The story of how the god Cronus (or Saturn) devouring his children led to the creation of the world as the ancient Greeks knew it. Credits: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bfmp/videos/124715 Welcome to the BuzzFeed Unsolved Network! This channel is your one-stop destination for all things mystery, conspiracy, supernatural, true crime, and everything in between. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/2zuaR06. MERCH: We've got it! SHOP NOW: https://bzfd.it/2MDBk2d MUSIC Licensed via Audio Network SFX Provided By AudioBlocks (https://www.audioblocks.com) STILLS /BuzzMoji The Three Fates Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. Sepia Times/Getty Images Saturn, Roman god. Photo 12/Getty Images Large Kronos Statue at Jeita Grotto Ian Waldraff/Getty Images Saturn Heritage Images/Getty Images Gathering Of Various Olympian Gods And Mythological Figures Among Clouds Heritage Images/Getty Images Aeneas And The Sibyl In The Underworld Heritage Images/Getty Images Cronos and Rhea, Sacred Rites, Religious and Mythological Symbols and Religious Paraphernalia of Greece and RomeEngraving Antique Illustration, Published 1851 bauhaus1000/Getty Images Summer garden, St Petersburg, Russia. The stone sculpture of Saturn devouring his child Syntheticmessiah/Getty Images Engraving depicting the Roman God Saturn (Greek Cronus), who devoured all his children save Neptune, Pluto and Jupiter who deposed him Universal History Archive/Getty Images The Fall Of The Titans Heritage Images/Getty Images Saturn devouring a son. PHAS/Getty Images Jocasta and Oedipus, Greek mythology, wood engraving, published in 1879 ZU_09/Getty Images The Chariot Of Zeus, 1880 Print Collector/Getty Images The Titans. Universal History Archive/Getty Images God Uranus Detail MaxVanCleef/Getty Images Uranus, fresco, Hall of Gods, Castiglione del Lago DEA / ARCHIVIO J. LANGE/Getty Images Detail of Zeus in Piazza Navona fountain, Rome Italy Flory/Getty Images Ancient Greece - Theatre of Dionysus, Athens duncan1890/Getty Images 'Paris Abducting Helen', c1782-c1784. Artist: Gavin Hamilton Heritage Images/Getty Images Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Austrian neurologist. Print Collector/Getty Images Oedipus killing his father Laius, King of Thebes, fresco DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/Getty Images Kronos: one of the Ancient Greek titans Photos.com/Getty Images Saturn Devouring His Son (Francisco Goya) Imagno/Getty Images Head of Zeus Athens Greece Grafissimo/Getty Images Pelasgian Demeter (Ceres), Gods and Mythological Characters Engraving Antique Illustration, Published 1851 Engraving Antique Illustration, Published 1851 bauhaus1000/Getty Images Greek goddess Cronos o Kronos god of time Grafissimo/Getty Images Marble head of Hera Bildagentur-online/Getty Images Head of Hades Fine Art/Getty Images Rhea, Greek goddess, wood engraving, published in 1878 ZU_09/Getty Images Neptune With Trident pixonaut/Getty Images Copper plate etching showing Roman godde Time Life Pictures/Getty Images The sons of Uranus and Gaia, Greek mythology DEA PICTURE LIBRARY/Getty Images Cumulus clouds, aerial view Diane Miller/Getty Images VIDEO Close up hand putting test tube filled with green liquid in rack Discovery Access/Getty Images Realistic Dry Ice Smoke Clouds Fog Overlay mputsylo/Getty Images Closeup Shot of Hands During a Drug Exchange in a Dark Alley kristiankettner/Getty Images Luxury golden and black grunge geometric motion background saicle/Getty Images Pass through a long and dark Roman basement. Basement under the amphitheater in El Jem, Tunis. Ancient roman building. The camera is approaching Vitalii Puzankov/Getty Images