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The beginnings of Greek Mythology. - Coggle Diagram

- - - - At the same time, Gaea gave birth to Uranus, the star sky. Uranus became Gaea's husband, Together they created three sets of children. They created three one-eyed cyclopses, the three hundred-handed Hecatoncheires, and the twelve Titans.
        
        Uranus was a cruel husband and an even worse father. He planned to keep his children trapped and hidden away from everything else. He kept them trapped in Gaea's womb and would not allow them to escape. Gaea plotted the downfall of Uranus with her children. She created a harpe, a powerful sickle, and tried to convince her children to attack Uranus. none of them would besides the youngest Cronos.
        
        Gaea and Cronus had a plan. As soon as Cronus prepared to lie with Gaea, Cronus reached out his hand to castrate him with the sickle. From the blood spilled rose the giants, the Meliae, the Ash Tree Nymphs, and the Erinyes, the furies. From the sea foam produced when his genitals hit the water emerged Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty.
        
        Cronus became the next ruler and again imprisoned the Cyclopes and the Hecatonchires. He married his sister Rhea, and she bore five children. However, Uranus and Gaea both prophesied that Cronus would also be overthrown by one of his children. To prevent this, Cronus swallowed all of his children right after birth.
        
        When Rhea birthed her sixth son, she fed Cronus a rock rather than the baby. When the baby was born, she left him on the island of Crete to be raised by the nymphs of the island. When the time came, Zeus left Crete and asked the Titaness Metis about a drink that would make him vomit for ages, thus vomiting up his five other children. With the Olympians released from their father's stomach, the Titanomachy was due to start.
- - - - Prometheus was the son of Lapetus and the Oceanid Clyemen. Prometheus sided with Zeus during the Titanomachy, however after the war, he quarreled with Zeus over the treatment of the humans. He stole their fire and gifted it to the humans. This resulted in Zues chaining him and sending an eagle to eat his liver everyday.
        
        Epimetheus was the brother of Atlas, Prometheus, and Menoetus.
        
        Atlas was the son of Lapetus and the Oceanid Asia. He was the leader of the Titans in their rebellion against Zeus and thus got the punishment of holding the universe on his shoulders.
        
        Helios was the god of the sun. He was the son of Hyperion and Theia. He was the brother of Eos, the god of dawn, and Selene, the god of the moon. He is conflated with Apollo and was also known as Sol.
- - - - Hecatonshires were incredibly large creatures that had hundreds of hands and fifty heads. Hecatonshires later were tasked with guarding the Titans in their imprisonment.
      - The Olympians were first assisted by the Cyclops, which were large one eyed humanoids. Zeus freed the Cyclops from their imprisonment and in return received their much needed support in the fight against his father and the rest of the Titans.
      - As a show of gratitude, the Cyclops crafted powerful weapons for the Olympians. This is how Zeus acquired his famous lighting bolt, and how Poseidon was given his trident.