The birth of Poseidon

According to Greek mythology, the universe was controlled by Cronus and his wife Rhea after he defeated his father Uranus. Ironically, he was informed that one of his offspring would eventually overthrow him just as he had done with his own father. Rhea and Cronus had a number of kids, but Cronus ate them all up right away. Poseidon was one of these kids. He was born fully developed, but Cronus swallowed him after his birth. When Rhea gave birth to her sixth child, Zeus, she concealed him in a cave and gave Cronus a stone that he swallowed. When Zeus reached adulthood, he camouflaged himself as an Olympian cup bearer, poisoned his father's wine, and then deceived him into drinking it.

As a result, Zeus' brothers Hades and Poseidon, as well as his sisters Hestia, Demeter, and Hera, were disgorged by Cronus. In another interpretation of this myth, Rhea is said to have protected Poseidon by concealing him among a herd of lambs and telling Cronus that she had given birth to a colt. The birth of this god, thereby, is one of the most famous myths featuring the Greek God Poseidon.