The Titans are an Immortal race of beings who were born to rule Earth. But Gaia didn’t like how they ruled. They have a story that has been told in many different ways, but this is MY version of the story. But before we head into that, there are LOTS of Titans. So who are the Parents of these Titans? Who are their children? You will find out underneath this paragraph of writing.
- The Children of Gaia and Ouranos: Oceanus, Tethys, Iapetus, Themis, Krios, Kronos, Rhea, Koios/Polos, Phoebe, Mnemosyne, Hyperion, Theia.
- The Children of Oceanus and Tethys: Clymene, Amphitrite, Metis
- Child of Krios: Astraios
- Children of Kronos and Rhea: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Hera
- Child of Koios/Polos and Phoebe: Leto
- Children of Hyperion and Theia: Helios, Selene, Eos
- Children of Clymene and Iapteus: Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoitios, Astraios
Some of these Titans have a part in the Percy Jackson and Heroes of Olympus series’, but not all of them (like the female Titans). The Main Titans had a role they played, and here they are.
- Kronos: Lord of Time
- Koios/Polos: Lord of the North and Farsight
- Hyperion: Lord of East and Light
- Krios: Lord of the South and Constellations
- Iapteus: Lord of the West and Underworld
- Oceanus: Lord of the Sea
- Atlas: Holder of the Sky, and Titan Endurance
- Prometheus: Titan of Forethought
- Calypso: Queen of Ogygia
So here is MY version of the Titanomachy (of course I couldn’t have done this without research and the Greek/Roman books by Rick Riordan)
It all started when Ouranos threw the Hekatonkheires and the Cyclopes into TARTARUS. Gaia was not pleased with that. She decided to tell Kronos (or Cronus but I’M telling the story) to take revenge on throwing her children away. So he did. He got given a Scythe, and had his brothers hold him down (Koios holding an arm, Hyperion the other, and Krios and Iapteus holding the legs), and chopped him to pieces, and Ouranos fell, to weak to hold himself up (so Atlas had to hold him up). And his blood fell into the sea, and came a Goddess. After Ouranos had died, Kronos took the helm of the world, and was leader, until one day, when he found out something.
Lord Kronos awoke. After finding out that one of his children was going to defeat him and take his throne, and obviously, he didn’t like that. When his wife, Rhea, had found out that Kronos planned to eat his children, she decided she needed to keep them safe. But she couldn’t save them all. Hestia went first. Then Hades. Only Zeus, whom she gave birth to on Mount Ida, with the help of the Goat Amaltheia (and in some cases Poseidon also escaped and was raised by Teklhines). Zeus was raised by Metis, an Oceanid (among others of course). He was raised in Crete (which is south of Athens, 397km according to Google Maps Crete. Search: Crete, Greece to Athens, Greece to see) and when he was old enough, it was time to overthrow the Titans.
Zeus was disguised as an old lady, and Metis was also disguised. They went to give the Titan Lord a gift, a poison to make him vomit out the gods. Kronos took the gift, and then when the two left, he ate. Out came Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hades, and Hestia. But because Hestia was inside the longest, she was nearly fully digested, and could barely hold her form together, so she fled. The battle commenced.
Zeus took on the Titan lord himself. He had no weapon, and hey wrestled, and wrestled. Meanwhile Poseidon was underwater, as he was vomitted that far, and was met by the Telkhines. There, they created a Trident for Posiedon. It is unknown who made the Bident of Hades (known also as a Pitchfork), but he used it against his father.
10 years the war went on. Until finally, Kronos tired. Zeus got to him, and took his Scythe (the one that destroyed Ouranos), and him and his Brothers chopped him to pieces. Now that the war was over, and the Gods had taken over the Earth, the Brothers drew sicks to see who got what realm. Zeus drew the biggest, then Poseidon, then Hades, who got the shortest. Zeus chose the Sky, Poseidon chose the seas, which left the underworld for Hades.
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