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... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > myths about creation: cosmogony, theogony, and the origin of man > offspring of Uranus and Gaea (Titans, Cyclopes, Centimani) > Titans > male Titans > (story of) Saturn (Cronus) > aggressive, unfriendly activities and relationships of Saturn > Saturn castrating Uranus with a sickle; possibly combined with the birth of the Furies, the Giants, and the Meliae (from the blood that falls upon the earth)

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91B11142Saturn castrating Uranus with a sickle; possibly combined with the birth of the Furies, the Giants, and the Meliae (from the blood that falls upon the earth)  

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Subject

  • aggression
  • ancient history
  • birth
  • blood
  • castration
  • classical antiquity
  • cosmogony
  • creation
  • emerging
  • fighting
  • Furies
  • Gaea
  • Giants
  • goddess
  • gods
  • history
  • Meliae
  • mythology
  • offspring
  • quarrelling
  • Saturn
  • sickle
  • theogony
  • time
  • Titans
  • unfriendliness
  • Uranus

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