The Titans
Gaia & Uranus
Hyperion Theia
Koios Phiobe
Iapetus
Okeanus Tethys
Mnemosyne
Themis Kreios Cyclopes
Hekatonkheires
Kronos Rhea
Hyperion
Titan god of light
name literally means "watcher from above"
Considered the Pillar of the East - as that is where
light comes to earth each day
Married to Theia
Father of the "big" lights in
the sky
Theia
Titan goddess of sight and the shining light of the
clear blue sky
As goddess of shining light, she endowed
gold,silver and gems with their brilliance and
value
Married to Hyperion
Hyperion Theia
Helios Selene Eos
Second generation Titan god of the sun -
considered the sun itself
Rides a chariot across the sky from morn to eve
Father to human, Phaeton,
with mortal woman (the
queen of Ethiopia)
Phaeton caused the climates
of the earth
Helios
Eos Second generation Titan goddess of the dawn
Winged goddess
She rose from Oceanos at the beginning of each day
Rays of light dispersed the dark and mist of night
She is the color of saffron
Unquenchable desire for handsome
mortal men
Favourite consort was Tithonos
(a Trojan prince) who eventually
turned into a grasshopper
(chirps until dawn comes)
Selene
Second generation Titan goddess of the moon
Considered the moon itself
Depicted as
a woman riding side saddle on a
horse or in a chariot drawn by a team of oxen
The crown she wore determined the phase of
the moon
Mnemosyne
Titan goddess of memory and
remembrance - oral
history
She invented language and
words
Mother of the Mousai (the
Muses) who are lesser
divinities believe to inspire
creativity
Calliope - epic poetry
Clio - history
Erato - lyric poetry
Euterpe - music
Melpomene - tragedy
Polyhymnia - choral poetry
Terpsichore - dance
Thalia - comedy
Urania - astronomy
Kreios (Crius)
Titan god of heavenly constellations
Movement of the constellations measures
the year
Considered the Pillar of the South where
the sky becomes attached to the earth
Koios
Titan god of the axis
of heaven
Keeps the
constellations
revolving in their
traditional settings
Seafarers counted on
him
Husband to Phiobe
Pillar of the North
Phoibe (Phoebe)
Titan goddess of "bright" intellect
Wife of Koios
Koios Phoibe
Leto - Goddess of modesty and
womanly demure
Okeanos (Oceanos)
Titan god of the great fresh water
river (extracted from Pontus)
that circles and runs under the
earth
He "housed" the heavenly bodies
then they were not in the sky -
they rise and sink into the
water
Husband to Tethys
Tethys Titan goddess of nourishing
fresh water
Drew water from her husband,
Okeanos, through
subterranean aquifers to
land
Okeanus
Tethys
Potamoi
(rivers)
Nephalie
(clouds)
Okeanids
(springs,streams,
fountains)
Most famous Klymene
Iapetos
Titan god of life choices
Considered the Pillar of the West where the sky is
attached to the earth
Husband of Klymene
Klymene
Second generation Titan goddess of
renown, fame and infamy
Okeanide - daughter of Okeanus
and Tethys
Wife of Iapetos
Iapetos
Klymene
Epimetheus
Prometheus
Atlas
Epimetheus
Second generation Titan
god of afterthought
Father of excuses
Along with his brother,
Prometheus, given
the task to create
the animals of the
earth and mankind
Created the animals of the earth but gave them
everything, leaving mankind helpless
Given Pandora as part of Prometheus' punishment
Second generation Titan god of forethought
Molded mankind out of clay
Because his brother, Epimetheus, gave all
the strong attributes to the animals,
leaving mankind helpless, Prometheus
knew that mankind would intelligence
and innovation to survive
Stole fire from the gods to give fire to
mankind
Punished for stealing fire from the gods
Prometheus
Atlas
Second generation Titan who personifies
endurance
Would eventually help to lead Titans in a war
against the Olympians
Condemned to hold the heavens (and the earth)
on his shoulders
Themis
Titan goddess of divine law and order
Primal laws of justice, morality, piety, hospitality
Often an advisor to the gods
Kyklopes (Cyclops)
Three (3) of them
Single eyed giants
When born, Uranus was
disgusted with their
appearance and locked
them within the earth
Eventually freed from earth
by Kronos, but then sent
to Tartarus by Titans
Later permanently freed by Zeus
Great forgers - lightening bolts,
tri-dent and helm of invisibility
Hekatonkheires
Monsters
Three (3) of them
Each had 100 hands
and 50 heads
They wielded the
destructive powers
of hurricanes and
violent storms
Cousins to Typhon
When born, Uranus feared
their power (like Typhon)
and locked them within
the earth (like Kyklopes)
Still were able to unleash
their power from
time to time
Rhea
Titan goddess of female fertility,
motherhood and generation
Name means "flow" and "ease"
Married to Kronos
Would become the mother of the first
"Olympians"
Rhea
Kronos
Hera
Hades
Demeter
Kronos Titan god of time and ages
"Father Time" - the idea that time ravishes
Rose against his father
Became the "Leader of the Titans"
Married to Rhea
Father of the first "Olympians"
Poseidon
Hestia
Zeus
It had been prophesied to Uranus that one of his children
would over throw him
He was a horrible father
He locked up the Kyklopes and Hekatonkheires within
their mother
He was cruel and tyrannical to his other titan children
Gaia begged her son Kronos to help
Kronos agreed and conspired with his 3 of his brothers -
Hyperion (Pillar of the East), Koios (Pillar of the North),
Iapetos (Pillar of the West) and Krios (Pillar of the South)
The Rise of Kronos
over his father, Uranus
When Uranus came down to lay on Gaia to consummate their
marriage, the 4 brothers held him down as Kronos, hid in the
earth, castrated him
Castration took away Uranus "manly" power and he was
regulated to just being the sky
However, from the injury several divinities were formed
Uranus prophesied to Kronos that one day he would be
overthrown by one of his own children
The Giantes The Erinyes (furies)? Aphrodite
The Rise of Kronos (continued)
