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In ancient Greek myths, Cronus envied the power of his father and the ruler of the universe, Uranus. Uranus drew the enmity of Cronus' mother, Gaia, when he hid the gigantic youngest children of Gaia, the hundred-armed Hecatonchires and one-eyed Cyclopes, in Tartarus, so that they would not see the light. Gaia created a great sickle and gathered together Cronus and his brothers to ask them to kill Uranus. Only Cronus was willing to do the deed, so Gaia gave him the sickle and placed him in ambush. When Uranus met with Gaia to Cronus attacked ...

Modern Neopagans have a rather New Age view of Cronus. In particular, Hellenistic Neopagan sects in the United States hold many metaphoric interpretations of the myths regarding Cronus. Sometimes called the "All Consumer", in many ways Cronus is similar to Christian myths regarding Satan, though the similarity of the Roman name "Saturn" is a coincidence. In accordance with the Greek mythological traditions, Cronus is believed by many to be a cruel and malevolent god ...

While the Greeks considered Cronus a force of chaos and disorder, believing that the Olympian gods had brought an era of peace and order by seizing power from the crude and malicious Titans, the Romans had a more positive view of the deity. Although the Roman deity Saturn was conflated heavily with Cronus, the Romans favored Saturn much more than the Greeks did Cronus. While Cronus was considered a cruel and tempestuous deity to the Greeks, his nature under Roman influence became more innocuous, with his association with the Golden Age event ...

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