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GREEK TITANS (TITANES)
In Greek mythology, any of the children of Uranus and
Gaea and their descendants. There were 12 original
Titans: the brothers Coeus, Crius, Cronus,
Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus, and the
sisters Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea,
Tethys, Thea, and Themis.
The Titans, also known as the elder gods, ruled
the earth and the cosmos before the Olympians
overthrew them. The Titans presided over the ordering of
time and the regulation of the heavenly cycles. During their
rule the Titans were associated with the various planets.
The ruler of the Titans was Cronus who was dethroned
by his son Zeus.
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The parents of the Titans were:
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GAEA: The Earth goddess. She mated with her son
Uranus to produce the remaining Titans. Gaea seems
to have started as a Neolithic earth-mother worshipped
before the Indo-European invasion that eventually lead
to the Hellenistic civilization.
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URANUS: The sky god and first ruler. He is the son
of Gaea, who created him without help. He then
became the husband of Gaea and together they had many
offspring, including twelve of the Titans. His rule
ended when when Cronus, encouraged by Gaea, castrated
him. He either died from the wound or withdrew from
earth.
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It is
only the dead who have seen the end of war.
Plato
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