Genesis

Uranus married Gaea To sire the Pantheonic layer Producing offspring with unbridled zest As they were son and mother Precedent ensured all other Gods and goddesses would dabble in incest According to Uranus A hundred hands was heinous So he threw 3 of his sons into a pit But another son (a Titan) Challenged papa to a fight an’ Castrated him which must have hurt a bit You would think that this would rather Crimp his eagerness to father Any more immortal progeny But it’s still widely believed That in the host later conceived Was Aphrodite (sans her nightie) from the briny Cronus was now the leader And he knew that he would need a Wife to help him found a dynasty So he married sister Rhea But then made a career Out of snacking on his children before tea Rhea was more than miffed And finally she stiffed Him by ringing in a stone for infant Zeus Who was fostered down in Crete By some demons who’d compete With anything you’ve seen in Dr Seuss When Zeus was fully grown He’d no siblings of his own So he married cousin Metis (who’d a parrot) She gave pa-in-law a potion Which induced a heaving motion And his children re-emerged with bits of carrot They were glad, and as a bonus Helped Zeus to topple Cronus And the Titans, against all of the odds But after such incarceration Wanted time for relaxation And Zeus was left supremo of the gods Zeus was jealous of his status And said ‘No sons that hate us Will survive and boast that we are dead’ So when Metis’s middle swelled He ate her, but expelled Fully grown and armed Athena from his head Then Zeus realised his error And married sister Hera To keep the godly bloodlines approved And though he had some kids with her And their sister Demeter He chased after anything in skirts that moved