The Titan Gods, known as the Theoi Titanes, were golden gods of light produced by the coupling of the primordial deities, Heaven (Uranus) and Earth (Gaia), and were the younger siblings of the Hecatoncheires and Elder Cyclopses. When the Hecatoncheires and Elder Cyclopses were imprisoned within Gaia by Uranus, Gaia urged the Titans to rebel against their father Uranus. Lead by the Titan Cronus, Uranus was castrated and banished. Cronus would free the Hecatoncheires and Cyclopses, only to re-imprison them within the great pit of Tartarus. Afterwards the Titans ruled over creation during a mythic golden age that lasted until they were overthrown by the children of Cronus and Rhea, known as the Olympians.
The Titans (Theoi Titanes) | ||
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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 constellations. |
Κρόνος (Krónos) | Cronus | God of harvests and personification of destructive time. The leader of the Titans, who overthrew his father Uranus only to be overthrown in turn by his son, Zeus. Not to be confused with Chronos. |
Ὑπερίων (Hyperíōn) | Hyperion | God of light. With Theia, he is the father of Helios (the Sun), Selene (the Moon), and Eos (the Dawn). |
Ἰαπετός (Iapetós) | Iapetus | God of mortality and father of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius, and Atlas. |
Mνημοσύνη (Mnēmosýnē) | Mnemosyne | Goddess of memory and remembrance, and mother of the Nine Muses. |
Ὠκεανός (Ōceanós) | Oceanus | God of the all-encircling river Oceans around the earth, the fount of all the Earth's fresh-water. |
Φοίβη (Phoíbē) | Phoebe | Goddess of the "bright" intellect and prophecy, and consort of Coeus. |
Ῥέα (Rhéa) | Rhea | Goddess of fertility, motherhood and the mountain wilds. She is the sister and consort of Cronus, and mother of Zeus, Hades, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. |
Τηθύς (Tēthýs) | Tethys | Goddess of fresh-water, and the mother of the rivers, springs, streams, fountains, and clouds. |
Θεία (Theía) | Theia | Goddess of sight and the shining light of the clear blue sky. She is the consort of Hyperion, and mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos. |
Θέμις (Thémis) | Themis | Goddess of divine law and order. |
Other Titans | ||
Ἄνυτος (Ánytos) | Anytos | God who reared the young goddess Despoina, the daughter of Demeter. |
Ἀστερία (Astería) | Asteria | Goddess of nocturnal oracles and falling stars. |
Ἀστραῖος (Astraîos) | Astraeus | God of dusk, stars, and planets, and the art of astrology. |
Ἄτλας (Átlas) | Atlas | God forced to carry the heavens upon his shoulders by Zeus. Presumed to be the god of endurance and astronomy. Also Son of Iapetus. |
Διώνη (Diṓnē) | Dione | Goddess of the oracle of Dodona. |
Ἥλιος (Hḗlios) | Helios | God of the Sun and guardian of oaths. |
Ἠώς (Ēṓs) | Eos | Goddess of the Dawn. |
Ἐπιμηθεύς (Epimētheús) | Epimetheus | God of afterthought and the father of excuses. |
Λήλαντος (Lēlantos) | Lelantos | God of moving unseen and The father of the nymph Aura by Periboea |
Λητώ (Lētṓ) | Leto | Goddess of motherhood and mother of the twin Olympians, Artemis and Apollo. |
Μενοίτιος (Menoítios) | Menoetius | God of violent anger, rash action, and human mortality. Killed by Zeus. |
Μῆτις (Mē̂tis) | Metis | Goddess of good counsel, advice, planning, cunning, craftiness, and wisdom. Mother of Athena. |
Πάλλας (Pállas) | Pallas | God of warcraft. He was killed by Athena during the Titanomachy. |
Πέρσης (Pérsēs) | Perses | God of destruction. |
Προμηθεύς (Promētheús) | Prometheus | God of forethought and crafty counsel, and creator of mankind. |
Σελήνη (Selḗnē) | Selene | Goddess of the Moon. |
Στύξ (Stýx) | Styx | Goddess of the Underworld river Styx and personification of hatred. |
Συκεύς (Sykeús) | Syceus | God whom Gaia turned into a fig tree to help him escape from Zeus. |
Τιτὰν (Titan) | Titan | God of The calendar of the seasons brother of Helios, usually just Helios himself |
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