![]() ![]() The goddess of memory and the voice of the underground Oracle of Trophonios in Boetia, Mnemosyne did not marry one of her brothers but still helped mother the next generation of deities. Mnemosyne: Titan Goddess Of Memory Mosaic of Mnemosyne, in the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona Crius fought with the Olympians during the Titans’ overthrow, and as a result, he was imprisoned in Tartarus.Ĩ. ![]() They produced three children, Astraios, the god of dusk, Pallas, god of Warcraft, and Perses, the god of destruction. Her most integral power was that of prophecy, and she was heavily associated with the famous Oracle at Delphi, later connected to Apollo.Ĭrius (or Krios) married his half-sister, Eurybia, who was not one of the original twelve Titans but the daughter of Gaea from her second husband, Pontus. ![]() Phoebe also had some association with the moon, as did Artemis. Since Phoebe was the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis, the twins’ were sometimes called Phoebus and Phoebe as alternative names. Phoebe: Titan Goddess Of Prophecy & Intellect Phoebe and daughter Asteria depicted on the south frieze of the Pergamon Altar, Pergamon Museum, Germany Asteria turned into a quail and drowned herself in the Aegean Sea, but Leto bore Zeus two children, the twins Apollo and Artemis who became powerful Olympians.Ħ. Their children, Asteria and Leto, were foundational figures in later mythology. He was the Titan god of intellect, and married his sister Phoebe. Coeus: Titan God Of The Oracles, Wisdom, And ForesightĬoeus was the keeper of the pillar of the north. She also imbued gold, silver, and precious gems with their radiant shine, and spoke through an oracle at Phthiotis in Thessaly.ĥ. She was the goddess of light, and therefore the perfect match for her brother, Hyperion. Thea, the goddess of light, was also a ravishing beauty, perhaps the loveliest of the six Titan daughters. Thea: Titan Goddess Of The Sun & Light Marble sarcophagus with the myth of Selene and Endymion, via TheMet According to one of the more horrifying Greek traditions, the same four pillars pinned their father down while Cronus castrated Uranus with his sickle.Ĥ. Hyperion and three of his other brothers, Coeus, Crius, and Iapetus, formed the four pillars that separated and held the heavens above one another. He married his sister Thea, and they gave birth to Helios, the sun, Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn. Hyperion was the Titan god of light, wisdom, and vigilance. Hyperion: Titan God Of Light & Observation Helios, Selene, and Eos, following the sun carriage, in the mural above the stage of the Friedrich von Thiersch hall in the Kurhaus Wiesbaden, Germany We know those constellations as Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, or the big and little dippers.ģ. They were forced to continuously circle the sky without rest. Later, as a favor to Hera, Thetis punished Callisto and Arcas, a lover and child of Zeus, by forbidding their constellations from touching the sea. When Cronus became paranoid and his wife, Rhea, wished to protect her children, she brought Hera to her sister Thetis who raised her as her daughter. Thetis: Titan Goddess Of Fresh Water Oceanus and Thetis, mosaic in Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Turkey They were the ancestors or parents of most of the twelve Olympians discussed here below, though it was through their children that they too were eventually overthrown.Ģ. Gaea later married her son Pontus, the ocean, and the Titans took charge of the universe. She made a diamond sickle for her youngest son, Cronus, and with it he defeated his father. Yet Gaea loved all of her children, and she could not forgive Uranus for his cruelty. Genealogy of the Olympians in Greek Mythology, via Classic Wisdom However, Uranus was disgusted by their next children, the three cyclopes and three monstrous sons, each with fifty heads and one hundred arms, and he threw them into Tartarus, the underworld prison of suffering. She took her son the sky, Uranus, as her husband, and with him, she mothered the twelve Titans, the very first gods and goddesses, taller than the mountains they used as thrones. Gaea gave birth to the mountains, the sky, and the sea. Out of the empty space of Chaos came Gaea, the earth, Tartarus, the underworld, and Eros, desire. Read on to learn more about the 12 Greek titans and how they fit into the Greek mythology you’re familiar with. But what about the Greek Titans? They play an important role in Greek mythology yet have not been popularized in modern culture. You certainly know of the Greek Gods and Goddesses, like Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades. The Fall of the Titans, by Dutch painter Cornelis van Haarlem, (1596–1598) ![]()
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