greek mythology?

[Sammi S]

in greek mythology, who was the first god. im doing a worksheet for reading and it says that the first god is 7 letters long and the 5th letter is an "n". please help me i have a major test tomorrow!!!

[Caboose]

I believe Uranus is the first god, and Cronus is his son.

I know Uranus doesn't have seven letters, but I think your worksheet is mistaken.

[James D]

OURANUS.
This is the correct transliterative spelling of Uranus, the father of Cronos (also correctly spelled), who in turn was the father of Zeus.
Greek theistic mythology begins with Chaos, (the void) out of the which came Gaia (the Earth), Eros (Love), Tartarus (the Abyss), and Erebus (Darkness). Gaia gave birth to Uranus (the Sky) who impregnated her to create the Titans, one of whom was Cronos (Time).
Uranus/Ouranus is considered the first true God, as all the predescessors were merely "primal forces".
HOWEVER, there is no standard for Greek mythology as there was really no such uniform place or nation as Greece, what we know as Greece was a collection of island cultures, the Hellenistic differed from the Corinthian differed from the Mycaenian, etc, etc.The above is the most widespread & most frequently recognised, taken form the writings of Hesiod.
And all the Greek gods were appropriated from other cultures anyway!

[Hestia's Priestess JPA]

Try Ouranos -- He was one of the Primordial Gods according to Hesiod's cosmology.

However, that being said, as a Hellenic Polytheist (modern worshiper of the Greek Gods) -- your reading test is seriously flawed as there are several differing versions of the Creation of the Cosmos in Greek Mythology based on the era and area.

[genessa]

whoever said chronus was incorrect. cronus was a titan and he had no "h" in his name.

is there some reason why you were able to find your way to y/a but not to google? try this: http://www.desy.de/gna/interpedia/greek_myth/greek_myth.html

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[that bird]

In Greek mythology, Chronos (Ancient Greek: ??????) in pre-Socratic philosophical works is said to be the personification of time. Therefore Genssa I worry about your information as well??

[rsgurl]

Chronos was Zeus' father and he came first.

Yes he was a Titan but he did precede Zeus.