Greek Titans - Mythopedia
2023年3月10日 · Overview. The Titans were immortal deities who ruled the cosmos before the Olympians. The original twelve Titans—the children of the primordial gods Gaia (earth) and Uranus (heaven)—assumed power by overthrowing their tyrannical father, only to become tyrants themselves. Cronus, the youngest Titan, became king after usurping Uranus.
Titans - Mythopedia
2023年3月13日 · The Titans were ancient gods of Greek mythology —children of Uranus and Gaia who dominated the cosmos before the Olympians. Cronus, the youngest Titan, became the ruler of the gods after he usurped his father Uranus. Fearing a similar fate, Cronus swallowed each of his children as soon as they were born in order to maintain his power.
Atlas - Mythopedia
2023年3月11日 · The son of Iapetus and Clymene, Atlas was a Titan famed for his prodigious strength and intelligence. Having been defeated by the Olympians in the Titanomachy, Atlas was condemned to bear the weight of the celestial sphere for all eternity. He was a popular figure in Greek mythology, and appeared in the stories of heroes such as Heracles and ...
Themis - Mythopedia
2023年3月10日 · Themis, the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, was one of the original twelve Titans of Greek mythology. Though in some traditions she conspired with her fellow Titans to overthrow their father, Uranus, she betrayed them during the Titanomachy by siding with the Olympians. Themis eventually married the king of the Olympians, Zeus, and bore him many ...
Rhea - Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · Rhea, the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, was a Greek Titan and the mother of the Olympians. Along with the other Titans, Rhea was imprisoned in Tartarus by her tyrannical father; she was eventually liberated by her brother Cronus, whom she married. Rhea gave birth to the Olympian deities and, through her cunning, helped them overthrow Cronus and ...
Oceanus - Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · The first son of Gaia and Uranus, Oceanus was a Titan who personified the great seas and oceans. He was often likened to a great river that spanned the entirety of the known world. With his sister and lover Tethys, Oceanus spawned the legions of sea nymphs known as the Oceanids. Though not as popular as the Olympian deities, Oceanus was still ...
Hyperion – Mythopedia
2023年3月10日 · Hyperion was the son of Gaia, the incarnation of the earth, and Uranus, the embodiment of the heavens. His siblings included the other Titans— Coeus, Crius, Iapetus, Mnemosyne, Oceanus, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Thea, Themis, and Cronus—as well as more monstrous brethren, such as the one-eyed Cyclopes and the hundred-handed Hecatoncheires.
Leto – Mythopedia
2022年12月7日 · Leto, sometimes still known by her Latin name Latona, was one of the daughters of the Titans Coeus and Phoebe. She was a lover of Zeus, with whom she mothered the radiant twins Apollo and Artemis —thus incurring the wrath of Zeus’ jealous wife Hera. According to the common tradition, Hera pursued Leto across the earth, forbidding any land ...
Coeus – Mythopedia
2023年3月10日 · Ultimately, there is little information on the mythology of the Titans in our surviving sources for Greek mythology. Pop Culture. Coeus makes an appearance in The House of Hades, the fourth book in Rick Riordan’s The Heroes of Olympus series. In this iteration, “Koios” is a Titan anxious to reclaim the cosmos from Zeus and the Olympians.
Hecate – Mythopedia
2023年3月9日 · Mythology The Birth of Zeus. Hecate appears in some versions of the birth of Zeus. This myth tells of how the Titan Cronus, Zeus’ father, swallowed each of his children as soon as they were born, fearing they would someday overthrow him. But when his last child, Zeus, was born, Cronus’ wife Rhea decided to save the newborn’s life at all ...