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1. How were the Gods/ Titans created?

Answer: 

The titans were the deities in Greek Mythology that ruled over the world before Olympians. They were the immortal giants of incredible strength and knowledge of old religion rituals and magic. The first generations of the titans were the children or the descendants of Gaia, the god of earth and Uranus, the god of sky or heaven. There were 12 titans, 6 of them were males and the other six were females. They were:

Males:

1. Coeus: Titan of intelligence and farsight
2. Cronus: Titan of time and the ages
3. Crius: Titan of heavenly constellations
4. Hyperion: Titan of light
5. Iapetus: Titan of mortal life span
6. Oceanus: Titan of all the salt water on earth

Females:

1. Mnemosyne: Titaness of memory and remembrance
2. Phoebe: Titaness of prophetic radiance
3. Rhea: Titaness of fertillity and motherhood
4. Theia: Titaness of shining
5. Themis: Titaness of divine law and order
6. Tethys: Titaness of all the fresh water on earth

1. List the specific creatures and their relevance to the creation story.

Answer:

1. Medusa: Medusa is a monstrous creature who has the ability to turn any person who gazed upon her face to a stone. She was born to the archaic marine deity, Ceto with a hideous face and a serpent’s tail where her legs should be. It is said in one of the myths that Medusa was once a beautiful maiden who was transformed into a hideous monster after being raped in the temple of Athena by the sea god Poseidon.

1. Cerberus: Cerberus was one of the most known monsters in Greek Mythology. He was the monstrous three-headed dog, which guarded the gates of Hades. It is said that he would allow the dead spirits to pass through but would eat anyone alive.

1. Scylla: Scylla is a sea-monster who lived on the rocks of a narrow water channel opposite of the whirlpool. In some myth it is said that Scylla was born from Keto or Crataeis, goddess of dangers of the sea and her brother Phorcys. Scylla was rather a frightful creature with a crab-like shell, six-long necks, triple rows of teeth on each head, and twelve feet dangling from her monstrous body. In Greek her name means crab.

1. Pegasus: Pegasus is a mythological creature described as a beautiful, white stallion with wings. He was born from the blood of Medusa and Perseus when he raped her.

1. Minotaur: Minotaur is a bull-headed monster born from King Minos and his wife. As this child was born with deformed head, it seemed more like the head of an animal. King Minos couldn’t accept him as his child and killed his wife. Neither could he accept this child nor could he kill the child so he kept this child hidden. The child was enormous, supernaturally powerful, blood-thirsty and ravenous. Later, this child stated killing people of Crete. King Minos asked one of his people, the famous inventor Dedalus to build a prison for Minotaur. The prison Labyrith was built to keep Minotaur locked up.

Sources:

http://greekgodsandgoddess.net/myths

http://ducksters.com/greekmythology