Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Greek Mythology: The Reign of the Titans

The 12 major Titans
Hyperion:  God of light. With Theia he is the father of Helios (the sun), Selene (the moon) and Eos (the dawn).
Iapetos: God of mortality and father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Atlas.
Koios: God of intellect and the axis of heavens around which the constellations revolved.
Krios: The father of Astraios, Pallas, and Perses.
Cronus: The leader of the Titans he is the father of the first Olympians... and the Titan God of Time
Mnemosyne: Goddess of memory and remembrance and the mother of the Nine Muses.
Okeanos: God of the "Earth-encircling" river Okeanos, the font of all the Earth's fresh-water.
Phoebe: Goddess ofthe "bright" intellect and prophecy and wife of Koios.
Rhea: Goddess of female fertility, motherhood and generation. Sister and Wife of Cronus and Mother of Hestia, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Zeus.
Tethys: Wife of Okeanos and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds.
Theia: Goddess of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. Wife of Hyperion and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
Themis: Goddess of divine law and order.
Rhea and Cronus

Other Titans:
Asteria: Goddess of nocturnal oracles and fallings stars. Mother of Hecate.
Atlas: Son of Iapetus condemned to carry the heavens upon his shoulders.
Eos: Goddess of the dawn
Helios: God of the sun and guardian of oaths
Leto: Goddess of motherhood and mother of Artemis and Apollo
Metis: Goddess of good counsel, advise, planning, cunning, craftiness and wisdom... her story is very interesting and I will definitely be posting it in a different blog.
Perses: God of destruction
Prometheus: God of forethought and crafty counsel and creator of mankind.
Selene: Goddess of the moon
Styx: Goddess of the Underworld river Styx and personification of hatred.

Selene


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After Cronus overthrew his father Ouranos Cronus took power and decided to lock up all the "monsters" (all of Gaia's children who were not Titans) in Tartarus... Then Cronus married his sister Rhea... After a while though Cronus started to fear that his children would overthrow him as he overthrew his own father... but Rhea wanted children. Cronus could not have it so he came up with a solution... every time she gave birth he would swallow them. So she eventually gives birth 5 times and each time he would swallow them... but on the 6th pregnancy she talked to her mother Gaia and when she gave birth she hid her son (Zeus) in a cave on the island of Crete... and disguised a rock in a bundle of blankets and Cronus thought that was the end of the problem

1 comment:

  1. I'm speechless...seriously though Lily, this is very informative...how did I miss this in school?

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