Rhea, Titaness of Motherhood

Rhea. Rhea was the Titaness of motherhood. She was also the goddess of comfort and ease. She was the wife of Cronus, the Titan that killed Ouranos. When Cronus received the prophecy that one of his children would one day overthrow him, he ate each of his children as they were born, until Rhea had the baby Zeus. She sent him to Crete, an island below Greece. The Meliae (nymphs), and the Kouretes, sons of Gaea, took care of him, and made sure that he was not discovered by Cronus. When Zeus was ready, he made Cronus regurgitate his brothers, and started the ten-year Titan War that would result in the Olympians taking over. The myth that have Rhea as a main character is Rhea and Demeter.

Parents:
 * Gaea, the Earth
 * Ouranos, the Sky

Children:
 * 1) Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth
 * 2) Demeter, Goddess of Agriculture
 * 3) Hera, Goddess of Marriage
 * 4) Hades, God of the Dead
 * 5) Poseidon, God of the Sea
 * 6) Zeus, God of the Sky