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Cronus devouring his children is a metaphor for a domineering father who kept his children under his tight control in order to prevent them from becoming more powerful than him or overthrowing him. The Titans, whose leader was Cronus, were described as the older generation of gods who were limited in their behavior.
25 sie 2009 · Rhea was horrified by what her husband did, and when she was pregnant again, she decided to save her baby by tricking Cronus into giving him a rock covered with blankets, he assumed that it's the newborn baby and swallows it. The baby that Rhea saved was Zeus.
I chuckled at the joke, and it reminded me of one of the weirdest things about the Greek gods, which is how super-fertile they are. Like, every time they have sex seems to turn out a baby - one time assault of a poor woman who caught Zeus’ eye? Pregnant. Your cut-off genitals get thrown in the sea? Enjoy your sea foam castration baby!
So I decided to change my headcanon that Hestia was swallowed by Cronus around the age of six on the day Demeter was born. Cronus would also swallow Demeter the same day, leading to him devouring each future baby directly after their birth. Except the real Zeus of course.
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14 lut 2024 · Zeus, instead of giving Cronus the child, gave him a stone in a blanket. He swallowed it believing it was the baby. Rhea then hid the baby Zeus on the island of Crete to be raised by the nymphs.
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