What is Uranus (mythology)?
{{merge|Uranos|discuss=Talk:Uranos#Name of this page}} '''Uranus''' is the [[Greek mythology|Greek god]] of the [[sky]] and heavens. In [[Roman mythology]], his name is [[Caelus]], the husband of [[Terra (mythology)|Terra]], who is [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]]. The [[planet]] [[Uranus]] is named after this god. Uranus is son and husband of the [[Deity|goddess]] of the [[earth]] and worlds, Gaia. The children of Uranus and Gaia are [[Titan (mythology)|Titans]], [[Cyclops|Cyclopes]], [[Hekatonkheires]]. [[Kronos]], the youngest Titan, castrated his father Uranus with a sickle. From Uranus's shedded blood which came from his genitals that was fused to him by himself was born [[Aphrodite]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Shapiro|first=Jessica Mellenthin and Susan O.|title=Origins|url=https://uen.pressbooks.pub/mythologyunbound/chapter/origins/|journal=UEN Digital Press with Pressbooks|language=en}}</ref> the goddess of [[love]] and [[beauty]] by fusing with Gaia's powers. Others of Uranus and Gaia's children from his shedded blood and her powers respectively are [[Giant|Giants]], [[Erinyes]], Meliae. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Greek mythology]]