CRONOS/CRONUS
Greek Mythology
Titan
Husband to Rhea
CRONOS or CRONUS was the ruling TITAN during the Golden Age. As the youngest son of URANUS/OURANOS (the sky god) and GAIA/GAIA (the earth mother), he came to power by castrating his Father URANUS. His wife RHEA was his own sister. Their offspring were the first of the OLYMPIANS.
CRONOS had been warned that he would be overthrown by one of his own children. To prevent this, he swallowed his first five children as soon as they were born. This worked until RHEA, unhappy at the loss of her children, substituted a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes for their sixth child, ZEUS. GAIA had helped RHEA with this plan.
When he grew up ZEUS would revolt against CRONOS and the other TITANS, defeat them, and banish them to TARARUS in the underworld. ZEUS was hidden in Crete, and when he was older, he returned and forced CRONOS to disgorge all the other children (POSEIDON, HADES, HERA, HESTIA and DEMETER), who had grown inside of him. ZEUS and his siblings fought a war against CRONOS and the TITANS. ZEUS won, and the TITANS were confined in TARTARUS, a cave in the deepest part of the underworld.
CRONOS managed to escape to Italy, where he ruled as SATURN (a corn god). The period of his rule was said to be a golden age on earth, honored by the Saturnalia feast