Ourea

The Ourea
An Ouros rising from a mountain
Relationships
Parents	Gaîa (via parthenogenesis)
Siblings	Full Siblings Ouranos, Pontus, and Nesoi Half Siblings more

The Ourea (Ancient Greek: Oὔρεα "mountains," plural of Oὔρος or Ouros) were the Protogenoi or Daemons (spirits) of the mountains. Each mountain was said to have a god of their own. The Ourea were usually depicted as old men or women rising up from the mountain side. Their Roman equivalent is Montes

The Ourea

The Ourea were the sons of Gaia, which were created by her after she gave existence to Ouranós. As stated in Hesiod's Theogony:

And Gaîa (Earth) first bore starry Ouranos (Heaven), equal to herself, to cover her on every side.
 

And she brought forth long hills, graceful haunts
 

of the goddess Nymphs who dwell amongst the glens of the hills.

The Ourea's cousins were the Nesoi, the spirits of island, which were broken off from the mountains and cast into the sea by Poseidon.

There were at least ten accounted Ourea, the following is a list of known Ourea.

Transliteration	Description
Aitna	Aitna is the volcano of Sikelia (Sicily in Italy) and its goddess.
Tmolos	Tmolos is the mountain of Lydia (in Anatolia) and its god. He was the judge of a musical contest between Apollo and Pan, or Marsyas.
Oreios	Oreios is the Mount Othrys in Malis (central Greece) and its god. The mountain was the abode of the Titans.
Parnes	He is the mountain of Boiotia and Attika (in Centra Greece) and its god.
Olympos (Phrygia)	A Mountain of Phrygia (in Anatolia) and its god. He is said to be the student, father, or son of Marsyas.
Olympos (Thessaly)	Olympos is the Mount Olympus in Thessalia (northern Greece) and its god. The mountain is the abode of the Olympians.
Nysos	Supposedly a mountain of Boiotia (in Central Greece) and its god.
Kithairon	Kithairon was the mountain of Boiotia (in Central Greece) and its god. He engaged in a singing contest against Helikon and won.
Helikon	Helikon was a mountain of Boiotia (in Central Greece) and its god. He lost a singing contest against Kithairon.
Athos	Athos is the mountain of Thrake (North of Greece) and its god.

In Ovid's Metamorphoses, He cites a catalogue of famous mountains, wounded by the fire caused by Phaethon's destruction.

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...Mount Athos is on fire, Cilician Taurus, Tmolos, Oete and Ida, dry now once covered with fountains, and Helikon home of the Muses, and Haemus not yet linked with King Oeagrius’s name. Etna blazes with immense redoubled flames, the twin peaks of Parnassus, Eryx, Cynthus, Othrys, Rhodope fated at last to lose its snow, Mimas and Dindyma, Mycale and Cithaeron, ancient in rites. Its chilly climate cannot save Scythia. The Caucasus burn, and Ossa along with Pindus, and Olympos greater than either, and the lofty Alps and cloud-capped Apennines.

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