CLA204H1 Lecture : CLA204 Succession Myths
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Gaia (without consort) uranus + mountains (+nymphs) + pontus. Gaia + uranus 12 titans + 3 cyclops + 3 hecatonchires. Gaia wants to get her childrens out of her body. Gaia sets a trap inside her to castrate uranus. Females want change, females also have the force of change (eg. children) Aphrodite born from uranus genitals after being tossed into the sea. The furies (erinyes) born from blood of uanus. Conscience that haunt people when a crime is committed. Hekate gods of the night and boundaries. Associated with dark forces and benign forces. Zeus made her part of power structure to eliminate threat. Kronos devours his children so they will not take his place. Kronos knows one of his children will take his place. Rhea (kronos wife) asks gaia and uranus for help. Rhea gives kronos a stone to swallow. The stone become delphi (center of the world) Tje ompehalos (stone swallowed by kronos) at delphi.
