Ouranos

Uranus (or Ouranos) is the Greek protogenos personifying the Sky. He is the son of Gaia alone. He was the first ruler of the universe until overthrown and castrated by his son, Kronos.

History
Uranus and Gaia were the gods of the sky and the Earth respectively. They became partners, and brought forth the Titans, their children.


 * 1) Oceanus
 * 2) Koios
 * 3) Krios
 * 4) Hyperion
 * 5) Iapetus
 * 6) Theia
 * 7) Rhea
 * 8) Themis
 * 9) Mnemosyne
 * 10) Phoebe
 * 11) Tethys
 * 12) Kronos

And the one hundred handed ones
 * 1) Cottus
 * 2) Briares
 * 3) Gyges

Gaia also gave birth to the first Cyclops by her husband Uranus.

Uranus didn't care for his children, in fact, he hated them. Most of all he hated his children that did not look normal, such as the Hecatonchires and Cyclops. They were unsightly in his opinion, and he wanted them gone. But he couldn't kill them, because they were immortal.

So instead Uranus threw the Hecatonchires and Cyclops into Tartarus. This caused Gaia pain, and she was also furious because they were her children, and Uranus cared nothing for them. She asked her children, the Titans, to get rid of Uranus so she could save her other children, and only Kronos was brave enough to do it. He took a flint sickle Gaia made, and castrated his father when he was about to mate with Gaia. Nothing else was mentioned about Uranus after that.

When Kronos threw Uranus' genitals into the ocean it was believed that Uranus bore Aphrodite, the godess of love and beauty, from the foam created during that event. It is also said that when Uranus' ichor that was dripping down, it became The Furies.

Personality
Uranus was a very horrible father, and an uncaring, selfish and prejudiced god. However, his son ended up taking up after his manerisims ironically.

The Titan's Curse
Uranus doesn't appear in the books, but he is mentioned by the General, that a Titan must hold up the Sky because Uranus is gone, and the Sky still longs to embrace the Earth. Atlas, a Titan, is assigned this torment as the First Olympian War. Zeus now has the domain of the sky, hinting that Uranus may have faded.