Ouranos
/uːˈreɪnɒs/noun
Ouranos is the primordial Greek personification of the sky and the father of the Titans.
Did you know?In Hesiod’s creation myth, Ouranos was castrated by Cronus, making the severed sky-god’s blood and genitals sources of later divine beings.
Etymological Timeline
Mycenaean/Archaic Greek
Greek
Οὐρανός (Ouranós)
“The sky or heaven, personified as a primordial god”
8th Century BCE
Greek
Οὐρανός (Ouranós)
“The cosmic sky-father in Hesiod’s Theogony”
Classical Greek
Greek
οὐρανός (ouranós)
“Sky, heaven, or the celestial realm”
Latin Antiquity
Latin
Ūranus
“The Greek sky-god, adopted into Latin mythological vocabulary”
1781
English
Uranus
“The name given to the newly discovered planet, honoring the ancient sky deity”
19th Century
English
uranium
“A chemical element named after the planet Uranus, not directly after the Greek god”