Who were before the Titans?

Hesiod
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Hesiod's Theogony is a large-scale synthesis of a vast variety of local Greek traditions concerning the gods, organized as a narrative that tells how they came to be and how they established permanent control over the cosmos. It is the first known Greek mythical cosmogony.
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, in his Theogony, considers the first beings (after Chaos) to be Gaia, Tartarus, Eros, Erebus, Hemera and Nyx. Gaia and Uranus in turn gave birth to the Titans, and the Cyclopes.
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Who were the first Titans?

According to Hesiod's Theogony, there were 12 original Titans: the brothers Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronus and the sisters Thea, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, and Tethys. At the instigation of Gaea the Titans rebelled against their father, who had shut them up in the underworld (Tartarus).
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Who was the first Titan born?

The first generation of Titans were the direct descendants of Gaea and Uranus who originally gave birth to Twelve Titans, six males and six females. The six males were Coeus, Cronus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus and Oceanus and the females were Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Theia, Themis and Tethys.
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Who came first Olympians or Titans?

Titan In Greek mythology, one of 12 gods and goddesses who were the sons and daughters of Uranus and Gaia. They preceded the Olympians who, led by Zeus, overthrew them.
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What created Titans?

Creation. All Titans were originally humans of a race of people called the Subjects of Ymir. Ymir Fritz was the first Titan, who became one after merging with a strange spine-like creature in a tree. Subjects of Ymir are all distantly related to her, connecting them to the paths which enables transformation.
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Which Greek god overthrew the Titans?

They were overthrown as part of the Greek succession myth, which tells how Cronus seized power from his father Uranus and ruled the cosmos with his fellow Titans before being in turn defeated and replaced as the ruling pantheon of gods by Zeus and the Olympians in a ten-year war called "the Titanomachy" (ἡ Τῑτᾱνομᾰχῐ́ᾱ ...
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Who was the ugliest god?

Hephaestus. Hephaestus is the son of Zeus and Hera. Sometimes it is said that Hera alone produced him and that he has no father. He is the only god to be physically ugly.
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Is Zeus a Titan?

Bookmark this question. Show activity on this post. In Greek mythology, the words "Titan" and "God" seem to be used interchangeably. For example, Zeus is a God, but Cronus (his father) was a Titan.
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How do Titans reproduce?

The vast majority of Titans have a masculine body shape, although all of them lack reproductive organs (they have no need to reproduce since they are humans transformed through injection of Titan serum.
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How were pure Titans created?

Pure Titans are born when a Subject of Ymir is injected with Titan spinal fluid, and this is considered to be a fate worse than death. Meanwhile, Shifters are born when a recently transformed Eldian devours a Shifter, who may be someone they know (ex. Eren ate his father to get the Attack and Founding Titans).
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Is Atlas the strongest Titan?

Vast Superhuman Strength: Atlas is the strongest of the titans, able to hold up the Pillar of the Earth on his shoulders. He is also the only known Titan with four arms, increasing his physical strength even further.
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How did the 9 Titans come to be?

Manga. The Nine Titans (九つの巨人 Kokonotsu no Kyojin?) were nine Titan powers that had been passed down through the Eldian people for nearly 2,000 years after the death of Ymir Fritz until the death of Eren Yeager, with each having their own name.
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Who created the Greek Titans?

Without male assistance, Gaia gave birth to Uranus (the Sky), who then fertilized her. From that union the first Titans were born — six males: Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus, and six females: Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Theia, Themis, and Tethys.
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Is Medusa a Titan?

Trivia. Medusa is referred to as a Titan by the Stygian Witches. Medusa was never considered a Titan in the myths; the Stygian witches may have spoken metaphorically. The 2010 remake has a notable difference.
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Who is the oldest Titan in Greek mythology?

The eldest of the Titans, Oceanus was married to his sister Thetis. Together the two produced over 6000 spirits of the oceans and streams, known as the Oceanids.
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Who was the first god?

Brahma the Creator

In the beginning, Brahma sprang from the cosmic golden egg and he then created good & evil and light & dark from his own person. He also created the four types: gods, demons, ancestors, and men (the first being Manu).
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Are Titans older than gods?

The Titans were led by Zeus' father, Cronus. They were an older generation of gods, eventually defeated in battle by Zeus and the other Olympians and then imprisoned in Tartarus, the deep chasm in the underworld.
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Is the kraken a Titan?

Notes. The Kraken is referred to as a Titan by the Stygian Witches.
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Who is the god of poop?

Sterculius, the Roman God of Feces.
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Who is the god of stupidity?

In Greek mythology, Koalemos (Ancient Greek: Κοάλεμος) was the god of stupidity, mentioned once by Aristophanes, and being found also in Parallel Lives by Plutarch. Coalemus is the Latin spelling of the name.
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Who was the prettiest god?

Aphrodite was the most beautiful of all the Goddesses and there are many tales of how she could encourage both Gods and humans to fall in love with her.
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Why did Zeus lock up the Titans?

These Titans were imprisoned in the earth the same way that Cronus, Hecatonchires and the Cyclopes once were. Hecatonchires guarded the Titans in their prison. Because Atlas was such an important fighter for the opposition, Zeus gave him the special punishment of holding up the world.
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Was Aphrodite a Titan?

Though born from a Titan in the Greek myths, Aphrodite bears resemblance to earlier goddesses from other Mediterranean areas, particularly the Babylonian goddess Mylitta and the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar.
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Did Hades release Titans?

Hades plotted to release the Titans to overthrow Zeus and rule the world, but was warned by the Fates that his plan would fail if Hercules intervened. After getting Hercules to surrender his super-strength in exchange for no harm coming to Megara, Hades frees the Titans, who were hungry for revenge against Zeus.
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