Greek Nymphs

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(From Cronus and Rhea, sprang the Olympians.)

Zeus (Sky), Hera (Mother), Hades (Underworld), Poseidon (Sea), Demeter (Harvest), Hestia (Hearth), Aphrodite* (Love)

(*Where the other gods and goddesses were born of Cronus and Rhea, Aphrodite’s story is different. She was not born of Cronus and Rhea, but instead was created when Cronus, at the urging of his mother Gaia, castrated his genitals and threw them into the sea. From the genitals sprang Aphrodite, from the blood, sprang the Erinyes. Though Eros is associated with Aphrodite, sometimes portrayed as her son, he actually predates her.)

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