The Solar Titan: The Primordial Power That Moved the Heavens

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. Today, we're going to dive into Greek mythology, focusing on Hyperion, a primeval solar deity. He was the father of the sun, of the moon, and of the dawn, of the 12 first-generation Titans, one of the Titans who helped castrate Uranus, and one of the Titans cast down into the depths of Tartarus, battered and banished, following the victory of Zeus and the Olympian-led forces.Here's how this video is going to work: first we're going to go over Hyperion's sphere of influence, which is to say what he was associated with and what role he played in structuring and maintaining the universe; second, we're going to quickly go over who his three children were; and third, we're going to go over his rise and fall, beginning with his birth and ending with his imprisonment in Tartarus.Alright, let's get into it.1 - SPHERE OF INFLUENCE.His name meaning "The One on High" or "He Who Walks Above", Hyperion was a primeval solar deity, though he was not the personification of the sun itself. Indeed, the matter of Greek mythology's sun god is a bit confusing because there are three of them: Hyperion, a primeval solar deity, Helios, the personification of the sun, and Apollo, whose own sphere of influence eventually subsumed the sun. All three of them were identified with each other and to an extent were conflated. One idea is that Hyperion's original role was orchestrating the cycle of celestial objects, ensuring that the symphony of heaven sang out harmoniously. This ties into who Hyperion's wife and children were. According to Hesiod's Theogony, his wife was Theia, another of the 12 first-generation Titans and his sister. She was a goddess associated with sight and was called "The One Who Sees".