Uranus

Template:Greek God  Ouranos (or Uranus, as the Romans knew him) was the Greek sky god. He was a Protogenoi, one of the earliest gods. His consort was Gaia, who was usually either his sister or mother. He was father to the Titans . He ruled the gods until he was overthrown by five of his sons, Cronus , Hyperion , Iapetus , Coeus and Crius. Gaia conspired with them to overthrow Ouranos because he cast their (his and Gaia's) children, the Cyclopes and the Hekatonchieres into Tartarus. When he died he cursed his son and usurper, Cronus, to be overthrown by his own children (Ouranos' grandchildren), who became six out of theTwelve Olympians.

His Roman counterpart was Caelus.

In Popular Culture

Comic books

• Ouranus makes a cameo in the graphic novel Immortals: Gods and Heroes. In the story, he is killed by his power-hungry son; Kronos.

Video games

• Ouranus appears as Uranos in the original Kid Icarus video game. In the game he is sided with Medusa in her quest to overthrow Palutena.

Trivia

• Uranus' name for decades has been subject to mockery due to its being a homophone of "your anus".

Gallery

Video games

Uranus in Kid Icarus

Ouranos as represented in Age of Mythology: The Titans

Preceded by: Chaos

King of the Greek Gods Mythic

Succeeded by Cronus (Contested with Ophion)