Uranus: A Brief History Of Greek Mythology

The Greeks had created the stories for the greek gods. The greek had a god for everything from a god of the Earth, to a god of the ocean. These gods controlled their world. They believed that the gods created man. The gods had control of all disasters that occurred. The greek would write about the gods and gives names for each of them. They did not understand how the Earth worked. They concluded that gods were in control of the Earth. The information of gods and goddesses evolved and was taught to other. This writing was collected and translated into modern day stories that we call greek mythology.

Uranus was the God of the Sky and Heaven. He is known as the first to have ruled the universe. Uranus’s Mother is Gaea, Mother of the Earth. His father is unknown, some sources say it

Uranus Later married his Mother Gaea. Uranus had many children with Gaea. He took advantage of Gaea and her fruitfulness. He had 12 children known as the TItans. Six of them were his sons know as, Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus. The other six were daughters, Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, and Tethys. Uranus also had the Cyclops which had later been called “One-eyed giants”. These Cyclops were, Brontes, Steropes, and Arges. He had three children known as the Hecatonchires, Briareus, Cottus, and Gyes. The Hecatonchires were had 50 heads and 100 hands. As Uranus was terrified of the Cyclops and the Hecatoncheires he decided to hide them in Tartus. Tartus was located deep inside the earth and was also known as the underworld. It is said that Tartus is located as far underneath the earth as heaven is above it. Uranus was not known for being a father as he hid his children very far away from himself. Gaea was not pleased with Uranus when he banished the children to tartus. The upset Gaea a great deal. Gaea also felt great discomfort as the children were hidden inside if her. Gaea wanted to