Uranus

Primordial Sky, first ruler of the cosmos, castrated by Cronus.

Parentage

• parent: Gaia

Children

• Coeus
• Crius
• Cronus
• The Erinyes
• Hyperion
• Iapetus
• Mnemosyne
• Oceanus
• Phoebe
• Rhea
• Tethys
• Theia
• Themis

Domains

• sky

Powers

• Sires the Titans, Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires upon Gaia
• Names the Titans and foretells their retribution
• Shelters and covers Earth on every side

Epithets

• ἀστερόεις greek · asteróeis · literaryThe starry; starry HeavenHesiod, Theogony 127 (primary)

Relations

• counterpart of: OuranosThe hymn addresses this deity in an Orphic ritual context; Greek genealogy is not imported.Orphic Hymns, 3 (Thomas Taylor numbering; modern hymn 4) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hesiod, Theogony 126-127 (primary)