Rhea (Titaness)

The Titaness of Motherhood ad the sister-wife of Kronos, she was considered the queen of the Titans. She was also the mother of the First Generation of the Olympians; Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter and Hestia.

= Myths = In Greek Mythology, Rhea was married to Kronos (in fear that she would be harmed) and gave birth to Hestia first. To Rhea's horror, Kronos swallowed her because of Ouranos prophecy that Kronos will fall to his children. The same fate came onto Hera, Demeter, Hades and Poseidon. When Rhea was expecting to have one more child, she hid the baby in Crete and asked the Meliae and the Korybantes to guard him and drown out him crying. Rhea asked a magical goat, Amaltheia to suckle Zeus. To trick Kronos, Rhea replaced him with a rock swaddled with blankets. Kronos not realizing the difference, swallowed the rock. Rhea was nuetral in the Titanomachy. Her Roman form is Ops or Cybele.

= Trivia =


 * Despite Rhea's motherly nature, her sacred animals are lions and lions are pulled on her chariot.