Re: [tied] Titans

From: Christopher Gwinn
Message: 5146
Date: 2000-12-21

> I disagree:
> 1) The ones who had 100 arms are the Hekatongkheires, not the Titans. And
> these giants were helpers of Zeus, not foes

Sorry, my mistake, the Hekatongkheires were the Titans guards while in
Tartaros.

> 2) The Titans are nor malign nor giants.

But they are enemies of Zeus and family. Are you sure that they aren't
giants? I don't see how the ocean god Okeanos and the sun god Hyperion could
be conceived as anything but gigantic deities.

> 3) But there can be a relation between Pandavas x Kauravas and Olympic
Gods
> x Titans; like Romans x Etrusques, Aesir x Giants; Tuatha de Danaan x
> Fomoire (1st/2nd Function Gods x Man-eating Giants). It's important not
> confuse these with Aesir x Vanir, Romans x Sabines, Danaan x Fir Bolg
> (1st/2nd Function Gods x 3rd Function Gods - ending with a pact).

Sure - the Aesir-Vanir and Romans-Sabines also has to do with the obtaining
of women.

-Chris Gwinn