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Definition of Ouranos
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ouranos
Literary usage of Ouranos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"The Regime of Ouranos. — The children of Ouranos and Gaia were many. First, there
were born the Titans,2 such as Okeanos, Krios, Hyperion, Iapetos, ..."
2. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1916)
"The Regime of Ouranos. — The children of Ouranos and Gaia were many. ...
So terrible were they that Ouranos, their father, was afraid of them and thrust ..."
3. The Religion of the Veda: The Ancient Religion of India (from Rig-Veda to by Maurice Bloomfield (1908)
"... the moon, and the planets—The Adityas and Amesha Spents—Early ethical concepts
among the Indo-Europeans—Varuna and Greek Ouranos (Uranus) —The origin of ..."
4. Hand-book of Literature and the Fine Arts: Comprising Complete and Accurate by George Ripley, Bayard Taylor (1852)
"oldest of the Titans: according f" ?":-.:• the eon of Ouranos and Gaia. lit* sort
was Tethys, his daughters the ",-•.-;- nides. ..."
5. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1887)
"Gaia and Ouranos. A more transparent myth of the earth is found in the history
of Pelops, the son of Tantalos and Dione, or as some have it, ..."
6. The Worship of the Dead: Or, The Origin and Nature of Pagan Idolatry and Its by John Garnier (1904)
"The building of Babel, in which Cush (ie, Cronus or Saturn) was the ringleader,
was no doubt the origin of the war of Cronus against Ouranos or Heaven ..."
7. Outlines of Primitive Belief Among the Indo-European Races by Charles Francis Keary (1882)
"When men's memories character, and this was really taken from the old heaven
god—known as Varuna, Ouranos—who, as we have seen, belonged to an age before ..."
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