Uranus (mythology) - Consorts and Children

Consorts and Children

All the offspring of Uranus are fathered upon Gaia, save Aphrodite and the Erinyes, born when Cronus castrated him and cast his severed genitalia into the sea (Thalassa).

  1. Cyclopes, one-eyed giants
    1. Brontes
    2. Steropes
    3. Arges
  2. Hekatonkheires, hundred-handed, fifty-headed giants
    1. Briares
    2. Cottus
    3. Gyges
  3. Titans, the elder gods
    1. Crius
    2. Coeus
    3. Cronus
    4. Oceanus
    5. Hyperion
    6. Iapetus
    7. Mnemosyne
    8. Phoebe
    9. Rhea
    10. Tethys
    11. Theia
    12. Themis
  4. Erinyes
    1. Alecto
    2. Megaera
    3. Tisiphone
  5. Gigantes, the giants
    1. Alcyoneus
    2. Athos
    3. Clytias
    4. Enceladus
    5. Echion
  6. Meliae, the ash-tree nymphs
  7. Aphrodite (according to Hesiod)

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