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The Titans. By Taylor Robinson. List of the Titans. 6 Male. 6 Female. Cronus (Saturn) Ocean Hyperion Iapetus (These 4 are the major male Titans mentioned in the book) Coeus Crius. Tethys Mnemosyne Themis Phoebe Rhea Theia. History & Significance.
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The Titans By Taylor Robinson
List of the Titans 6 Male 6 Female • Cronus (Saturn) • Ocean • Hyperion • Iapetus • (These 4 are the major male Titans mentioned in the book) • Coeus • Crius • Tethys • Mnemosyne • Themis • Phoebe • Rhea • Theia
History & Significance • Titans were the children of Heaven and Earth. • Cronus and the other Titans were defeated by Zeus (Cronus’ son). Many just took a lower place, Cronus fled to Italy. (Believed that this spread the Golden Age in Italy) • The titans then had children (the 12 Olympians) who overthrew them and were very important in Greek and Roman life.
Stories with the Titans • The Creation Stories • Stories about the birth of other gods or entities • Leto(Phoebe & Coeus) The Muses (Zeus and Mnemosyne) • Their children and grandchildren made up basically every story though.
Creation Story Beginning • Chaos Night and Erebus Love Night & Day. Earth appears and Heaven. • Heaven and Earth create monsters, and then to the Titans. Cronus kills Heaven, leaving the Titans to rule, and the blood of Heaven creates giants and the Furies.
Story Continued • Cronus finds out one of his children are suppose to kill him. • To prevent this, he ate each one. His wife Rhea hides one child. (Zeus) • He grows up, makes Cronus vomit up his siblings unites against the Titans with his siblings, the monsters, and Prometheus.
The Story Conclusion • Zeus and his group wins. • They either imprison or punish the Titans. • Atlas has to bear the weight of the world on his shoulders. • Others are imprisoned. Except for Prometheus • Prometheus is later chained to a rock and have an eagle pick at him for helping mankind, after he helped make them with his brother Epimetheus.