Titanomachia

Japanese: Titanomachia
Titanomachia

…Some of these names are not explained in Greek, so they are thought to have been inherited from indigenous peoples, and some are personifications of abstract nouns. In mythology, Cronus, the youngest of the twelve gods, cut off his father Uranus's penis and seized control of the heavens and the earth. However, the Titans, headed by Cronus, were defeated in a 10-year battle (Titanomachia) by the Olympian gods, led by Cronus' youngest son Zeus, and were imprisoned in Tartarus, far beneath the earth. The sun god Helios, son of Hyperion and Theia, Atlas, son of Iapetus, and Prometheus are also often called Titans. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Titanomachia" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これらの名の一部はギリシア語では説明されないところから,先住民族からの継承と考えられ,また一部は抽象名詞の擬人化である。神話では,上記12神の末子のクロノスが父ウラノスの陽物を切り落として天地の支配権を奪ったが,彼を頭とするティタン神族は,やがて,クロノスの末子ゼウスを盟主とするオリュンポス神との10年にわたる戦い(ティタノマキアTitanomachia)に敗れ,地底はるかなタルタロスに幽閉されたという。なお,ヒュペリオンとテイアの子たる太陽神ヘリオス,イアペトスの子アトラス,プロメテウスなども,しばしば,ティタンの名称で呼ばれる。…

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