![]() According to some she was the mother of the goddess Aphrodite.ĮOS The younger Titan-goddess of the dawn. Their sisters, the Meliae, were Zeus' nurses.ĭIONE A prophetic Titan-goddess who presided over the Oracle at Dodona alongside Zeus. They were sometimes called Gigantes, and were probably the same as those which Hesiod described as being born from the castration of Uranus. Some say the old Titan was later released by Zeus and appointed King of Islands of the Blessed, home of the favoured dead.ĬURETES (Kouretes) A group of shield clashing Daemones or Titan gods who came to the aid of Rhea to act as guardians of her son Zeus. ![]() He led his brothers in the ambush and castration of their father Uranus, but was himself deposed and cast into the pit of Tartaros by his own son Zeus. Crius was sometimes named as a leader of the Gigantes who rebelled against the rule of Zeus.ĬRONUS (Kronos) The King of the Titanes, and the god of destructive time-time which devours all. He was later cast into the Tartarean pit by Zeus. Crius was one of the four Titan brothers who conspired with Cronus in the castration of Uranus. Its spring rising marked the start of the new year, andthe other constellations were said to follow in its wake. He was probably associated with the constellation Aries, the heavenly ram (which the Greeks called Crius). ![]() Coeus was sometimes described as leader of the Gigantes, who rebelled against Zeus.ĬRIUS (Kreios) The Titan god of the heavenly constellations and the measure of the year. At the end of the Titan-War, he was confined by Zeus in the Tartarean pit. Coeus was one of the four Titan-brothers who conspired with Cronus in the ambush and castration of Uranus. He was also known as Polus (the pole) and probably presided over the axis of heaven in the north around which the constellations revolve. She was the wife of Iapetos and mother of Prometheus.ĬOEUS (Koios) The Titan god of the intellect as his name would suggest. She was a virgin huntress raped by the god Dionysos.ĬLYMENE (Klymene) The younger Titanis-goddess of fame and renown. Homer suggests he was later released from this torment and appointed guardian of the pillars of heaven.ĪURA The younger Titanis-goddess of the breezes. He was arrested by Zeus and condemned to bear the heavens upon his shoulders. He was the father of the four directional winds and the five wandering stars (the Planeta) by his wife Eos, the goddess of the dawn.ĪTLAS The younger Titan god of astronomy and the revolution of the heavnely constellations. After the fall of the Titans Asteria was pursued by Zeus and but leapt into the sea to escape him where she was transformed into the island of Delos.ĪSTRAEUS (Astraios) The younger Titan god of the stars, the winds, and the art of astrology. She was the mother of the goddess Hecate. Anytus was an attendant of the goddess Demeter who fostered her Arcadian daughter Despoine.ĪSTERIA A younger Titan goddess whose name and genealogy suggest presided over the night, stars and nocturnal prophecy. She was the wife of Hecaterus and hte mother of the metal-working Dactyli.ĪNYTUS (Anytos) One of the younger Titans or Curetes. He was perhaps the same as Hyperion.ĪNCHIALE (Ankhiale) A younger Titan goddess who perhaps represented the warmth of fire. Several of these goddesses became consorts of Zeus and received a place on Mount Olympos as mothers of the gods.ĪDANUS (Adanos) An alternate name for one of the elder Titan sons of Uranus.ĪNDES An alternate name for one of the elder Titan sons of Uranus. The female Titans or Titanides remained neutral in the War, and retained their positions as prophetic goddesses. Some of these allies later proved to be rebellious and were sentenced to harsh punishments, such as Atlas who was condemned to bear the heavens, and Prometheus, who was chained to a rock and an eagle set to feed on his liver. Many of the younger Titan gods, however, allied themselves with Zeus and retained their divine rights under the new regime. The eldest of the Titans-Cronos and his four brothers, Crius, Coeus, Hyperion and Iapetus-were imprisoned in the stormy pit of Tartarus by Zeus after he was victorious in the War. They were responsible for the original ordering of time and the establishment of fixed heavenly cycles. The Titans were an elder generation of gods who ruled the cosmos before the Olympians gods came to power. "Does not even now great Atlas struggle to bear up the weight of heaven, far from his fathers’ land and his possessions? But almighty Zeus set free the Titanes for as time passes and the breeze abates, the sails are set anew." A COMPLETE LIST OF TITANS & TITANESSES TITANS
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