URANUS

URANUS : In Greek mythology, Uranus (Ouranos) is the personification of the sky.

Their children are:

The Hecatonchires (Centimani)
The Cyclopes The Titans.

Uranus was jealous of the future power of his children and feared he would lose his rulership to them. He threw his children in the underworld to prevent this. At the instigation of Gaia, her son Cronus castrated his father and dethroned him.

When Uranus' blood fell upon the Earth (Gaia),
The Erinyes (the goddesses of vengeance)
The Gigantes (giants) sprang forth, among many other divinities.

Uranus is the sky god and first ruler. He is the son of Gaea, who created him without help. He then became the husband of Gaea and together they had many offspring, including twelve of the Titans. His rule ended when Cronus, encouraged by Gaea, castrated him. He either died from the wound or withdrew from earth

Briareus or Aegaeon was a son of Uranus and Gaea. He was a giant with a hundred hands and fifty heads who helped Zeus to conquer the Titans, and guarded them when they were imprisoned in Tartarus.

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