There are many stories about Aphrodite's birth, the most common and gruesome of which begins with the original Mother Gaia and Father Uranus (the sky). He was very cruel to his wife, locking all her children inside of her because he feared being usurped. She was pained by this, and eventually gave her youngest son Cronus a scythe to kill his father with. When he descended at night upon her, Cronus castrated him with the scythe, the blood and fluids mingling with the foam. Out of the foam rose Aphrodite, a Titan, and future half-aunt to Zeus, Cronus's son. You can get good pics on google images.
