Uranus

Uranus was the Greek primordial god of the sky.

Abode
Uranus was the primordial god of the sky and the heavens.

Overthrow
Gaea first bore Uranus three sons, the Hecatoncheires. Each had fifty heads and one hundred arms. Uranus found them so horrifying that he imprisoned them within Tartarus. Then, Gaea bore Uranus the Cyclopes, giants with only one eye in the center of their foreheads. Again, Uranus despised these sons and threw them into Tartarus with the Hecatoncheires. Finally, Gaea bore Uranus a set of twelve children, the titans. Uranus was pleased with these children since they looked like him so he allowed them to roam the earth.

However, Gaea was irritated that six of her children were imprisoned within Tartarus and conspired against Uranus. Although most of her sons were too afraid of their father to do anything, the youngest, Cronus, agreed to help his mother. Gaea fashioned him a sickle of the strongest metals on the earth which he used to castrate his father and take his title of the king of the earth.

After Uranus was castrated, some drops of his blood fell upon the earth and creates several beings, including the Erinyes, the Gigantes, and the Meliae. His castrated genitals were thrown into the sea, creating the sea foam. Aphrodite rose from the sea foam, so she is usually considered his daughter.

Other Names

 * Ouranos
 * Caelum (in Roman mythology)