The myths of Ancient Greece are to this day a real world bestseller for modern civilization. They do not stop citing ancient Greek mythology: films are made based on its plots, interpreted in literature and the visual arts, and interpreted in philosophy. The mighty titans are some of the most interesting characters in Greek mythology.
Who are the titans
Titans in the mythology of Ancient Greece are the gods of the second generation, which preceded the gods of Olympus. These are the children of the first gods - Uranus (heaven) and Gaia (earth). Twelve children originated from the union of Earth and Heaven: six brothers - Hyperion, Iapet, Kei, Krios, Kronos, Ocean, and six sisters - Mnemosyne, Rhea, Theia, Tefida, Phoebe, Themis.
One of the six titanic brothers, Kronos, was the father of Zeus (the main god of Olympus). Zeus overthrew and emasculated his father. After that, the titans defended their brother and unleashed a war, which in mythology is called "Titanomachy". The war was lost by the Titans after a ten-year battle. And the gods of Olympus came out victorious. The Titans were thrown into the terrible Tartarus on the advice of Prometheus. Later, there was a reconciliation between the enemies and the titans submitted to Zeus, recognizing his strength in full power over them. For this, the Thunderer granted them freedom.
If the gods of the first generation in ancient Greek mythology were cosmic forces (Chaos is the original emptiness and abyss), then the gods of the second generation - the titans - were archaic creatures representing natural elements and disasters. They did not possess wisdom and rationality, did not know order and measure. They were distinguished by primitive savagery and rudeness, primitive thoughts and actions. The main tool for them was brute strength and primordial power. They did not yet have that heroism, wisdom and cosmic harmony that later distinguished the gods of Olympus - Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Hermes, etc.
Marriages and children of the titans
All twelve titans and the Titanids intermarried and gave birth to another generation of ancient gods.
Hperion and Theia had three heavenly children: Helios, who personified the sun, Selena, the image of the moon, and Eos, the morning dawn. Eos became the wife of Astrea and bore him a myriad of children - all the stars in the sky (including Phosphorus and Hesper, the morning and evening star), all the winds on earth (Boreas, Not, Evrus and Zephyr).
The ocean and Tefida gave birth to all the rivers on earth. And from the nymph Thetis, Ocean gave birth to Oceanid daughters.
Phoebus and Kea were not so prolific. They had only two daughters - the beautiful goddess Leto, who later became the mother of Apollo and Artemis, and Asteria, who later gave birth to the sinister Hecate - the goddess of moonlight and hell.
Titanide Themis was associated with Zeus (the main god of Olympus) and bore him six daughters. Three daughters were Moira (Parks of the Romans) - the goddesses of fate. Atropos weaved the thread of fate, Clotho created a bizarre pattern from these threads, and Lachesis ended her life by cutting off the thread of fate.
The other three daughters of Themis and Zeus were the eternally youthful Ora. Eunomia represented legitimacy, Dike was the spokesman for the truth, and Eirena brought peace with her. These three sisters guarded the gates of Olympus in white robes and entered the retinue of the goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite.
