The Creation of the World by the Greek Mythology

In the beginning there was only chaos. Then appeared Erebus and Night. All else was empty. Then somehow Love was born bringing a start of order. From Love came Light and Day. Once there was Light and Day, Gaea, the earth, appeared. 

 

Meanwhile, Gaea alone gave birth to Uranus, the heavens. Uranus became Gaea's husband. Together they produced the three Cyclopes, the three Hecatonchires, and twelve Titans. However, Uranus was a bad father and husband. All were too afraid of him except, the youngest Titan, Cronus, who ended up killing his father.

 

--> Cronus became the next ruler. He imprisoned the Cyclopes and the Hecatonchires in Tartarus. He married his sister Rhea and he ruled for many ages. However a prophecy stated that Cronus would be overthrown by a son. To avoid this, Cronus swallowed each of his children as they were born. Rhea was angry and plotted against Cronus. When it came time to give birth to her sixth child, Rhea hid herself, then she left the child to be raised by nymphs. To conceal her act she wrapped a stone in cloths and passed it off as the baby to Cronus, who swallowed it.

This child was Zeus. He grew into a handsome youth on Crete. He consulted Metis on how to defeat Cronus. She prepared a drink for Cronus design to make him vomit up the other children. Rhea convinced Cronus to accept his son and Zeus was allowed to return to Mount Olympus . This gave Zeus the opportunity to slip Cronus the specially prepared drink. This worked as planned and the other five children were vomited up. Cronus was defeated by his son and sent to Tartarus along with other Titans. And Zeus became the leader of the new age.