In Greek mythology, Uranus (/ˈjʊərənəs/ YOOR-ə-nəs, also /jʊˈreɪnəs/ yoo-RAY-nəs), sometimes written Ouranos (Ancient Greek: Οὐρανός, lit. 'sky', [uːranós])...
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Look up Uranus or Sol VII in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Uranus may also refer to: Uranus (mythology), an...
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Sailor Uranus (セーラーウラヌス, Sērā Uranusu) is a fictional character in the Sailor Moon media franchise. Sailor Uranus' alternate identity is Haruka Tenou (天王...
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Cronus (redirect from Kronos (mythology))
Titans, the divine descendants of the primordial Gaia (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky). He overthrew his father and ruled during the mythological...
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Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical...
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Gaia (redirect from Gaia mythology)
ancestral mother—sometimes parthenogenic—of all life. She is the mother of Uranus (Sky), from whose sexual union she bore the Titans (themselves parents of...
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Hyperion (Titan) (redirect from Hyperion (Greek religion and mythology))
Greek mythology, Hyperion (/haɪˈpɪəriən/; Greek: Ὑπερίων, 'he who goes before') was one of the twelve Titan children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Sky)...
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In Greek mythology, Tethys (/ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛ-/; Ancient Greek: Τηθύς, romanized: Tēthýs) was a Titan daughter of Uranus and Gaia, a sister and wife of the...
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Titans (redirect from Titans (mythology))
Theogony of Hesiod, they were the twelve children of the primordial parents Uranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), with six male Titans—Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion...
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Greek primordial deities (redirect from Primordial gods of Greek mythology)
beings (after Chaos) to be Erebus, Gaia, Tartarus, Eros and Nyx. Gaia and Uranus in turn gave birth to the Titans, and the Cyclopes. The Titans Cronus and...
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by John Herschel, son of the discoverer of Uranus. Herschel, instead of assigning names from Greek mythology, named the moons after magical spirits in...
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Puck (moon) (redirect from Uranus XV)
Celtic mythology and English folklore, a Puck is a mischievous sprite, imagined as an evil demon by Christians. It is also designated Uranus XV. Puck...
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goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Titan daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus, himself a son of Gaia. She is the older...
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existence after Chaos, Gaia (Earth), and Tartarus). Others tell us that Uranus (Sky) (in Hesiod, the son of Gaia) was Aether's son, and that "everything...
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Rigveda as an important creation myth. Dyēus Dis Pater Rigvedic deities Uranus (mythology) List of fictional horses Zeus's main Hindu equivalent is Indra. "Indra...
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Planets in astrology (redirect from Uranus (astrology))
Virgo ♍ or Libra ♎. In classical Greek mythology, Uranus is the personification of the sky. The planet Uranus is unusual among the planets in that it...
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Hellenes signified the Mediterranean Sea. After the castration of his brother, Uranus, Pontus, with his mother Gaia, fathered Nereus (the Old Man of the Sea)...
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Sophia as Urania, the Muse of astronomy in Greek mythology, and Erik as a Titan, a son of Uranus (mythology). Sophia is depicted as longing for her husband...
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Oceanus (redirect from Ocean (mythology))
Ὠγενός [ɔːɡenós], Ὤγενος [ɔ̌ːɡenos], or Ὠγήν [ɔːɡɛ̌ːn]) was a Titan son of Uranus and Gaia, the husband of his sister the Titan Tethys, and the father of...
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Hecatoncheires (redirect from Gyges (mythology))
the long-limbed). In the standard tradition they were the offspring of Uranus (Sky) and of Gaia (Earth), and helped Zeus and the Olympians to overthrow...
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Family tree of the Greek gods (redirect from Family tree of Greek mythology)
was "born" from the foam of the sea after Cronus castrated Uranus, thus making her Uranus' daughter; Homer, however, in his Iliad, has Aphrodite as daughter...
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mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology...
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Phoebe (Titaness) (redirect from Phoebe (Greek mythology))
the first generation of Titans, who were one set of sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaia. She was the grandmother of Apollo and Artemis, and the witchcraft...
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a hole in the ground. Her male complement was a sky god such as Caelus (Uranus) or a form of Jupiter. Her Greek counterpart is Gaia, and among the Etruscans...
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Crius (category Titans (mythology))
In Greek mythology, Crius (/ˈkraɪəs/; Ancient Greek: Κρεῖος or Κριός, Kreios/Krios) was one of the Titans, children of Uranus and Gaia. Although "krios"...
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Giant (redirect from Jabbar (mythology))
rest of their life. In Greek mythology, the Gigantes (γίγαντες) were (according to the poet Hesiod) the children of Uranus (Ουρανός) and Gaia (Γαία) (spirits...
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Nyx (redirect from Nox (mythology))
of Orphic literature, in which she is often described as the mother of Uranus and Gaia. In the earliest Orphic cosmogonies, she is the first deity to...
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Iapetus (redirect from Iapetos (mythology))
Greek mythology, Iapetus (/aɪˈæpɪtəs/; eye-AP-ih-təs; Ancient Greek: Ἰαπετός, romanized: Iapetós), also Japetus, is a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia...
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called a daughter of Gaia; according to worshippers of Orpheus her father is Uranus, while others identify her father as Aether. She and Zeus are called the...
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Cyclopes (redirect from Cyclops (mythology))
In Greek mythology and later Roman mythology, the Cyclopes (/saɪˈkloʊpiːz/ sy-KLOH-peez; Greek: Κύκλωπες, Kýklōpes, "Circle-eyes" or "Round-eyes"; singular...
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