The document discusses how the sinking of the Titanic has become a modern myth that teaches about human pride. It draws parallels between the Titanic and the Greek myth of the Titans. In the myth, the Titans represented uncontrolled natural forces and were overthrown by the Olympian gods. Similarly, the Titanic, as the greatest feat of engineering, was trying to challenge expectations but ended up being punished by sinking on its maiden voyage due to human arrogance, leaving its remains on the ocean floor. The document explores how the Titanic disaster has taken on a symbolic role akin to the mythological downfall of the Titans.

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The Titanic was at the time, the greatest work of maritime and human engineering.
With this ship man tried to outdo previous records of size, space, speed, luxury,
etc. in a bid to challenge excede all expectations.

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In this way it’s sinking has been considered by many as a punishment for human pride.
Therefore it has become like a modern day moral story.

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A myth is a story, often supernatural, which is part of
the history of a civilization, one of its purposes is to
teach a moral.

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The name "Titanic“ originally alluded to its size and power. However, its shipwreck
on its maiden voyage was an echo of the fate of the Titans in Greek mythology.
“Mutilación de Urano por Saturno”;
Vasari y Gherardi, 1540

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The war of the Titans is a mythological story which describes the fight between
Zeus and the Titans for control of the world, which lasted ten years.The result was
that the Titans were banished from heaven and condemned to live in the depths of
the earth.

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What a parallel! That in its bid to break records, this monster of human ingenuity
ended up at the bottom of the sea.

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Do you want to know more about the original myth?

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The Titans appeared for the first time in Hesíodo’s Teogonía ( 7C BC) where he
names and describes the Titans and tells the story of The War of the Titans
which they are famous for nowadays. (verse 617-819).

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In the Cosmogony
(creation of the
universe) we can
see how the
universe was
created. Different
natural phenomena
(Day, Night,
Ocean, Sun, etc.)
are personified by
deities and
organized in a
dynastic
genealogy.

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The first generation of Titans
The original Titans were the 12 children of Uranus and Gaea. They are the siblings of
the Hecatonchires and the Cyclopses. The first 12 children were six male Titans and
six female Titanesses.
Uranus with the zodiac; Roman
mosaic, S III B.C. Glyptothek
Museum, Munich

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Oceanus, the river that encircled the world. TITANS
Céos, Titan of intelligence.
Créos, god of flocks and herds.
Hipérion, the astral fire.
Iápeto, Atlas, Prometeo and Epimeteo’s father (creator of the human race).
Cronos, who dethroned Uranus and was the King of the Gods.

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Febe, the one in the golden crown.
Mnemosine, personification of memory and mother of the Muses by Zeus.
Rea, The Queen of the Gods with Cronos.
Témis, the embodiment of the divine order, of laws and customs. TITANESSES
Tétis, The Goddess of the sea
Téia, The Goddess of sight.

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The first generation of Titans
The three Cyclopses (Argés,
Brontés and Esteropes),
brothers of the Titans and the
Hecatonchiros, were giants with
only one eye on their forehead,
they were cruel and serious in
nature; but good craftsmen.
They lived high up in the
mountains and had a fire which
was always lit, they forged their
weapons and armour in a huge
volcano.

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The first generation of Titans
The Hecatonchires (the
centimanos), and (Coto,
Briareo and Giges) as well
as the Titans’ brothers and
cyclopses, are the other
supernatural beings who
were giants with 100 arms.
They had a force so
powerful that they were
able to throw mountains
like rocks and shake the
planet.
“La nereida Thetis y Briareo, el de 100 manos”; John Flaxman (1755 – 1826)

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The second generation of Titans
Marriage between family members was common in
Greek mythology and some Titans and Titanesses
married and produced The second generation of
Titans

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The second generation of Titans
Cronos and Rea formed the most important couple of the second
generation, as they were both Kings and Gods and had six
children:
Hestia, Goddess of the hearth.
Hera, the Goddess Queen of Olympus.
Hades, God of the Underworld
Demeter, Goddess of farming
Poseidon, God of the oceans.
Zeus, Supreme God, father of the Gods of Olympus.
Infact Zeus himself is a Titan.

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. The War of the Titans was led by the father Cronos, who challenged
the supreme reigning power of his brother Zeus and other Olympian
Gods, the Hecantochiros and the Cyclopses.
La caída de los
Titanes; Peter Paul
Rubens, 1636-1637

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All.these omnipotent
beings engaged in
a huge fight, so
terrible that the
losers had a
punishment fitting
with the scale of war;
the Titans were
banished to
Tartarus in the
custody of the
Hecantochiros
La caída de los
Titanes; Cornelis van
Haarlem, 1588

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Explanation of the
myth
The Titans are giants
who represent the
forces of nature and the
elements without
restriction.
Contrastingly the
Olympic Gods
represent more refined
Gods which the more
primitive Gods give
into.

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With this mythological reference how could the Titanic not have a grand and dramatic ending? The
transatlantic passenger´s agonizing struggle took place throughout a long and dark night.
It would seem that the boat´s destiny had already been written by Hesodio 2,700 years before the disaster
took place.

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Since the fateful night of it´s shipwreck, the Titanic has
been a mausoleum of human pride: an example of
divine punishment
Yes, the gods imposed on the RMS TITANIC the punishment of the
Titans:
"You will lie on the seabed, where nobody can
admire your beautiful
shell, your huge dimensions, your feats
of engineering, your luxurious spaces..."

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A modern day
myth