Mar 9, 2023 · Uranus was the primordial Greek deity embodying the sky, the air, and the heavens. Along with Gaia, the personification of the Earth, he fathered the Twelve Titans, the youngest of whom …

Mar 23, 2023 · The Hecatoncheires, also called the “Hundred-Handers,” were three children of Gaia and Uranus, named Cottus, Briareus, and Gyges. With fifty heads and one hundred arms each, these …

Nov 29, 2022 · The Greek primordial gods were the first beings to populate the cosmos and gave birth to all the subsequent gods, creatures, and mortals of Greek mythology. Two of these primordial gods, …

Mar 25, 2023 · The Uranian Cyclopes—named Brontes, Steropes, and Arges—were children of Gaia and Uranus and loyal allies of the Olympians. Master craftsmen, they frequently fashioned weapons, …

Mar 9, 2023 · Mythology Origins: Rhea, Mother of the Gods According to Hesiod’s Theogony —the eighth-century BCE epic explaining the origins of the gods and the Greek cosmic order—Rhea was …

Mar 8, 2023 · Cronus was the youngest of the Greek Titans, best remembered for dethroning his father Uranus. He became a tyrant, however, devouring his own children until he was finally usurped by his …

Dec 9, 2022 · The first deity in all of Greek mythology, Gaia was the personification of the earth and the universal mother. With her offspring Uranus, who symbolized the heavens, Gaia molded the universe …

Sep 12, 2023 · Dione herself was either a Titan —a daughter of Uranus (“Sky”) and Gaia (“Earth”)—or an Oceanid —a daughter of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. She was a lover or consort of Zeus and …

Mar 10, 2023 · Themis was a Greek Titan most famous for embodying the concept of justice. Unlike the other Titans, she sided with the Olympians in their celestial war with her brethren. Today, her image …

Mar 9, 2023 · Mythology Oceanus acquired a reputation as a sort of pacifist among the blustering and belligerent Titans. According to the mythographer Apollodorus, Oceanus was the only Titan who did …