Uranus

In Greek mythology, the primeval sky god, whose name means ‘Heaven’. He was responsible for both the sunshine and the rain, and was the son and husband of Gaia, the goddess of the Earth. Uranus and Gaia were the parents of Kronos and his fellow Titans, the one-eyed giant Cyclops, and the 100-handed Hecatoncheires.

Uranus was deposed and emasculated by Kronos, the blood from his wounds falling on the Earth and giving rise to the three Furies. In later traditions Aphrodite, goddess of love, was born from the foam which arose from his genitals or blood falling into the sea.