Mythology: Mother Earth and Her Children

Myths and Legends from Ancient Greece and Around the World
“Mother Earth and Her Children” by Alice Low

Directions: Answer the following using complete sentences.

1. Recopy the following names in the order they were born:
Zeus,Father Heaven (Uranus), Three Cyclopes, Typhon, Titans, Three sons with 50 heads and 100 hands, Mother Earth, Hestia, Demeter, Hades, Hera, and Poseidon.
2. Why did baby Zeus’s guards bang their spears on shields when he cried?
3. How was the Titan Atlas punished?
4. Name the two Titans NOT punished by Zeus. Why weren’t they
punished?
5. Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades drew lots to determine who ruled each
domain. They could have fought about it or asked Mother Earth to
decide, but they worked it out among themselves. What does this tell us
about their relationship?