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Learn more about the Titans who reigned BEFORE the Gods!
Learn more about the Titans who reigned BEFORE the Gods!
BEFORE there were the Gods, there were the Titans!
The Titans were the first or elder gods. There were twelve of them including the parents of Zeus, Cronus and Rhea. They ruled during what was called the golden age. They were overthrown by their children, led by Zeus.
Cronus was the Titan god of time
Coeus was the Titan god of Intelligence
Rhea was the Titan goddess of fertility and the mother of gods
Phoebe Titan goddess of the Moon
Oceanus Titan lord of the ocean
Tethys Titan goddess of the rivers
Iapetus was the Titan god of Mortal Life
Hyperion was the Titan lord of light
Mnemosyne was the Titan goddess of memory and the inventor of words
Theia was the Mother of the Sun and Titan goddess of all that glitters
Crius was the Titan god of the constellations
Themis was the Titan goddess of justice and order
Clymene was the Titan goddess of fame and glory
Famous Titan Children
Some of the children of the Titans were also famous gods in Greek mythology. Here are a few of them:
Atlas - After losing the war against Zeus, Atlas was punished by having to hold up the heavens on his shoulders. He is often shown holding the Earth.
Helios - Helios was the god of the sun. He drove the chariot of the sun across the sky each day.
Prometheus - Prometheus is known in Greek mythology as the creator of mankind. He also gave mankind the gift of fire from Mount Olympus.
Leto - Leto is famous for being the mother of the twin Olympian gods Apollo and Artemis.
Zeus and the Olympians
The leader of the Titans, Cronus, was told in a prophecy that his sons would one day overthrow him. In order to protect himself, each time his wife Rhea had a child he would swallow it. He swallowed several children including Hestia, Hades, Hera, Poseidon, and Demeter. However, when Zeus was born, Rhea hid Zeus in a cave and gave Cronus a stone to swallow instead. Once Zeus was free and grown to adulthood he forced his father to throw up his siblings.
Battle of the Titans
Battle of the Titans
Once Zeus had freed his siblings, they went to war against the Titans. They gained some valuable allies including the one-eyed Cyclopes and some huge hundred-headed monsters called the Hecatoncheires. The two sides waged war for ten years. Eventually, Zeus and his siblings won the war. They imprisoned the Titans in a deep chasm in the Underworld called Tartarus.
Interesting Facts About the Titans
The female Titans remained neutral during the war and were not sent to Tartarus. Some of them even had children with Zeus.
The element "titanium" is named after the Titans of Greek mythology.
Some of the younger Titans allied with Zeus during the war.
The word "titan" has come to mean something that is large or strong.
The largest moon of the planet Saturn is named Titan.
After winning the war, Zeus and his brothers (Hades and Poseidon) divided up the world: Zeus took the sky, Poseidon the sea, and Hades the Underworld. The Earth was a shared domain of all three.
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