The mother of earth is Gaea also known as the earth goddess. She mated with her son to produce the remaining world of Titans.
HISTORY OF THE TITANS
The Titans of greek mythology are,in the first generation, the aunts, uncles, and parents of the olympian gods and goddesses.There are 12 Titans who are children of Gaia and Uranus.The mother of earth is Gaea also known as the earth goddess. She mated with her son to produce the remaining world of Titans. Urenus is the sky god and first ruler.He is the son of gaea then became the husband. There were six elder Titans named Kronos, Koios, Lapetos, Hyperion, Okeanos, who ruled the world before Olympians came to power.
For a generation, the Titans shared the world and created mankind. There were six sons and six daughters, most of the men imprisoned in the belly of the world by whose father when they close to fight a war with a younger gods called olympians. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus who was de-throned by his son Zeus.
Atlas, Prometheus and Menoetius are sons of the lapetus who are the second generation of the Titans.
Adventures
The role of the Titans as elder goads was overthrown by a race of younger gods. They have fought with other younger gods like olympians. Most of the titans fought with cronus against Zeus and were punished by being banished to Tartarus .During their rule the Titans were associated with the various plents.
Relationship
Twelve Titan Gods and Goddesses:
Oceanus and Tethys,
Hyperion and Theia,
Coeus and Phoebe,
Cronus and Rhea,
Mnemosyne, Themis,
Crius, Iapetus
Oceanus and Tethys,
Hyperion and Theia,
Coeus and Phoebe,
Cronus and Rhea,
Mnemosyne, Themis,
Crius, Iapetus
Children of Hyperion:
Eos, Helios, Selene
Eos, Helios, Selene
Daughters of Coeus:
Leto and Asteria
Leto and Asteria
Sons of Iapetus:
Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius
Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius
In Greek mythology, the Titans were a race of powerful deities that ruled during the legendary Golden Age. The Titans were twelve from their first literary appearance, in Hesiod, Theogony; pseudo-Apollodorus, in Bibliotheke, adds a thirteenth Titan Dione, a double of Theia, aka Medusa. The six male Titans are known as the Titanes, and the female as the Titanides ("Titanesses"). The Titans were associated with various primal concepts, some of which are simply extrapolated from their names: ocean and fruitful earth, sun and moon, memory and natural law.
Atlas sculpture on a building on Collins Street, Melbourne)
Atlas – The Titan Atlas was doomed to support the heavens on his shoulders. The name Atlas is used by a modern moving company (Atlas Van Lines). Also, Atlas Travel is a popular name for travel agencies all over the globe. Other companies with Atlas in their brand names are Atlas Railroad Company, Atlas Snowshoes, Atlas Games.
Appearance of Titans
The titans are as large as mountains and they possess immense physical strength and stamina, and the titans appear more ancient, earthly, and elemental. The titans who make various appearances throughout the god of war series.
Atlas titan that was forced to carry the world on his shoulders
Perses - The titan of distruction
Epimetheus - The titan of nature
Sport symbols
Sources
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/scaffold/gg/titan.html
http://www.crystalinks.com/titans.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(mythology)
http://www.greek-names.info/companies-with-greek-names/
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