Old English cild "fetus, infant, unborn or newly born person," from Proto-Germanic *kiltham (source also of Gothic kilþei "womb," inkilþo "pregnant;" Danish kuld "children of the same marriage;" Old Swedish kulder "litter;" Old English cildhama "womb," lit. "child-home"); ...
Zeus's father his Cronos, a titan who tried to eat all of his children. Zeus is one of 12 major gods of the Greek Pantheon Zeus is married to his sister, Hera Is Zeus the god of fire? No, Zeus is not the god of fire. He is the god of the sky, of kings, and justice. ...
So, he came up with the hideous decision to swallow all of his divine children, as soon they were born. Cronus's wife Rhea, grieving for her lost children, grew to be very disgusted by her husband's unbelievable show of cruelty. So when she became pregnant with Zeus, she sought her...
Death, the Destroyer of Worlds (by the Grave Digger) Sinker of Atlantis My Son (by Zeus and Callisto) The Fallen God The Ashen God The Marked Warrior White Warrior (by Icarus) Killer of Argos Murderer of Gaia (by Cronos) Broken Mortal (by Ares) ...
The Greek godApollowas the son ofZeusand the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt and the moon. In later periods, Apollo was commonly considered to have been the driver of the solar disc, but Apollo was notassociated with the sunduring Homeric Greek times. In this earlier period,...
: "By him [Asklepios (Asclepius)] were fathered Makhaon (Machaon) and Podaleirios (Podalirus) and Iaso (Healer)--ie Paian!--and fair-eyed Aigle (Aegle, Radiance) and Panakea (Panacea, Cure-all), children of Epione, along with Hygieia (Health), all-glorious, undefiled."...
Zeus’s story begins in the time of theTitans, the powerful gods who came before the Olympians. His parents wereCronus, the Titan ruler, andRhea. A prophecy said that Cronus would be overthrown by his own child. Because of this, Cronus swallowed each of his children as soon as they were...
Zeus was the youngest child of the Titans Kronos (Cronus) and Rheia. Kronos devoured each of his children as they were born, but Zeus escaped this fate when his mother spirited him away, handing the Titan a stone substitute wrapped in swaddling cloth. <<More>>...
These four gods and a few others, however, are more often described as children of the original 12 Titans. Zeus and his siblings, the first of the Olympian gods, were the children of Cronus and Rhea. Their battle to overthrow the Titans and take possession of the universe is the back...
Zeus fell in love easily and had many affairs with various women but was married to his sister Hera, goddess of marriage and monogamy. Ares, Hephaestus, Hebe and Eileithyia are the children of Zeus and Hera. Zeus is probably most famous for his infidelity to his sister and wife, Hera. ...