Uranus (mythology)

Uranus is the Greek god of the sky and heavens. In Roman mythology, his equivalent was Caelus, the husband of Terra (mythology). The planet Uranus is named after this god.

Uranus is son of the goddess of the earth and worlds, Gaia. The children of Uranus and Gaia are Titans, Cyclopes, Hecatonchires. Cronus, the youngest Titan, castrated his father with a sickle. From Uranus's blood was born Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. Others of Uranus's children from his blood are Giants, Gigantes, Erinyes, Meliae.