Ouranos
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Personal Information
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"If you do this, Kronos, I will curse you! Someday your own children will destroy you and take your throne, just as you are doing to me!" |
— Ouranos curses Kronos[[{{{4}}}|[src]]] |
Ouranos (Uranus) (Ancient Greek: sky, heaven, pronunciation: oo-RAH-NOHS) (Modern pronunciation: YOU-ruh-nus, YOU-ray-nus) was the Greek Protogenos of sky, Greek aspect of Caelus and the vakha Menel, and son, as well as husband, of Gaea. Ouranos and Gaea had three sets of children: the Elder Titans, Elder Cyclopes, and Hekatonkheires. However, Ouranos was disgusted at the appearances of their latter two sets of children and had them thrown into Tartarus, enraging Gaea and causing her to tell their youngest Titanic son, Kronos, to scatter Ouranos.
Ouranos's blood and body parts eventually caused more monsters to be born, including the Erinyes, who were born in union of Nyx and Ouranos's blood. However, the most well-known child of Ouranos born in this manner was Aphrodite, daughter of Ouranos and Thalassa.
Abilities
- Atmokinesis: Ouranos had absolute control and divine authority over the weather.
- Aerokinesis: Ouranos had absolute control and divine authority over the air.
- Umbrakinesis: Ouranos was able to use the darkness[note 1] of the sky to enchain the Elder Cyclopes and Hekatonkheires.
- Supreme Power: Ouranos had power superior to that of the Olympians, Gigantes, and Titans, as he was able to throw six of his extremely powerful children into Tartarus single-handedly and with little effort, a feat that required Kronos, Atlas, and Hyperion, the three most powerful Titans, to replicate.
- Primordial Language: Ouranos is completely fluent in the Primordial Language, which was spoken by the Protogenoi, Elder Titans, Elder Cyclopes, and Hekatonkheires.
Family
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Titanic counterpart(s)
- Kronos (as ruler of the sky and king of the universe)
Olympian counterpart(s)
- Zeus (as ruler of the sky and king of the universe)
Vakha alternate aspect(s)
Trivia
- Ouranos is the namesake of Uranus, the seventh planet in the solar system from the sun.
- Ouranos is the namesake of the periodic element Uranium.
- Ouranos is the namesake of Ouranophobia (Uranophobia), the fear of heaven.
- Ouranos's defeat was remembered in order to defeat his mother and wife Gaea.
- Other than Gaea as a single parent, there are other myths concerning Ouranos's parentage.
Notes
Preceded by Gaea |
Greek Divine Monarch of the Universe Unknown—Murder of Ouranos |
Succeeded by Kronos |