Rhea

Rhea was the wife of the tyrant Kronos and mother to the Olympians: Zeus, Hestia, Hades, Poseidon, Hera and Demeter. As Kronos was about to slay his father, Ouranos (Uranus), he was warned that his own son would someday depose him. Out of fear and greed, Kronos swallowed his children as they were born, but Rhea tricked Kronos and when the sixth child, Zeus, was born, she substituted a stone for the infant and Kronos swallowed it down, not knowing that his father's prophecy was starting to become true. Zeus was hidden by Rheia and raised in secret until he was old enough to fulfill his destiny. . One day Zeus ambushed Kronos while he out hunting. Zeus kicked Kronos in the stomach so hard the aged god vomited up the stone and the five divine, undigested gods and goddesses.Without Rhea's help, Zeus would never have come to power.

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