Recommended Lessons and Courses for You Related Lessons Related Courses The Greek God Hermes | Overview, Facts & Myths Greek God Uranus | Family, Symbols & Death Ares Greek God of War Lesson for Kids: Facts, Stories & Myths The Goddess Cybele | Origin Myth, Cult & Festivals ...
Many Greeks believed that the very beginning of time started with Chaos, the only being that existed. From Chaos, the earth goddess Gaia was created, as well as the sky god calledOuranos(pronounced OO-ran-ohs). Ouranos is sometimes called Uranus, like the planet. ...
So, Gaia and Uranus had a whole bunch of babies, as describedabove. Uranus, like many men, did his part in creating the children, but wasn't ready to be a daddy and tried to stuff the new life back into Gaia's womb. Then he tried to keep the kids inside her by blocking the ent...