About this deity
Cronus (Greek: Κρόνος) was the leader of the Titans, the first generation of Greek deities. He gave birth to Zeus, Hades, and others. He was also associated with the harvest.
Also known as
Parent belief system
Ancient Greek Religion · Polytheistic · 4 mythsThe ancient Greek belief system represents a collection of cultural myths and stories that date back to circa 1300-1200 BCE. Its pantheon of deities were widely known and written about in Greek texts. The Romans adopted many Greek beliefs and renamed the deities according to the Latin language. In contemporary...
Top myths
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| Divine Comedy | Hesiod's Theogony | |
| Afterlife myth | Creation myth | |
| Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri | Hesiod | |
| Read myth | Read myth | |
Mythological stories including Cronus
- Divine Comedy Afterlife myth
Nuthsell
Halfway through his life (age thirty-five), Dantes goes to the underworld to see hell before visting purgatory and then heaven.
- Hesiod's Theogony Creation myth
Nuthsell
The world was created by the first deities out of a void where nothing existed. The oldest deities were Chasm (chaos), Gaia (Earth), Tartarus, and Eros (desire). These deities gave birth to the other Greek figures in a genealogical succession. Much of the rest of creation came from bodily fluids, like semen or blood.
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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Cronus." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 04 Sep. 2019, omnika.org/stable/304. Accessed 11 May. 2024.
OMNIKA (2019, September 04). Cronus. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/304
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Cronus." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created September 04, 2019. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://omnika.org/stable/304.
