#but yeah. i vouch for themis favored daughter of uranus
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Well we do have this:
Hesiod, Theogony 459 ff :
"For he [Kronos (Cronus)] learned from Gaia (Gaea, Earth) and starry Ouranos (Uranus, Heaven) that he was destined to be overcome by his own son, strong though he was, through the contriving of great Zeus. Therefore he kept no blind outlook, but watched and swallowed down his children: and unceasing grief seized Rhea. But when she was about to bear Zeus, the father of gods and men, then she besought her own dear parents, Gaia and starry Ouranos, to devise some plan with her that the birth of her dear child might be concealed, and that retribution might overtake great, crafty Kronos for his own father and also for the children whom he had swallowed down. And they readily heard and obeyed their dear daughter, and told her all that was destined to happen touching Kronos the king and his stout-hearted son. So they sent her to Lyetos (Lyettus), to the rich land of Krete (Crete), when she was ready to bear great Zeus, the youngest of her children."
Considering Kronos was the King it was cool for both of them to help Rhea. I wouldn’t call her a favorite though since her plight was pretty harsh and a normal parent would have helped her.
We don’t really have much Uranus’ myths, and most of the depictions of him as a father is a cruel one (at least towards the Cyclops and Hecatoncheires) but, I would like to share something I found on his wikipedia page.
“Daughter of Uranos” yeah His favorite is Themis to me
I'm wondering if the close yet problematic father-daughter type of relationship is something present in each divine generation. We know that Cronus's favourite child was Hera and that Zeus' favourite child was Athena, so what if Ouranos' favourite child was Rhea?
#themis is lowkey gaia’s favorite too giving her own oracle and all#but yeah. i vouch for themis favored daughter of uranus#uranus#gaia#themis#rhea#kronos
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