Rhea was the wifemother of Cronus.Cronusthe madegods of Olympus. Ironically it aseems that the same story follows the next generation as the previous one. Cronus became very jealous of his children (as practicedid his father), and so made Rhea give him each one to swallow theiras children.soon Toas avoidthey this,were born. Rhea tricked(same as Gaea) was not happy with this, and managed to sneak the god Zeus away after his birth. She managed to fool Cronus intoby wrapping a rock swallowingin a rock,blanket and giving it to him to swallow. Zeus went to grow up and later came back to overthrow his father and become ruler (ironically like his father before him).Pronunciation:Ree ahOrigins:An orgiastic Cretan GoddessFather: UranusMother: GeaeHusband: CronusChildren: Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, ZeusOther Names:Cybele, Magna savingMater, herOps, sonAgdistisCult Zeus.Center:Crete