Greek Mythology: Three Immortal Beings

Greek Mythology Research Paper
Out of the original emptiness(chaos), three immortal beings emerge: Gaea (mother earth), Tartarus (underworld), and Eros (love). Gaea by herself conceived Uranus (father sky), and made him her equal, then together Gaea gave birth to three hundred handed giants and the three cyclopes, in which Uranus threw his children into the Tartarus (underworld). Gaea hiding her feelings, gave birth to the next children of Uranus known as the thirteen titans. Eventually he was overthrown by his youngest son, whom took his father’s position as ruler of the universe and started the age of the titans. Uranus is a greek god that plays a crucial role in the start of greek mythology, has a great thirst for power, and had his power taken from him by his son Kronos.

Gaea gave birth to the primal greek god Uranus, without any partner and she made him the sky that surrounds Gaea on all sides (her equal).

Other sources say he was born from chaos alone and has no partenge, but according Hesiod’s Theogony he was conceived by Gaea, which is the most popular theory and the most reliable. Uranus fathered the first immortal children of Gaea, which were the three hundred handed giants and the three cyclopes. Enraged by his creations, Uranus bound them and banished them to Tartarus. While Uranus was proud of his actions, Gaea longed for her children and she hated Uranus for what he had done. “However, she buried her feelings deep in her heart and quietly waited for the time when she could take revenge”(Hesiod’s Theogony). Then Gaea’s time for had finally came because the next immortal children born to her and Uranus were the thirteen titans. Out of the six boy Gaea asked all of them to take the stone sickle and take revenge against their father, whom imprisoned their brothers. Kronos the youngest titan took the sickle from Gaea, then took revenge on Uranus and in turn Kronos took his place as ruler of the

universe.
Uranus had a great thirst for power and being immortal had a plan to rule the universe for eternity, unthreatened by anyone. After giving birth to his first six children with Gaea, Uranus was afraid of them and hated his six children because of their great strength and his fear of losing his power and status of ruler the universe. To solve this problem he bound each of his children and threw them into Tartarus, so they could never challenge him and he could rule forever. After throwing his kids into tartarus, Uranus took pride in his actions while Gaea longed for her children and was to seek revenge on Uranus. Uranus took satisfaction in his actions and was relieved to know that he would rule without threat from his kids, but what he didn't know was the revenge Gaea had planned for him.
After Uranus bound and banished his first immortal children to the underworld, upsetting Gaea who sought revenge on Uranus when their next immortal children were born. Gaea decided to use her titan children to take revenge against Uranus