The Titans: The First Greek Gods

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The Titans were a special group of gods they are best known as the first Greek gods. They helped the Greek explain natural phenomena like earthquakes and development of tools and how to heat their homes. The Titans were best known for the being the children for Uranus and Garia. They had twelve children 6 male Coeus, Cronus, Crius, Hyperion, Lapetus, Oceanus and 6 females Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Theia, Themis and Tethys. They were a powerful race that ruled the world before the Olympias. The Titans ruled the world during the legendary Golden Age. The Titans didn’t really have a childhood and an early life. The Greek never worshiped the Titans as the other gods. The name Titans signifies ‘Strainers’. Did you know that the Titans were giants

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