chapter 2: the Primordial Deities

7: CHILDREN OF CRONUS

I am Rhea, Titaness of motherhood, who births the future in secret beneath the mountain’s song. Cronus swallows our children to escape prophecy, but I deceive him with a stone and hide newborn Zeus away. The nymphs and Kouretes raise him with music and courage until destiny calls him home. When Zeus returns, the cycle of fathers devouring sons ends, and the age of Olympians begins.

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