Themis (Titaness)

Themis is the Greek goddess of divine law, order and custom. She is a member of the first generation of Titans, daughter of Gaia and Ouranos, and through Zeus, is the mother of the Horai and the Moirai.

Early Life
Themis is one of the twelve Titans, the eldest of the three races born to Gaia (Mother Earth) and Ouranos (Father Sky). She, her sisters and her eldest brother Oceanus, all refused to take part in Kronos' usurpation and subsequent castration of Ouranos, nor did they participate in the First Titanomachy.

Marriage and Counsel to Zeus
After the First Titanomachy, Zeus took Themis as his second consort, having swallowed his first wife, Metis, daughter of Oceanus. Themis bore Zeus two pairs of triplets: first the Horai (Eunomia, Dike and Eirene; goddesses of the seasons), and then the Moirai (Klotho, Lachesis and Atropos; the divine personifications of destiny). The three Moirai were already born as elderly women, which horrified both of their parents, and, fearing the prospect of having even more intimidating children with Themis, Zeus advocated to end their marriage, to which she agreed.

Though no longer married to Zeus, Themis continues to provide him counsel and, according to Homer's Iliad, she is charged by Zeus to call the gods to assembly on Mount Olympus. She was believed to have established law, order and custom among both the gods and mortal men, organizing communal affairs and setting the stage for human civilization to develop.

Themis was present on the island of Delos when her niece, Leto, gave birth to her son Apollo and later informed Zeus that the sea goddess Thetis, whom he and Poseidon had both been trying to woo, was fated to give birth to a son who would be more powerful than his father, suggesting to Zeus that he should have Thetis marry a mortal.

Trivia

 * Themis' name is derived from the Greek verb τίθημι (Greek títhēmi, “to put”), referring to her putting into place both law and order.