Cronus: The King Of The Titans

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Cronus is the primordial god of time and was the king of the Titans and was viewed as an all-devouring, destructive force. He was born of Ouranos and Gaea and was the youngest and most powerful of the titans. “After them was born Cronus, the wily, youngest and most terrible of her children, and he hated his lusty sire.”(Atsmon, 2017). His symbol is depicted as either a Sickle or a scythe and is the patron of the harvest. His other duties are the King of the Universe, King of the Titans, to rule the Golden Age, and to rule the Isles of the Blessed in the Underworld.

Cronus’s symbol the sickle or scythe comes from the story of how Gaea gave birth to the Cyclops and the Hecatoncheires, which Ouranos hated from the second they were born. Ouranos hid them away in the Earth where they could not see the light. This action angered Gaea and she told the Titans of the plan she had to punish Ouranos but they were all scared and didn't want to but Cronus was the only one not afraid to so he said “Mother, I will undertake to do this deed, for I reverence not our father of evil name, for he first thought of doing shameful things.”(Atsmon, 2017). Gaea then gave Cronus a stone sickle with jagged teeth. They then set up a trap for …show more content…

He was also the patron of the harvest and can be seen using either a sickle or scythe, but is most commonly seen with the sickle as his symbol. His only duties left are to rule the Isles of the Blessed like when he ruled during the Golden Age.

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