Ourea (Greek: Οὔρεα) is the Primordial God of the Mountains.
Greek Mythology[]
In Greek mythology, the Ourea (Ancient Greek: Oὔρεα "mountains," plural of Oὖρος) were progeny of Gaia, members of the Greek primordial deities, who were the first-born elemental gods and goddesses. According to Hesiod:
- And [Gaia] brought forth long hills, graceful haunts
- of the goddess Nymphs who dwell amongst the glens of the hills.
The ten ourea, Aitna, Athos, Helikon, Kithairon, Nysos, Olympus I, Olympus II (Mount Uludağ) Oreios, Parnes, and Tmolus, like Uranus, and Pontus, were parthenogenetic offspring of Gaia alone. The Greeks rarely personified an individual mountain; an exception might be Tmolus, both a king and a mountain in Lydia. Each mountain was said to have its own local nymph, an oread.
Peak sanctuaries, a feature of Minoan civilization on Crete, are also identified in some archaic sites in mainland Greece. They are not thought to be dedicated to the mountain itself.
In the God of War Series[]
God of War: Ascension[]
Ourea, along with Ceto, Ouranos and Chaos, fought in the war against the Primordials along with their parents and relatives.
Ourea appears in the opening scene where it is shown Ourea engaging in a fight against other Primordials. Later, Ourea falls down to the earth where Ourea deceased body cause the mountains to appear.
Although he is later seen hitting Chaos causing him to lose part of his face and also spill blood into the sea, this blood would create The Furies.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Immortality: As a Primordial, Ourea is immortal, but only a divine or powerful weapon can kill him.
- Superhuman Strength: Being a Primordial, Ourea is very strong, enough to break and hurt Chaos, the first Primordial, quite a bit.
- Superhuman Durability: Ourea participated in the war of the Primordials, in this war he lost an arm that created a mountain, even so he continued fighting until he damaged Chaos, unfortunately he could not survive the war.
- Terrakinesis: Being the Primordial god of mountains, Ourea has control over part of the earth, plus death created the mountains.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The fallen Primordial that forms the mountain ranges might be one of the Ourea.
- Ourea can be seen in the opening.
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