Deity Greek and Roman
Tartarus
Τάρταρος grc
Deep abyss, place of punishment, in ancient Greek mythology
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Tartarus
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 11
Kinship in an account 11
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Chaos Greek primordial deity - parent of (father) Colophonus giant in Greek mythology
- parent of (father) Corydon giant in Greek mythology
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parent of (father) Echidna ancient Greek mythological monster, the mother of monsters - parent of (father) Effra
- parent of (father) Emphytus a giant in Greek mythology
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parent of (father) Enceladus mythological giant - parent of (child) Telchines Greek minor gods, original inhabitants of Rhodes
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parent of (father) Typhon deadly monster of Greek mythology -
partner of (spouse) Gaia Greek primordial deity, the personification of the Earth -
sibling of Nyx Greek goddess of the night
Connections
How Tartarus connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Identification 2
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor. 1 more point at records with no English name, and are not shown.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
13 statements on this record
- 3 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 10 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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