User blog comment:Puddinginthesky/Greek Mythology/@comment-3080486-20101009051845/@comment-2069500-20101009162200

In mythology, they ruled before the gods and goddesses. They were the the descendants of Gaia and Uranus and ruled during the Golden Age. There were two generations of them, but they were overthrown by a race of younger gods (who were their children, know as the Olympians) in the Titanomachy.