A race of Elder Gods overthrown by a present race of younger gods is a mythic theme in the Ancient Near East, and in Indo-European mythologies of the Greeks, Ancient Germans and others: see Titan (mythology), Titanomachy.
A race of gods that both preceeded, existed, and ruled, before being overthrown by a present race of younger gods (usually their offspring). The term is a mythic theme in the Ancient Near East, and in Indo-European mythologies of the Greeks, Ancient Germans and others: see Titan (mythology), Titanomachy.