How Zeus Destroyed the Titans & Became the King of the Gods

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss the eradicating exploits of Zeus, perhaps the greatest monster slayer in all of mythology. We're going to begin with the Cosmology, delving into how the Greeks conceptualized the creation of the world and the emergence of the gods, and with that done, the fundamental framework of Greek mythology delineated to a basic degree, we're going to go over, in chronological order, the cataclysmic conflicts that begin with Zeus' ascension and end with Zeus supremacy over the universe, which will see him kill Campe, defeat the Titans, destroy the Giants, and finally, lay low Typhon, the most powerful monster in all of Greek mythology. Alright let's get into it. First there was Chaos, the great void, then emerged Gaia, earth, Tartarus, the abyss beneath the earth, and eros, sexual desire. Following these four, came a time of independent procreation: Chaos producing Nyx, night, and Erebus, darkness, and Gaia producing Uranus, the sky, Ourea, the mountains, and Pontus, the sea. And many more primordial deities were brought forth into creation that we will not name. The primordial deities, the first gods in Greek mythology, were the material manifestations of the universe, the very regions later gods would rule over. For example, Uranus was the sky itself while Zeus later came to rule the sky, and Pontus was the sea itself while Poseidon later came to rule the sea.Gaia took Uranus as her consort, and together they had many children, first the three Hecatonchires, then the three Uranian Cyclopes, and then the 12 Titans. Here's the passage from 'The Library of Greek Mythology' that describes this: See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices