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Theia
Titaness of sorcery. Theia was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. She was sometimes called, Euryphaëssa (Eurtphaessa). Theia was the goddess of light...
By Jimmy Joe
Hyperion
Titan of the sun. Hyperion was the son of Uranus and Gaea. Hyperion married his sister, the Titaness Theia, and was the father of Helius ("Sun"), E...
By Jimmy Joe
Tethys
Titaness of the sea. Tethys was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. She married her brother Oceanus. She became the mother of all the river gods. She ...
By Jimmy Joe
Oceanus
Titan and god of the river Oceanus (Ocean). Oceanus was the eldest son of Uranus and Gaea. The river Oceanus was said to flow in a circular stream ...
By Jimmy Joe
Rhea (Ops)
Titaness and earth-goddess. Rhea was the daughter of Uranus and Gaea. According to Diodorus Siculus, Rhea's other name was Pandora. Rhea was identi...
By Jimmy Joe
Cronus (Saturn)
Ruler of the universe and the leader of the Titans. Cronus was the youngest son of Uranus and Gaea; according to Diodorus Siculus however, he was t...
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Cosmogony of Diodorus Siculus
According to the 1st century BC historian Diodorus Siculus, Oceanus and Tethys were the source of all gods. To Diodorus, Uranus was the first king,...
By Jimmy Joe
Orphic Creation
The Orphic Creation Myth is another scenario of the Cosmic Egg origin, but without the Creator Goddess, Eurynome (see Eurynome and Ophion). Behind ...
By Jimmy Joe
Eurynome and Ophion
Apollonius Rhodius described a creation myth that was very different from that of Hesiod's Theogony. Apollonius' account is very short and rather s...
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Homeric Creation
In the Iliad, Homer only briefly alluded to the creation. Hera seduced Zeus at Mount Ida in the hope of turning the tide against the Trojans by lul...
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Obscure Creation Myths
Hesiod was the not the only Greek poet who wrote about the Creation and the origin of the gods and mankind. Hesiod's account is just one kind. The ...
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Theogony of Hesiod
Hesiod was a Boeotian poet of either the 8th or 7th century BC, who is believed by many to have flourished not long after Homer. Hesiod wrote two p...