Question! (If you have time and feel like it!) How much time do you reckon went between the births of the six olympians? And did Kronos go all crunch munch the second they were out, or did Rhea manage to hide some of them for a while? Thanks! (And happy th

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When I finally get around to writing Titanomachy (which I hope to do before publishing the fifth book in this series), you’ll hear all about Kronos and the decisions he made in the prologue and multiple back story references.

My Hades and Persephone series canon differs from existing written mythology and goes as follows…

Hades was born firstHe was only alive for a matter of hours before being swallowed by Kronos who did so because killing his child (which he very well could have done) would have resulted in the rest of the immortals from the Protogenoi to the other Titans revolting against him. It would have effectively sped up the Fates’ prophecy.It was a long time before Rhea gave birth to Hestia, given what happened to her first child. She consulted other Titan women to find out what would stop her from getting pregnant again.Kronos didn’t care, and wanted more children despite Rhea’s pleas not to, because Kronos discovered that he was all the more powerful after he swallowed each child. That concept is actually borne out in the original mythology because Zeus gained more forethought and wisdom after he swallowed Metis. Kronos found ways around the contraceptives Rhea and her sisters had devised and they were easier to overcome the more omnipotent he grew. After Hestia, subsequent children (in my ordering: Hera, Poseidon, Demeter) were spaced several thousand years apart thereafter.Realizing that Kronos was never going to stop and there was nothing left that she could do, Rhea used a dangerous abortifacient (I can’t give it away here) to have Zeus a few weeks early and left him with the Kouretes to nurse from a goat named Amalthea. She conspired with Metis, her midwife to “deliver” at the appointed time, and Kronos swallowed the Omphalos Stone instead of Zeus and the rest is history.

So I hope that answered your question.