Titan

Greek The race of Greek gods that preceded and gave birth to the Olympian gods; the children of Gaia (Earth) and Uranus (Heaven), who were the first gods of Greek mythology. According to most Greek writers, there were 12 Titans, six male and six female. The sons were Oceanus, Hyperion, Coeus, Cronus, Iapetus, and Crius. The daughters were Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Theia, and Themis. Some scholars, however, rank Gaia's children by the ancient sea god Pontus among the Titans. They were Ceto, Phorcys, Thaumas, Eurybia, and Nereus. The children of Gaia's children were also known as Titans, or second-generation Titans. Hyperion had three children, Eos, Helios and Selene. Coeus had two daughters, Leto and Asteria. Iapetus had four sons, Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. Crius three children, Astraeus, Pallas, and Perses. Also commonly counted among the Titans were the eldest of the Oceanids, a group of water Nymphs, daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. They were Styx, Dione, Neda, Metis, Clymene, Eurynome, Doris, Electra (3), and Pleione. The children of Cronus and Rhea became the first and perhaps most prominent Olympian Gods. They were Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia. The Titans were the primary gods of Greece during the Golden Age, before the rise of the Hellenes as the dominant culture. The Hellenes brought their Olympian gods to the peninsula and supplanted the gods of earlier peoples. In the mythology, of the Hellenes, Zeus led the battle of the generations and defeated the Titans, sending most of them to Tartarus, the deepest pit of the underworld.