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[Alexandr Korol]

Continuing on, if we focus further, Aether seems like the ultimate limit, the place where the gods reside. This is very closely related to the otherworldly theme, just like dreams, and the concept of Aether itself. There’s another interesting and intersecting story. Here’s Uranus: “Uranus – in ancient Greek mythology, the personification of the sky... belongs to the oldest generation of gods... the father of the Titans and the gods of the Titans... Location: During his reign, he lived in the sky, but after being overthrown, he was imprisoned by his son Cronus in Tartarus.” See? “The God of the Sky, the first ruler of the world.” After paying attention to all of this and what was being highlighted, I came to the theme of the Titanomachy. And here, the system highlighted a lot of things, wanting me to understand that I needed to explain this for everyone: “Titanomachy (also known as the Battle of the Titans, the Battle of the Gods, the War of the Titans) – in ancient Greek mythology – the battle between the Olympian gods and the Titans, a series of battles lasting for ten years in Thessaly between two camps of deities long before the existence of mankind: the Titans, based on Mount Othrys, and the Olympians, who would come to rule, based on Mount Olympus. The Olympians won with the help of the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires.” Here is what Wikipedia caught my attention the most: “By the advice of Ocean, Styx brought her four sons, Kratos, Zelus, Bia, and Nike, to the side of Zeus. For being the first to arrive, Zeus made the waters of Styx the source of her unbreakable oath. The war between the gods and the titans lasted ten years. The gods could not succeed in it, as the titans, who by that time had produced a huge offspring, were far more numerous. By the advice of Gaia, Zeus descended into Tartarus and freed her children, the Cyclopes and the hundred-handed giants, by killing the titaness Kampê, who had been appointed as their guard. The Cyclopes, being skilled craftsmen, made thunderbolts for Zeus, gave Hades an invisibility helmet, and gave Poseidon a trident. In the decisive battle, the gods, in alliance with the Cyclopes and the hundred-handed giants, defeated the titans and threw them into Tartarus. The titanides did not intervene in the conflict between the titans and the gods, so they were not thrown into Tartarus. After the victory, the three brothers divided the world among themselves: Zeus was recognized as the chief of the Olympian gods, ruler of the sky, Poseidon was given the sea, and Hades was granted the realm of the dead.” And here I see it as follows: “Zeus, with the help of his allies, defeated the titans who ruled from above in the end times, and thus took the throne to continue