae gave the big stone wrapped in the baby clothes to Cronos and drank it as another child of Rhea. [14]

It was deceived by Gaia (Teogony did not elaborate), Cronus rebelled against his other five children. Zeus then released his uncle Cyclopes who offered his giant weapon, Thunder, to Zeus. Zeus and his Olympic athletes, and Titan began a great war to dominate the universe. After Gaia 's advice, in the tenth year of war, Zeus gave Zeus a superiority and released Hecatoncheires to join the Titans war. Zeus cast his anger on Titan, beat them, and threw them into Tataross. [16]

The ultimate threat to Zeus 'power was in the form of Tyfon monster, Gaia and Tatarus' son. Zeus and his aunt won soon, and Typhon was also detained at Tartarus. [17]

According to the Gaia proposal, Zeus was elected king of God and given various honors among the gods. After that, when Zeus married his first wife Metis, when he learned that Metis had bore his son who may deprive him of his domination, Zeus swallowed according to the advice of Gaia and Uranus. Metis (with Athena still). Therefore, Zeus ended the cycle of inheritance and ensured his eternal domination over the universe. [19]

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The myth of the succession of Zeus reflects much of the early inheritance myth of Cronos. Cronos blocked his children from taking power and tried to greed them. But their mother, Leah was scared and tried to save the youngest son of Zeus. They collided with the Earth and hid Zeus in Crete (the traditional birthplace of Zeus), and supplied stones wrapped in scorpions to defenseless Cronos. When Zeus rose to heaven, he attacked Cronos. When he beat his father, he vomited, including the brothers and sisters of Zeus, the wife of Zeus, her sister Hera, Demet (Goddess of grain), God of hell, Hades. At the same time, the corrupt stone of Zeus was placed in the sacred place of Pito of Delphi, Greece. And it was thought to be the center of the universe by ancient people.

In continuous myths, the family relationship between the gods is important. In Babylonian horse UK, Hittite myth fantasy (2nd edition), and Hesiod Ordinary Greek Theology, it can be said that God's inheritance is a reflection of their power, and this power eventually It leads to the inside of the god. Redistribution of places - Egyptian myths and legend Egyptian creative stories tell us how the world has changed. According to one change, only the sea exists. Then the sun Ra emerges from an egg (or a version of flowers) appearing in the water. Ra made four children. They are God Shu, Gebu and Goddess Tefunat and Nuts. Shu and Tefnut were in the air and stood on Geb and lifted the nuts to the ground on the ground and became empty