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[[Image:The Mutiliation of Uranus by Saturn.jpg|thumb|400px|''The Mutilation of Uranus by Cronos'': by Giorgio Vasari and Cristofano Gherardi]]'''Uranus''' is the Latinized form of the Greek word for sky; Ouranos (Οὐρανός). According to [[Hesiod]]'s ''Theogony'', Uranus is one of the primordial deities and is personified as both the son and husband of Gaia (Mother Earth). He was overthrown by his son, [[Cronus]].
[[Image:The Mutiliation of Uranus by Saturn.jpg|thumb|400px|''The Mutilation of Uranus by Cronos'': by Giorgio Vasari and Cristofano Gherardi]]'''Uranus''' is the Latinized form of the [[Greek]] word for sky; Ouranos (Οὐρανός). According to [[Hesiod]]'s ''Theogony'', Uranus is one of the primordial deities and is personified as both the son and husband of Gaia (Mother Earth). He was overthrown by his son, [[Cronus]].
Most of the Greek gods owe their ancestry to Uranus and Gaia.
Most of the Greek gods owe their ancestry to Uranus and Gaia.
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{{Nb mythology greece}}