Enceladus (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Enceladus (in Greek Ἐγκέλαδος, Enkélados; in Latin Enceladus) was one of the giants whose birth was the product of that the blood of Ouranos was shed on Gaea when he was castrated by Cronus. Another version states that he was born from Gaea and Tartarus.

In the mythical episode known as the Gigantomachy, in which the giants fought against the Olympian gods, he seized an island and threatened Zeus with demolishing his abode, but Zeus' lightning bolts fell on him and he was then definitively defeated by Athena. Different versions say that she rushed at him mounted on her chariot or that she crushed him by throwing the island of Sicily on top of him, although another version places him buried under the island of Inárime (Ischia). It was supposed to be under the Sicilian volcano. of Etna, whose flames were the breath of Enceladus, and its eruptions were produced by rubbing its wounded side inside the volcano.

Other characters of the same name

• A son of Egypt and Argifia who was killed by her wife, Danaide Amimone her same wedding night.