Gods 01

'Gods 01' Index links to: Lead / SectionUploaded: 02.03.04 / Updated: 02.03.04

Theogony Key:

1) Chaos = Gaia (earth) = Uranus (sky)
2) Uranus m. Gaia = The Titans
3) Titans: Oceanos, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetos, Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tethys, and Kronos
4) Kronos, leader of the Titans, m. Rhea = The Olympians
5) Olympians: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Ares, Hermes, Hephaestus, Aphrodite, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hestia
6) Zeus, king of the gods, m. Hera

1. This page is by no means complete but will be worked on and added to from time to time. It mainly follows the Greek Myths but some Roman name equivalents have been added.

2. Visitors interested in Greek Mythology are recommended to 'surf the Web' for there are many sites that have much to offer on this subject (including those identified under 'Main sources' below). However, don't be surprised to see different sites report different genealogies for the Gods - after all, they were (to the best of our knowledge) entirely mythical!

[NB. The connections of these Gods to the rest of the database come through Dardanus who is shown at the top of 'Adam4'. That page provides connections to 'Adam5' and 'Saxons1'. That page also, as well as linking him to these pages on the Gods (through his descent from Zeus), provides an alternative ancestry that shows him descended from Adam & Eve.]


Chaos
1. Gaia (Earth)
A. Uranus (The Heavens)

i. the Blood of Uranus
m. Gaia (Earth)
a.+ Erinyes = The Furies (Goddesses of revenge) - Megaera (unwilling), Alecto (unceasing), Tisiphone (avenging)
b.+ The Giants
c.+ The Ash Nymphs (Meliads)
p. Gaia (Earth, his mother)

ii. OCEANUS, a Titan (grandfather to Atlas and Electra)
m. TETHYS, a Titanide (his sister)
a.= THE OCEANIDA (including Styx, Asia, Electra, Doris, Eurynome, Metis, Perseis, CLYMENE, Idyia, PLEIONE)

iii. Coeus, a Titan
m. Phoebe (his sister)
a. Leto
m. Zeus

iv. HYPERION, a Titan
m. THEIA, a Titanide (his sister)
a. EOS, the Dawn or Aurora (mother of Memnon or Munon of Troy)
m. Astraeus @1@ below
p1. TITHONUS of Troy (father of Memnon or Munon of Troy)
p2+. many other partners
b. Helios, The Sun
m. Perseis (an Oceanid, dau of Oceanus) see above
(1) Aetes, King of Colchis
m. Idyia (an Oceanid, dau of Oceanus) see above
(A) Medea
m. Jason (of the Argonauts)
(2) Pasiphae
m. Minos
(3)+ other issue - Circe (Sorceress), Perseus
p1. Clymene (dau of Oceanus) see above
p2. Rhodus,a nymph
(5)+ The Heliades (7 sons) - Ochimus, Cercaphus, Macareus (or Macar), Actis, Tenages, Triopas, Candalus
p3. Hyrmine
p4. Neacra
p5. Leucothoe (dau of Orchamus)
c. Selene, The Moon
p1. Endymion
p2. Zeus
p3. Pan

v. Crius, a Titan
m. Eurybia
a. Astraeus
m. Eos, The Dawn (dau of Hyperion) @1@ above
(1)+ The Winds - Boreas (North), Notus (South), Eurus (East), Zephyrus (West)
(2)+ The Stars - including Euphorus (the Morning Star)
b. Pallas
m. Styx
(1)+ Zelos, Nice, Cratos, Bia
c. Perses
m. Asteria
(1) Hecate (Goddess of the crossroads)

vi. IAPETUS, a Titan
m. Clymene, a sea nymph (dau of Oceanus)
a. ATLAS
m. Pleione, a sea nymph (dau of Oceanus)
= THE PLEIADES (The Seven Sisters) - Maia, ELECTRA, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, Merope
(1) Alcyone
p. Poseidon
(2) Merope
m. Sisyphus
(3) Celaeno
m. Poseidon
(4) ELECTRA, a Pleiade (dau of Atlas), (mother of DARDANUS, father of Troy)
m. ZEUS
(5) Sterope
m. Ares
(6) Maia
m. Zeus
b. Prometheus
m. Celaero
(1) Deucalion
m. Pyrrha (dau of Epimetheus) @2@ just below
(A)+ issue - Hellen, Melantheia, Amphictyon, Protogenia
(2)+ other issue - Lycus, Chimaereus
c. Epimetheus
m. Pandoro
(1) Pyrrha
m. Deucalion @2@ just above

vii. CRONUS, a Titan = Saturn (God of agriculture)
m. RHEA = Ops (his sister)
a. Hestia = Vesta
b. Demeter = Ceres
m. Zeus
c. Hera = Juno
m. Zeus
d. Hades, Lord of the Underworld (Roman equivalent often said to be Pluto but this is arguable)
e. Poseidon, Lord of the Sea = Neptune
f. ZEUS, Lord of Heaven = Jupiter

viii.+ The Titanides: THEIA, RHEA, Themis, TETHYS, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Dione

ix.+ The Cyclopes: Arges, Steropes, Brontes

x.+ The Hecatoncheires: Cottus, Briarcus, Gyges
B. The Mountains
C. Pontus (The Sea)
p. Gaia (Earth) see above/below
i. Nereus
m. Doris (dau of Oceanus) see above
a.+ The Nereids
ii. Thaumas
m. Electra (dau of Oceanus) see above
a. Iris
b.+ The Harpes - Aello (Nicothoe), Ocypete, Celaeno
iii. Phorcys
m. Ceto (his sister) @3@ just below
a. The Graeae or Phorcides (born as old women who shared one eye) - Enyo, Phephedro, Dino
b. Medusa, a Gorgon
p. Poseidon
p. Zeus
c.+ other Gorgons - Stheno, Euryale
iv. Ceto
m. Phorcys (her brother) @3@ just above
v. Eurybia
m. Crius
p1. Uranus (The Heavens) see above
p2. the Blood of Uranus see above
p3. Pontus (The Sea) see above
p4. Tartarus see just below
p5. Poseidon
2. Tartarus
p. Gaia (Earth) see just above
A. Typhon
B. Echidna
3. Eros
4. Erebus

Main sources:
(1) 'The Dictionary of Classical Mythology' by Pierre Grimal, first published in 1951 by Presses Universitaire de France, English translation published 2002 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd, translated by A.R. Maxwell-Hyslop, ISBN 0-631-20102-5.
(2) various web sites, in particular the highly impressive www.pantheon.org (for 'Encyclopedia Mythica') and www.theoi.com