Re: [tied] 14 Titans

It's mentioned by Robert Graves:
Eurynome, the Goddess of Chaos, was loved by the serpent-god Ophioneus and
laid an egg. The two halves of egg originated Sky and Earth. From the Egg
Seven Couples of Titans was born:
HYPERION - THEIA (Sun)
ATLAS - PHOIBE (Moon)
KREIOS - DIONE (Mars)
KOIOS- METIS (Mercury)
EURYMEDON - THEMIS (Jupiter)
OKEANOS - TETHYS (Venus)
KRONOS - RHEA (Saturn)

Joao SL
Rio

----- Original Message -----
From: Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
To: <cybalist@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: [tied] Re: Religion


>
>
> >A question: Do you know the non-Hesiodic legend of the Seven Couples of
> >Titans, cited by Robert Graves? What is their origin? And about titan
> >Iapetos and Noah's son Yapheth?
>
> I am not familiar off hand. I'll check it out. Already though by the
mention
> of "seven" I can see a cosmological/agricultural association with the
seven
> astral bodies.
>
> - gLeN
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