The creation of man is a story of "the five races" in which according to Hesiod, the five human races were created one after the extinction of the last by the gods. ... Which tells us that Cronus (the father of Zeus, Iasion, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, hades, Poseidon and Amphitrite) was told by Gaea that one of his offspring would over throw him he would swallow every son and daughter to ensure they would never have the chance, however when it came time for his youngest son (Zeus) to be born his mother went to a cave and gave birth to Zeus there he would grow with help from her parent th...

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