Kronos (also Cronos or Cronus) is a Titan in Greek mythology. He is the Titan of time. His parents are Gaia (the Earth) and Uranus (the sky). Uranus was very vain and he cast the Cyclops and hundred handed ones into Tarturus (a deep pit), but Gaia wanted all her children to live in peace so she told the Titans to kill Uranus and she gave them a really sharp scythe, which Kronos took. While Kronos's brothers held the sky he slashed it open with the scythe and he became lord of the universe, but he had too much of his father in him so he kept his brothers locked in Tarturus. With his sister and wife Rhea his children are Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus. Kronos became so angry about his children's power, and had been warned by Gaia, or mother earth, that one of his children would overthrow him. Because of this, he decided to eat them so he could obtain their power and stop the risk of the end of his reign. He ate all but Zeus because Rhea hid baby Zeus and gave Kronos a rock instead.
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