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Cronus

deity sky Greek single tradition · 28

Cronus is the Titan son of Uranus. He castrated Uranus.

↻ synthesized from 28 sources

When

First attested
1500 BCE
Attested period
-1400 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in Greek mythology from archaic period through Roman era sources.

Relationships

co occurs with
Amalthea, Titans, Melissa, Night, Thanatos, Theia, Sobek, Vesta, Poseidon, Melisseus, Leto, Phoebe, Coeus, Asteria, Perses, Cybele, Persephone, Hestia, Ceres, Tethys, Dione, Thaumas, Meliae, Phorcys, Ceto, Pontus, Brontes, Steropes, Arges, Cottus, Briareos, Gyges, Eurybia, Typhon, Tartarus, Juno, Oceanus, Styx, Pallas, Calypso, Iris, Jove, Hypnos, Kronos, Cronos, Helen of Troy, Ymir, Ukemochi, Momu, Hephaestus, Prometheus, Achilles, Thetis, Paris, Éris, Calchas, Phaethon, Phosphorus, Pyroeis, Saturn, Hercules, Stilbon, Vesper, Mnemosyne, Trophonius, Agamedes, Lethe, Herkryna, Hera the Charioteer, Demeter-Europa, Pleione, Demeter, Adrasteia, Ida, Themis, Moirai, Campe, Metis, Hundred-Handers, Eos, Selene, Athena, Porphyrion, Grim Reaper, Chronos, Father Time, Chariclo, Janus, Ops, Lua, Consus, Rhea, Gigantes, Hecate, Apollo, Ares, Dionysus, Nemesis, Nereus, Hermes, Sol, Artemis (Diana), Tiamat, Osiris, Pangu, Aphrodite, Hesperus, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Medusa, Perseus, Helios, giant, Heracles, Death, Odin
syncretized with
Geb, Saturn, Ba'al Hammon, El, Ba‘l Hammon, Tyrian Heracles, leontocephaline, Ba'al-Ḥammon, Phaenon
enemy of
Zeus, Uranus, Cyclops, Hecatoncheires, Arne, Eurynome (Queen of the Titans), Ophion, Kouretes
parent of
Hera, Hestia, Atlas, Zeus, Demeter, Hades, Poseidon, Chiron, Dolops, Aphrus
allied with
Atlas
consort of
Rhea, Philyra, Alciope
child of
Uranus, Gaia
sibling of
Hyperion, Sandas, Adanos, Olumbros, Ostasos
creator of
Erinyes

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Mentioned by

and 31 more

Sources

wikipedia (28)
  1. List of Greek mythological creatures
  2. Amalthea (mythology)
  3. Grim Reaper
  4. Hecate
  5. Hyperion (Titan)
  6. Geb
  7. List of Greek deities
  8. Adrasteia
  9. Asteria
  10. Demeter
  11. Dione (Titaness)
  12. Gaia
  13. Hera
  14. Hestia
  15. Styx
  16. Titans in popular culture
  17. Helene (moon)
  18. Dema Deity
  19. Giants (Greek mythology)
  20. Trojan War
  21. Planetae
  22. Trophonius
  23. Zeus
  24. Atlas (Marvel Comics)
  25. Father Time
  26. Philyra (Oceanid)
  27. Saturn (mythology)
  28. Saturnalia

Source passages

“Uranus (Sky) was castrated by their Titan son Cronus, who fought the Gigantomachy, their war with the Olympian gods for supremacy of the cosmos.”

#4579 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Rhea still gives Cronus a stone in place of Zeus, which he consumes. Upon realising the deception, Cronus scours the earth for his son”

#8974 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Chronos, god of time, and the similarly-named Cronus, a Greek Titan associated with the harvest, both of whom are known for wielding a scythe or sickle.”

#12262 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Lagina shows her helping protect the newborn Zeus from his father Cronus; this frieze is the only evidence of Hecate's involvement in the myth of his birth.”

#14307 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Gaia persuaded her six Titan sons to overthrow their father Uranus and 'they, all but Ocean, attacked him' as Cronus castrated him.”

#16735 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5