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According to Apollodorus, there were thirteen original Titans, adding the Titaness Dione to Hesiod's list. [65] The Titans (instead of being Uranus' firstborn as in Hesiod) were born after the three Hundred-Handers and the three Cyclopes, [66] and while Uranus imprisoned these first six of his offspring, he apparently left the Titans free. Not ...
This is an index of lists of mythological figures from ancient Greek religion and mythology. List of Greek deities; List of mortals in Greek mythology; List of Greek legendary creatures; List of minor Greek mythological figures; List of Trojan War characters; List of deified people in Greek mythology; List of Homeric characters
Key: The names of the generally accepted Olympians [11] are given in bold font.. Key: The names of groups of gods or other mythological beings are given in italic font. Key: The names of the Titans have a green background.
Articles relating to the Titans, the pre-Olympian gods of Greek mythology. According to Hesiod 's Theogony , they were the twelve children of Uranus (Sky) and his mother, Gaia (Earth). Descendants of the Titans are sometimes also called Titans.
In Greek mythology, the primordial deities are the first generation of gods and goddesses.These deities represented the fundamental forces and physical foundations of the world and were generally not actively worshipped, as they, for the most part, were not given human characteristics; they were instead personifications of places or abstract concepts.
Titans and Titanesses English name Greek name Description The twelve Titans Coeus: Κοῖος (Koîos) God of intellect and the axis of heaven around which the constellations revolved. Crius: Κρεῖος (Kreîos) The least individualized of the Twelve Titans, he is the father of Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. Implied to be the god of ...
Titans and titanesses Greek name English name Description The Twelve Titans Κοῖος (Koîos) Coeus: God of intellect and the axis of heaven around which the constellations revolved. Κρεῖος (Kreîos) Crius: The least individualized of the Twelve Titans, he is the father of Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. Implied to be the god of ...
As is the case for most of the Titans, there are no myths or functions for Hyperion. [12] He seems to exist only to provide a father for the three celestial deities. [ 13 ] As a Titan, one of the oldest generation of gods, Hyperion was a fitting father for these three sky-gods who, as elements of the natural world, must have been conceived of ...