Kronos

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Kronos was the Titan God of time and the ages, especially times of destruction and devastation. Kronos is known by many names such as Cronus, Cronos, and Saturn in Roman. His symbol is of a scythe to represent reaping and destruction. Kronos has no temple, and is not worshipped as a god.
His father is Ouranos the god of the sky. His mother is Gaia who is mother earth herself. He was the youngest born titan. His brothers are all the titans. His spouse was Rhea goddess, of fertility, and motherhood. Their children include Zeus, Hestia, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, and Demeter.
Kronos’s first major feat was the castration of his father. He, like his brothers the titans were imprisoned by Ouranos shortly after birth. Gaia did not like that he children were being imprisoned by Ouranos, so she made a plan to defeat him. From ore she created a crude scythe, which she then offered to the titans. Kronos stepped forward and took it, as he was the only one who was not afraid of his father.
Kronos ambushed his father, and with his scythe he castrated his father. He threw his father’s...

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