Cronos foolishly swallowed a rock wrapped in cloth in the baby's place. His wife, Rhea, could not bear another such loss and hid the sixth and final child on an island far away from the watchful eyes of her husband. Cronos began devouring his children one by one so that the prophecy may not come true. The Sisters refused to change his fate and the fate that would also haunt the Titans forever. In an attempt to sway the Sisters into his favor, Cronos gifted them with the Steeds of Time. However, it was prophesized that one day Cronos would be overthrown by his very children, just as Uranus had been years before. The rest of the world was created by the Titans and Cronos was given the title as ruler. Themis was born of Gaia, who became the embodiment of divine order, law, and custom, giving the Titans a purpose to be a part of the world. The Titans were born on the Island of Creation, home to the Sisters of Fate and controllers of time. Rhea awaiting Cronos atop the Summit of Sacrifice. Atlas, who led the Titans in the Titanomachy, was forced to hold the sky (Ouranos) upon his shoulders, fore the sky was greatly damaged in the war and couldn't support itself and also because of the death of the sky (Ouranus). Only a few Titans (such as Prometheus, Oceanus) were spared that fate. The Titans were then imprisoned in Tartarus, the deepest and darkest pit of the Underworld. The Titans preceded the Olympian Gods who, led by Zeus, eventually overthrew them in the Titanomachy. These Titans included the children of Oceanus (the Potamoi and Oceanids), the children of Coeus (the Coeides: Leto, Asteria and Lelantos), the children of Kreios (the Creionides: Astraeus, Pallas and Perses), the children of Hyperion (the Hyperionides: Helios, Eos and Selene), the children of Iapetus (the Iapetionides: Atlas, Menoetius, Prometheus, and Epimetheus). Later, several of the Titans also produced offspring which were also Titans. They were ruled by the youngest Titan, Cronos, who overthrew Ouranos with the aid of Gaia (who crafted his sickle) and his brothers (not Oceanus) and Typhon, Titan God of Wind Storm and son of Tartarus and Gaia. There were 12 original Titans, the males being known as the Titans ( Oceanus, Coeus, Kreios, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Cronos) and the females as the Titanides ( Rhea, Theia/ Thera, Phoebe, Mnemosyne, Themis and Tethys).
They were the children of Gaia and Ouranos. In Greek mythology, the Titans (Τιτάν) were a race of extremely powerful and physically huge deities that ruled the world during the legendary Golden Age of Mankind.
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